[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51017-51018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25097]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-813]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Korea

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received a request for a new 
shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain welded 
stainless steel butt-

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weld pipe fittings from Korea issued on February 23, 1993 (58 FR 
11029). In accordance with our regulations, we are initiating a new 
shipper review covering TK Corporation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 5, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker, Michael Heaney, or Robert 
James, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-2924, (202) 482-4475, or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all references to the Department's regulations are 
to 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    The Department received a timely request, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d) of the 
Department's regulations, for a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Korea. See 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Welded Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 
Fittings from Korea, 58 FR 11029 (February 23, 1993). See also the 
letter to the Secretary of Commerce from the law firm of Miller & 
Chevalier, August 31, 2001, requesting a new shipper review on behalf 
of TK Corporation, an exporter/producer of stainless steel butt-weld 
pipe fittings.

Initiation of Review

    Pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.214(b), TK 
Corporation certified in its August 31, 2001 submission that it did not 
export subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
the investigation (POI) (December 1, 1991 through May 30, 1992), and 
that it was not affiliated with any exporter or producer of the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POI. TK Corporation also 
submitted documentation establishing the date on which it first shipped 
the subject merchandise for export to the United States, the volume 
shipped, and the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated customer in 
the United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Tariff Act and 
section 351.214(d)(1) of the Department's regulations, we are 
initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Korea. This review covers 
the period February 1, 2001 through July 31, 2001. We intend to issue 
the final results of the review no later than 180 days from the date of 
publication of this notice.
    We will instruct the Customs Service to suspend liquidation of any 
unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise from TK Corporation and 
allow, at the option of the importer, the posting, until completion of 
the review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each 
entry of the merchandise exported by TK Corporation in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(e).
    Interested parties may submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b).
    This initiation and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act and section 351.214 of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: Septembeer 28, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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