Natural Bristle Paint Brushes and Brush Heads From the People's Republic of China; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

Samenvatting

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on natural bristle paint brushes and brush heads (paint brushes) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) in response to requests by domestic interested parties, the Paint Applicator Division of the American Brush Manufacturers Association (PADABMA) and EZ Paintr Corporation (EZ Paintr). This review covers shipments of this merchandise to the United States during the period February 1, 1995, through January 31, 1996. We have preliminarily determined that sales have been made below normal value (NV). If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs to assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. Parties who submit argument are requested to submit with each argument (1) a statement of the issue and (2) a brief summary of the argument.