[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4109-4110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1825]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-852]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 
Strand from the Republic of Korea

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

ACTION: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marin Weaver or Christopher C. Welty 
at (202) 482-2336 or (202) 482-0186, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement 
Group II, Office 5, Import Administration, Room 1870, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 8, 2003, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation 
of prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from the Republic 
of Korea (Korea). See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Negative Final Determination of Critical 
Circumstances: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Republic 
of Korea, 68 FR 68353 (December 8, 2003).
    On January 21, 2004 the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
notified the Department of its final determination pursuant to section 
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that 
an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of 
less-than-fair-value imports of subject merchandise from Korea.

Scope Of The Order

    For purposes of this order, PC strand is steel strand produced from 
wire of non-stainless, non-galvanized steel, which is suitable for use 
in prestressed concrete (both pre-tensioned and post-tensioned) 
applications. The product definition encompasses covered and uncovered 
strand and all types, grades, and diameters of PC strand.
    The merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 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 merchandise under the order is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On January 21, 2004, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that the 
industry in the United States producing PC strand is materially injured 
within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of 
imports of the subject merchandise from Korea.
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon 
further advice by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the 
amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export 
price or constructed export price of the merchandise for all relevant 
entries of PC strand from Korea. These antidumping duties will be 
assessed on (1) all unliquidated entries of PC strand from Korea 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for

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consumption on or after July 17, 2003, the date on which the Department 
published its notice of preliminary determination in the Federal 
Register,\1\ and before January 13, 2004, the date on which the 
Department is required, pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act, to 
terminate the suspension of liquidation; and (2) on all subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register. Entries of PC strand from Korea 
made between January 13, 2004, and the day preceding the date of 
publication of the ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal 
Register are not liable for the assessment of antidumping duties due to 
the Department's termination, effective January 13, 2004, of the 
suspension of liquidation.
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    \1\ See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and 
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances in 
Part: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Republic of 
Korea, 68 FR 42393 (July 17, 2003).
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    On or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register, CBP must require, at the same 
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins as noted below. The weighted-average dumping margins 
are as follows:

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                 Manufacturer/exporter                  Margin (percent)
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Kiswire Ltd...........................................             54.19
Dong-Il Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd...................             54.19
All Others............................................             35.64
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
PC strand from Korea, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested 
parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, Room B-099 
of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of 
antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    This order is issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: January 22, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-1825 Filed 1-27-04; 8:45 am]
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