[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19898-19899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10737]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-583-827]


Notice of Amended Antidumping Duty Order of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 22, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Thompson or David Genovese, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1776 or (202) 482-0498, 
respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    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 353 (April 1, 1996).

Scope of Order

    The products covered by this order are synchronous, asynchronous, 
and specialty static random access memory semiconductors (SRAMs) from 
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 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 Taiwan are not included in the scope.
    The scope of this order includes modules containing SRAMs. Such 
modules include single in-line processing modules (SIPs), single in-
line 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 scope of this order does not include SRAMs that are physically 
integrated with other components of a motherboard in such a manner as 
to constitute one inseparable amalgam (i.e., SRAMs soldered onto 
motherboards).
    The SRAMs within the scope of this order are currently classifiable 
under the subheadings 8542.13.8037 through 8542.13.8049, 8473.30.10 
through 8473.30.90, and 8542.13.8005 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of this order is dispositive.

Amended Antidumping Duty Order

    On April 9, 1998, the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified 
the Department of its final determination, pursuant to section 
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of imports of static random access memory 
semiconductors (SRAMs) from Taiwan.
    On April 16, 1998, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
the Department published the antidumping duty order on SRAMs from 
Taiwan. However, the antidumping duty order published on April 16, 
1998, only included the weighted-average dumping margins for the four 
companies for which the Department calculated a margin based on 
company-specific data (i.e., Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, 
Integrated Silicon Solutions (Taiwan), Inc., United Microelectronics 
Corporation, and Winbond Electronics Corporation); it did not include 
the weighted-average dumping margins for the three companies for which 
the Department relied on the facts otherwise available to calculate a 
margin (i.e., Advance Microelectronics Products Inc., Best Integrated 
Technology, Inc., and Texas Instruments-Acer Incorporated, all of which 
either did not respond to the Department's questionnaire or only 
provided a partial response). This amended order is being published to 
correct this error.
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the 
administering authority, antidumping duties equal to the amount by 
which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price or 
constructed export price of the merchandise for all entries of SRAMs 
from Taiwan. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all 
unliquidated entries of SRAMs from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after October 1, 1997, the date on 
which the Department published its preliminary determination in the 
Federal Register (62 FR 51442). On or after the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, Customs officers must require, at 
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same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins as noted below. The ``All Others'' rate applies to all 
exporters of SRAMs not specifically listed below.
    The ad valorem weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                             Weighted-  
             Manufacturer/producer/exporter               average margin
                                                            percentage  
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Advance Microelectronics Products Inc...................          113.85
Alliance Semiconductor Corporation......................           50.15
Best Integrated Technology, Inc.........................          113.85
Integrated Silicon Solutions (Taiwan), Inc..............            7.56
Texas Instruments-Acer Incorporated.....................          113.85
United Microelectronics Corporation.....................           93.71
Winbond Electronics Corporation.........................          101.53
All Others..............................................           41.75
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    This amended order is published pursuant to section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

    Dated: April 17, 1998.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-10737 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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