Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Notices 16543

from a 245-day period to no later than

a 365-day period.

Dated: March 28, 1997.

Jeffrey P. Bialos,

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–489–807]

Notice of Amendment of Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Certain Steel Concrete

Reinforcing Bars From Turkey

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shawn Thompson at (202) 482–1776, or

Cameron Werker at (202) 482–3874, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Group II, Office 5,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

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 by the

Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act

(URAA).

Amendment to the Final Determination

We are amending the final

determination of sales at less than fair

value of certain steel concrete

reinforcing bars from Turkey, to reflect

the correction of a ministerial error

made in the margin calculation of one

of the respondents in that

determination. We are publishing this

amendment to the final determination

in accordance with section 353.28(c) of

the Department’s regulations.

Scope of Investigation

The product covered by this

investigation is all stock deformed steel

concrete reinforcing bars (‘‘rebar’’) sold

in straight lengths and coils. This

includes all hot-rolled deformed rebar,

rolled from billet steel, rail steel, axle

steel, or low-alloy steel. It excludes (i)

plain round rebar, (ii) rebar that a

processor has further worked or

fabricated, and (iii) all coated rebar.

Deformed rebar is currently classifiable

in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

the United States (HTSUS) under item

numbers 7213.110.00 and 7214.20.00.

The HTSUS subheadings are provided

for convenience and customs purposes.

The written description of the scope of

this investigation is dispositive.

Case History

In accordance with section 735(d) of

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the

Act), on March 4, 1997, the Department

published its final determination that

rebar from Turkey was being, or was

likely to be, sold in the United States at

less than fair value (62 FR 9737).

Subsequent to the final determination,

we received allegations that the

Department made ministerial errors in

the margin calculations for one of the

respondents, Habas Sinai Ve Tibbi

Gazalar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S. (Habas).

Amendment of Final Determination

On March 12, 1997, Habas submitted

allegations that two ministerial errors

were made in the Department’s final

determination. Specifically, Habas

asserts that the Department did not

incorporate the verified costs for billets

produced by Habas during the first four

months of the POI. In addition, Habas

argues that the Department made a

manifest error by changing to

constructed value as the basis for

normal value, rather than using the

home market sales data that the

Department used for the preliminary

determination. On March 19, 1997,

petitioners responded to Habas’

ministerial error allegations.

Concerning the allegation with

respect to billet costs, we agree with

Habas and have corrected the

ministerial error pursuant to section

735(e) of the Act and section 353.28(c)

of the Department’s regulations.

However, concerning Habas’ allegation

that the Department made a ministerial

error in rejecting Habas’ home market

sales data, we disagree. As described in

the Department’s final determination,

we fully intended to reject Habas’ home

market sales data and base normal value

on constructed value. For a detailed

discussion of the alleged ministerial

errors and the department’s analysis,

see, memorandum from the Team to

Louis Apple, Acting Office Director,

regarding Ministerial Error Allegations

in the Final Determination of Rebar

From Turkey, dated March 24, 1997.

The revised final weighted-average

dumping margins are as follows:

Manufacturer/producer/exporter

Original

final margin percentage

Revised

final margin percentage

Colakoglu .................. 9.84 9.84

Ekinciler ..................... 18.68 18.68

Habas ........................ 19.15 18.54

IDC ............................ 41.80 41.80

Metas ........................ 30.16 30.16

All Others .................. 16.25 16.06

Continuation of Suspension of

Liquidation

In accordance with § 735(c) of the Act,

we are directing the Customs Service to

continue to suspend liquidation of all

entries of rebar from all companies

except Colakoglu that are entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after July 12, 1996,

which is 90 days prior to the date of

publication of the notice of the

preliminary determination in the

Federal Register. Regarding Colakoglu,

we are directing the Customs Service to

continue to suspend liquidation of all

entries of rebar from Colakoglu that are

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after October 10,

1996, the date of publication of our

preliminary determination in the

Federal Register. We will instruct the

Customs Service to require a cash

deposit or the posting of a bond equal

to the weighted-average amount by

which normal value exceeds export

price, as indicated in the chart above.

This suspension of liquidation will

remain in effect until further notice.

Notification of International Trade

Commission (ITC)

In accordance with § 735(d) of the

Act, we have notified the ITC of our

determination. 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, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the effective date of the suspension

of liquidation.

This determination is published

pursuant to § 735(d) of the Act.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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