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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-008]

 

Color Television Receivers From the Republic of Korea; 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration/Import Administration/
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: In response to a request by the petitioners, the Department of 
Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on color television receivers from the Republic of Korea. The 
review covers exports of this merchandise to the United States during 
the period April 1, 1992, through March 31, 1993. Three companies 
failed to respond to our questionnaire and received a rate based on the 
best information available. For the remaining four companies, we have 
preliminarily determined that there were no known shipments of the 
subject merchandise during the period of review.
    We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 11, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zev Primor or Wendy Frankel, Office of 
Antidumping Compliance, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 30, 1993, the Independent Radionic Workers of America, the 
United Electrical Workers of America, the International Brotherhood of 
Electrical Workers, the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, 
Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO, and Industrial Union 
Department, AFL-CIO (the Unions), the petitioners in this proceeding, 
requested an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
color television receivers (CTVs), complete or incomplete, from the 
Republic of Korea (ROK) (49 FR 18336, April 30, 1984) in accordance 
with 19 CFR 353.22(a). On May 27, 1993, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published a notice of initiation of this review which 
covers seven manufacturers/exporters for the period April 1, 1992, 
through March 31, 1993 (58 FR 30,767). The Department is now conducting 
this review pursuant to section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Tariff Act).
    The petitioners requested that the Department review seven 
manufacturers/exporters for the period April 1, 1992, through March 31, 
1993. Four respondents, Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd. (Daewoo), Goldstar 
Electronics Co., Ltd. (Goldstar), Samwon Electronics, Inc. (Samwon), 
and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung), indicated that they had no 
sales during the period of review (POR). Three companies, Quantronics 
Manufacturing Korea, Ltd. (Quantronics), Tongkook General Electronics, 
Inc., and Cosmos Electronics Manufacturing Korea, Ltd., did not respond 
to our requests for information. As the best information available 
(BIA) under 776(c) of the Tariff Act, when a company fails to provide 
the information requested in a timely manner, the Department considers 
the company uncooperative and generally assigns to that company the 
higher of (a) the highest rate assigned to any company in any previous 
review, including the less-than-fair-value investigation (LTFV), or (b) 
the highest rate for a responding company with shipments during the 
POR. Therefore, we have used the highest rate from the LTFV 
investigation, which was 16.57 percent, in determining the margins for 
these three companies for this review, because this rate is higher than 
the highest rate in the current review.

Scope of Review

    The products covered by this review include color television 
receivers, complete and incomplete, from the ROK. The order covers all 
CTVs regardless of tariff classification. During the POR, the subject 
merchandise was classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) item 
numbers 8528.10.60, 8529.90.15, 8529.90.20 and 8540.11.00. The HTS item 
numbers are provided for convenience and Customs purposes only. The 
written description remains dispositive as to the scope of the product 
coverage.

