Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 19, 2001 / Notices 48233 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE exporter of the merchandise under Yaohua Pilkington Safety Glass investigation) on August 27, 2001. With (‘‘Wuhan’’); Guilin Pilkington Safety International Trade Administration regard to the submission from TCGI, we Glass Co., Ltd. (‘‘Guilin’’); Changchun [A–570–867] note that TCGI requested clarification of Pilkington Safety Glass Company Ltd. the scope of this investigation (‘‘Changchun’’); Guandong Lunjiao Notice of Preliminary Determination of concerning bus windshields and Autoglass Co.; Shanghai Fu Hua Glass Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain windshields for farm machinery. Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Riban Glass Co., Ltd.; Automotive Replacement Glass Specifically, TCGI takes the position Jieyang Jiantong Automobile Glass Co., Windshields From the People’s that the language of the initiation notice Ltd.; Shanghai Yanfeng Automotive Republic of China and an application of the criteria Trim Co.; Luoyang Float Glass Group established in Diversified Products Import & Export Corp.; Hebei Tong Yong AGENCY: Import Administration, Corporation v. United States, 572 F. Glass Industry Limited Company; International Trade Administration, Supp. 883 (Court of International Trade Yantai Yanhua Glass Products Co., Ltd.; Department of Commerce. 1983), are such that bus windshields and Hangzhou Safety Glass Co., Ltd. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 19, 2001. and farm and heavy machinery Additionally, we indicated to the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: windshields are outside the scope of the Embassy of the PRC a large number of Stephen Bailey, Brandon Farlander, and merchandise under investigation. On other potential producers/exporters Rick Johnson, Import Administration, August 28, 2001, the Department issued identified in the petition (but for whom International Trade Administration, a letter seeking interested party we did not have an address), and U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th comments on this issue. On September notified the PRC Government that it was Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 5, 2001, we received comments from responsible for ensuring that volume Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) petitioners. However, because this and value information for those 482–1102, and (202) 482–0182, submission was received within five companies be provided to the respectively. days of the preliminary determination, Department. we were not able to consider this issue On May 4, 2001, FYG, Xinyi, Benxun, The Applicable Statute and Regulations for the purposes of this preliminary TCGI, and Pilkington North America Unless otherwise indicated, all determination. We will address this (‘‘PNA’’, an importer of the subject citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as issue in our final determination. merchandise exported by the PRC amended (‘‘the Act’’), are references to On April 3, 2001, the Department companies, Changchun, Guilin, and the provisions effective January 1, 1995, issued a letter to interested parties Wuhan) submitted responses to the the effective date of the amendments providing an opportunity to comment Department’s questionnaire seeking made to the Act by the Uruguay Round on the Department’s proposed product- volume and value of U.S. sales Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition, matching criteria and matching information. On May 7, 2001, the unless otherwise indicated, all citations hierarchy. Comments were submitted on Department issued the respondent to the Department’s regulations are to April 18, 2001 by PPG Industries, Inc., selection memorandum, selecting FYG the regulations codified at 19 CFR part Safelite Glass Corporation, and Apogee and Xinyi to be investigated (see 351 (2000). Enterprises, Inc., and its manufacturing Selection of Respondents section subsidiary Viracon/Curvlite, below). The following companies were Preliminary Determination (collectively, ‘‘petitioners’’), and determined to be non-responsive for We preliminarily determine that respondent FYG. On May 1, 2001, purposes of this investigation based on certain automotive replacement glass petitioners submitted additional their failure to provide the requested (‘‘ARG’’) windshields from the People’s comments intended to refine their information: Lung Ta Glass Industrial Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) are being, or original April 18, 2001 comments on the Company Ltd.; Shanghia Jamyf are likely to be, sold in the United States Department’s proposed product- Decoration Materials Company Ltd.; at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’), as matching criteria and matching Fujian Wan Da Automobile; Sino- provided in section 733 of the Act. The hierarchy. Foreign