[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52688-52692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21499]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. In
accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those
administrative reviews. The Department also received a request to
revoke one antidumping duty order in part.
DATES: Effective Date: August 30, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Unit, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and
countervailing
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duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. The Department
also received a timely request to revoke in part the antidumping duty
order on Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands for one
exporter.
All deadlines for the submission of various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by the Department discussed
below refer to the number of calendar days from the applicable starting
time.
Notice of No Sales
If a producer or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no
exports, sales, or entries during the period of review (``POR''), it
must notify the Department within 60 days of publication of this notice
in the Federal Register. All submissions must be filed electronically
at http://iaaccess.trade.gov in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303. See
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing
Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 39263
(July 6, 2011). Such submissions are subject to verification in
accordance with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(``Act''). Further, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(3)(ii), a copy
of each request must be served on the petitioner and each exporter or
producer specified in the request.
Respondent Selection
In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for
individual examination for administrative reviews, the Department
intends to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (``CBP'') data for U.S. imports during the POR. We intend to
release the CBP data under Administrative Protective Order (``APO'') to
all parties having an APO within seven days of publication of this
initiation notice and to make our decision regarding respondent
selection within 21 days of publication of this Federal Register
notice. The Department invites comments regarding the CBP data and
respondent selection within five days of placement of the CBP data on
the record of the applicable review.
In the event the Department decides it is necessary to limit
individual examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection
under section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, the Department has found that determinations concerning
whether particular companies should be ``collapsed'' (i.e., treated as
a single entity for purposes of calculating antidumping duty rates)
require a substantial amount of detailed information and analysis,
which often require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, the
Department will not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent
selection phase of this review and will not collapse companies at the
respondent selection phase unless there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a previous segment of this antidumping
proceeding (i.e., investigation, administrative review, new shipper
review or changed circumstances review). For any company subject to
this review, if the Department determined, or continued to treat, that
company as collapsed with others, the Department will assume that such
companies continue to operate in the same manner and will collapse them
for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise, the Department will not
collapse companies for purposes of respondent selection. Parties are
requested to (a) identify which companies subject to review previously
were collapsed, and (b) provide a citation to the proceeding in which
they were collapsed. Further, if companies are requested to complete
the Quantity and Value Questionnaire for purposes of respondent
selection, in general each company must report volume and value data
separately for itself. Parties should not include data for any other
party, even if they believe they should be treated as a single entity
with that other party. If a company was collapsed with another company
or companies in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding
where the Department considered collapsing that entity, complete
quantity and value data for that collapsed entity must be submitted.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that has requested a
review may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The
regulation provides that the Department may extend this time if it is
reasonable to do so. In order to provide parties additional certainty
with respect to when the Department will exercise its discretion to
extend this 90-day deadline, interested parties are advised that, with
regard to reviews requested on the basis of anniversary months on or
after August 2011, the Department does not intend to extend the 90-day
deadline unless the requestor demonstrates that an extraordinary
circumstance has prevented it from submitting a timely withdrawal
request. Determinations by the Department to extend the 90-day deadline
will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Separate Rates
In proceedings involving non-market economy (``NME'') countries,
the Department begins with a rebuttable presumption that all companies
within the country are subject to government control and, thus, should
be assigned a single antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the
Department's policy to assign all exporters of merchandise subject to
an administrative review in an NME country this single rate unless an
exporter can demonstrate that it is sufficiently independent so as to
be entitled to a separate rate.
To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a
separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the
subject merchandise under a test arising from the Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from the People's Republic
of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991), as amplified by Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Silicon Carbide from
the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 2, 1994). In
accordance with the separate rates criteria, the Department assigns
separate rates to companies in NME cases only if respondents can
demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto government control
over export activities.
All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must
complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate application or
certification, as described below. For these administrative reviews, in
order to demonstrate separate rate eligibility, the Department requires
entities for whom a review was requested, that were assigned a separate
rate in the most recent segment of this proceeding in which they
participated, to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for
obtaining a separate rate. The Separate Rate Certification form will be
available on the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia on
the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. In responding
to the certification, please follow the ``Instructions for Filing the
Certification'' in the Separate Rate Certification. Separate Rate
Certifications are due to the Department no later than 60 calendar days
after publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and
requirement for submitting a Certification applies
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equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign
sellers who purchase and export subject merchandise to the United
States.
