[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 161 (Friday, August 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50502-50503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21108]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-841]


Structural Steel Beams From South Korea: 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: August 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander or Laurel LaCivita, 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group III, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230, at (202) 482-0182, or (202) 482-4243, 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 and Amended Final Determination

    On July 5, 2000, the Department determined that structural steel 
beams from South Korea 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 South Korea, 65 FR 41437 
(July 5, 2000). On August 10, 2000, the Department signed an amended 
final determination which is being published concurrently with this 
antidumping duty order.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this investigation 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 include, but are

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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, 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 August 4, 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 or threatened with material injury 
by reason of imports of certain structural steel beams from South 
Korea.
    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 South Korea, minus the amount determined to constitute 
an export subsidy, as discussed below. These antidumping duties will be 
assessed on all unliquidated entries of structural steel beams from 
South Korea 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 South Korea, 65 FR 6984 (February 11, 
2000).
    We note that in the companion countervailing duty investigation, 
the Department identified an export subsidy to Kangwon. See Issues and 
Decision Memorandum: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination: Structural Steel Beams from the Republic of Korea--
(Period of Investigation: January 1, 1998 Through December 31, 1998), 
at 17 (June 26, 2000), for details on the export industry facility loan 
subsidy for Kangwon. This Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanied 
the Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Structural 
Steel Beams From the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 41051 (July 3, 2000). 
Therefore, for cash deposit purposes, we are subtracting from Kangwon's 
cash deposit rate that portion of the rate attributable to the export 
subsidies found in the countervailing duty investigation involving 
Kangwon (i.e., 0.09 percent). See section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act and 
see, e.g., Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Wire Rod 
From Italy, 63 FR 49327 (September 15, 1998). We have made the same 
adjustment to the ``All Others'' cash deposit rate by subtracting the 
rate attributable to export subsidies found in the countervailing duty 
investigation of Kangwon. (The ``All Others'' rate applies to all 
exporters of subject structural steel beams not specifically listed.)
    We will instruct the Customs Service to require a cash deposit or 
the posting of a bond for each entry equal to the weighted-average 
amount by which the NV exceeds the EP or CEP, adjusting for the export 
subsidy rate, as indicated below. These suspension-of-liquidation 
instructions will remain in effect until further notice. The ``All 
Others'' rate applies to all exporters of subject structural steel 
beams not specifically listed. The final amended weighted-average 
dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                               Bonding/
                                                 Weighted-       cash
             Exporter/manufacturer                average      deposit
                                                   margin        rate
                                                 (Percent)    (Percent)
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Inchon........................................        25.31        25.31
Kangwon.......................................        49.01        48.92
All others....................................        37.25        37.21
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
structural steel beams from South Korea. 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: August 10, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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