[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8434-8435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4211]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-401-040]


Stainless Steel Plate From Sweden: Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On January 12, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the final results of the review of the 
antidumping duty finding on stainless steel plate from Sweden. The 
review covered two manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise 
to the United States and the period June 1, 1995 through May 31, 1996. 
On January 14, 1998, Avesta Sheffield (Avesta) filed ministerial error 
comments with regard to these final results of review. Based on our 
correction of a ministerial error, we are amending our final results 
for Avesta.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 19, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael J. Heaney or Linda Ludwig, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4475/3833.

Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act) are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all references to the Department's regulations are 
to 19 CFR Part 353 (1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 12, 1998 the Department published the final results of 
the administrative review covering the period June 1, 1995 through May 
31, 1996. On January 14, 1998, Avesta filed an allegation that the 
Department made a ministerial error in the final results.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of stainless steel 
plate which is commonly used in scientific and industrial equipment 
because of its resistance to staining, rusting and pitting. Stainless 
steel plate is classified under Harmonized Tariff schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) item numbers 7219.11.00.00, 7219.12.00.05, 
7219.12.00.15, 7219.12.00.45, 7219.12.00.65, 7219.12.00.70, 
7219.12.00.80, 7219.21.00.05, 7219.21.00.50, 7219.22.00.05, 
7219.22.00.10, 7219.22.00.30, 7219.22.00.60, 7219.31.00.10, 
7219.31.00.50, 7220.11.00.00, 7222.30.00.00, and 7228.40.00.00. 
Although the subheading is provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
investigation is dispositive.
    On July 11, 1995, the Department determined that Stavax ESR 
(Stavax), UHB Ramax (Ramax), and UHB 904L (904L) when flat-rolled are 
within the scope of the antidumping finding.
    On November 3, 1995, the Department determined that stainless steel 
plate products Stavax, Ramax, and 904L when forged, are within the 
scope of the antidumping finding.
    The review covers the period June 1, 1995 through May 31, 1996. The 
Department has now completed this review in accordance with section 751 
of the Act, as amended.

Ministerial Error

    On January 12, 1998 Avesta filed an allegation of ministerial 
error. Avesta submitted revised model match and difference of 
merchandise (difmer) information on April 24, 1997. In reviewing the 
Department's preliminary results (July 8, 1997, 62 FR 36495), Avesta 
noted that the Department occasionally matched US product months with 
home market product months that differed from those in Avesta's April 
24, 1997 submission. The Department corrected this error in its final 
results. In correcting this error, however, Avesta notes that the 
Department incorrectly applied difmer information from Avesta's January 
27, 1997 submission.
    We agree with Avesta that we incorrectly calculated difmer in our 
final results, and that this constitutes a ministerial error pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.28(d). We have corrected this ministerial error in these 
amended final results, and have based our calculation of difmer on the 
data provided by Avesta in its April 24, 1997 submission.

Amended Final Results of Review

    As a result of our correction of a ministerial error, we determine 
that the weighted average margin for Avesta is 24.67 percent for the 
period June 1, 1995 through May 31, 1996.
    The U.S. 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 directly to the U.S. Customs 
Service.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
for all shipments of stainless steel plate from Sweden 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 Act: (1) The amended cash deposit rate for 
Avesta will be the rate stated above, (2) for previously investigated 
or reviewed 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, or 
the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be that established for the manufacturer of the merchandise 
in the final results of these reviews, or the LTFV investigation; and 
(4) if neither

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the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any 
previous reviews or the original fair value investigation, the cash 
deposit rate will be 4.46%.
    We will calculate importer-specific duty assessment rates on a unit 
value per pound basis. To calculate the per pound unit value for 
assessment, we summed the margins on U.S. sales with positive margins, 
and then divided this sum by the entered pounds of all U.S. sales.
    These amended final results of administrative review and notice are 
in accordance with section 751(a)(1) and (h) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
1675(a)(1) and (h)) and 19 CFR 353.28.

    Dated: February 11, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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