[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18438-18439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8662]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-825]


Oil Country Tubular Goods, Other Than Drill Pipe, From Korea: 
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of initiation of new shipper antidumping administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request from Shinho Steel Co., Ltd. (``Shinho'') to conduct a new 
shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil 
country tubular goods, other than drill pipe, from Korea, which has an 
August anniversary date. In accordance with the Department's 
regulations, we are initiating this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Strollo, Samantha Denenberg, 
or Sally Gannon, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VII, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-5255, (202) 482-1386 or (202) 482-0162, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The 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 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Departments's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351, (April 2000).

Background

    On February 28, 2001, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a timely request, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of 
the Act and Sec. 351.214(c) of the Department's regulations, for a new 
shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil 
country tubular goods, other than drill pipe, which has an August 
anniversary date. On March 5, 2001, the Department received a letter 
from counsel to petitioners in this proceeding (Maverick Tube 
Corporation, IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., and Lone Star Steel Company) 
requesting that the Department ask Shinho if it had made shipments of 
oil country tubular goods, other than drill pipe, during the period of 
investigation (POI) under the former name of Korea Steel Pipe. In light 
of Shinho's certifications, discussed below, the Department has 
determined that it will address this issue in the context of the new 
shipper review. If we determine that Shinho does not qualify as a new 
shipper, we will terminate the review.

Initiation of Review

    In its request of February 28, 2001, Shinho certified that it did 
not export the subject merchandise to the United States during the POI 
(January 1, 1994 through June 30, 1994), and it is not affiliated with 
any company which exported subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POI. Shinho further certified that it has never been 
affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI. Also, in accordance 
with 19 CFR

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351.214(b)(2)(iv), Shinho submitted documentation establishing (1) the 
date on which it first shipped the subject merchandise to the United 
States, (2) the volume of that shipment, and (3) the date of the first 
sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we 
are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
oil country tubular goods, other than drill pipe, from Korea. We intend 
to issue final results of this review not later than 270 days from the 
publication of this notice.
    Pursuant to Sec. 351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), the standard period of review 
(POR) in a new shipper proceeding initiated in the month immediately 
following the semiannual anniversary month is the six-month period 
immediately preceding the semi-annual anniversary month. However, 
Shinho requested that the Department extend the normal six-month period 
by one month. The Department's regulations provide the Department with 
the discretion to expand the normal POR to include an entry and sale to 
an unaffiliated customer in the United States of subject merchandise if 
that expansion of the period would likely not prevent the completion of 
the review within the time limits set forth in Sec. 351.214(i). See 
Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking and Request for Public Comment, 61 FR 7308, 7318 (February 
27, 1996); Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final Rule, 62 FR 
27296, 27319-20 (May 19, 1997). See also 19 CFR 351.214(f)(2)(ii). 
Because we have determined that the expansion of the period will not 
likely prevent the completion of the review within the prescribed time 
limits, we have expanded the semi-annual review period by one month. 
Therefore, the POR for this review has been defined as August 1, 2000 
through February 28, 2001.
    Concurrent with publication of this notice, we will instruct the 
U.S. Customs Service to suspend liquidation of any unliquidated entries 
of the subject merchandise, and to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise 
exported by the company listed above, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(e).
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: March 30, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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