[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14134]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-827]


Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received a request to conduct a 
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on static random 
access memory semiconductors from Taiwan. In accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.214(d), we are initiating a review for Elite Semiconductor Memory 
Technology Inc./Elite Memory Technology, Inc. (collectively ``ESMT'').

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 
482-0656.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to the provisions codified at 19 CFR part 
351 (2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 30, 2001, the Department received a timely request from 
ESMT, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(d), for a new shipper review of 
the antidumping duty order on static random access memory 
semiconductors (SRAMs) from Taiwan. This order has an April anniversary 
date. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors from Taiwan, 63 FR 
8090 (Feb. 23, 1998). Therefore, the request is timely pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.214(c). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and 
(iii)(A), ESMT has certified (1) that it did not export SRAMs to the 
United States during the period of investigation (POI), and (2) that 
since the investigation was initiated, it never has been affiliated 
with any exporter or producer who exported SRAMs to the United States 
during the POI, including those not individually examined during the 
investigation. Also, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv), ESMT 
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 subsequent shipments, and (3) the date of the first 
sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.214(b), and based on information on the record, we are 
initiating the new shipper review as requested.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on SRAMs from Taiwan. On May 24, 2001, ESMT 
agreed to waive the time limits of 19 CFR 351.214(i), in order that the 
Department, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), may conduct this review 
concurrent with the administrative review of this order for the period 
April 1, 2000, through March 31, 2001, as requested pursuant to section 
751(a) of the Act. Therefore, we intend to issue the preliminary 
results of this review not later than 245 days after the last day of 
the anniversary month. In accordance with our practice, all other 
provisions of 19 CFR 351.214 will apply to ESMT throughout the duration 
of this new shipper review.

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          Antidumping duty proceeding             Period to be reviewed
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Taiwan: Static Random Access Memory                    04/01/00-03/31/01
 Semiconductors, A-583-827, Elite Semiconductor
 Memory Technology Inc./Elite Memory
 Technology, Inc...............................
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    Concurrent with publication of this notice, and in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to suspend 
liquidation of any unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise for 
the relevant exporter/producer 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 above-listed company.
    Interested parties that need access to the proprietary information 
in this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305 and 19 CFR 351.306.
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    Dated: May 31, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement Group I.
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