[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 118 (Monday, June 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37960-37961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-852]


Structural Steel Beams from Japan: Notice of Antidumping Duty 
Order

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

ACTION: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita H. Chen or Robert A. Bolling, 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group III, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230, at (202) 482-0409, or (202) 482-3434, respectively.

APPLICABLE STATUTE AND REGULATIONS: Unless otherwise indicated, all 
citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''), are to the 
provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the 
amendments made to the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
(``URAA''). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to 
the Department of Commerce's (``Department'') regulations are to the 
regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (April 1, 1998).

Final Determination

    On April 18, 2000, the Department determined that structural steel 
beams from Japan are being, or likely to be, sold in the United States 
at less than fair value (``LTFV''), as provided in section 735(a) of 
the Act. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Structural Steel Beams from Japan, 65 FR 24182 (April 25, 2000).

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of this order, the products covered are doubly-
symmetric shapes, whether hot-or cold-rolled, drawn, extruded, formed 
or finished, having at least one dimension of at least 80 mm (3.2 
inches or more), whether of carbon or alloy (other than stainless) 
steel, and whether or not drilled, punched, notched, painted, coated, 
or clad. These products (``Structural Steel Beams'') include, but are 
not limited to, wide-flange beams (``W'' shapes), bearing piles (``HP'' 
shapes), standard beams (``S'' or ``I'' shapes), and M-shapes.
    All products that meet the physical and metallurgical descriptions 
provided above are within the scope of this investigation unless 
otherwise excluded. The following products, are outside and/or 
specifically excluded from the scope of this investigation:
     Structural steel beams greater than 400 pounds per linear 
foot or with a web or section height (also known as depth) over 40 
inches.
    The merchandise subject to this investigation is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') at 
subheadings: 7216.32.0000, 7216.33.0030, 7216.33.0060, 7216.33.0090, 
7216.50.0000,

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7216.61.0000, 7216.69.0000, 7216.91.0000, 7216.99.0000, 7228.70.3040, 
7228.70.6000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and Customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise under investigation is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On June 9, 2000, the International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') notified the Department of its final determination 
pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act that an industry in the 
United States is materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value 
imports of subject merchandise from Japan. Therefore, in accordance 
with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct Customs 
officers to assess, upon further advice by the Department, antidumping 
duties equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise 
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the 
merchandise for all relevant entries of structural steel beams from 
Japan. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated 
entries of structural steel beams from Japan entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after February 11, 2000, the date on 
which the Department published its notice of preliminary determination 
in the Federal Register. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Structural Steel Beams From Japan, 65 FR 
6992 (February 11, 2000). On or after the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register, Customs officers must require, at the 
same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties, cash 
deposits for the subject merchandise equal to the estimated weighted-
average antidumping duty margins as noted below. The ``All Others'' 
rate applies to all exporters of subject stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils not specifically listed. The revised weighted-average 
dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter/manufacturer                       Margin
                                                                  (in
                                                               percent)
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Kawasaki Steel Corporation..................................       65.21
Nippon Steel Corporation....................................       65.21
NKK Corporation/TOA Steel Co., Ltd..........................       65.21
Sumitomo Metals Industries, Ltd.............................       65.21
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd..........................       65.21
Topy Industries, Limited....................................       65.21
All Others..................................................       31.98
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
structural steel beams from Japan. Interested parties may contact the 
Department's Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main Commerce 
building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders 
currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: June 14, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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