[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7491-7492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3556]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-810]


Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts From Taiwan; Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts From Taiwan.

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SUMMARY:  On October 12, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on chrome-plated lug nuts from 
Taiwan. See Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts From Taiwan; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 64 FR 55234 (October 12, 1999) 
(``Preliminary Results''). The review covered the following 
manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States 
for the period of review (``POR'') September 1, 1997, through August 
31, 1998: Anmax Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Anmax''), Buxton International 
Corporation (``Buxton''), Chu Fong Metallic Electric Co. (``Chu 
Fong''), Everspring Plastic Corp. (``Everspring''), Gingen Metal Corp. 
(``Gingen''), Gourmet Equipment (Taiwan) Corporation (``Gourmet''), 
Hwen Hsin Enterprises Co., Ltd. (``Hwen''), Kwan How Enterprises Co., 
Ltd. (Kwan Ta Enterprises Co. Ltd (``Kwan Ta''), Kuang Hong Industries, 
Ltd. (``Kuang''), Multigrand Industries Inc. (``Multigrand''), San 
Chien Electric Industrial Works, Ltd, (``San Chien''), San Shing 
Hardware Works Co., Ltd. (``San Shing''), Transcend International Co. 
(``Transcend''), Trade Union International Inc./Top Line (``Trade 
Union''), Uniauto, Inc. (``Uniauto'') and Wing Tang Electrical 
Manufacturing Company, Inc. (``Wing''). We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of review but 
received no comments. The dumping margins have not changed from those 
determined for the preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  (Insert date of publication in the Federal Register.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Nova Daly or Thomas Futtner, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0989 or (202) 482-3814, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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, as amended, 
(``the Act'') by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In 
addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 
(1999).

Scope of the Review

    On December 12, 1996, the Department issued its ``Final Scope 
Clarifications on Chrome-Plated Lug Nuts from Taiwan and the PRC.'' The 
scope, as clarified, is described in the subsequent paragraph. All lug 
nuts covered by this review conform to the December 12, 1996 scope 
clarification.
    The products covered by the order and this review are one-piece and 
two-piece chrome-plated and nickel-plated hug nuts from Taiwan. The 
subject merchandise includes chrome-plated and nickel-plated lug nuts, 
finished or unfinished, which are more than \11/16\ inches (17.45 
millimeters) in height and which have a hexagonal (hex) size of at 
least \3/4\ inches (19.05 millimeters), but not over one inch (25.4 
millimeters), plus or minus \11/16\ of an inch (1.59 millimeters). The 
term ``unfinished'' refers to unplated and/or unassembled chrome-plated 
lug nuts. The subject merchandise is used for securing wheels to cars, 
vans, trucks, utility vehicles, and trailers. Excluded from the order 
are zinc-plated lug nuts, finished or unfinished, stainless-steel 
capped lug nuts and chrome-plated lock nuts.
    The merchandise under review currently is classifiable under item 
7318.16.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience 
and Customs purposes, the written description of this merchandise is 
dispositive.

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Background

    Since the publication of the Preliminary Results, the Department 
gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our findings. We 
received no comments. In the preliminary results, we determined that, 
because questionnaires sent to Transcend, Kwan How, Kwan Ta, Kuang, 
Everspring, and Gingen were returned as undeliverable, these companies 
were considered ``unlocated companies'', and, in accordance with our 
practice with respect to companies to which we cannot send a 
questionnaire, we assigned them the ``all others'' rate established in 
the less-than-fair-value (``LTFV'') investigation, which was 6.93 
percent. See Preliminary Results, 64 FR at 550234. For the remaining 
companies, in accordance with section 776(a) of the Act, we determine 
that the use of facts available was appropriate as the basis for 
dumping margins for Anmax, Buxton, Chu Fong, Multigrand, Uniauto, Hwen, 
San Chien, San Shing, Wing, Trade Union, and Gourmet. Preliminary 
Results, 64 FR at 55235, 55236.

Final Results of Review

    We have determined that no changes to the preliminary results are 
warranted for purposes of these final results. The weighted-average 
dumping margins for the period September 1, 1997, through August 31, 
1998 are as follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                       margin
                                                             percentage
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Gourmet Equipment (Taiwan) Corporation....................         10.67
Buxton International/Uniauto..............................         10.67
Chu Fong Metallic Electric Co.............................         10.67
Transcend International...................................          6.93
San Chien Industrial Works, Ltd...........................         10.67
Anmax Industrial Co., Ltd.................................         10.67
Everspring Plastic Corp...................................          6.93
Gingen Metal Corp.........................................          6.93
Hwen Hsin Enterprises Co., Ltd............................         10.67
Kwan How Enterprises Co., Ltd.............................          6.93
Kwan Ta Enterprises Co., Ltd..............................          6.93
Kuang Hong Industries Ltd.................................          6.93
Multigrand Industries Inc.................................         10.67
San Shing Hardware Works Co., Ltd.........................         10.67
Trade Union International Inc./Top Line...................         10.67
Uniauto, Inc..............................................         10.67
Wing Tang Electrical Manufacturing Company................         10.67
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    The Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to the 
Customs Service. Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will 
be effective upon publication of these final results for all shipments 
of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date as provided by section 
751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash-deposit rate for the reviewed 
companies will be the rates listed 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 the 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 
reviews or the original investigation, the cash deposit rate will be 
6.93 percent, the ``all others'' rate established in the LTFV 
investigation. The deposit requirements 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also 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 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of 
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 9, 2000.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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