[Federal Register: March 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 59)]
[Notices]
[Page 14521-14522]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-570-504
Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of New Shipper Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2007.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined
that a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order
on petroleum wax candles from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''),
received before February 28, 2007, meets the statutory and regulatory
requirements for initiation. The period of review (``POR'') of this new
shipper review is August 1, 2006, through January 31, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bankhead, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9068.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax
candles from the PRC published in the Federal Register on August 28,
1986. See Antidumping Duty Order: Petroleum Wax Candles From the
People's Republic of China, 51 FR 30686 (August 28, 1986).\1\ On
February 16, 2007, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(c), the Department
received a new shipper review request from Hangzhou Fashion Living Co.,
Ltd (``Fashion Living''). On March 7, 2007, the Department requested
that Fashion Living correct certain filing deficiencies. See the
Department's letter dated March 7, 2007. On March 8, 2007, Fashion
Living resubmitted its new shipper request. Fashion Living certified
that it is both the producer and exporter of the subject merchandise
upon which the request for a new shipper review is based.
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\1\ Therefore, a request for a new shipper review based on the
semiannual anniversary month, February, was due to the Department by
February 28, 2007. See 19 CFR 351.214(d)(2).
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Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i), Fashion Living
certified that it did not export petroleum wax candles to the United
States during the period of investigation (``POI''). In addition,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), Fashion Living certified that, since the
initiation of the investigation, it has never been affiliated with any
PRC exporter or producer who exported petroleum wax candles to the
United States during the POI, including those not individually examined
during the investigation. As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B),
Fashion Living also certified that its export activities were not
controlled by the central government of the PRC.
In addition to the certifications described above, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), Fashion Living submitted documentation
establishing the following: (1) the date on which Fashion Living first
shipped petroleum wax candles for export to the United States and the
date on which the petroleum wax candles were first entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption; (2) the volume of its first
shipment; \2\ and (3) the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated
customer in the United States.
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\2\ Fashion Living made no subsequent shipments to the United
States, which the Department corroborated using data from U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
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The Department conducted customs database queries to confirm that
Fashion Living's shipment of subject merchandise had entered the United
States for consumption and had been suspended for antidumping duties.
We confirmed that Fashion Living's shipment had entered for consumption
and been suspended for antidumping duties.
Initiation of New Shipper Review
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(d)(1), the Department finds that Fashion Living's request meets
the threshold requirements for initiation of a new shipper review for
the shipment of petroleum wax candles from the PRC it produced and
exported. See Memo to the File from Nicole Bankhead, Senior Case
Analyst, through Alex Villanueva, Program Manager, Office 9: New
Shipper Review Initiation Checklist, dated March 19, 2007.
The POR for this new shipper review is August 1, 2006, through
January 31, 2007. See 19 CFR 351.214(g)(1)(ii)(B). The Department
intends to issue the preliminary results of this review no later than
180 days from the date of initiation, and final results of this review
no later than 270 days from the date of initiation. See section
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
Interested parties requiring access to proprietary information in
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and
351.306. This initiation and notice are published in accordance with
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and
351.221(c)(1)(i).
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Dated: March 19, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-5713 Filed 3-27-07; 8:45 am]
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