Entities that currently do not have a separate rate from a
completed segment of the proceeding \1\ should timely file a Separate
Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this
proceeding. In addition, companies that received a separate rate in a
completed segment of the proceeding that have subsequently made
changes, including, but not limited to, changes to corporate structure,
acquisitions of new companies or facilities, or changes to their
official company name,\2\ should timely file a Separate Rate
Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this
proceeding. The Separate Rate Status Application will be available on
the Department's Web site at http://www.trade.gov/ia on the date of
publication of this Federal Register notice. In responding to the
Separate Rate Status Application, refer to the instructions contained
in the application. Separate Rate Status Applications are due to the
Department no later than 60 calendar days of publication of this
Federal Register notice. The deadline and requirement for submitting a
Separate Rate Status Application applies equally to NME-owned firms,
wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign sellers that purchase and
export subject merchandise to the United States.
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\1\ Such entities include entities that have not participated in
the proceeding, entities that were preliminarily granted a separate
rate in any currently incomplete segment of the proceeding (e.g., an
ongoing administrative review, new shipper review, etc.) and
entities that lost their separate rate in the most recently complete
segment of the proceeding in which they participated.
\2\ Only changes to the official company name, rather than trade
names, need to be addressed via a Separate Rate Application.
Information regarding new trade names may be submitted via a
Separate Rate Certification.
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For exporters and producers who submit a separate-rate status
application or certification and subsequently are selected as mandatory
respondents, these exporters and producers will no longer be eligible
for separate rate status unless they respond to all parts of the
questionnaire as mandatory respondents.
Initiation of Reviews
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating
administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing
duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these
reviews not later than July 31, 2013.
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Period to be
Reviewed
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Antidumping duty proceedings
Finland: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose, A-405-803.. 7/1/11-6/30/12
CP Kelco Oy
CP Kelco U.S. Inc
J.M. Huber Corporation
India: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film, A-533- 7/1/11-6/30/12
824.................................................
Ester Industries Limited
Garware Polyester Ltd
Jindal Poly Films Limited
Polplex Corporation Ltd
SRF Limited
Italy: Certain Pasta, A-475-818...................... 7/1/11-6/30/12
Alberto Poiatti S.p.A
Delverde Industrie Alimentari S.p.A
Industria Alimentare Colavita, S.p.A
Pasta Lensi S.r.L
Pastificio Attilio Mastromauro-Pasta Granoro
S.r.L
Pastificio Gallo Natale & F. Ili S.r.L
Fiamma Vesuviana S.r.L
Pastificio Zaffiri S.r.L
Rummo S.p.A. Molino e Pastificio
Tandoi Filippo e Adalberto Fratelli S.p.A
Valdigrano di Flavio Pagani S.r.L
Russia Federation: Solid Urea, A-821-801............. 7/1/11-6/30/12
OJSC MCC EuroChem, and production affiliates,
OJSC Nevinnomyssky Azot
and OJSC Novomoskovskaya Azot
Tawain: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film, A-583- 7/1/11-6/30/12
837.................................................
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
Shinkong Materials Technology Corporation
The Netherlands: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose, A- 7/1/11-6/30/12
421-811.............................................
Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals, B.V
CP Kelco B.V
The People's Republic Of China: Circular Welded 7/1/11-6/30/12
Carbon Quality Steel Pipe,\3\ A-570-910.............
\3\ If the above-named company does not qualify
for a separate rate, all other exporters of
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from
the PRC who have not qualified for a separate
rate are deemed to be covered by this review as
part of the single PRC entity of which the named
exporters are a part.
