69284 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 222 / Thursday, November 16, 2000 / Notices

Publication 3362, Investigations Nos.

731–TA–474 and 475 (Review) (October

2000).

Scope of the Orders

The products covered by these orders

are one-piece and two-piece chromeplated and nickel-plated lug nuts from

China and Taiwan. The subject

merchandise includes chrome-plated

and nickel-plated lug nuts, finished or

unfinished, which are more than 11⁄16

inches (17.45 millimeters) in height and

which have a hexagonal size of at least

3⁄4 inches (19.05 millimeters) but not

over one inch (25.4 millimeters), plus or

minus 1⁄16 of an inch (1.59 millimeters).

The term ‘‘unfinished’’ refers to

unplated and/or unassembled chromeplated lug nuts. The subject

merchandise is used for securing wheels

to cars, vans, trucks, utility vehicles,

and trailers. Excluded from the orders

are zinc-plated lug nuts, finished or

unfinished, stainless steel capped lug

nuts, and chrome-plated lock nuts. The

merchandise covered by the orders

currently classifiable under item

7318.16.00 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States

(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS

subheading is provided for convenience

and customs purposes, the written

description of the subject merchandise

remains dispositive.

The Department has made several

scope rulings on the subject

merchandise from China and Taiwan.

The following products were

determined to be within the scope of the

order:

Product within scope Importer Citation

Certain hex size nuts ......................................... Consolidated International ................................ 59 FR 54888

Certain nickel-plated lug nuts ............................ Consolidated International Automative, Inc ..... 62 FR 9176

Imported zinc-plated lug nuts-chrome-plated in

the United States.

Wheel Plus, Inc. ............................................... 63 FR 59544

Determination

As a result of the determination by the

Commission that revocation of these

antidumping duty orders is not likely to

lead to continuation or recurrence of

material injury to an industry in the

United States, the Department, pursuant

to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19

CFR 351.222(i)(1), is revoking the

antidumping duty orders on chromeplated lug nuts from China and Taiwan.

Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A)(iv) of

the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(ii), this

revocation is effective January 1, 2000.

The Department will instruct the

Customs Service to discontinue the

suspension of liquidation and collection

of cash deposit rates on entries of the

subject merchandise entered or

withdrawn from warehouse on or after

January 1, 2000 (the effective date). The

Department will complete any pending

administrative reviews of these orders

and will conduct administrative reviews

of subject merchandise entered prior to

the effective date of revocation in

response to appropriately filed requests

for review.

Dated: November 9, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–843]

Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Not Less Than Fair Value:

Expandable Polystyrene Resins from

the Republic of Korea

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 16, 2000.

ACTION: Notice of final determination of

sales at not less than fair value.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Valerie Ellis or David Layton, at (202)

482–2336 or (202) 482–0371,

respectively; Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce,

Washington, D.C. 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 (the

Department) regulations are to 19 CFR

Part 351 (1999).

Final Determination

We determine that expandable

polystyrene resin (EPS) from the

Republic of Korea (Korea) is not being

sold, nor is likely to be sold, in the

United States at less than fair value

(LTFV), as provided in section 735 of

the Act. The estimated margins of sales

at not LTFV are shown in the

‘‘Termination of Liquidation’’ section of

this notice.

Case History

The preliminary determination in this

investigation was issued on June 20,

2000. See Notice of Preliminary

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value and Postponement of Final

Determination: Certain Expandable

Polystyrene Resins From the Republic of

South Korea, 65 FR 39351 (June 26,

2000). The investigation covers two

manufacturers/exporters: Shinho

Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Shinho) and

Cheil Industries Incorporated (Cheil).

Both of these companies are located in

Seoul, Korea.

The Department verified the

responses of Cheil Industries

Incorporated in Seoul, South Korea from

August 21, 2000 to August 25, 2000;

Shinho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in

Seoul, South Korea from August 28,

2000 to September 1, 2000; Samsung

America Incorporated (SAI), Cheil’s

affiliated importer, at Ridgefield Park,

New Jersey from September 27, 2000 to

September 28, 2000; and Cheil’s Los

Angeles branch and the division of

Samsung America, Incorporated located

in the same building, in La Mirada City,

California, on September 29, 2000.

