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LIST OF PETITION ACTION BY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PERIOD 03/16/2000–04/14/2000—Continued

Firm name Address Date petition

accepted Product

Newman Flange & Fitting Co ................... P.O. Box 905, Newman, CA 95360 ........ 03–Apr–2000 Flanges of titanium, stainless steel and

aluminum.

M.G.M. Apparel, Inc ................................. 1560 San Fernanco Road, Los Angeles,

CA 90065.

03–Apr–2000 Women casual tops, pants and skirts of

cotton.

Lorrich Industries, Inc ............................... 9265 State Highway 89, Cavalier, ND

58220.

03–Apr–2000 Bins and hoppers used for agricultural

or horticultural purposes.

Cobra Specialty Products, Inc .................. 4112 North Main, Hwy 174S, Joshua,

Texas 76058.

04–Apr–2000 Wood cabinets and children’s furniture

and toys.

Thompson Dental Manufacturing Company, Inc.1201 South 6th West, Missoula, MT

59801.

05–Apr–2000 Dental hand instruments.

Philadelphia Cervical Collar Company ..... I–295 Industrial Center, Westville, NJ

08093.

11–Apr–2000 Post surgery cervical and emergency

medical extrication collars.

Fitchburg Pattern and Model Co., Inc ...... 21 Myrtle Avenue, Fitchburg, MA 01420 14–Apr–2000 Patterns and molds for the casting industry.

The petitions were submitted

pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade Act

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341). Consequently,

the United States Department of

Commerce has initiated separate

investigations to determine whether

increased imports into the United States

of articles like or directly competitive

with those produced by each firm

contributed importantly to total or

partial separation of the firm’s workers,

or threat thereof, and to a decrease in

sales or production of each petitioning

firm.

Any party having a substantial

interest in the proceedings may request

a public hearing on the matter. A

request for a hearing must be received

by Trade Adjustment Assistance, Room

7315, Economic Development

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, no

later than the close of business of the

tenth calendar day following the

publication of this notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance official program number and title

of the program under which these petitions

are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

Dated: April 19, 2000.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and

Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–10236 Filed 4–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–24–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–815 & A–580–816]

Notice of Amended Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Reviews: Certain Cold-Rolled and

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat

Products From Korea

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Reviews.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(‘‘Department’’) is amending its final

results of reviews, published March 13,

2000, of the antidumping duty orders on

cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant

carbon steel flat products from Korea, to

reflect the correction of ministerial

errors in those final results. The period

covered by these amended final results

is August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Juanita Chen (Dongbu), Becky Hagen

(the POSCO Group), Robert Bolling, or

James Doyle, Enforcement Group III,

Office 9, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone 202–

482–0409 (Chen), 202–482–3362

(Hagen), 202–482–3434 (Bolling), or

202–482–0159 (Doyle), fax 202–482–

1388.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930

(‘‘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’s regulations are to the

regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (1998).

Scope of the Reviews

The review of ‘‘certain cold-rolled

carbon steel flat products’’ covers coldrolled (cold-reduced) carbon steel flatrolled products, of rectangular shape,

neither clad, plated nor coated with

metal, whether or not painted,

varnished or coated with plastics or

other nonmetallic substances, in coils

(whether or not in successively

superimposed layers) and of a width of

0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths

which, if of a thickness less than 4.75

millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch

or greater and which measures at least

10 times the thickness or if of a

thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more

are of a width which exceeds 150

millimeters and measures at least twice

the thickness, as currently classifiable in

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

(‘‘HTS’’) under item numbers

7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030,

7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0090,

7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,

7209.17.0090, 7209.18.1530,

7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2550,

7209.18.6000, 7209.25.0000,

7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,

7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000,

7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000,

7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000,

7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500,

7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,

7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030,

7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500,

7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,

7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,

7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000,

7215.50.0015, 7215.50.0060,

7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000,

7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000,

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7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000,

7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,

7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in

this review are flat-rolled products of

nonrectangular cross-section where

such cross-section is achieved

subsequent to the rolling process (i.e.,

products which have been ‘‘worked

after rolling’’)—for example, products

which have been beveled or rounded at

the edges. Excluded from this review is

certain shadow mask steel, i.e.,

aluminum-killed, cold-rolled steel coil

that is open-coil annealed, has a carbon

content of less than 0.002 percent, is of

0.003 to 0.012 inch in thickness, 15 to

30 inches in width, and has an ultra flat,

isotropic surface.

