[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11096-11097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5884]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-829]


Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Korea; Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: We are amending our final results of the administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rod from the 
Republic of Korea, published on February 13, 2002 (Stainless Steel Wire 
Rod from Korea; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 67 FR 6685 (February 13, 2002) (Final Results)), to reflect the 
correction of a ministerial error made in the final results. This 
correction is in accordance with section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.224(e) of the Department of 
Commerce's (the Department's) regulations. The period covered by these 
amended final results of review is September 1, 1999 through August 31, 
2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE : March 12, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Amdur or Karine Gziryan, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-5346 or 482-4081, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    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 (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

    On February 13, 2002, the Department published the final results of 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless 
steel wire rod from the Republic of Korea. See Final Results.
    On February 12, 2002, we received a timely allegation from Changwon 
Specialty Steel Co., Ltd. (Changwon) and Dongbang Special Steel Co., 
Ltd. (Dongbang) (collectively, respondents) that the Department made a 
ministerial error in the final results of review. The petitioner did 
not submit any comments in reply to this ministerial error allegation.

Scope of Review

    For purposes of this review, SSWR comprises products that are hot-
rolled or hot-rolled annealed and/or pickled and/or descaled rounds, 
squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in coils, that may also be 
coated with a lubricant containing copper, lime or oxalate. SSWR is 
made of alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of 
carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or without other 
elements. These products are manufactured only by hot-rolling or hot-
rolling annealing, and/or pickling and/or descaling, are normally sold 
in coiled form, and are of solid cross-section. The majority of SSWR 
sold in the United States is round in cross-sectional shape, annealed 
and pickled, and later cold-finished into stainless steel wire or 
small-diameter bar. The most common size for such products is 5.5 
millimeters or 0.217 inches in diameter, which represents the smallest 
size that normally is produced on a rolling mill and is the size that 
most wire-drawing machines are set up to draw. The range of SSWR sizes 
normally sold in the United States is between 0.20 inches and 1.312 
inches in diameter.
    Two stainless steel grades are excluded from the scope of the 
review. SF20T and K-M35FL are excluded. The chemical makeup for the 
excluded grades is as follows:

SF20T..................................................
Carbon.................................................           0.05 max           Chromium        19.00/21.00
Manganese..............................................           2.00 max         Molybdenum          1.50/2.50
Phosphorous............................................           0.05 max         Lead-added        (0.10/0.30)
Sulfur.................................................           0.15 max    Tellurium-added         (0.03 min)
Silicon................................................           1.00 max
K-M35FL................................................
Carbon.................................................          0.015 max             Nickel           0.30 max
Silicon................................................          0.70/1.00           Chromium        12.50/14.00
Manganese..............................................           0.40 max               Lead          0.10/0.30
Phosphorous............................................           0.04 max           Aluminum          0.20/0.35
Sulfur.................................................           0.03 max
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    The products subject to this review are currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 
7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of this review is dispositive.

Amendment of Final Results

    The respondents contend that in the Final Results, and accompanying 
Decision Memo at Comment 8, the Department agreed with the respondents' 
argument that the

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Department should replace the variable costs of manufacturing (VCOMs) 
and total costs of manufacturing (TCOMs) based on semiannual costs that 
are reported on the sales databases with the VCOMs and TCOMs based on 
annual costs that are reported on the cost database. The respondents 
allege that the Department correctly implemented this change for the 
VCOMs and TCOMs reported on the U.S. sales database, but erred by 
failing to make the same adjustment to the VCOMs reported on the home 
market sales database.
    After reviewing our calculations, we found that we inadvertently 
failed to make this adjustment to the VCOMs reported on the home market 
sales database, and have determined that this error constitutes a 
ministerial error as defined by 19 CFR 351.224(f). We have corrected 
this error in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e) by adopting the 
respondents' suggested programming language. For further details, see 
Calculation Memorandum dated March 4, 2002.

Amended Final Results

    As a result of our review and the correction of the ministerial 
error described above, we have determined that the margin for the 
collapsed entity Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (POSCO)/Changwon/
Dongbang is 5.61 percent.

Assessment

    The Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department 
will issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs Service. 
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated importer-
specific assessment rates in the manner described in the Final Results, 
67 FR at 6687.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Upon publication of this notice of amended final results of this 
administrative review, for all shipments of stainless steel wire rod 
from Korea entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after publication date of the amended final results of this 
administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act, the 
cash deposit rate for POSCO/ Changwon/Dongbang will be the rate 
established in these amended final results of this administrative 
review.
    We are issuing and publishing this amendment to the final results 
in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act.

    March 4, 2002
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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