[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4111-4112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1827]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-820]


Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 
Strand from Thailand

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

ACTION: Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Henninger or Constance Handley, 
at (202) 482-3003 or (202) 482-0631, 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 Thailand. 
See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Negative 
Final Determination of Critical Circumstances: Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand from Thailand, 68 FR 68348 (December 8, 2003) (Final 
Determination).
    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 Thailand.

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 this investigation and 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.

Amended Final Determination

    On December 8, 2003, in accordance with section 735(a) of the Act, 
the Department published its final determination that PC strand from 
Thailand is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at 
less than fair value. See Final Determination. The respondents, Siam 
Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. and its U.S. affiliate Cementhai SCT USA 
(collectively, SIW), filed timely allegations that the Department had 
made ministerial errors in its final determination. We have determined, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224, that certain ministerial errors were 
made in the final determination pertaining to the calculation of the 
cost of production and the deduction of a credit memo. For a detailed 
discussion of the Department's analysis of the allegations of 
ministerial errors, see Memorandum from Carol Henninger, International 
Trade Compliance Analyst, to Holly A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Group II, Re: Ministerial Error Allegations for Siam 
Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. and Cementhai SCT USA (December 30, 2003). 
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are amending the 
final determination of the antidumping duty investigation of PC strand 
from Thailand to correct these ministerial errors.
    The revised final weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                           Original Weighted-Average Margin     Amended Weighted-Average Margin
          Manufacturer/exporter                        (Percent)                           Percent)
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Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd...........                               12.99                               12.91
All Others..............................                               12.99                               12.91
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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 Thailand.
    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 Thailand. These antidumping duties will be 
assessed on (1) all unliquidated entries of PC strand from Thailand 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 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 Thailand 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,

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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 Negative 
Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances: Prestressed 
Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Thailand, 68 FR 42373 (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 above.
    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
PC strand from Thailand, 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.
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