[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1204-1205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25645]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-846]
Brake Rotors from the People's Republic of China: Extension of
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 2006-2007 Administrative
and New Shipper Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 7, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Veith, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4295.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
New Shipper Review
On April 18, 2007, Shanghai Tylon Company Ltd. (``Tylon'')
requested a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on brake
rotors from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), which has an
April anniversary month, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c). On May
25, 2007, the Department initiated a new shipper review of Tylon
covering the period April 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007. See Brake
Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping
Duty New Shipper Review, 72 FR 29299 (May 25, 2007).
On August 23, 2007, Tylon agreed to waive the new shipper review
time limits in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), to align the new
shipper review with the concurrent 2006-2007 administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the PRC. On August 24,
2007, the Department aligned the new shipper review with the 2006-2007
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors
from the PRC.\1\
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\1\ See the Department's memorandum, entitled ``2006-2007
Administrative and New Shipper Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Brake Rotors from the People's Republic of China: Alignment of
2006-2007 Administrative and New Shipper Reviews,'' dated August 24,
2007 (``NSR Alignment Memo'').
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Administrative Review
On April 2, 2007, the Department published a notice of opportunity
to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
brake rotors from the PRC. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request
Administrative Review, 72 FR 15650 (April 2, 2006). On April 30, 2007,
the Department received timely requests for an administrative review of
this antidumping duty order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213 from the
following individual companies: LABEC, Winhere, Haimeng, Hongda, Meita,
Wally, and Longkou Dixion Brake System Ltd. (``Dixion''). On April 30,
2007, the Department also received timely requests for an
administrative review of 23 companies (or producer/exporter
combinations),\2\ from petitioner. As a result of the above-mentioned
companies' and petitioner's requests for a review, this administrative
review covers 24 companies.
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\2\ The names of these companies or producer/exporter
combination are as follows: (1) Longkou Haimeng Machinery Co., Ltd.
(``Haimeng''); (2) Qingdao Meita Automotive Industry Co., Ltd.
(``Meita''); (3) Laizhou Auto Brake Equipment Factory (``LABEC'');
(4) Yantai Winhere Auto-Part Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (``Winhere'');
(5) Laizhou Hongda Auto Replacement Parts Co., Ltd. (``Hongda'');
(6) Laizhou City Luqi Machinery Co., Ltd. (``Luqi''); (7) Laizhou
Wally Automobile Co., Ltd. (``Wally''); (8) Zibo Luzhou Automobile
Parts Co., Ltd. (``ZLAP''); (9) Zibo Golden Harvest Machinery
Limited Company (``ZGOLD''); (10) Longkou TLC Machinery Co., Ltd.
(``TLC''); (11) Longkou Jinzheng Maxhinery Co. (``Jinzheng''); (12)
Qingdao Gren Co. (``Gren''); (13) Shenyang Yinghao Machinery Co.
(``Yinghao''); (14) Shanxi Zhongding Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
(``SZAP''); (15) Shandong Huanri Group Company (``Huanri''); (16)
Longkou Qizheng Auto Parts Co. (``Qizheng''); (17) China National
Automotive Industry Import & Export Corporation (``CAIEC''),
excluding entries manufactured by Shandong Laizhou CAPCO Industry
(``CAPCO''); (18) CAPCO, excluding entries manufactured by CAPCO;
(19) Laizhou Luyuan Automobile Fittings Co. (``Luyuan''), excluding
entries manufactured by Laizhou Luyuan or Shenyang Honbase Machinery
Co., Ltd. (``Honbase''); (20) Honbase, excluding entries
manufactured by Laizhou Luyuan or Honbase; (21) China National
Industrial Machinery Import & Export Corporation (``CNIM''); (22)
Xianghe Xumingyuan Auto Parts Co. (``Xumingyuan''''); and (23)
Qingdao Golrich Autoparts Co., Ltd. (``Golrich'').
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As mentioned above, on August 24, 2007, the Department aligned the
new shipper review with the 2006-2007 administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the PRC.\3\ The preliminary
results of these reviews are currently due no later than December 31,
2007.
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\3\ See NSR Alignment Memo.
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (``Act''), the Department shall make a preliminary
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping duty order
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date
of publication of the order. The Act further provides, however, that
the Department may extend that 245-day period to 365 days if it
determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the
foregoing time period.
The Department determines that completion of the preliminary
results of these reviews within the statutory time period is not
practicable. The Department requires additional time to analyze issues
regarding the respondents, including 12 separate-rate respondents and
two mandatory respondents in the administrative review and one
respondent in the new shipper review. Therefore, given the
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complexity of the issues and the number of companies in this case, and
in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the
Act, we are extending the time period for issuing the preliminary
results of review by 30 days until January 30, 2008.
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 28, 2007.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-25645 Filed 1-4-08; 8:45 am]
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