72 FR 115 pg. 33203 - Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy of the Antidumping Duty Petitions: Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates
Type: NOTICEVolume: 72Number: 115Page: 33203
Docket number: A-570-909, A-520-802
FR document: [FR Doc. E7-11591 Filed 6-14-07; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-570-909, A-520-802
Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy of the Antidumping Duty Petitions: Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China and the United Arab Emirates
AGENCY:
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
June 15, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Renkey (People's Republic of China) or David Goldberger (United Arab Emirates), AD/CVD Operations, Offices 2 and 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2312 or (202) 482-4136, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Initiation of Investigations
The Petitions
On May 29, 2007, the Department of Commerce (Department) received antidumping duty petitions (petitions) filed by Mid Continent Nail Corporation, Davis Wire Corporation, Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Atlas Steel Wire Division), Maze Nails (Division of W.H. Maze Company), and Treasure Coast Fasteners, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners) on behalf of the domestic industry producing certain steel nails.
Determination of Industry Support for the Petition
Section 732(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires that a petition be filed by or on behalf of the domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act provides that the Department's industry support determination be based on whether a minimum percentage of the relevant industry supports the petition. A petition meets this requirement if the domestic producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) at least 25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and (ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like product, the Department shall: (i) poll the industry or rely on other information in order to determine if there is support for the petition, as required by subparagraph (A), or (ii) if there is a large number of producers, determine industry support using a statistically valid sampling method to poll the industry.
Extension of Time
Section 732(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act provides that within 20 days of the filing of an antidumping duty petition, the Department will determine, inter alia, whether the petition has been filed by or on behalf of the U.S. industry producing the domestic like product. Section 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act provides that the deadline for the initiation determination, in exceptional circumstances, may be extended by 20 days in any case in which the Department must "poll or otherwise determine support for the petition by the industry." Because it is not clear from the petition whether the industry support criteria have been met, the Department has determined to extend the time for initiating an investigation in order to poll the domestic industry. On June 1, 2007, the Department began issuing polling questionnaires to all known domestic producers of certain steel nails identified in the petition. The questionnaires are on file in the Central Records Unit in room B-099 of the main Department of Commerce building. The Department requested that each company complete the polling questionnaire and fax their responses to the Department.
The Department will need additional time to analyze the domestic producers' responses to this request for information. Therefore, it is necessary to extend the deadline determining the adequacy of the petition for a period not to exceed 40 days from the filing of the petition. As a result, the initiation determination will now be due no later than July 9, 2007.
International Trade Commission Notification
The Department will contact the International Trade Commission (ITC) and will make this extension notice available to the ITC.
Dated: June 11, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-11591 Filed 6-14-07; 8:45 am]
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