[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12214-12215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5650]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-827]


Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan; Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty new shipper review.

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SUMMARY: On October 12, 1999, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on static random access memory semiconductors from Taiwan. The 
products covered by this order are synchronous, asynchronous, and 
specialty static random access memory semiconductors from Taiwan, 
whether assembled or unassembled. The review covers one manufacturer/
exporter. The period of review is October 1, 1997, through September 
30, 1998.
    We requested and received revised cost of production and 
constructed value databases from the respondent. We have used these 
databases, and we have made changes in the margin calculations. 
Therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary results. The 
final weighted-average dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed 
below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 8, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Thompson, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1776.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The 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 citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1998).

Background

    The review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Giga Semiconductor, 
Inc. (GSI Technology). The period of review (POR) is October 1, 1997, 
through September 30, 1998.
    On October 12, 1999, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of the new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on static random access memory semiconductors 
(SRAMs) from Taiwan (64 FR 55251). Also in October 1999, GSI Technology 
submitted revised cost of production and constructed value databases at 
the Department's request.

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    We invited parties to comment on our preliminary results of review 
and on the revised cost databases. The Department has conducted this 
administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    The products covered by this review are synchronous, asynchronous, 
and specialty SRAMs from Taiwan, whether assembled or unassembled. 
Assembled SRAMs include all package types. Unassembled SRAMs include 
processed wafers or die, uncut die and cut die. Processed wafers 
produced in Taiwan, but packaged, or assembled into memory modules, in 
a third country, are included in the scope; processed wafers produced 
in a third country and assembled or packaged in Taiwan are not included 
in the scope.
    The scope of this review includes modules containing SRAMs. Such 
modules include single in-line processing modules, single in-line 
memory modules, dual in-line memory modules, memory cards, or other 
collections of SRAMs, whether unmounted or mounted on a circuit board. 
The scope of this review does not include SRAMs that are physically 
integrated with other components of a motherboard in such a manner as 
to constitute one inseparable amalgam (i.e., SRAMs soldered onto 
motherboards).
    The SRAMs within the scope of this review are currently 
classifiable under the subheadings 8542.13.8037 through 8542.13.8049, 
8473.30.10 through 8473.30.90, and 8542.13.8005 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the scope of this review is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by parties to this new shipper 
review are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum'' 
(Decision Memo) from Richard W. Moreland, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, to Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, dated March 2, 2000, which is hereby adopted 
and incorporated by reference into this notice. A list of the issues 
which parties have raised and to which we have responded, all of which 
are in the Decision Memo, is attached to this notice as an Appendix. 
Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this 
review and the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum 
which is on file in the Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main 
Department building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision 
Memo can be accessed directly on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/
import__admin/records/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the 
Decision Memo are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the use of the revised cost data, we have made certain 
changes in the margin calculations. For a discussion of our these 
changes, see the ``Margin Calculations'' section of the Decision Memo, 
which is on file in room B-099 at the Department and available on the 
Web at www.ita.doc.gov/import__admin/records/frn.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average margin percentage 
exists for the period October 1, 1997, through September 30, 1998:

                                 Margin
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                    Manufacturer/exporter                      (Percent)
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SI Technology................................................       7.38
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    The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated exporter/importer-specific 
assessment rates. We will direct Customs to assess the resulting 
percentage margin against the entered Customs values for the subject 
merchandise on each of that importer's entries under the relevant order 
during the review period.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of the new shipper review 
for all shipments of SRAMs from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as 
provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates 
for GSI Technology will be the rate shown 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 original less-than-fair-value (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) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 41.75. This rate is the 
``All Others'' rate from the LTFV investigation.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the first administrative review.
    This notice also 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 doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to 
sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(2) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: March 3, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix--Issues in Decision Memo

Comments

1. Facts Available
2. Rejection of Post-Verification Cost Data
3. Constructed Export Price Offset

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