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1E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. is not a petitioner

in the Taiwan case.

by which the NV exceeds the EP or CEP,

as appropriate, as indicated in the chart

below. These suspension of liquidation

instructions will remain in effect until

further notice.

The weighted-average dumping

margins are as follows:

Exporter/manufacturer

Weighted-average margin

percentage

Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Factory ................... 42.77

Jilin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd./.

Jilin Pharmaceutical Import

and Export Corporation ....... 4.72

PRC-wide Rate ....................... 144.02

The PRC-wide rate applies to all

entries of the subject merchandise

except for entries from exporters that are

identified individually above.

ITC Notification

In accordance with section 735(d) of

the Act, we have notified the ITC of our

determination. As our final

determination is affirmative, the ITC

will, within 45 days, determine whether

these imports are materially injuring, or

threaten material injury to, the U.S.

industry. If the ITC determines that

material injury, or threat of material

injury does not exist, the proceeding

will be terminated and all securities

posted will be refunded or canceled. If

the ITC determines that such injury

does exist, the Department will issue an

antidumping duty order directing

Customs officials to assess antidumping

duties on all imports of the subject

merchandise entered for consumption

on or after the effective date of the

suspension of liquidation.

This determination is issued and

published in accordance with sections

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: May 17, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Adminstration.

Appendix

List of Comments in the Issues and

Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Valuation of Phenol

Comment 2: Valuation of Caustic Soda

Comment 3: Valuation of Carbon

Dioxide

Comment 4: Valuation of Overhead,

Selling, General, Administrative

Expenses and Profit

Comment 5: Adjustments to Surrogate

Ratios

Comment 6: Valuation of Electricity

Comment 7: Valuation of Water

Comment 8: Valuation of Ocean Freight

Comment 9: Returned Merchandise

Comment 10: Separate Rates

Comment 11: Shandong’s Use of

Technical-Grade Salicylic Acid

Comment 12: Jilin’s Raw Material

Consumption

Comment 13: Jilin’s By-Product Offset

Comment 14: Jilin’s Inland Freight Costs

for Materials

Comment 15: Jilin’s Multiple Shipments

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–839, A–583–833]

Notice of Amended Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Certain Polyester Staple

Fiber From the Republic of Korea and

Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain

Polyester Staple Fiber From the

Republic of Korea and Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Matney (Republic of Korea) or

Cynthia Thirumalai (Taiwan), Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–1778 or (202) 482–

4087, respectively.

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 are to the

regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351

(1998).

Scope of Orders

The product covered by these orders

is certain polyester staple fiber (‘‘PSF’’).

Certain polyester staple fiber is defined

as synthetic staple fibers, not carded,

combed or otherwise processed for

spinning, of polyesters measuring 3.3

decitex (3 denier, inclusive) or more in

diameter. This merchandise is cut to

lengths varying from one inch (25 mm)

to five inches (127 mm). The

merchandise subject to these orders may

be coated, usually with a silicon or

other finish, or not coated. PSF is

generally used as stuffing in sleeping

bags, mattresses, ski jackets, comforters,

cushions, pillows, and furniture.

Merchandise of less than 3.3 decitex

(less than 3 denier) classified under the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) at subheading

5503.20.00.20 is specifically excluded

from these orders. Also specifically

excluded from these orders are polyester

staple fibers of 10 to 18 denier that are

cut to lengths of 6 to 8 inches (fibers

used in the manufacture of carpeting).

In addition, low-melt PSF is excluded

from these orders. Low-melt PSF is

defined as a bi-component fiber with an

outer sheath that melts at a significantly

lower temperature than its inner core.

The merchandise subject to these

orders is classified in the HTSUS at

subheadings 5503.20.00.40 and

5503.20.00.60. Although the HTSUS

subheadings are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of these orders is

dispositive.

Amended Final Determination

In accordance with section 735(a) of

the Act, on March 30, 2000, the

Department published the final

determination of the antidumping duty

investigation of certain PSF from the

Republic of Korea (‘‘Korea’’), in which

we determined that U.S. sales of PSF

from Korea were made at less than

normal value (65 FR 16880 (‘‘Korea

Final Determination’’)). On March 31

and April 4, 2000, we received

ministerial error allegations, timely filed

pursuant to § 351.224(c)(2) of the

Department’s regulations, from the

petitioners E.I. DuPont de Nemours,

Inc.; 1 Arteva Specialities S.a.r.l.; d/b/a

KoSa; Wellman, Inc.; and

Intercontinental Polymers, Inc.

(hereinafter collectively referred to as

‘‘the petitioners’’) regarding the

calculations for Geum Poong

Corporation (‘‘Geum Poong’’) and

Samyang Corporation (‘‘Samyang’’),

respectively. On April 5, 2000, Sam

Young Synthetics Co. (‘‘Sam Young’’)

and Geum Poong timely filed

ministerial allegations, and Geum Poong

also commented on the petitioners’

allegations. On April 6, 2000, Samyang

filed a rebuttal to the petitioners’

ministerial error allegations. We

received comments from the petitioners

concerning the respondents’ clerical

error allegations on April 10, 2000.

