Wire Decking From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-570-950] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of wire decking from the People's Republic of China (the PRC). For information on the estimated subsidy rates, see the “Suspension of Liquidation” section of this notice. EFFECTIVE DATE: November 9, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson or John Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Operations, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4014, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793 and (202) 482-1009, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Case History On June 5, 2009, the Department received the petition filed in proper form by the petitioners. 1 This investigation was initiated on June 25, 2009. See Wire Decking From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation , 74 FR 31700 (July 2, 2009) ( Initiation Notice ), and accompanying Initiation Checklist. 2 As explained in the Initiation Notice , the categories of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) that include subject merchandise are very broad and include products other than those subject to this investigation. See 74 FR at 31704. Therefore, on June 26, 2009, the Dep…