The review of ‘‘certain corrosionresistant carbon steel flat products’’

covers flat-rolled carbon steel products,

of rectangular shape, either clad, plated,

or coated with corrosion-resistant

metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-

, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based

alloys, whether or not corrugated or

painted, varnished or coated with

plastics or other nonmetallic substances

in addition to the metallic coating, in

coils (whether or not in successively

superimposed layers) and of a width of

0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths

which, if of a thickness less than 4.75

millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch

or greater and which measures at least

10 times the thickness or if of a

thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more

are of a width which exceeds 150

millimeters and measures at least twice

the thickness, as currently classifiable in

the HTS under item numbers

7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,

7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,

7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000,

7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030,

7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090,

7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000,

7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,

7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,

7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000,

7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,

7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000,

7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,

7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500,

7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560,

7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,

7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in

this review are flat-rolled products of

nonrectangular cross-section where

such cross-section is achieved

subsequent to the rolling process (i.e.,

products which have been ‘‘worked

after rolling’’)—for example, products

which have been beveled or rounded at

the edges. Excluded from this review are

flat-rolled steel products either plated or

coated with tin, lead, chromium,

chromium oxides, both tin and lead

(‘‘terne plate’’), or both chromium and

chromium oxides (‘‘tin-free steel’’),

whether or not painted, varnished or

coated with plastics or other

nonmetallic substances in addition to

the metallic coating. Also excluded from

this review are clad products in straight

lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in

composite thickness and of a width

which exceeds 150 millimeters and

measures at least twice the thickness.

Also excluded from this review are

certain clad stainless flat-rolled

products, which are three-layered

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flatrolled products less than 4.75

millimeters in composite thickness that

consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled

product clad on both sides with

stainless steel in a 20%–60%–20%

ratio.

These HTS item numbers are

provided for convenience and U.S.

Customs purposes. The written

descriptions remain dispositive.

Amendment of Final Results

On March 13, 2000, the Department

published the final results of its

administrative reviews of the

antidumping duty orders on certain

cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant

carbon steel flat products from Korea,

for the period August 1, 1997 through

July 31, 1998. See Certain Cold-Rolled

and Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel

Flat Products from Korea: Final Results

of Antidumping Duty Administrative

Reviews, 65 FR 13359 (March 13, 2000)

(‘‘final results’’). The reviews covered

shipments of subject merchandise by

Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (‘‘Dongbu’’),

Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

(‘‘Union’’), and Pohang Iron and Steel

Co., Ltd. (‘‘POSCO’’). (POSCO and the

companies collapsed with POSCO

(Pohang Coated Steel Co., Ltd.

(‘‘POCOS’’) and Pohang Steel Industries

Co., Ltd. (‘‘PSI’’)), are collectively

referred to as ‘‘the POSCO Group’’.)

On March 14, 2000, the POSCO Group

submitted a clerical error allegation. On

March 15, 2000, Petitioners alleged

ministerial errors in the final results for

Dongbu. On March 20, 2000, Dongbu

responded to Petitioners’ allegations.

The allegations and rebuttal comments

were filed in a timely fashion.

Dongbu

Comment 1: Petitioners argue that the

Department erred in its calculations for

corrosion-resistant products by

incorrectly setting the comparison

window of time for matching U.S. sales

with home market sales. Dongbu argues

that the Department’s programming on

this issue in the final results remains the

same as it was in the preliminary

results. Dongbu argues that by failing to

raise the issue in their case brief,

Petitioners are barred from raising the

issue now.

Department’s Position: After a review

of the allegation and response, we agree

with Petitioners and have corrected the

comparison window in our program.

For the computer code we used to

correct this ministerial error, see the

Memorandum from Juanita Chen to

Edward Yang, dated March 22, 2000

(‘‘Amended Final Results Analysis

Memorandum’’), a public version of

which is available in the Central

Records Unit, Room B–099 of the

Department of Commerce building, 14th

Street and Constitution Ave, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Comment 2: Petitioners argue that the

Department erred in its calculations for

corrosion-resistant products by

excluding from its analysis certain home

market sales which should have been

included because the Department

compared prices for those sales in U.S.

dollars to an amount in Korean won for

purposes of the arm’s length test.

Petitioners state that the Department

should amend its final results to convert

the home market price in U.S. dollars to

Korean won before determining whether

such sales should be excluded from its

margin calculation. Dongbu argues that

the Department’s programming on this

issue in the final results remains the

same as it was in the preliminary

results. Dongbu argues that by failing to

raise the issue in their case brief,

Petitioners are barred from raising the

issue now.

