Antidumping & Countervailing Admin Reviews Initiated
The International Trade Administration has initiated or deferred administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders for certain specified companies. The ITA also received a request to revoke one AD order in part (for one company).
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1See ITT's Online Archives or 04/09/08 and 04/11/08 news, 08040940 and 08041140, for previous BP summaries of these initiation notices.
2If one of the companies named in the notice does not qualify for a separate rate, all other exporters of subject merchandise from China who have not qualified for a separate rate are deemed to be covered by this review as part of the single China entity of which the named exporters are a part.
3On April 5, 2006, in response to requests, the ITA deferred the initiation of the 2005/2006 AD duty administrative review on imports of low enriched uranium from France. This review is being deferred for another year based on submissions filed by all parties on February 22, 2008 and February 25, 2008.
Requests between anniversary dates. The ITA states that 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 AD 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 of Commerce, if requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the administrative review (in this case, within 30 days of March 31, 2008), will determine whether AD duties have been absorbed by an exporter or producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in the U.S. through an importer that is affiliated with such exporter or producer.
The ITA notes that the request must include the name(s) of the exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.
Request for AD Order Revocation in Part
The ITA also received a timely request to revoke in part the antidumping duty order on Stainless Steel Flanges from India with respect to one exporter.
The ITA intends to issue the final results of these reviews not later than February 28, 2009.
ITA contact - Sheila Forbes (202) 482-4697
ITA notice (FR Pub 03/31/08) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-6564.pdf