[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31143-31144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12204]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-822]


Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers From the People's Republic of 
China; 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.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
helical spring lock washers from the People's Republic of China in the 
Federal Register on July 13, 1999. This review covers sales of this 
merchandise to the United States during the period October 1, 1997 
through September 30, 1998. We gave interested parties an opportunity 
to comment on our preliminary results. Based upon our analysis of the 
comments received, we have made changes to the margin calculations 
presented in the preliminary results of the review. The final weighted-
average dumping margins are listed below in the section entitled Final 
Results of the Review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Hastings, Annika O'Hara or Craig 
Matney, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3464, (202) 482-3798 or 
(202) 482-1778, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise stated, 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 stated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (April 1998).

Background

    The Department published the preliminary results of this review of 
the antidumping duty order on certain helical spring lock washers 
(HSLWs) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the Federal 
Register on July 13, 1999 (Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers from 
the People's Republic of China, 64 FR 37743 (Preliminary Results)). 
Supplemental information regarding surrogate values was submitted on 
August 4, 1999, by respondent Zhejiang Wanxin Group, Co., Ltd. (ZWG). 
The petitioner and the respondent submitted case briefs on August 17, 
2000. The petitioner, respondent, and the American Fastener Importers 
Association filed rebuttal briefs on August 23, 2000. We published a 
notice of extension of time limit for the final results in the Federal 
Register on November 8, 1999 (64 FR 60771). The Department has now 
completed this review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    The products covered by this review are HSLWs of carbon steel, of 
carbon alloy steel, or of stainless steel, heat-treated or non-heat-
treated, plated or non-plated, with ends that are off-line. HSLWs are 
designed to: (1) Function as a spring to compensate for developed 
looseness between the component parts of a fastened assembly; (2) 
distribute the load over the larger area for screws or bolts; and, (3) 
provide a hardened bearing surface. The scope does not include internal 
or external tooth washers, nor does it include spring lock washers made 
of other metals, such as copper.
    HSLWs subject to this review are currently classifiable under 
subheading 7318.21.0030 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HSTUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of this proceeding is dispositive.

Period of Review

    The period of review (POR) is from October 1, 1997 through 
September 30, 1998.

Comparisons

    We calculated export price and normal value based on the same 
methodology used in the Preliminary Results, with the following 
exceptions:
    1. We used a more contemporaneous surrogate value for truck freight 
based on information recently used in Certain Non-frozen Apple Juice 
Concentrate from the People's Republic of China. (See Memorandum to the 
File, dated April 18, 2000.)
    2. Based on new information provided by the respondent, we used a 
value for hydrochloric acid that was more contemporaneous with the POR.
    3. We corrected errors in our calculations including: steel yield 
losses; freight distances; the steel scrap offset; the caustic soda and 
water values; the price inflators for some factors; indirect labor; the 
calculation and application of the factory overhead, selling, general 
and administrative expenses, and profit rates; and the calculation of 
an assessment rate. (For further discussion of these changes, see the 
Valuation of Factors of Production Memorandum and the ZWG Calculation 
Memorandum, both dated May 8, 2000.)
    4. For labor, we used the revised regression-based wage rate for 
the PRC, revised May 2000, in ``Expected Wages of Selected NME 
Countries'' located on the Internet at http://www.ita.doc.gov/import_admin/records/wages/.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this proceeding are addressed in the May 8, 2000, Issues and Decision 
Memorandum (Decision Memorandum) which is hereby adopted by this 
notice. Attached to this notice as an appendix is a list of the issues 
which parties have raised and to which we have responded in the 
Decision Memorandum. 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 Department. In addition, a complete version of the 
Decision Memorandum 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 Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of our analysis of the comments received and the 
correction of clerical errors we discovered, we find that the following 
weighted-average margins exist:

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                                                                Margin
       Manufacturer/exporter              Time period         (percent)
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Zhejiang Wanxin Group Co., Ltd....        10/01/97-09/30/98         0.00
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    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department 
will issue appraisement instructions directly to the U.S. Customs 
Service.
    Furthermore, the following deposit rates will be effective upon 
publication of these final results for all shipments of HSLWs from the 
PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
the publication date, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: 
(1) For ZWG, which has a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be 
the company-specific rate established in these final results of review; 
(2) for all other PRC exporters, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC 
rate, 128.63 percent, which is the All Other PRC Manufacturers, 
Producers and Exporters rate from the Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers from the PRC, 
58 FR 48833 (September 20, 1993); and (3) for non-PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise from the PRC, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate applicable to the PRC supplier of that exporter. These deposit 
rates shall remain in effect until publication of the final results of 
the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under section 351.402(f) of the Department's regulations 
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 also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with section 351.305(a)(3) of the Department's 
regulations. Timely written notification of the 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.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 8, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Comments in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Use of Import Prices to Value All Steel Wire Rod Inputs
Comment 2: Use of Import Prices to Value Domestically-sourced Steel 
Wire Rod
Comment 3: Factory Overhead, SG&A Expenses and Profit in Plating 
Operations
Comment 4: Inland Freight Charges for Steel Wire Rod
Comment 5: Valuation of Truck Freight
Comment 6: Calculation of Factory Overhead and Profit Rates
Comment 7: Valuation of Hydrochloric Acid
Comment 8: Assessment Rate Calculation for Importer
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