E9-12651. Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Advance Notification of Sunset Reviews

AGENCY:

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of upcoming Sunset Reviews.

Background

Every five years, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Act”), the Department of Commerce (“the Department”) and the International Trade Commission automatically initiate and conduct a review to determine whether revocation of a countervailing or antidumping duty order or termination of an investigation suspended under section 704 or 734 of the Act would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or a countervailable subsidy (as the case may be) and of material injury.

Upcoming Sunset Reviews for July 2009

The following Sunset Reviews are scheduled for initiation in July 2009 and will appear in that month's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year Sunset Reviews.

Antidumping duty proceedings	Department contact
Barium Chloride from the PRC (A-570-007) (3rd Review)	Matthew Renkey, [phone].
Chloropicrin from the PRC (A-570-002) (3rd Review)	Matthew Renkey, [phone].
Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Parts Thereof from the PRC (A-570-888)	Brandon Farlander, [phone].
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the PRC (A-570-886)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Malaysia (A-557-813)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand (A-549-821)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
Sorbitol from France (A-427-001) (3rd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Italy (A-475-820) (2nd Review)	Brandon Farlander, [phone].
Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Japan (A-588-843) (2nd Review)	Brandon Farlander, [phone].
Stainless Steel Wire Rod from South Korea (A-580-829) (2nd Review)	Dana Mermelstein, [phone].
Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Spain (A-469-807) (2nd Review)	Brandon Farlander, [phone].
Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Taiwan (A-583-828) (2nd Review)	Brandon Farlander, [phone].
Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol from the PRC (A-570-887)	Matthew Renkey, [phone].

Countervailing Duty Proceedings

No Sunset Reviews of countervailing duty orders are scheduled for initiation in July 2009.

Suspended Investigations

No Sunset Reviews of suspended investigations are scheduled for initiation in July 2009.

The Department's procedures for the conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth in 19 CFR 351.218. Guidance on methodological or analytical issues relevant to the Department's conduct of Sunset Reviews is set forth in the Department's Policy Bulletin 98.3—Policies Regarding the Conduct of Five-year (“Sunset”) Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998). The Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews provides further information regarding what is required of all parties to participate in Sunset Reviews.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), the Department will maintain and make available a service list for these proceedings. To facilitate the timely preparation of the service list(s), it is requested that those seeking recognition as interested parties to a proceeding contact the Department in writing within 10 days of the publication of the Notice of Initiation.

Please note that if the Department receives a Notice of Intent To Participate from a member of the domestic industry within 15 days of the date of initiation, the review will continue. Thereafter, any interested party wishing to participate in the Sunset Review must provide substantive comments in response to the notice of initiation no later than 30 days after the date of initiation.

This notice is not required by statute but is published as a service to the international trading community.

Dated: May 26, 2009.

John M. Andersen,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.