Preliminary Results of Review

    Because four of the respondents stated they had no sales during the 
POR, on June 24, 1993, the Department requested the U.S. Customs 
Service (Customs) to confirm that there was no record of entries of the 
subject merchandise from the ROK during the POR. We received no 
affirmative responses from Customs.
    On July 23, 1993, petitioners provided the Department with import 
data from the Port Import-Export Reporting Service (PIERS) (a private 
for-profit computerized data bank) and alleged that Samsung, Daewoo and 
Goldstar ``exported'' to the United States CTVs from the ROK. The 
information submitted by the petitioners included: Type of product 
imported, product code, weight of cargo, cargo's number of units, date 
of arrival, exporter's name and location, U.S.-based importer's name 
and its location, point of origin, and the name of the U.S. port of 
discharge. All three respondents, mentioned on the list, submitted 
comments regarding petitioners' allegations.
    Goldstar, in its August 17, 1993, comments, claimed that the PIERS 
data bank is merely a ``compilation of manifests of vessels that 
discharge cargo at U.S. commercial seaports.'' Additionally, Goldstar 
pointed out that the submitted database does not contain the official 
Customs entry information, lacks HTS classification, and does not 
distinguish between the merchandise discharged at the U.S. seaport for 
consumption entry into the U.S. and merchandise that is transshipped to 
third country destinations. Despite the limited information, Goldstar 
argues that it was able to determine that all the shipments listed in 
PIERS by the petitioners were either: (1) Shipments of CTVs passing 
through the U.S. commercial seaports without entry into the United 
States; or (2) imports of printed circuits boards (PCBs) into the 
United States that are not subject to the scope of the antidumping duty 
order on CTVs from the ROK.
    On September 1, 1993, Daewoo submitted a rebuttal to the 
petitioners' allegations echoing Goldstar's concerns about the 
inadequacy of the data submitted to the Department. Additionally, 
Daewoo points out that frequently the PIERS listing shows as ``U.S. 
based importer'' a freight forwarder or intermediate consignee rather 
than an actual U.S. importer. Moreover, Daewoo claims that the review 
of virtually all of its ``entries,'' submitted by the petitioners, 
reveals final destinations of the cargo in third country markets such 
as Mexico or Argentina.
    On October 5, 1993, Samsung also responded to the petitioners' 
allegations by pointing out that with the exception of one destination, 
Saddle Brook, New Jersey, all of Samsung's other shipments were made to 
third country markets. With regard to the Saddle Brook, New Jersey 
destination, given the limited information, Samsung was not able to 
determine whether any of the shipments represented covered merchandise 
or were even destined for the U.S. market. Further, Samsung claims that 
the PIERS listings offer insufficient information to link petitioners' 
claims with Samsung's entry documents.
    On February 25, 1994, the Department again requested information 
from Customs as to whether any entries of the subject merchandise had 
been made during the POR. On March 21, 1994, Customs responded with a 
list of entries indicating that certain merchandise, under the covered 
HTS item numbers, had entered the United States. The Department 
provided this information to the respondents with a request for an 
explanation as to the nature of these entries. On March 28, 1994, we 
received information from each of the respondents supporting their 
claims that the entries in question were of merchandise which is not 
subject to the antidumping duty order on CTVs from the ROK. Respondents 
certified that the entries consisted either of merchandise destined for 
third country markets or contained television parts not covered by the 
antidumping duty order.
    Therefore, we preliminarily determine that Daewoo, Goldstar, 
Samwon, and Samsung had no shipments of the subject merchandise during 
the period April 1, 1992, through March 31, 1993. The cash deposit 
rates established in the final results of the prior administrative 
review for those firms, published in the Federal Register on March 23, 
1994 (59 FR 13700), will remain in effect for this review.

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                                                                Margin  
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      percentage
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Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd.................................     \1\1.23
Goldstar Electronics Co., Ltd...............................     \1\0.00
Samwon Electronics, Inc.....................................     \1\0.53
Cosmos Electronics Manufacturing Korea......................       16.57
Quantronics Manufacturing Korea, Ltd........................       16.57
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd................................     \1\0.37
Tangkook General Electronics, Inc...........................       16.57
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\1\No shipments; rate from previous review.                             

    Case briefs and/or written comments from interested parties may be 
submitted no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to written comments, limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs and comments, may be filed no later 
than 37 days after the date of publication of this notice.
    Within 10 days of the date of publication of this notice, 
interested parties to this proceeding may request a disclosure and/or a 
hearing. The hearing, if requested, will take place no later than 44 
days after publication of this notice. Persons interested in attending 
the hearing should contact the Department for the date and time of the 
hearing.
    The Department will subsequently publish the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any such written comments or a hearing.
    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department 
will issue appropriate appraisement instructions directly to Customs 
Service upon completion of this review.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the reviewed 
companies will be those rates established in the final results of this 
review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer 
of the merchandise.
    On March 25, 1993, the Court of International Trade (CIT), in 
Floral Trade Council v. United States, Slip Op. 93-79, and Federal-
Mogul Corporation v. United States, Slip Op. 93-83, decided that once 
an ``all others'' rate is established for a company, it can only be 
changed through an administrative review. The Department has determined 
that in order to implement these decisions, it is appropriate to 
reinstate the original ``all others'' rate from the LTFV investigation 
(or that rate as amended for correction of clerical errors or as a 
result of litigation) in proceedings governed by antidumping duty 
orders. Therefore, the ``all others'' rate will be 13.90 percent, the 
``all others'' rate established in the LTFV investigation (49 FR 7620, 
March 1, 1984).
    These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until publication of the final results of the next administrative 
review.
    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
353.22(c)(1993).

    Dated: April 3, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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