DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-570-846] Brake Rotors From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received a request to conduct a new shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the PRC. In accordance with 19 C.F.R. 351.214(d), we are initiating this administrative review. EFFECTIVE DATE: December 4, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Kelly or Brian Smith, 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 482-1766, 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 of Commerce (``the Department'') regulations are to the provisions codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1997). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department has received timely requests from China National Industrial Machinery Import & Export Company ---- page 64207 ---- (``CNIM''), Lai Zhou Auto Brake Equipments Factory (``LABEF''), Longkou Haimeng Machinery Co., Ltd. (``Haimeng''), Qingdao Gren Co. (``GREN''), Yantai Winhere Auto-Part Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (``Winhere''), and Zibo Luzhou Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. (``ZLAP'') in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d), for new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') which has an April anniversary date. CNIM, LABEF, Haimeng, GREN, Winhere, and ZLAP (``the respondents'') have certified that each entity did not export brake rotors to the United States during the period of investigation (``POI''), and that each is not affiliated with any exporter or producer which did export brake rotors during the POI. On October 29, 1997, the Coalition for the Preservation of American Brake Drums and Rotors Aftermarket Manufacturers (``the petitioner'') alleged that there were insufficiencies and inconsistencies in respondents' requests. The petitioner claimed that the respondents did not meet the legal requirements of 19 CFR 351.214 and 351.221, and requested that the Department decline to initiate new shipper reviews. On October 31, 1997, the respondents submitted supplemental responses to the petitioner's comments, and rectified the deficiencies pointed out by the petitioner. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.214(b), and based on information on the record, we are initiating the new shipper reviews as requested. It is the Department's usual practice in cases involving non-market economies to require that companies seeking to establish eligibility for an antidumping duty rate separate from the country-wide rate provide de jure and de facto evidence of an absence of government control over the company's export activities. Accordingly we will issue a separate rates questionnaire to the above-named respondents and seek additional information from the PRC government (as appropriate), allowing 30 days for response. If the responses from the respondents and the PRC government provide sufficient indication that the companies named are not subject to either de jure or de facto government control with respect to their exports of brake rotors, the review will proceed as to such companies. If, on the other hand, one or more respondents do not demonstrate their eligibility for a separate rate, then that or those PRC entities will be deemed to be affiliated with other companies that exported during the POI and that did not establish entitlement to a separate rate, and the review of any such companies will be terminated. Initiation of Reviews In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the PRC. We intend to issue the final results of these reviews not later than 270 days after the date of publication of this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Period to be Antidumping duty proceeding reviewed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRC: Brake Rotors, A-570-846: China National Industrial Machinery Import & Export Co., Lai Zhou Auto Brake Equipments Factory, Longkou Haimeng Machinery Co., Ltd., Qingdao Gren (Group) Co., Yantai Winhere Auto-Part Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 03/01/97-9/30/97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. This action is in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d). Interested parties that need access to the proprietary information in this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(b). These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214(d). Dated: November 28, 1997. Richard W. Moreland, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration. [FR Doc. 97-31801 Filed 12-3-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P The Contents entry for this article reads as follows: International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Brake rotors from-- China, 64206