[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56039-56040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2229]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-852]


Structural Steel Beams From Japan: Notice of Final Results of 
Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances antidumping 
duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On May 14, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of preliminary results in the above-
named case. We received only supportive comments and no request for a 
hearing. Accordingly, the Department continues to find that Yamato 
Steel Co., Ltd. (``Yamato Steel'') is the successor-in-interest to 
Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd., (``Yamato Kogyo'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Blackledge or Howard Smith, 
AD/CVD Enforcement Office IV, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
3518 and (202) 482-5193, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 14, 2004, the Department published Notice of Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Structural 
Steel Beams From Japan, 69 FR 26807 (Preliminary Results). We gave 
interested parties 30 days to comment on our preliminary results.
    On June 14, 2004, the Department received comments from Yamato 
Steel in support of the Department's preliminary results. Yamato Steel 
argues that the Department correctly found, based on the evidence on 
the record provided by Yamato Steel, that the change in ownership of 
Yamato Kogyo has not significantly changed the company's management, 
production facilities, supplier relations, or customer base. Yamato 
Steel adds that the record contains no contrary facts or objections to 
the evidence upon which the Department relied in the preliminary 
results, and therefore, the Department should affirm its preliminary 
finding in the final results.
    The Department received no other comments from interested parties. 
In addition, the Department did not receive a request for a hearing.

Scope of the 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 currently classifiable 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 under review is dispositive.

Final Results of the Review

    On the basis of the information on the record of this changed 
circumstance review, we have determined that Yamato Steel is the 
successor-in-interest company to Yamato Kogyo for purposes of 
determining antidumping duty liability in this proceeding. For a 
complete discussion of the basis for this decision, see the Preliminary 
Results. Therefore, Yamato Steel shall retain the antidumping duty cash 
deposit rate assigned to Yamato Kogyo by the Department in the most 
recent administrative review of the subject merchandise, i.e., zero 
percent.

Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    The cash deposit determination from this changed circumstances 
review will apply to all entries of the subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn

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from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the final results of this changed circumstances review. See Notice of 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: 
Pressure Sensitive Plastic Tape From Italy, 69 FR 15297, 15298 (March 
25, 2004); see also, Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel 
Products From the United Kingdom: Final Results of Changed-
Circumstances Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 64 FR 66880, 66881 (November 30, 1999). This deposit rate 
shall remain in effect until publication of the final results of the 
next administrative review in which a review is conducted of Yamato 
Steel.

Notification

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order(s) (``APO''s) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with section 351.306 of the Department's regulations. 
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 sanctionable 
violation. This notice is in accordance with sections 751(b) and 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and section 
351.221(c)(3)(i) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: September 9, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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