[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9440-9441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4923]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-852]


Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review: 
Structural Steel Beams From Japan

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

ACTION: Notice of final results in the antidumping duty new shipper 
review of structural steel beams from Japan.

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SUMMARY: On December 6, 2001, the Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published the preliminary results of the new shipper 
review of the antidumping duty order on structural steel beams from 
Japan. This review covers one producer/exporter. The period of review 
(``POR'') is February 11, 2000 through November 30, 2000.
    No comments were submitted by the parties and we have made no 
changes in the programming. Therefore, the final results do not differ 
from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping margin 
for the reviewed firm is listed below in the section entitled ``Final 
Results of the Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita H. Chen or James C. Doyle, 
Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-0409, or 202-482-0159, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``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's regulations are to the 
regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On December 6, 2001, the Department published the preliminary 
results of the new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
structural steel beams from Japan. See Notice of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review: Structural Steel Beams from Japan, 
66 FR 63365 (December 6, 2001). This review covers one producer/
exporter, Yamato Kogyo Co., Ltd. The POR is February 11, 2000 through 
November 30, 2000. We invited parties to comment on our preliminary 
results of review. The Department received no comments from any party 
on the preliminary results of review. The Department has conducted this 
new shipper review in accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    For purposes of this review, the products covered 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 (``Structural Steel Beams'') 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 review unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, are outside and/or specifically 
excluded from the scope of this review:
     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 review 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 U.S. Customs Service (``Customs'') purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise under review is dispositive.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    No parties submitted comments on the preliminary results of review. 
Accordingly, there is no concurrent issues and decision memorandum or 
analysis memorandum issued with these final results of review.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    We have made no changes in programming since the preliminary 
results of review.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following percentage weighted-average margin 
exists for the period February 11, 2000 through November 30, 2000:

                         Structural Steel Beams
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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
               Producer/manufacturer/exporter                   margin
                                                              (percent)
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Yamoto Kogyo Co., Ltd......................................         0.00
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Assessment

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated exporter/importer-specific 
assessment rates. We calculated importer-specific duty assessment rates 
on a unit value per metric ton basis by summing the dumping margins on 
U.S. sales, and then dividing this sum by the total metric tons of all 
U.S. sales examined. Based on our determination in this review, we will 
instruct Customs not to assess antidumping duties on the merchandise 
subject to review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of new shipper review for 
all shipments of structural steel beams from Japan entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) For the 
reviewed company listed above, no cash deposit rate will be required; 
(2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, 
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less than fair 
value (``LTFV'') investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate 
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be the ``all 
others'' rate of 31.98 percent established in the LTFV investigation. 
See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Structural Steel Beams from Japan, 65 FR 24182 (April 25, 2000); 
Structural Steel Beams from Japan: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 65 
FR 37960 (June 19, 2000).
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is 
subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: February 14, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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