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1 The products covered by these investigations

are synchronous, asynchronous, and specialty

SRAMs from Korea and Taiwan, whether assembled

or unassembled. Assembled SRAMs include all

package types. Unassembled SRAMs include

processed wafers or die, uncut die, and cut die.

Processed wafers produced in Korea or Taiwan, but

packaged, or assembled into memory modules, in

a third country, are included in the scope;

processed wafers produced in a third country and

assembled or packaged in Korea or Taiwan are not

included in the scope.

The scope of these investigations includes

modules containing SRAMs. Such modules include

single in-line processing modules (SIPs), single inline memory modules (SIMMs), dual in-line

memory modules (DIMMs), memory cards, or other

collections of SRAMs, whether unmounted or

mounted on a circuit board.

The SRAMs within the scope of these

investigations are classified in statistical reporting

numbers 8542.13.8037 through 8542.13.8049,

8473.30.1000 through 8473.30.9000, and

8542.13.8005 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS

statistical reporting numbers are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the written

description of the scope of these investigations is

dispositive.

below, explaining the commitments in

non-technical language; and (2) seeks to

identify the potential benefits and

limitations of foreign commitments. The

Commission will examine sectorspecific commitments scheduled by

Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary,

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland,

Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia,

Switzerland, and Turkey, with respect

to the following industries:

• Distribution services (defined as

wholesaling, retailing, and franchising

services);

• Education services;

• Communication services (defined as

enhanced telecommunication, courier,

and audiovisual services);

• Health care services;

• Professional services (defined as

accounting, advertising, and legal

services);

• Architectural, engineering, and

construction (AEC) services;

• Land-based transport services

(defined as rail and trucking services);

and

• Travel and tourism services.

In addition, the Commission will

examine horizontal commitments

relevant to the specified industries, such

as those regarding investment and

temporary entry and stay of foreign

workers. As requested by the USTR, the

Commission plans to deliver its report

to the USTR by September 18, 1998.

The investigation follows Commission

investigation No. 332–374, General

Agreement on Trade in Services:

Examination of the Schedule of

Commitments Submitted by Asia Pacific

Trading Partners, requested by the

USTR on November 13, 1996;

investigation No. 332–367, General

Agreement on Trade in Services:

Examination of South American Trading

Partners’ Schedules of Commitments,

requested by the USTR on April 9, 1996;

and Commission investigation No. 332–

358, General Agreement on Trade in

Services: Examination of Major Trading

Partners’ Schedules of Commitments,

requested by the USTR on December 28,

1994. In those reports, the Commission

examined the commitments scheduled

by selected trading partners with respect

to the industries delineated above. The

results of investigation No. 332–374

were published in August 1997 in

USITC Publication 3053. The results of

investigation No. 332–367 were

published in December 1996 in USITC

Publication 3007. The results of

investigation No. 332–358 were

published in December 1995 in USITC

Publication 2940. These publications

are available on the ITC Internet server

(http://www.usitc.gov or ftp://

ftp.usitc.gov).

PUBLIC HEARING: A public hearing in

connection with the investigation will

be held at the U.S. International Trade

Commission Building, 500 E Street SW,

Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

on April 8, 1998. All persons shall have

the right to appear, by counsel or in

person, to present information and to be

heard. Requests to appear at the public

hearing should be filed with the

Secretary, United States International

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,

Washington, DC 20436, no later than

5:15 p.m., March 25, 1998. Any

prehearing briefs (original and 14

copies) should be filed not later than

5:15 p.m., March 25, 1998. The deadline

for filing post-hearing briefs or

statements is 5:15 p.m., April 22, 1998.

In the event that, as of the close of

business on March 25, 1998, no

witnesses are scheduled to appear at the

hearing, the hearing will be canceled.

Any person interested in attending the

hearing as an observer or nonparticipant may call the Secretary to the

Commission (202–205–1816) after

March 25, 1998, to determine whether

the hearing will be held.

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS: In lieu of or in

addition to participating in the hearing,

interested parties are invited to submit

written statements concerning the

matters to be addressed by the

Commission in its report on this

investigation. Commercial or financial

information that a submitter desires the

Commission to treat as confidential

must be submitted on separate sheets of

paper, each clearly marked

‘‘Confidential Business Information’’ at

the top. All submissions requesting

confidential treatment must conform

with the requirements of section § 201.6

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (19 C.F.R. 201.6). All

written submissions, except for

confidential business information, will

be made available in the Office of the

Secretary of the Commission for

inspection by interested parties. To be

assured of consideration by the

Commission, written statements relating

to the Commission’s report should be

submitted to the Commission at the

earliest practical date and should be

received no later than the close of

business on April 22, 1998. All

submissions should be addressed to the

Secretary, United States International

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,

Washington, DC 20436.

Persons with mobility impairments

who will need special assistance in

gaining access to the Commission

should contact the Office of the

Secretary at 202–205–2000.

Issued: October 7, 1997.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27489 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

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[Investigations Nos. 731–TA–761 and

762 (Final)]

Static Random Access Memory

Semiconductors From the Republic of

Korea and Taiwan

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission; Commerce.

ACTION: Scheduling of the final phase of

antidumping investigations.

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives

notice of the scheduling of the final

phase of antidumping investigations No.

