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AD Duty Order Administrative Reviews Initiated and Request for Revocation in Part

The International Trade Administration has initiated administrative reviews of the following antidumping duty orders for certain specified companies. The ITA also received a request to revoke one AD order in part.

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1If 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.

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 April 25, 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.

Request for AD Order Revocation in Part

The ITA also received a timely request to revoke in part the AD duty order on certain tissue paper products from China with respect to one exporter.

(The ITA intends to issue the final results of these administrative reviews not later than March 31, 2009.)

ITA contact -Sheila Forbes(202) 482-4697

ITA notice (FR Pub 04/25/08) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-9123.pdf