98-4211. Stainless Steel Plate From Sweden: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 8434-8435]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-4211]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    International Trade Administration
    [A-401-040]
    
    
    Stainless Steel Plate From Sweden: Amended Final Results of 
    Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
    
    AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
    Department of Commerce.
    
    ACTION: Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
    Administrative Review.
    
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    SUMMARY: On January 12, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the 
    Department) published the final results of the review of the 
    antidumping duty finding on stainless steel plate from Sweden. The 
    review covered two manufacturers/exporters of the subject merchandise 
    to the United States and the period June 1, 1995 through May 31, 1996. 
    On January 14, 1998, Avesta Sheffield (Avesta) filed ministerial error 
    comments with regard to these final results of review. Based on our 
    correction of a ministerial error, we are amending our final results 
    for Avesta.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: February 19, 1998.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Michael J. Heaney or Linda Ludwig, Import Administration, International 
    Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
    Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-
    4475/3833.
    
    Applicable Statute
    
        Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
    1930, as amended (the Act) are references to the provisions effective 
    January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
    by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless 
    otherwise indicated, all references to the Department's regulations are 
    to 19 CFR Part 353 (1997).
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Background
    
        On January 12, 1998 the Department published the final results of 
    the administrative review covering the period June 1, 1995 through May 
    31, 1996. On January 14, 1998, Avesta filed an allegation that the 
    Department made a ministerial error in the final results.
    
    Scope of the Review
    
        Imports covered by this review are shipments of stainless steel 
    plate which is commonly used in scientific and industrial equipment 
    because of its resistance to staining, rusting and pitting. Stainless 
    steel plate is classified under Harmonized Tariff schedule of the 
    United States (HTSUS) item numbers 7219.11.00.00, 7219.12.00.05, 
    7219.12.00.15, 7219.12.00.45, 7219.12.00.65, 7219.12.00.70, 
    7219.12.00.80, 7219.21.00.05, 7219.21.00.50, 7219.22.00.05, 
    7219.22.00.10, 7219.22.00.30, 7219.22.00.60, 7219.31.00.10, 
    7219.31.00.50, 7220.11.00.00, 7222.30.00.00, and 7228.40.00.00. 
    Although the subheading is provided for convenience and customs 
    purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
    investigation is dispositive.
        On July 11, 1995, the Department determined that Stavax ESR 
    (Stavax), UHB Ramax (Ramax), and UHB 904L (904L) when flat-rolled are 
    within the scope of the antidumping finding.
        On November 3, 1995, the Department determined that stainless steel 
    plate products Stavax, Ramax, and 904L when forged, are within the 
    scope of the antidumping finding.
        The review covers the period June 1, 1995 through May 31, 1996. The 
    Department has now completed this review in accordance with section 751 
    of the Act, as amended.
    
    Ministerial Error
    
        On January 12, 1998 Avesta filed an allegation of ministerial 
    error. Avesta submitted revised model match and difference of 
    merchandise (difmer) information on April 24, 1997. In reviewing the 
    Department's preliminary results (July 8, 1997, 62 FR 36495), Avesta 
    noted that the Department occasionally matched US product months with 
    home market product months that differed from those in Avesta's April 
    24, 1997 submission. The Department corrected this error in its final 
    results. In correcting this error, however, Avesta notes that the 
    Department incorrectly applied difmer information from Avesta's January 
    27, 1997 submission.
        We agree with Avesta that we incorrectly calculated difmer in our 
    final results, and that this constitutes a ministerial error pursuant 
    to 19 CFR 351.28(d). We have corrected this ministerial error in these 
    amended final results, and have based our calculation of difmer on the 
    data provided by Avesta in its April 24, 1997 submission.
    
    Amended Final Results of Review
    
        As a result of our correction of a ministerial error, we determine 
    that the weighted average margin for Avesta is 24.67 percent for the 
    period June 1, 1995 through May 31, 1996.
        The U.S. Customs Service shall assess antidumping duties on all 
    appropriate entries. Individual differences between U.S. price and 
    normal value may vary from the percentages stated above. The Department 
    will issue appraisement instructions directly to the U.S. Customs 
    Service.
        Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
    for all shipments of stainless steel plate from Sweden entered, or 
    withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
    date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by 
    section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The amended cash deposit rate for 
    Avesta will be the rate stated above, (2) for previously investigated 
    or reviewed companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will 
    continue to be the company specific rate published for the most recent 
    period, (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or 
    the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
    rate will be that established for the manufacturer of the merchandise 
    in the final results of these reviews, or the LTFV investigation; and 
    (4) if neither
    
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    the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any 
    previous reviews or the original fair value investigation, the cash 
    deposit rate will be 4.46%.
        We will calculate importer-specific duty assessment rates on a unit 
    value per pound basis. To calculate the per pound unit value for 
    assessment, we summed the margins on U.S. sales with positive margins, 
    and then divided this sum by the entered pounds of all U.S. sales.
        These amended final results of administrative review and notice are 
    in accordance with section 751(a)(1) and (h) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
    1675(a)(1) and (h)) and 19 CFR 353.28.
    
        Dated: February 11, 1998.
    Robert S. LaRussa,
    Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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Document Information

Effective Date:
2/19/1998
Published:
02/19/1998
Department:
International Trade Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.
Document Number:
98-4211
Dates:
February 19, 1998.
Pages:
8434-8435 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
A-401-040
PDF File:
98-4211.pdf