[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6932-6936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2181]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-831]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan: Final 
Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 3, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils 
(SSSSC) from Taiwan (72 FR 43236). This review covers three producers/
exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States. The period 
of review (POR) is July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006. We are 
rescinding the review with respect to nine companies because these 
companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.
    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
certain changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the final 
results differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average 
dumping margins for the reviewed firms are listed below in the section 
entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 6, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC, 20230; telephone (202) 482-3874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This review covers three producers/exporters. These companies are 
Chia Far Industrial Factory Co., Ltd. (Chia Far), PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd. 
(PFP Taiwan) and Yieh Trading Corp. (also known as Yieh Corp.).
    On August 3, 2007, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on SSSSC from Taiwan. See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in 
Coils from Taiwan: Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 43236 (Aug. 3, 2007) 
(Preliminary Results).
    We invited parties to comment on our preliminary results of review. 
In September 2007, we received case and rebuttal briefs from the 
petitioners \1\ (i.e., Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, United Auto 
Workers Local 3303 (formerly Butler Armco Independent Union), United 
Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, and Zanesville Armco Independent 
Organization) and Chia Far, the sole respondent participating in this 
review.
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    \1\ We note that, on October 16, 2007, we rejected the 
petitioners' case and rebuttal briefs because of the improper 
bracketing (i.e., claims for treatment as business proprietary 
information) of public information. See the September 26, 2007, 
memorandum from Elizabeth Eastwood to the file entitled, 
``Conversation with Counsel for Chia Far industrial Factory Co., 
Ltd., Regarding the Bracketing of Information Contained in the 
Petitioners' September 10, 2007, and September 17, 2007, Submissions 
in the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review on Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan.'' The petitioners resubmitted 
properly-bracketed versions of both their case and rebuttal briefs 
on October 18, 2007.
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    The Department has conducted this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are certain stainless steel sheet 
and strip in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel containing, by 
weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of 
chromium, with or without other elements. The subject sheet and strip 
is a flat-rolled product in coils that is greater than 9.5 mm in width 
and less than 4.75 mm in thickness, and that is annealed or otherwise 
heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled. The subject sheet and 
strip may also be further processed (e.g., cold-rolled, polished, 
aluminized, coated, etc.) provided that it maintains the specific 
dimensions of sheet and strip following such processing.
    The merchandise subject to the order is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 
7219.13.00.31, 7219.13.00.51, 7219.13.00.71, 7219.13.00.81, 
7219.14.00.30, 7219.14.00.65, 7219.14.00.90, 7219.32.00.05, 
7219.32.00.20, 7219.32.00.25, 7219.32.00.35, 7219.32.00.36, 
7219.32.00.38, 7219.32.00.42, 7219.32.00.44, 7219.33.00.05, 
7219.33.00.20, 7219.33.00.25, 7219.33.00.35, 7219.33.00.36, 
7219.33.00.38, 7219.33.00.42, 7219.33.00.44, 7219.34.00.05, 
7219.34.00.20, 7219.34.00.25, 7219.34.00.30, 7219.34.00.35, 
7219.35.00.05, 7219.35.00.15, 7219.35.00.30, 7219.35.00.35, 
7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 7219.90.00.60, 
7219.90.00.80, 7220.12.10.00, 7220.12.50.00, 7220.20.10.10, 
7220.20.10.15, 7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80, 7220.20.60.05, 
7220.20.60.10, 7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60, 7220.20.60.80, 
7220.20.70.05, 7220.20.70.10, 7220.20.70.15, 7220.20.70.60, 
7220.20.70.80, 7220.20.80.00, 7220.20.90.30, 7220.20.90.60, 
7220.90.00.10, 7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, and 7220.90.00.80. 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the Department's written description of the merchandise under 
the order is dispositive.
    Excluded from the scope of the order are the following: (1) Sheet 
and strip that is not annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or 
otherwise descaled, (2) sheet and strip that is cut to length, (3) 
plate (i.e., flat-rolled stainless steel products of a thickness of 
4.75 mm or more), (4) flat wire (i.e., cold-rolled sections, with a 
prepared edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of not more than 9.5 
mm), and (5) razor blade steel. Razor blade steel is a flat-rolled 
product of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-
reduced), in coils, of a width of not more than 23 mm and a thickness 
of 0.266 mm or less, containing, by weight, 12.5 to 14.5 percent 
chromium, and certified at the time of entry to be used in the 
manufacture of razor blades. See Chapter 72 of the HTSUS, ``Additional 
U.S. Note'' 1(d).
    Also excluded from the scope of the order are certain specialty 
stainless steel products described below. Flapper valve steel is 
defined as stainless steel strip in coils containing, by weight, 
between 0.37 and 0.43 percent carbon, between 1.15 and 1.35 percent 
molybdenum, and between 0.20 and 0.80 percent manganese. This steel 
also contains, by weight, phosphorus of 0.025 percent or less, silicon 
of between 0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of 0.020 percent or less. 
The product is manufactured by means of vacuum arc remelting, with 
inclusion controls for sulphide of no more than 0.04 percent and for 
oxide of no more than 0.05 percent. Flapper valve steel has a tensile 
strength of between 210 and 300 ksi, yield strength of between 170 and 
270 ksi, plus or minus 8 ksi, and a hardness (Hv) of between 460 and 
590. Flapper valve

