[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1735-1736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-749]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-580-807]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip From the 
Republic of Korea; Amendment of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of amendment of final results of antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On November 14, 1996, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the final results of its administrative review of 
and notice of revocation in part of the antidumping duty order on

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polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from the 
Republic of Korea. The review covered three manufacturers/exporters of 
the subject merchandise to the United States and the period June 1, 
1994 through May 31, 1995. Based on the correction of a ministerial 
error made in those final results for one manufacturer/exporter, we are 
publishing this amendment to the final results in accordance with 19 
CFR 353.28(c).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 13, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael J. Heaney or Linda Ludwig, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-4475 or 3833, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Tariff Act) 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to the current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations 
published in the Federal Register on May 1, 1995 (60 FR 25130).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 14, 1996 (61 FR 58374), the Department published the 
final results of review and notice of revocation in part of the 
antidumping duty order on PET film from the Republic of Korea (56 FR 
25669, June 5, 1991). On November 20, 1996, we received a timely 
allegation from STC Corporation (STC) that the Department made a 
ministerial error in its final results.
    STC contended that in its margin calculations the Department 
incorrectly matched U.S. sales to constructed value rather than to 
identical sales within the contemporaneous 90/60 day period. We agree 
with STC that we made this ministerial error, and have corrected that 
ministerial error in these amended results.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of our correction of a ministerial error, we have 
determined the margin to be:

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                                                                Margin  
                          Company                             (Percent) 
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STC........................................................         1.68
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    The Customs Service shall assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Individual differences between U.S. Price and 
Normal Value may vary from the percentages stated above. The Department 
will issue appraisement instructions concerning each respondent 
directly to the U.S. Customs Service.
    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 
these amended final results of administrative review, as provided for 
by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
STC will be the rate indicated above, (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 in 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; and (4) 
if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this 
or any previous review conducted by the Department, the cash deposit 
rate will be 4.82 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as the final 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 these review periods. 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 notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d). Timely written notification or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of the APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    These amended final results of administrative review and notice are 
in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act (19 U.S.C. 
1675(a)(1)) and 19 CFR 353.28(c).

    Dated: January 7, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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