Scope of Investigation

For purposes of this investigation, the

products covered includes EPS in

primary forms; namely, raw material or

resin manufactured in the form of

polystyrene beads, whether of regular

(shape) type or modified (block) type,

regardless of specification, having a

weighted-average molecular weight of

between 160,000 and 260,000,

containing from 3 to 7 percent blowing

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agents, and having bead sizes ranging

from 0.4 mm to 3 mm. Specifically

excluded from the scope of this

investigation are off-grade, offspecification expandable polystyrene

resins. The covered merchandise is

found in the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)

subheading 3903.11.00.00. Although

this HTSUS subheading is provided for

convenience and customs purposes, the

written description of the merchandise

is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the case and

rebuttal briefs by parties to this

investigation, as well as certain other

findings by the Department which are

listed in an appendix to this notice, are

addressed in the ‘‘Issues and Decision

Memorandum for the Final

Determination in the Antidumping Duty

Investigation of Expandable Polystyrene

Resins from South Korea’’ (Decision

Memorandum), from Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Import Administration, to Troy H.

Cribb, Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, dated November 8,

2000, which is hereby adopted by this

notice. A list of issues which parties

have raised and to which we have

responded, all of which are in the

Decision Memorandum, is attached to

this notice as an appendix. Parties can

find a complete discussion of all issues

raised in this investigation and the

corresponding recommendations in this

public memorandum which is on file in

the Central Records Unit, Room B–099

of the main Department building and on

the Web at: www.ia.ita.doc.gov. The

paper copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memorandum are identical in

content.

Changes Since the Preliminary

Determination

Based on our analysis of comments

received, we have made changes in the

margin calculations for both companies

under review. These changes are

discussed in the relevant sections of the

Decision Memo.

Termination of Suspension of

Liquidation

Pursuant to section 735(c)(2) of the

Act, we are instructing Customs to

terminate suspension of liquidation of

all entries of EPS from South Korea that

are entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

June 26, 2000, the date of publication of

the preliminary determination. The

Customs Service shall refund any cash

deposit and release any bond or other

security previously posted in

connection with this case.

We determine that the following de

minimis weighted-average dumping

margins exist for October 1, 1998,

through September 30, 1999:

Manufacturer/Exporter

Weighted

Average

Margin

(percent)

Cheil Industries Incorporated ... 0.82

Shinho Petrochemical Co. ........ 0.83

ITC Notification

In accordance with section 735(d) of

the Act, we have notified the

International Trade Commission (ITC) of

our determination. As our final

determination is negative, this

proceeding is terminated and all

securities posted will be refunded.

Notification to Interested Parties

This notice also serves as a reminder

to parties subject to administrative

protective order (APO) of their

responsibility concerning the

disposition of proprietary information

disclosed under APO in accordance

with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and the terms of an APO is a

sanctionable violation.

This determination is issued and

published in accordance with sections

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

Dated: November 8, 2000.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix

Issues Covered in Decision Memorandum

I. General Issues

1. Allegations of Mexican Transshipments

2. Using Monthly Averaging Groups in

Place of Annual Averages to Calculate

Normal Value

II. Issues Specific to Cheil Industries, Inc.

(Cheil)

3. Constructed Export Price Offset

4. Duty Drawback

5. Credit Expense—Home Market Interest

Rate

6. Reclassification of Certain Sales from

Constructed Export Price to Export Price

7. General & Administrative Expense

8. Inclusion of Import Duties in the Cost of

Manufacture

III. Issues Specific to Shinho Petrochemical

Co., Ltd (Shinho)

9. Credit Expense

10. Gain on Foreign Currency Translation

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–560–810]

Notice of Final Determination of Sales

at Less Than Fair Value: Certain

Expandable Polystyrene Resins From

Indonesia

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles Riggle at (202) 482–0650 or

David Layton at (202) 482–0371, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Office V, Group II,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Room 1870, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

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 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) regulations refer to the

regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351

(2000).

Final Determination

We determine that certain expandable

polystyrene resins from Indonesia are

being sold, or are likely to be sold, in

the United States at less than fair value

(LTFV), as provided in section 735 of

the Act. The estimated margins of sales

at LTFV are shown in the Suspension of

Liquidation section of this notice.

Case History

The preliminary determination in this

investigation was issued on June 20,

2000. See Notice of Preliminary

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Certain Expandable

Polystyrene Resins From Indonesia, 65

FR 39349 (June 26, 2000) (Preliminary

Determination). No briefs were filed in

this investigation.

On August 3, 2000, the Department

published a Federal Register notice

postponing the deadline for the final

determination until no later than

November 8, 2000. See Notice of

Postponement of Final Antidumping