Adler Steel Ltd
Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd
Benxi Northern Steel Pipes, Co. Ltd
CNOOC Kingland Pipeline Co., Ltd
ETCO (China) International Trading Co., Ltd
Guangzhou Juyi Steel Pipes Co., Ltd
Hefei Zijin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd
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Huludao City Steel Pipe Industrial
Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd
Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
Liaoning Northern Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
MCC Liaoning Dragon Pipe Industries
Shanghai Zhongyou TIPO Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
SPAT Steel International
SteelFORCE Far East Ltd
Tianjin Baolai International Trade Co., Ltd
Tianjin Huilitong Steel Tube Co., Ltd
Tianjin Longshenghua Import & Export
Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
Tianjin Uniglory International Trade Co., Ltd.
Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
WISCO & CRM Wuhan Material & Trade
Wuxi Fastube Industry Co., Ltd
Xuzhou Global Pipe & Fitting Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd
Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd
Zhongjian Jinpei Steel Pipe Co. Ltd
Countervailing Duty Proceedings
India: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film, C-533- 1/1/11-12/31/11
825.................................................
Ester Industries Limited
Garware Polyester Ltd
Jindal Poly Films Limited
Polyplex Corporation Ltd
SRF Limited
Italy: Certain Pasta, C-475-819...................... 1/1/11-12/31/11
Delverde Industrie Alimentari S.p.A
Molino e Pastificio Tomasello S.p.A
Valdigrano di Flavio Pagani S.r.L
The People Republic Of China: Circular Welded Carbon 1/1/11-12/31/11
Quality Steel Pipe, C-570-911.......................
Adler Steel Ltd
Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd
Benxi Northern Steel Pipes, Co. Ltd
CNOOC Kingland Pipeline Co., Ltd
ETCO (China) International Trading Co., Ltd
Guangzhou Juyi Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
Hefei Zijin Steel Tube Manufacturing Co., Ltd
Huludao City Steel Pipe Industrial
Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd
Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
Liaoning Northern Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
MCC Liaoning Dragon Pipe Industries
Shanghai Zhongyou Tipo Steel
SteelFORCE Far East Ltd
Tianjin Huilitong Steel Tube Co., Ltd
Tianjin Longshenghua Import & Export
Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
Tianjin Uniglory International Trade Co., Ltd
Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd
Wuxi Fastube Industry Co., Ltd
Xuzhou Global Pipe & Fitting Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd
Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd
Zhongjian Jinpei Steel Pipe Co. Ltd
Turkey: Certain Pasta, C-489-806..................... 1/1/11-12/31/11
Marsan Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S
Bellini Gida Sanaya A.S
Eksper Gida Pazarlama San. ve Tic A.S
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Suspension Agreements
None.
During any administrative review covering all or part of a period
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of
the publication of an antidumping duty order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a
determination under 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine,
consistent with FAG Italia v. United States, 291 F.3d 806 (Fed Cir.
2002), as appropriate, whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by
an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject
merchandise is sold in the United States through an importer that is
affiliated with such exporter or producer. The request must include the
name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
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For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period, of
the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the period of review.
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. On
January 22, 2008, the Department published Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Documents Submission Procedures; APO
Procedures, 73 FR 3634 (January 22, 2008). Those procedures apply to
administrative reviews included in this notice of initiation. Parties
wishing to participate in any of these administrative reviews should
ensure that they meet the requirements of these procedures (e.g., the
filing of separate letters of appearance as discussed at 19 CFR
351.103(d)).
Any party submitting factual information in an antidumping duty or
countervailing duty proceeding must certify to the accuracy and
completeness of that information. See section 782(b) of the Act.
Parties are hereby reminded that revised certification requirements are
in effect for company/government officials as well as their
representatives in all segments of any antidumping duty or
countervailing duty proceedings initiated on or after March 14, 2011.
See Certification of Factual Information to Import Administration
During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Interim Final
Rule, 76 FR 7491 (February 10, 2011) (``Interim Final Rule''), amending
19 CFR 351.303(g)(1) and (2). The formats for the revised
certifications are provided at the end of the Interim Final Rule. The
Department intends to reject factual submissions in any proceeding
segments initiated on or after March 14, 2011 if the submitting party
does not comply with the revised certification requirements.
These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).
Dated: August 20, 2012.
Gary Taverman,
Senior Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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