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steel is most commonly used to produce specialty flapper valves in 
compressors.
    Also excluded is a product referred to as suspension foil, a 
specialty steel product used in the manufacture of suspension 
assemblies for computer disk drives. Suspension foil is described as 
302/304 grade or 202 grade stainless steel of a thickness between 14 
and 127 microns, with a thickness tolerance of plus-or-minus 2.01 
microns, and surface glossiness of 200 to 700 percent Gs. Suspension 
foil must be supplied in coil widths of not more than 407 mm, and with 
a mass of 225 kg or less. Roll marks may only be visible on one side, 
with no scratches of measurable depth. The material must exhibit 
residual stresses of 2 mm maximum deflection, and flatness of 1.6 mm 
over 685 mm length.
    Certain stainless steel foil for automotive catalytic converters is 
also excluded from the scope of the order. This stainless steel strip 
in coils is a specialty foil with a thickness of between 20 and 110 
microns used to produce a metallic substrate with a honeycomb structure 
for use in automotive catalytic converters. The steel contains, by 
weight, carbon of no more than 0.030 percent, silicon of no more than 
1.0 percent, manganese of no more than 1.0 percent, chromium of between 
19 and 22 percent, aluminum of no less than 5.0 percent, phosphorus of 
no more than 0.045 percent, sulfur of no more than 0.03 percent, 
lanthanum of less than 0.002 or greater than 0.05 percent, and total 
rare earth elements of more than 0.06 percent, with the balance iron.
    Permanent magnet iron-chromium-cobalt alloy stainless strip is also 
excluded from the scope of the order. This ductile stainless steel 
strip contains, by weight, 26 to 30 percent chromium, and 7 to 10 
percent cobalt, with the remainder of iron, in widths 228.6 mm or less, 
and a thickness between 0.127 and 1.270 mm. It exhibits magnetic 
remanence between 9,000 and 12,000 gauss, and a coercivity of between 
50 and 300 oersteds. This product is most commonly used in electronic 
sensors and is currently available under proprietary trade names such 
as Arnokrome III.\2\
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    \2\ Arnokrome III is a trademark of the Arnold Engineering 
Company.
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    Certain electrical resistance alloy steel is also excluded from the 
scope of the order. This product is defined as a non-magnetic stainless 
steel manufactured to American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
specification B344 and containing, by weight, 36 percent nickel, 18 
percent chromium, and 46 percent iron, and is most notable for its 
resistance to high temperature corrosion. It has a melting point of 
1390 degrees Celsius and displays a creep rupture limit of 4 kilograms 
per square millimeter at 1000 degrees Celsius. This steel is most 
commonly used in the production of heating ribbons for circuit breakers 
and industrial furnaces, and in rheostats for railway locomotives. The 
product is currently available under proprietary trade names such as 
Gilphy 36.\3\
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    \3\ Gilphy 36 is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.
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    Certain martensitic precipitation-hardenable stainless steel is 
also excluded from the scope of the order. This high-strength, ductile 
stainless steel product is designated under the Unified Numbering 
System (UNS) as S45500-grade steel, and contains, by weight, 11 to 13 
percent chromium, and 7 to 10 percent nickel. Carbon, manganese, 
silicon and molybdenum each comprise, by weight, 0.05 percent or less, 
with phosphorus and sulfur each comprising, by weight, 0.03 percent or 
less. This steel has copper, niobium, and titanium added to achieve 
aging, and will exhibit yield strengths as high as 1700 Mpa and 
ultimate tensile strengths as high as 1750 Mpa after aging, with 
elongation percentages of 3 percent or less in 50 mm. It is generally 
provided in thicknesses between 0.635 and 0.787 mm, and in widths of 
25.4 mm. This product is most commonly used in the manufacture of 
television tubes and is currently available under proprietary trade 
names such as Durphynox 17.\4\
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    \4\ Durphynox 17 is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.
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    Finally, three specialty stainless steels typically used in certain 
industrial blades and surgical and medical instruments are also 
excluded from the scope of the order. These include stainless steel 
strip in coils used in the production of textile cutting tools (e.g., 
carpet knives).\5\ This steel is similar to AISI grade 420 but 
containing, by weight, 0.5 to 0.7 percent of molybdenum. The steel also 
contains, by weight, carbon of between 1.0 and 1.1 percent, sulfur of 
0.020 percent or less, and includes between 0.20 and 0.30 percent 
copper and between 0.20 and 0.50 percent cobalt. This steel is sold 
under proprietary names such as GIN4 Mo. The second excluded stainless 
steel strip in coils is similar to AISI 420-J2 and contains, by weight, 
carbon of between 0.62 and 0.70 percent, silicon of between 0.20 and 
0.50 percent, manganese of between 0.45 and 0.80 percent, phosphorus of 
no more than 0.025 percent and sulfur of no more than 0.020 percent. 
This steel has a carbide density on average of 100 carbide particles 
per 100 square microns. An example of this product is GIN5 steel. The 
third specialty steel has a chemical composition similar to AISI 420 F, 
with carbon of between 0.37 and 0.43 percent, molybdenum of between 
1.15 and 1.35 percent, but lower manganese of between 0.20 and 0.80 
percent, phosphorus of no more than 0.025 percent, silicon of between 
0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of no more than 0.020 percent. This 
product is supplied with a hardness of more than Hv 500 guaranteed 
after customer processing, and is supplied as, for example, GIN6.\6\
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    \5\ This list of uses is illustrated and provided for 
descriptive purposes only.
    \6\ GIN4 Mo, GIN5 and GIN6 are the proprietary grades of Hitachi 
Metals America, Ltd.
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Period of Review

