[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34615-34616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16452]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-841]


Structural Steel Beams From Korea: Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances review.

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SUMMARY: On March 21, 2001, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of its changed circumstances review 
examining whether Inchon Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (``Inchon'') is the 
successor-in-interest to the merger of Inchon Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. and 
Kangwon Industries, Ltd. (``Kangwon''). See Structural Steel Beams from 
Korea, Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 66 FR 15834 (March 21, 2001) (``Preliminary 
Results''). We gave interested parties 21 days to comment on our 
preliminary results. However, no interested parties have provided 
comments and no request for a hearing has been received by the 
Department. We have not changed our results from those presented in the 
preliminary results of the review.
    As a result of this review, the Department finds that Inchon is the 
successor-in-interest to the merger of Inchon and Kangwon, and thus, 
Inchon should retain the deposit rate assigned to Inchon by the 
Department for all entries of subject merchandise produced or exported 
by the post-merger entity.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Shin, Office of CVD/AD 
Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to

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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 (``URAA''). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
regulations as set forth at 19 CFR 351 (2000).

Background

    The Department published in the Federal Register on August 18, 2000 
an antidumping duty order on structural steel beams from Korea. See 
Structural Steel Beams from Korea: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order 65 
FR 50502 (August 18, 2000). In an August 30, 2000 letter to the 
Department, petitioners in the above case requested that the Department 
conduct a changed circumstances review pursuant to section 751(b) of 
the Act to determine whether Inchon should properly be considered the 
successor firm to the pre-merger Inchon and Kangwon, and if, as such, 
Inchon should maintain the cash deposit rate assigned to Inchon in the 
investigation. See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Structural Steel Beams from Korea, 65 FR 41437 (July 5, 2000) 
(as amended 65 FR 50501 (August 18, 2000)). We published a notice of 
initiation of a changed circumstances review on September 15, 2000 to 
determine whether Inchon is the successor to the merger of Inchon and 
Kangwon. See Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Structural Steel Beams from Korea, 65 FR 55944. 
The Department issued questionnaires on September 29, 2000 and December 
1, 2000 and received responses on November 6, 2000 and December 15, 
2000. As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, from January 17-19, 
2001, the Department conducted an on-site verification of the 
information on the record. See January 29, 2001 Verification Report at 
1. (A public version is located in Room B-099 of the main Department 
building.) On March 21, 2001, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of its antidumping duty changed 
circumstance review. As noted above, the Department did not receive 
comments from interested parties.
    The Department is conducting the changed circumstances review in 
accordance with 19 CFR 353.22(f).

Scope of Review

    The products covered by this review 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 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.

Successorship

    On the basis of the record developed in this proceeding, we 
determine that Inchon is the successor-in-interest to the merger of 
Inchon and Kangwon for the purposes of determining antidumping duty 
liability. For a complete discussion of the basis for this decision, 
see the ``Preliminary Results.''

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

    The Department determines Inchon is the successor to the merger of 
Inchon and Kangwon, and thus, Inchon shall retain the antidumping duty 
deposit rate assigned to Inchon by the Department in the investigation. 
We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and section 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(i).

    Dated: June 18, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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