[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 242 (Monday, December 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75711-75712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-489-807)


Notice of Amended Final Results and Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review in Part: Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing 
Bars From Turkey

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin or Alice Gibbons, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0656 or (202) 482-0498, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on November 7, 2006, the Department 
of Commerce (the Department) published its notice of final results of 
antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing 
bars (rebar) from Turkey. See Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars 
From Turkey; Final Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty

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Administrative Review in Part, 71 FR 65082 (Nov. 7, 2006) (Final 
Results). On November 13, 2006, we received allegations, timely filed 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(c)(2), from Colakoglu Metalurji, A.S. 
(Colakoglu) and Ekinciler Demir ve Celik Sanayi A.S./Ekinciler Dis 
Ticaret A.S. (Ekinciler), that the Department made ministerial errors 
in its final results. On November 20, 2006, we received comments from 
the petitioners (i.e., Gerdau AmeriSteel Corporation, Commercial Metals 
Company, and Nucor Corporation) rebutting these allegations.
    After analyzing the submissions on this topic, filed by Ekinciler, 
Colakoglu, and the petitioners, we have determined, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made a ministerial error in our calculations 
performed for the final results for only one of the two respondents 
(i.e., Ekinciler). Specifically, we intended to calculate general and 
administrative (G&A) expenses and financial expenses by: 1) determining 
the appropriate ratios; and 2) applying them to the total cost of 
manufacturing originally reported by Ekinciler. However, we 
inadvertently included certain unrecognized depreciation expenses in 
the total costs to which the ratios were applied, thereby overstating 
the G&A and financial expenses. Correcting this error resulted in a 
revised margin for Ekinciler. For a detailed discussion of the 
ministerial error noted above, the remaining ministerial error 
allegations, and the Department's analysis, see the December 12, 2006, 
memorandum to James Maeder, Director, Office 2, from the Team entitled 
``Ministerial Error Allegations in the Final Results of the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review on Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from 
Turkey.''

Amended Final Results of Review

    After analyzing all interested parties' comments and rebuttal 
comments, we have determined, in accordance with section 751(h) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), that the Department has made a ministerial 
error in the final results calculation for Ekinciler in this 
administrative review. Therefore, we are amending the final results of 
administrative review of rebar from Turkey for the period April 1, 
2004, through March 31, 2005. As a result of correcting the ministerial 
error discussed above, Ekinciler's weighted-average dumping margin 
decreased from 8.59 to 3.16 percent. For the remaining respondents, the 
weighted-average dumping margins remain the same. See Final Results.

Duty Assessment and Cash Deposit Requirements

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated 
importer-specific assessment rates by dividing the dumping margin found 
on the subject merchandise examined by the entered value of such 
merchandise. Where the importer-specific assessment rate is above de 
minimis, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on that 
importer's entries of subject merchandise. The Department will issue 
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP within 15 days of 
publication of these amended final results of review.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon publication of these amended final results of the administrative 
review for shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of 
these amended final results of administrative review, as provided by 
section 751(a) of the Act: (1) for subject merchandise exported by 
Ekinciler the cash deposit rate will be 3.16 percent; (2) for Colakolgu 
the cash deposit rate will remain as established in the Final Results. 
These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication of 
the final results of the next administrative review.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 12, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-21520 Filed 12-15-06; 8:45 am]
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