Joint Venture; Liu Zhou Steel estimated margins of sales at LTFV are On April 17, 2001, the United States Glass Factory; Luoyang Glass Company shown in the ‘‘Suspension of International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) Limited; Tianjin NSG Safety Glass Liquidation’’ section of this notice. issued its affirmative preliminary Company Ltd.; Yangzhou Tang Cheng determination that there is a reasonable Case History Safety Glass; Boading Sanyuan Safety indication that an industry in the Glass Company, Ltd.; Best Safety-Glass; This investigation was initiated on United States is materially injured by Zhuhai Singyes Auto Safety Glass March 20, 2001. See Notice of Initiation reason of imports of the subject Factory; Qinhuangdao Haiyan Safety of Antidumping Duty Investigation: merchandise from the PRC, which was Glass Company Ltd.; Changzhou Certain Automotive Replacement Glass published in the Federal Register on Industry Technical Glass Factory; Windshields from the People’s Republic April 24, 2001. See Automotive Tianjin Sanlian Skilled Glass Works; of China, 66 FR 16651 (March 27, 2001) Replacement Glass Windshields from Tianjin Riban Glass Co., Ltd.; Jieyang (‘‘Notice of Initiation’’). The Department China, 66 FR 20682 (April 24, 2001). Jiantong Automobile Glass Co., Ltd.; set aside a period for all interested On April 24, 2001, the Department Shanghai Yanfeng Automotive Trim Co.; parties to raise issues regarding product issued a questionnaire requesting Luoyang Float Glass Group Import & coverage. See Notice of Initiation at volume and value of U.S. sales Export Corp.; Hebei Tong Yong Glass 16651. We received comments regarding information to the Embassy of the PRC Industry Limited Company; Yantai product coverage as follows; from Fuyao and to the Ministry of Foreign Trade Yanhua Glass Products Co., Ltd.; Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd. (‘‘FYG’’), and Economic Development, and sent Hangzhou Safety Glass Co., Ltd.; Xinyi Automotive Glass (Shenzhen) Co. courtesy copies to the following known Guandong Lunjiao Autoglass Co.; Ltd. (‘‘Xinyi’’) and Shenzhen Benxun producers/exporters of subject Shanghai Fu Hua Glass Co., Ltd.; and Auto-Glass Co., Ltd. (‘‘Benxun’’) on merchandise identified in the petition: Dongguan Kongwan Automobile Glass. April 9, 2001; and from TCG FYG; Xinyi; Benxun; Dongguan On May 8, 2001, the Department International Inc. (‘‘TCGI’’, a Canadian Kongwan Automobile Glass; Wuhan issued its antidumping questionnaire to VerDate 11<MAY>2000 10:02 Sep 18, 2001 Jkt 194001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19SEN1.SGM pfrm07 PsN: 19SEN1 48234 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 19, 2001 / Notices FYG and Xinyi. On June 1, 2001, the supplemental questionnaire for Sections Changchun, Guilin, and Wuhan Department amended the May 8, 2001 C & D to FYG and Xinyi and received submitted supplemental section A Sections C & D Questionnaire to include responses on August 15 and 22, 2001, responses on their own behalf. On fields which account for bent float glass respectively. September 5, 2001, we requested and for dimensions of the float glass. On June 22, 2001, the Department Changchun, Guilin, and Wuhan to On May 10, 2001, the Department issued a request for parties to submit submit a certification of accuracy on the received requests from PNA and Benxun comments on surrogate market-economy record that the information provided for to be treated as voluntary respondents country selection, and publicly these companies in PNA’s June 12, 2001 in this investigation, or at a minimum, available information for valuing the section C and D response is accurate. On to be granted a separate rate. On May 29, factors of production. Petitioners September 7, 2001, each company 2001, the Department received a request submitted comments to these requests submitted the required certificate of from TCGI in which TCGI stated that is on July 6, 2001 and July 23, 2001 accuracy. qualifies as a proper respondent in this respectively. On July 23, 2001, FYG and On August 23, 2001, petitioners investigation and that, as a cooperating Xinyi submitted surrogate value data to submitted comments regarding FYG’s respondent, the Department must the Department. On August 7, 2001, response of August 15, 2001. Also, on calculate a separate rate for the Xinyi submitted some additional August 23, 2001, FYG submitted company in accordance with publicly available published comments to petitioners’ August 15, Department precedent. On July 19, information on surrogate values. On 2001 submission. 2001, Benxun supplemented its request August 9, 2001, petitioners submitted On July 17, 2001, the Department to be granted, at a minimum, a separate comments on FYG’s July 23, 2001 postponed the deadline for the rate. On July 26, 2001, petitioners surrogate value data submission. On preliminary determination to August 31, submitted comments