AD: China Brake Rotors, Mexico OCTG

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results for the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews:

The ITA indicates that these companies are "sample rate" exporters, whose rate was calculated using proprietary information, averages and sampling exercises.

AD duty new shipper review

(a) preliminary AD de minimis rates of 0.17% for Meita and 0.04% for Winhere

(b) With regard to the AD duty new shipper review of SZAP, the ITA finds that the one sale made by SZAP was not a bona fide commercial transaction. Therefore, the ITA is preliminarily rescinding the AD duty new shipper review of SZAP.

Preliminary Results are Not in Effect and May be Amended

These preliminary results are not in effect and may be amended in the final results of these AD duty administrative reviews, which are currently due within 120 days of May 8, 2006 (China) and May 12, 2006 (Mexico).

See ITA's China notice for more information, including the scope of the order, the preliminary rescission of this AD duty administrative review for seven companies and producer/exporter combinations, etc.

See ITA's Mexico notice, including the scope of the order, the preliminary rescission of this AD duty administrative review for one company, etc.

(See ITT's Online Archives or 06/07/05 and 06/01/05 news, 05060730 and 05060130, for BP summaries of the initiation of the China AD duty administrative review and the new shipper review, respectively.

See ITT's Online Archives or 10/12/05 news, 05101235, for BP summary of the initiation of the Mexico AD duty administrative review.)

ITA China Notice (FR Pub 05/08/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-6988.pdf

ITA Mexico Notice (FR Pub 05/12/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-7284.pdf