AD: China Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Germany Stainless Steel Bar

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

(a) preliminary de minimis AD duty rate of 0.00%

¹The China-wide entity for Axes/Adzes includes Jafsam Metal Products (Jafsam).

²The China-wide entity for Bars/Wedges includes Shandong Machinery Import & Export Company (SMC) and Jafsam.

³The China-wide entity for Hammers/Sledges includes SMC, Jafsam, and Shandong Huarong Machinery Co. (Huarong).

⁴The China-wide entity for Picks/Mattocks includes Jafsam, Tianjin Machinery Import and Export Corporation (TMC), and Huarong.

⁵new shipper review

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 review, which are currently due within 120 days of March 8, 2007 for China and within 90 days of March 19, 2007 for Germany.

(See ITA China notice for more information, including the scope of the order, the rescission and preliminary rescission of several companies, etc. See ITT's Online Archives or 05/11/06 news, 06051120, for BP summary of the initiation of this AD duty administrative review.

See ITA Germany notice for more information, including the scope of the order, etc. See ITT's Online Archives or 04/28/06 news, 06042850, for BP summary of the initiation of this AD duty new shipper review.)

ITA China notice (FR Pub 03/08/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4166.pdf

ITA Germany notice (FR Pub 03/19/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-4944.pdf