    The POR is July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006.

Partial Rescission of Review

    Nine of the companies that responded to the Department's 
questionnaire stated that they had no shipments/entries of subject 
merchandise into the United States during the POR. These companies are: 
(1) Chain Chon Industrial Co., Ltd.; (2) Chien Shing Stainless Co.; (3) 
China Steel Corporation; (4) Goang Jau Shing Enterprise Co., Ltd.; (5) 
Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd.; 6) Tang Eng Iron Works; (7) Yieh 
Loong Enterprise Co. Ltd.; (8) Yieh Mau Corp.; and (9) Yieh United 
Steel Corporation. We have confirmed this with data obtained from U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Therefore, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(3), and consistent with the Department's practice, we 
are rescinding our review with respect to these companies. See, e.g., 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results and Final 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 72 FR 
52065 (Sept. 12, 2007) (administrative review rescinded for companies 
that demonstrated they had no shipments of subject merchandise during 
the POR); Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Final 
Results, Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part, 
and Determination To Revoke in Part, 70 FR 67665, 67666 (Nov. 8, 2005) 
(administrative review rescinded for companies that demonstrated they 
had no shipments during the POR).

Emerdex Companies

    The Department finds that it is appropriate to rescind the instant 
review with respect to the Emerdex

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Companies named by the petitioners in their review request because the 
Department found in the 2003-2004 administrative review of this order 
that the Emerdex companies are U.S. entities. See Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Preliminary Results and Rescission in 
Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 45521, 45524-
45525 (Aug. 9, 2006) (unchanged in Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in 
Coils From Taiwan; Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 75504 (Dec. 15, 2006)). We note that 
the petitioners in the instant review have not provided any additional 
information demonstrating that the Emerdex companies for which they 
have requested a review are located in Taiwan. Consequently, consistent 
with the Department's findings in the prior review, we are rescinding 
this review with regard to the Emerdex companies.

Facts Available

    In the preliminary results, we determined that, in accordance with 
section 776(a)(2)(A) of the Act, the use of facts available was 
appropriate as the basis for the dumping margins for PFP Taiwan and 
Yieh Corp. because these companies failed to respond to the 
Department's requests for information. See Preliminary Results, 72 FR 
at 43239-40.
    Section 776(a) of the Act, provides that the Department will apply 
``facts otherwise available'' if, inter alia, necessary information is 
not available on the record or an interested party: (1) Withholds 
information that has been requested by the Department; (2) fails to 
provide such information within the deadlines established, or in the 
form or manner requested by the Department; (3) significantly impedes a 
proceeding; or (4) provides such information, but the information 
cannot be verified.
    In August 2006, the Department requested that all companies subject 
to review respond to the Department's questionnaire. The original 
deadline to file a response was September 1, 2006. Because PFP Taiwan 
did not respond to this request for information, on September 7, 2006, 
the Department issued a letter to PFP Taiwan affording it a second 
opportunity to respond to the Department's request for information. 
However, PFP Taiwan also did not respond to this second questionnaire. 
On July 31, 2007, the Department placed documentation on the record 
confirming delivery of the questionnaire to this company. See the July 
31, 2007, Memorandum to the File from Elizabeth Eastwood, Senior 
Analyst, entitled, ``Confirmation of Delivery of the Questionnaire in 
the 2005-2006 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review on Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan.''
    Furthermore, one additional company, Yieh Corp., claimed that it 
made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POR. However, according to data obtained from CBP, it appeared that 
Yieh Corp. shipped subject merchandise to the United States during the 
POR. On January 29, 2007, we placed copies of the entry documentation 
related to these shipments on the record of this proceeding. See the 
January 29, 2007, Memorandum to the File from Jill Pollack, Senior 
Analyst, entitled, ``2005-2006 Administrative Review of Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Entry Documents from U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP).''
    On February 1, 2007, we requested that Yieh Corp. explain why it 
did not report the entries in question, and on March 5, 2007, Yieh 
Corp. responded by stating that it had inadvertently overlooked the 
entries. Therefore, again on May 24, 2007, we informed Yieh Corp. that 
it was required to respond to the Department's questionnaire. However, 
Yieh Corp. failed to file a response.
    By failing to respond to the Department's questionnaire, PFP Taiwan 
and Yieh Corp. withheld requested information and significantly impeded 
the proceeding. Therefore, as in the preliminary results, the 
Department finds that the use of total facts available for PFP Taiwan 
and Yieh Corp. is appropriate pursuant to sections 776(a)(2)(A) and (C) 
of the Act. See Preliminary Results, 72 FR at 43239-40.

