[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 329-330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22556]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-580-841)


Structural Steel Beams from Korea: Notice of Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 7, 2006, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on structural steel beams from Korea. See Structural Steel 
Beams from Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 52766 (September 7, 2006) (Preliminary 
Results). This administrative review covers INI Steel Company and 
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd., manufacturers and exporters of the 
subject merchandise. The period of review is August 1, 2004, through 
July 31, 2005.
    We did not receive any comments from parties, and we have not made 
any changes to our analysis. The final weighted-average dumping margins 
for the reviewed firms are thus unchanged from our preliminary results 
of review, and are shown in the section entitled ``Final Results of 
Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 4, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Burke or Steve Bezirganian, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5604 or (202) 
482-1131, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 7, 2006, the Department published in the Federal 
Register its preliminary results of the administrative review of 
structural steel beams from Korea for the period August 1, 2004 through 
July 31, 2005. See Preliminary Results. No party commented on 
Preliminary Results.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order 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 order unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products are outside and/or specifically 
excluded from the scope of this order: 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 order is currently classified in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at 
subheadings: 7216.32.00000, 7216.33.0030, 7216.33.0060, 7216.33.0090, 
7216.50.0000, 7216.61.0000, 7216.69.0000, 7216.99.0010, 7216.99.0090, 
7228.70.3010, 7228.70.3041, and 7228.70.6000. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise is dispositive.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    As noted above, no parties commented on Preliminary Results. The 
Department is making no changes to its preliminary analysis.

Final Results of Review:

    As a result of our review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average margins exist for the period of August 1, 2004, 
through July 31, 2005:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Manufacturer/Exporter                       Margin
------------------------------------------------------------------------
INI Steel Company...........................................  1.91[percn
                                                                      t]
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.................................  0.00[percn
                                                                      t]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Assessment Rates

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries, pursuant to section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b). The Department calculated importer-
specific duty assessment rates (or, when the importer was unknown by 
the respondent, customer-specific duty assessment rates) on the basis 
of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for 
the examined sales observations involving each importer (or customer, 
when appropriate) to the total entered value of the examined sales 
observations for that importer (or customer, when appropriate).
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of structural 
steel beams during the POR produced by INI Steel

[[Page 330]]

Company or Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. but not imported by one of the 
importers (or sold to one of the customers) for which importer-specific 
(or customer-specific) duty assessments rates were calculated. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the 
all-others rate if there is no rate for an intermediate company or 
companies involved in the transaction. For a discussion of this 
clarification, see Notice of Policy Concerning Assessment of 
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). The Department intends 
to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    On March 15, 2006, the United States International Trade Commission 
determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on structural 
steel beams from Korea would not likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time. Consequently, the Department has 
revoked this order, effective August 18, 2005. See Revocation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders: Structural Steel Beams from 
Japan and South Korea, 71 FR 15375 (March 28, 2006). Therefore, there 
is no need to issue new cash deposit instructions for this 
administrative review.

Notification of Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred, and in the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also is the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 27, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-22556 Filed 1-3-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S