[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66882-66883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31099]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-583-826]


Collated Roofing Nails From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: On August 10, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on collated roofing nails from Taiwan (64 FR 4334). This 
review covers Dinsen Fastening System, Inc, a manufacturer/exporter of 
the subject merchandise to the United States, and the period November 
20, 1997, through October 31, 1998. We conducted a verification of 
Dinsen Fastening System, Inc.'s antidumping duty questionnaire 
responses and gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 
preliminary results. No parties filed comments on the preliminary 
results. We have revised our margin calculation to correct an error in 
the verification report that was brought to our attention by the 
respondent on July 30, 1999. However, the correction did not change the 
final margin results from the preliminary margin results. The final 
results are listed below in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of 
this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jenkins or Katherine Johnson, 
Office 2, AD/CVD Enforcement Group I, Import Administration, Room B099, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1756, or 482-4929, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 10, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 1997-
1998 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on collated 
roofing nails from Taiwan (64 FR 43344) (Preliminary Results). We 
conducted verification of Dinsen Fastening System, Inc's, (``Dinsen'') 
antidumping duty questionnaire responses from June 1, 1999, through 
June 4, 1999, and issued

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our report on July 6, 1999 (see Memorandum to the File: Sales and Cost 
of Production Verification). On July 30, 1999, Dinsen (``the 
respondent''), informed the Department of an error made with respect to 
Dinsen's threading cost for one control number in connection with the 
Department's verification of its sales and cost questionnaire response. 
While this submission was received too late to be analyzed for the 
preliminary results, we have considered it for purposes of these final 
results.
    The Department has now completed its administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to 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 citations to the 
Department's regulations are to the regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 
(1998).

Scope of the Review

    The product covered by this review is collated roofing nails made 
of steel, having a length of \13/16\ inch to 1\13/16\ inches (or 20.64 
to 46.04 millimeters), a head diameter of 0.330 inch to 0.415 inch (or 
8.38 to 10.54 millimeters), and a shank diameter of 0.100 inch to 0.125 
inch (or 2.54 to 3.18 millimeters), whether or not galvanized, that are 
collated with two wires.1
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    \1\ On September 2, 1999, the Department made a final scope 
ruling that the scope of the antidumping duty orders on collated 
roofing nails from Taiwan and the People's Republic of China do not 
include stainless steel collated roofing nails.
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    Collated roofing nails within the scope of this investigation are 
classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS'') subheading 7317.00.55.06. Although the HTSUS subheading is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of this review is dispositive.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    We made the following change since the preliminary results: We 
deleted the adjustment made to Dinsen's threading cost for one control 
number to correct the per-kilogram threading cost, as described in 
Dinsen's July 30, 1999, submission.

Interested Party Comments

    Interested parties did not file briefs in this review.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we have determined that the following 
margin exists for the period November 20, 1997, through October 31, 
1998:

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        Manufacturer/exporter                   Period                          Margin (percent)
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Dinsen Fastening System, Inc.........        11/20/97-10/31/98  0.02 percent (de minimis).
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    The Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because the 
respondent was unable to report importer-specific data, as facts 
available, we have calculated assessment rates based on the identity of 
the trading company involved in the sales transaction. We have 
calculated an assessment rate, based on the ratio of the total amount 
of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total 
quantity of those same sales. This rate will be assessed uniformly on 
all entries of that particular trading company made during the period 
of review (``POR''). The Department will issue appraisement 
instructions directly to the Customs Service. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(2), we will instruct the Customs Service to liquidate 
without regard to antidumping duties all entries of the subject 
merchandise during the POR for which the trading-company-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent).
    Further, the following deposit requirements shall be effective for 
all shipments of the subject merchandise from Taiwan that are entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate 
for Dinsen will be zero; (2) for previously 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, or the original 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) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters of this merchandise will continue to be 2.98 percent, the 
all others rate established in the final determination of the less-
than-fair-value investigation (52 FR 61729, November 19, 1997). The 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
publication of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 notice serves as the only 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 of 
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulation and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This administrative review and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221.

    Dated: November 19, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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