[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 69067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33174]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 252 / Tuesday, December 31, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-832]
Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China (PRC):
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a
request to conduct a new shipper administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the PRC. In accordance
with 19 CFR 353.22(h), we are initiating this administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Kelly or Dorothy Tomaszewski,
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-4194 or 482-0631,
respectively.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the
current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in
the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department has received a timely request from Taiyuan Heavy
Machinery Import and Export Corporation (Taiyuan), in accordance with
interim regulation 19 CFR 353.22(h) (1995), for a new shipper review of
the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the PRC which has a
May anniversary date. Taiyuan has certified that it did not export pure
magnesium to the U.S. during the period of investigation (POI), and
that it is not affiliated with any exporter or producer which did
export pure magnesium during the POI. This certification is in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)) of the Tariff Act of 1930 as
amended, and the Department's interim regulations, 19 CFR 353.22(h).
Therefore, we are initiating the new shipper review as requested.
However, it is the Department's usual practice with non-market
economies to require information regarding de Jure and de facto
government control over a company's export activities to establish its
eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide
rate. Accordingly we will issue a separate rates questionnaire to
Taiyuan and seek additional information from the PRC government (as
appropriate), allowing 30 days for response. If the responses from
Taiyuan and the PRC government indicate adequately that Taiyuan is not
subject to either de Jure or de facto government control with respect
to its exports of pure magnesium, the review will proceed. If, on the
other hand, Taiyuan does not demonstrate its eligibility for a separate
rate, Taiyuan will be deemed to be affiliated with other companies that
exported during the POI that did not establish their entitlement to a
separate rate, and the review will be terminated.
Initiation of Review
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR
353.22(h)(6), we are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping
duty order on pure magnesium from the PRC. We intend to issue the final
results of review not later than 270 days from the date of publication
of this notice.
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Antidumping Duty Proceeding Period to be Reviewed
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PRC: Pure Magnesium, A-570-832:
Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Import and Export.. 05/01/96-10/31/96
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Upon an affirmative separate rates determination, we will instruct
the U.S. Customs Service to allow, at the option of the importer, the
posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or security in
lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise exported by
the above listed companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(h)(4).
Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b).
This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 353.22(h).
Dated: December 20, 1996.
Jeffrey P. Bialos,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-33174 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
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