66 FR 27628, May 18, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-856, A-580-846, A-469-810]
 
Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Angle From Japan, Korea, 
and Spain

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

ACTION: Notice of antidumping duty orders.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 18, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder (Japan) at (202) 482-
0189, Brian Smith (Korea) at (202) 482-1766, or Minoo Hatten (Spain) at 
(202) 482-1690, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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 citations to the Department of 
Commerce's (``the Department's'') regulations refer to 19 CFR Part 351 
(2000).

Scope of Orders

    For purposes of these orders, the term ``stainless steel angle'' 
includes hot-rolled, whether or not annealed or descaled, stainless 
steel products of equal leg length angled at 90 degrees, that are not 
otherwise advanced. The stainless steel angle subject to these orders 
is currently classifiable under subheadings 7222.40.30.20 and 
7222.40.30.60 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States 
(``HTSUS''). Specifically excluded from the scope of these orders is 
stainless steel angle of unequal leg length. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our 
written description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    In accordance with section 735(a) of the Act, the Department 
published its final determinations that stainless steel angle from 
Japan, Korea, and Spain is being, or is likely to be, sold in the 
United States at less than fair value. See Notice of Final 
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Angle 
from Japan, Korea, and Spain, 66 FR 16175 (March 23, 2001). On May 11, 
2001, the International Trade Commission notified the Department of its 
final determination pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act that 
an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of 
less-than-fair-value imports of subject merchandise from Japan, Korea, 
and Spain. Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
the Department will direct the Customs Service 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 
stainless steel angle from Japan, Korea, and Spain. These antidumping 
duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of imports of the 
subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after January 12, 2001, the date on which the 
Department published its notice of affirmative preliminary 
determinations in the Federal Register (66 FR 2880).
    On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, Customs Service officers must require, at the same time as 
importers would normally deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal 
to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins as noted 
below. The ``All Others'' rates apply to all exporters of subject 
merchandise not specifically listed. The weighted-average dumping 
margins are as follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                                                                margin
                                                              percentage
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Weighted-Average (Japan):
    Daido Steel Co., Ltd...................................       114.51
    Aichi Steel Corporation................................       114.51
    Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.........................       114.51
    All Others.............................................        70.48
Exporter/Manufacturer (Korea):
    Bae Myung Metal Co., Ltd...............................        99.56
    SK Global Co., Ltd.....................................        99.56
    All Others.............................................        40.21
Exporter/Manufacturer (Spain):
    Roldan, S.A............................................        61.45
    All Others.............................................        24.32
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
stainless steel angle from Japan, Korea, and Spain, 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.
    These orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of Act 
and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: May 14, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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