We have determined in accordance

with section 735(e) of the Act that

ministerial errors were made in our final

margin calculations. For a detailed

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discussion of the above-cited ministerial

errors and the Department’s analysis,

see Memorandum to Richard W.

Moreland, dated April 26, 2000. We are

amending the final determination of the

antidumping duty investigation of PSF

from Korea to correct these ministerial

errors. The revised final weightedaverage dumping margins are as follows:

Exporter/manufacturer

Original weightedaverage margin

percentage

Revised weightedaverage margin

percentage

Samyang Corporation .............................................................................................................................. 0.14

(*

0.14

(*

Sam Young Synthetics Co. ..................................................................................................................... 7.96 7.91

Geum Poong Corporation ........................................................................................................................ 14.10 14.10

All Others ................................................................................................................................................. 11.38 11.35

* de minimis.

For Taiwan, we published Notice of

Final Determination of Sales at Less

Than Fair Value: Certain Polyester

Staple Fiber from Taiwan 65 FR 16877

(March 30, 2000) and Notice of

Amended Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Certain

Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan 65

FR 24678 (April 27, 2000).

Antidumping Duty Orders

On May 15, 2000, in accordance with

section 735(d) of the Act, the U.S.

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’)

notified the Department that an industry

in the United States is ‘‘materially

injured,’’ within the meaning of section

735(b)(1)(A) of the Act, by reason of

less-than-fair-value imports of PSF from

Korea and Taiwan. In its final

determination, however, the ITC

determined that two domestic like

products exist for merchandise covered

by the Department’s investigation: (1)

low-melt PSF and (2) all other types of

PSF not specifically excluded. The ITC

determined pursuant to section

735(b)(1) that a domestic industry in the

United States is not materially injured

or threatened with material injury by

reason of imports of low-melt PSF from

Korea and Taiwan. Accordingly, the

scope of these antidumping duty orders

has been amended from that used in the

investigations to exclude low-melt PSF.

Sam Young and Geum Poong, the two

respondents included in the Korea

order, did not make sales of low-melt

PSF during the period of investigation.

Therefore, it was not necessary to

recalculate the margins to exclude sales

of low-melt PSF for these Korean

respondents. However, we recalculated,

for purposes of the Taiwan order, the

estimated dumping margins for both

respondents in Taiwan by excluding

sales of low-melt PSF from our analysis.

The revised estimated dumping margins

for Taiwan are found below.

The Department will direct the U.S.

Customs Service to assess, upon further

advice by the Department, antidumping

duties equal to the amount by which the

normal value of the subject merchandise

exceeds the export price or constructed

export price of the subject merchandise

for all relevant entries of PSF from

Korea and Taiwan, except for subject

merchandise produced in Korea and

imported from Samyang, which

received a de minimis final margin.

With respect to Korea, all bonds may be

released and entries by Samyang may be

liquidated without regard to

antidumping duties.

For all other manufacturers/exporters

from Korea, antidumping duties will be

assessed on all unliquidated entries of

PSF, excluding low-melt PSF, entered,

or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after November 8,

1999, the date of publication of the

Department’s preliminary determination

in the Federal Register (64 FR 60776).

For all other manufacturers/exporters in

Taiwan other than Nan Ya Plastics

Corporation, Ltd., antidumping duties

will be assessed on all unliquidated

entries of PSF, excluding low-melt PSF,

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after March 30,

2000, the date of publication of the

Department’s final determination in the

Federal Register (64 FR 60771). For Nan

Ya Plastics Corporation, Ltd.,

antidumping duties will be assessed on

all unliquidated entries of PSF from

Taiwan, excluding low-melt PSF,

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after April 27,

2000, the date of publication of the

Department’s amended final

determination in the Federal Register

(65 FR 24678 ). Furthermore, we will

instruct Customs to refund all cash

deposits, or bonds posted, for entries of

subject merchandise from Korea

imported from Samyang Corporation

and for entries of low-melt PSF from

both Taiwan and Korea.

On or after the date of publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

Customs officers must require, at the

same time as importers would normally

deposit estimated duties, cash deposits

for the subject merchandise equal to the

weighted-average antidumping duty

margins as noted below:

Exporter/manufacturer

Revised

weightedaverage

margin percentage

Republic of Korea

Samyang Corporation ............... Excluded

Sam Young Synthetics Co ....... 7.91

Geum Poong Corporation ........ 14.10

All Others .................................. 11.35

Taiwan

Far Eastern Corporation ........... 11.50

Nan Ya Plastics Corporation,

Ltd ......................................... 3.79

All Others .................................. 7.31

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty orders with respect to

PSF from Korea and Taiwan, pursuant

to section 735(a) of the Act. Interested

parties may contact the 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 sections 736(a) and 19

CFR 351.211.

Dated: May 18, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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