[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 106 (Monday, June 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38259-38260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13841]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-580-842]


Structural Steel Beams from the Republic of Korea: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On September 28, 2001, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published a notice of initiation in the above-named case. As a result 
of this review, the Department preliminarily finds that the new name of 
Inchon Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Inchon) is INI Steel Company (INI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tipten Troidl or Richard Herring, AD/
CVD Enforcement Office VI, Group II, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to 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 at 19 CFR Part 351 (2001).

Background

    The Department published on July 3, 2000, a Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination: Structural Steel Beams From the 
Republic of Korea, 65 FR 41051, (Structural Beams); and published on 
August 14, 2000, the Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Structural 
Steel Beams From the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 49542. The Department 
determined that Inchon was excluded from suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to that order because it received a de minimis net subsidy 
during the period of investigation. In an August 6, 2001, letter to the 
Department, INI notified the Department that as of August 1, 2001, 
Inchon's corporate name had changed to INI Steel Company. On September 
28, 2001, the Department published a Notice of Initiation of Changed 
Circumstances Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 66 FR 49641.

Scope of the Review

    The products covered by this review include structural steel beams 
that 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 subject to this proceeding is dispositive.

Preliminary Results

    In determining that Inchon changed its name to INI, we reviewed 
documents submitted on the record, including: (1) the minutes of 
Inchon's shareholder's meeting; (2) official certification of name 
change registration; and (3) INI's business registration certificate. 
The minutes of the shareholder's meeting shows that the name change was 
approved under item two: ``Topic of Bill of a Partial Amendment to 
Articles of Incorporation.'' Article 1, which refers to the name of the 
company, shows that, prior to the amendment, the name of the company 
was Inchon Iron & Steel Co., Ltd, and that, after the partial amendment 
to the Articles of Incorporation, the company's name is INI Steel 
Company. We also reviewed a translated copy of the official 
certification of name change that INI provided to the Inchon District 
Court on July 31, 2001. Finally, we reviewed INI's business 
registration certificate as issued on August 1, 2001 by the Inchon City 
Tax Office. This document states that the reason the document was 
issued was for a ``change of company name.''
    Based upon the information on the record, we preliminarily 
determine that Inchon has changed its name to INI Steel company. If the 
final results of this review remain unchanged, we intend to update our 
instructions to U.S. Customs to reflect this name change, and INI 
(Inchon) will continue to be excluded from this order.

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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310, any interested party may request a 
hearing within 10 days of publication of this notice. Persons 
interested in attending the hearing should contact the Department for 
the date and time of any hearing. Case briefs and/ or written comments 
from interested parties may be submitted no later than 10 days after 
the date of publications of this notice. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals 
comments, limited to the issues raised in those case briefs or 
comments, may be filed no later than 17 days after the publication of 
this notice. All written comments must be submitted and served on all 
interested parties on the Department's service list in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.303. The Department will publish in the Federal Register a 
notice of final results of this changed circumstance countervailing 
duty administrative review, including the results of its analysis of 
any issues raised in any written comments.
    During the course of this changed circumstance review, we will not 
change any cash deposit instructions on the merchandise subject to this 
changed circumstances review, unless a change is determined to be 
warranted pursuant to the final results of this review.
    This notice is in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) 
of the Act, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3) and 19 CFR 351.216.

    Dated: May 28, 2002.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-13841 Filed 5-31-02; 8:45 am]
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