[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 234 (Monday, December 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67456-67457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32437]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-583-827]


Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan; 
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received a request to conduct a 
new shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
static random access memory semiconductors from Taiwan. In accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Thompson or Sergio Gonzalez, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-1776 or 482-1779, 
respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
regulations are to the provisions codified at 19 CFR part 351 (62 FR 
27295, May 19, 1997).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department received a timely request from Giga Semiconductor 
Inc. (GSI Technology), in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d), for a 
semiannual new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
static random access memory semiconductors (SRAMS) from Taiwan, which 
has an October semiannual anniversary date. GSI Technology (the 
respondent) has certified in its October 15, 1998, and its November 20, 
1998, submissions to Department that it did not export SRAMS to the 
United States for sale during the period of investigation (POI) and 
that it is not affiliated with any exporter or producer which did 
export SRAMS for sale during the POI. According to 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i), a person may request a new shipper review if the 
person did not export

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subject merchandise to the United States during the POI. GSI 
Technology's new shipper request indicates that it did export subject 
merchandise during the POI. However, GSI Technology certified that such 
exports were samples used for customer qualification purposes and were 
never sold. Because GSI Technology's exports were never sold, we have 
determined that they were not ``exports'' within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(i). Thus, GSI Technology qualifies as a new shipper. 
However, GSI Technology's claim that the merchandise it exported during 
the POI was never sold is subject to verification.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(b), and based on information on the record, we are initiating 
the new shipper review as requested.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on SRAMS from Taiwan. Under section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i), the Secretary will 
issue preliminary results of this review within 180 days after the date 
on which the review is initiated and will issue the final results of 
the review within 90 days after issuance of the preliminary result. In 
accordance with our practice, all other provisions of 19 CFR 351.214 
will apply to GSI Technology throughout the duration of this new 
shipper review.

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                                                        Period to be
            Antidumping duty proceeding                   reviewed
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Taiwan: Static Random Access Memory
 Semiconductors, A-583-827 Giga Semiconductor Inc.     10/01/97-09/30/98
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    We will instruct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise 
exported by the above-listed company. This action is in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(e) and (j)(3).
    Interested parties that need access to the proprietary information 
in this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305.
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    Dated: November 30, 1998.
Holly Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-32437 Filed 12-4-98; 8:45 am]
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