731–TA–761 and 762 (Final) under

section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930

(19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) (the Act) to

determine whether an industry in the

United States is materially injured or

threatened with material injury, or the

establishment of an industry in the

United States is materially retarded, by

reason of less-than-fair-value imports

from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and

Taiwan of static random access memory

semiconductors (SRAMs). 1

For further information concerning

the conduct of this phase of the

investigations, hearing procedures, and

rules of general application, consult the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
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1The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19

CFR 207.2(f)).

2Commissioner Crawford not participating.

subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207), as

amended by 62 FR 39438, July 23, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane J. Mazur (202–205–3184), Office

of Investigations, U.S. International

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain

information on this matter by contacting

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810. Persons with mobility

impairments who will need special

assistance in gaining access to the

Commission should contact the Office

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.

General information concerning the

Commission may also be obtained by

accessing its internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov or ftp://ftp.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The final phase of these investigations

is being scheduled as a result of

affirmative preliminary determinations

by the Department of Commerce that

imports of SRAMs from Korea and

Taiwan are being sold in the United

States at less than fair value within the

meaning of section 733 of the Act (19

U.S.C. § 1673b). The investigations were

requested in a petition filed on February

25, 1997, by Micron Technology, Inc.,

Boise, ID.

Participation in the Investigations and

Public Service List

Persons, including industrial users of

the subject merchandise and, if the

merchandise is sold at the retail level,

representative consumer organizations,

wishing to participate in the final phase

of these investigations as parties must

file an entry of appearance with the

Secretary to the Commission, as

provided in section 201.11 of the

Commission’s rules, no later than 21

days prior to the hearing date specified

in this notice. A party that filed a notice

of appearance during the preliminary

phase of the investigations need not file

an additional notice of appearance

during this final phase. The Secretary

will maintain a public service list

containing the names and addresses of

all persons, or their representatives,

who are parties to the investigations.

Limited Disclosure of Business

Proprietary Information (BPI) Under an

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

and BPI Service List

Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the

Commission’s rules, the Secretary will

make BPI gathered in the final phase of

these investigations available to

authorized applicants under the APO

issued in the investigations, provided

that the application is made no later

than 21 days prior to the hearing date

specified in this notice. Authorized

applicants must represent interested

parties, as defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9),

who are parties to the investigations. A

party granted access to BPI in the

preliminary phase of the investigations

need not reapply for such access. A

separate service list will be maintained

by the Secretary for those parties

authorized to receive BPI under the

APO.

Staff Report

The prehearing staff report in the final

phase of these investigations will be

placed in the nonpublic record on

February 3, 1998, and a public version

will be issued thereafter, pursuant to

section 207.22 of the Commission’s

rules.

Hearing

The Commission will hold a hearing

in connection with the final phase of

these investigations beginning at 9:30

a.m. on February 18, 1998, at the U.S.

International Trade Commission

Building. Requests to appear at the

hearing should be filed in writing with

the Secretary to the Commission on or

before February 10, 1998. A nonparty

who has testimony that may aid the

Commission’s deliberations may request

permission to present a short statement

at the hearing. All parties and

nonparties desiring to appear at the

hearing and make oral presentations

should attend a prehearing conference

to be held at 9:30 a.m. on February 12,

1998, at the U.S. International Trade

Commission Building. Oral testimony

and written materials to be submitted at

the public hearing are governed by

sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and

207.24 of the Commission’s rules.

Parties must submit any request to

present a portion of their hearing

testimony in camera no later than 7

days prior to the date of the hearing .

Written Submissions

Each party who is an interested party

shall submit a prehearing brief to the

Commission. Prehearing briefs must

conform with the provisions of section

207.23 of the Commission’s rules; the

deadline for filing is February 10, 1998.

Parties may also file written testimony

in connection with their presentation at

the hearing, as provided in section

207.24 of the Commission’s rules, and

posthearing briefs, which must conform

with the provisions of section 207.25 of

the Commission’s rules.

The deadline for filing posthearing

briefs is February 26, 1998; witness

testimony must be filed no later than

three days before the hearing. In

addition, any person who has not

entered an appearance as a party to the

investigation may submit a written

statement of information pertinent to

the subject of the investigations on or

before February 26, 1998. On March 19,

1998, the Commission will make

available to parties all information on

which they have not had an opportunity

to comment. Parties may submit final

comments on this information on or

before March 23, 1998, but such final

comments must not contain new factual

information and must otherwise comply

with section 207.30 of the Commission’s

rules. All written submissions must

conform with the provisions of section

201.8 of the Commission’s rules; any

submissions that contain BPI must also

conform with the requirements of

sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the

Commission’s rules.

In accordance with sections 201.16(c)

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules,

each document filed by a party to the

investigations must be served on all

other parties to the investigations (as

identified by either the public or BPI

service list), and a certificate of service

must be timely filed. The Secretary will

not accept a document for filing without

a certificate of service.

Authority: These investigations are being

conducted under authority of title VII of the

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published

pursuant to section 207.21 of the

Commission’s rules.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: October 9, 1997.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–27493 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

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[Investigation No. 731–TA–750 (Final)]

Vector Supercomputers From Japan

Determination

On the basis of the record 1 developed

in the subject investigation, the United

States International Trade Commission

determines,2 pursuant to section 735(b)

of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.

1673d(b)) (the Act), that an industry in

the United States is threatened with

material injury by reason of imports

from Japan of vector supercomputers,