[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 207 (Thursday, October 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65171-65172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26310]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-831]


Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews; 2010-2011

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting new 
shipper reviews (NSR) of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The NSRs cover Foshan Fuyi 
Food Co., Ltd. (Fuyi) and Qingdao May Carrier Import & Export Co., Ltd. 
(Maycarrier) for the period of review (POR) November 1, 2010, through 
October 31, 2011. The Department has preliminarily determined that 
Fuyi's new shipper sales are not bona fide, and that Maycarrier does 
not qualify as a new shipper. Additionally, record evidence raises 
questions concerning the bona fides of Maycarrier's POR sales. 
Therefore, the Department is preliminarily rescinding these NSRs.

DATES: Effective Date: October 25, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2316.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes all grades of garlic, 
whole or separated into constituent cloves. Fresh garlic that are 
subject to the order are currently classified under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 0703.20.0010, 
0703.20.0020, 0703.20.0090, 0710.80.7060, 0710.80.9750, 0711.90.6000, 
and 2005.90.9700. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written product description, 
available in Antidumping Duty Order: Fresh Garlic From the People's 
Republic of China, 59 FR 59209 (November 16, 1994), remains 
dispositive.

Methodology

    The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act) and 19 CFR 
351.214. For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review: Fresh Garlic from the People's 
Republic of China'', from Susan H. Kuhbach, Director, Office 1, 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum), dated concurrently with these results and hereby adopted 
by this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public 
document and is on file electronically via Import Administration's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of 
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the Internet at http://iaaccess.trade.gov. The signed Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Rescission of Fuyi and Maycarrier

    For the reasons detailed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 
the Department finds that Fuyi's sales under review are not bona fide, 
therefore, these sales do not provide a reasonable or reliable basis 
for calculating a dumping margin. As result, the Department is 
preliminarily rescinding the NSR of Fuyi.
    Based on information that Maycarrier submitted after the initiation 
of the NSR, the Department has now determined that Maycarrier did not 
meet the minimum requirements in its request for an NSR under 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iv)(C). Additionally, the Department has concerns 
regarding whether Maycarrier's POR sales were bona fide commercial 
transactions. Therefore, the Department preliminarily determines that 
it is appropriate to rescind the NSR for Maycarrier.

Assessment Rates

    Fuyi's and Maycarrier's entries are currently subject to the PRC-
wide rate. Although the Department intends to rescind the NSRs for both 
companies, the Department is currently conducting an administrative 
review for the POR November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2011, which 
could include the entries subject to these NSRs. Accordingly, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to 
suspend entries during the period November 1, 2010, through October 31, 
2011, of subject merchandise exported by Fuyi and Maycarrier until CBP 
receives instructions relating to the administrative review covering 
the period November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2011.

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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Effective upon publication of the final rescission or the final 
results of these NSRs, we will instruct CBP to discontinue the option 
of posting a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for entries of 
subject merchandise by Fuyi and Maycarrier. If we proceed to a final 
rescission of either of these NSRs, the cash deposit rate will continue 
to be the per-unit PRC wide rate for Fuyi and Maycarrier. If we issue 
final results of the NSR for any of these respondents, we will instruct 
CBP to collect cash deposits, effective upon the publication of the 
final results, at the rates established therein.

Disclosure

    The Department will disclose analysis performed to parties to the 
proceeding, normally not later than ten days after the day of the 
public announcement of, or, if there is no public announcement, within 
five days after the date of publication of, this notice. See 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Comments

    Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results and submit written arguments or case briefs within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice, unless otherwise notified 
by the Department. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, limited 
to issues raised in the case briefs, will be due five days later. See 
19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs are 
requested to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 
and (2) a brief summary of the argument. Parties are requested to 
provide a summary of the arguments not to exceed five pages and a table 
of statutes, regulations, and cases cited.
    Any interested party who wish to request a hearing, or to 
participate if one is requested, must submit a written request to the 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration within 30 days after the 
day of publication of this notice. A request should contain: (1) The 
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. See 19 CFR 
351.310(c). Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those 
raised in case briefs. The Department will issue the final rescissions 
or final results of NSRs, including the results of our analysis of 
issues raised in any briefs, within 90 days after the date on which the 
preliminary rescissions were issued, unless the deadline for the final 
results is extended. See 19 CFR 351.214(i).

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to the importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    The NSRs and notice are in accordance with sections 751(a)(2)(B) 
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(f).

    Dated: October 18, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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