Department’s Position: We agree with

Petitioners. The home market price

values reported in U.S. dollars should

have been converted to Korean won

before those values were compared to an

amount in Korean won for the purposes

of determining which home market

sales should be eliminated because,

inter alia, they were not made at arm’s

length. Accordingly, we have converted

these home market sales from U.S.

dollars to Korean won before

determining which home market sales

to exclude from our margin calculation.

For the computer code we used to

correct this ministerial error, see the

Amended Final Results Analysis

Memorandum, a public version of

which is available in the Central

Records Unit, Room B–099 of the

Department of Commerce building, 14th

Street and Constitution Ave, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

POSCO

Comment 3: The POSCO Group

argues that the Department erred in its

calculations for cold-rolled products by

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incorrectly matching the quality

physical characteristic for home market

and U.S. sales.

Department’s Position: We agree with

the POSCO Group and have corrected

our model match program to reflect the

proper quality physical matching

characteristic for the home and U.S.

markets. For the computer code we used

to correct this ministerial error, see the

Memorandum from Becky Hagen to

Edward Yang, dated March 21, 2000, a

public version of which is available in

the Central Records Unit, Room B–099

of the Department of Commerce

building, 14th Street and Constitution

Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Amended Final Results of Review

As a result of the corrections, we have

determined that duty absorption has

occurred with respect to the percentages

of sales shown below which were made

through Respondents’ U.S. affiliates and

which had positive dumping margins:

Producer/manufacturer/exporter

Percentage

of U.S. affiliate’s sales

with dumping margins

Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon

Steel Flat Products: The

POSCO Group ...................... 1.16

Certain Corrosion-Resistant

Carbon Steel Flat Products:

Dongbu .................................. 20.68

The POSCO Group ............... 6.85

The percentages for Union remain

unchanged from the final results.

Additionally, we have determined that

the following weighted-average margins

exist for the period August 1, 1997

through July 31, 1998:

Producer/manufacturer/exporter

Weightedaverage

percent

margin

Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon

Steel Flat Products:

Dongbu .................................. 0.00

The POSCO Group ............... 0.10

Certain Corrosion-Resistant

Carbon Steel Flat Products:

Dongbu .............................. 1.42

The POSCO Group ........... 0.68

The weighted-average margins for

Union remain unchanged from the final

results.

The Department shall determine, and

the U.S. Customs Service (‘‘Customs’’)

shall assess, antidumping duties on all

appropriate entries. In accordance with

19 CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated

exporter/importer-specific assessment

rates. With respect to both export price

and constructed export price sales, we

divided the total dumping margins for

the reviewed sales by the total entered

value of those reviewed sales for each

importer. We will direct Customs to

assess the resulting percentage margins

against the entered Customs values for

the subject merchandise on each of that

importer’s entries under the relevant

order during the review period.

Notwithstanding the previous sentence,

and pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2),

we will instruct Customs to liquidate

without regard to antidumping duties

all entries of subject merchandise made

during the August 1, 1997 through July

31, 1998 review period which were

made by any person for which the

importer-specific assessment rate

calculated in accordance with 19 CFR

351.212(b)(1) is less than 0.5 percent ad

valorem, or the equivalent specific rate.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of amended final results of

administrative reviews for all shipments

of cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant

carbon steel flat products from Korea

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the date of

publication, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit

rates for the reviewed companies will be

the rates shown above except that, for

firms whose weighted-average margins

are less than 0.5 percent and therefore

de minimis, the Department shall

require no deposit of estimated

antidumping duties; (2) for previously

reviewed or investigated 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, a prior review, or the

original less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’)

investigation, but the manufacturer is,

the cash deposit rate will be the rate

established for the most recent period

for the manufacturer of the

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit

rate for all other manufacturers or

exporters will continue to be 14.44

percent (for certain cold-rolled carbon

steel flat products) or 17.70 percent (for

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products). These rates are the ‘‘all

others’’ rates from the LTFV

investigations. See Antidumping Duty

Orders on Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon

Steel Flat Products and Certain

Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat

Products from Korea, 58 FR 44159

(August 19, 1993).

These deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also serves as a final

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)

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 the

subsequent assessment of doubled

antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective orders

(‘‘APO’’) of their responsibility

concerning the return or destruction of

proprietary information disclosed under

APO in accordance with 19 CFR

351.305 or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and terms of an APO is a violation

which is subject to sanction.

We are issuing and publishing this

determination and notice in accordance

with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the

Act.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–852]

Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Structural

Steel Beams From Japan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Juanita H. Chen or Robert Bolling,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 1401 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone 202–482–0409 and 202–482–

3434, respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘Act’’)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(‘‘URAA’’). In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the