Adverse Facts Available

    In selecting from among the facts otherwise available, section 
776(b) of the Act authorizes the Department to use an adverse inference 
if the Department finds that an interested party failed to cooperate by 
not acting to the best of its ability to comply with the request for 
information. See, e.g., Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 70 FR 54023, 
54025-26 (Sept. 13, 2005); see also Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative Critical 
Circumstances: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, 67 
FR 55792, 55794-96 (Aug. 30, 2002). Adverse inferences are appropriate 
``to ensure that the party does not obtain a more favorable result by 
failing to cooperate than if it had cooperated fully.'' See Statement 
of Administrative Action accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 
H.R. Rep. No. 103-316, Vol. 1 (1994), at 870. Furthermore, 
``affirmative evidence of bad faith on the part of a respondent is not 
required before the Department may make an adverse inference.'' See 
Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final rule, 62 FR 27296, 
27340 (May 19, 1997). See also, Nippon Steel Corp. v. United States, 
337 F.3d 1373, 1382 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (Nippon). We find that PFP Taiwan 
and Yieh Corp. did not act to the best of their abilities in this 
proceeding, within the meaning of section 776(b) of the Act, because 
they failed to respond to the Department's requests for information. 
Therefore, an adverse inference is warranted in selecting facts 
otherwise available. See Nippon, 337 F.3d at 1382-83.
    Section 776(b) of the Act provides that the Department may use as 
adverse facts available (AFA) information derived from: (1) The 
petition; (2) the final determination in the investigation; (3) any 
previous review; or (4) any other information placed on the record.
    The Department's practice, when selecting an AFA rate from among 
the possible sources of information, has been to ensure that the margin 
is sufficiently adverse ``as to effectuate the statutory purposes of 
the adverse facts available rule to induce respondents to provide the 
Department with complete and accurate information in a timely manner.'' 
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil: Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative 
Critical Circumstances, 67 FR 55792, 55796 (Aug. 30, 2002); see also 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Static 
Random Access Memory Semiconductors from Taiwan, 63 FR 8909, 8932 (Feb. 
23, 1998).
    In order to ensure that the margin is sufficiently adverse so as to 
induce cooperation, we have assigned a rate of 21.10 percent, which is 
the highest appropriate dumping margin assigned in this or any prior 
segment of the proceeding, to PFP Taiwan and Yieh Corp. The Department 
finds that this rate is sufficiently high as to effectuate the purpose 
of the AFA rule (i.e., we find that this rate is high enough to 
encourage participation in future segments of this proceeding in 
accordance with section 776(b) of the Act).
    For the reasons stated in the Preliminary Results, we continue to 
find that the information upon which this margin is based has probative 
value and

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thus satisfies the corroboration requirements of section 776(c) of the 
Act. See Preliminary Results, 72 FR at 43240.

Cost of Production

    As discussed in the preliminary results, we conducted an 
investigation to determine whether Chia Far made home market sales of 
the foreign like product during the POR at prices below its costs of 
production (COP) within the meaning of section 773(b) of the Act. For 
these final results, we performed the cost test following the same 
methodology as in the Preliminary Results.
    We found that more than 20 percent of Chia Far's sales of a given 
product during the reporting period were at prices less than the 
weighted-average COP for this period. Thus, we determined that these 
below-cost sales were made in ``substantial quantities'' within an 
extended period of time and at prices which did not permit the recovery 
of all costs within a reasonable period of time in the normal course of 
trade. See sections 773(b)(2)(B)-(D) of the Act.
    Therefore, for purposes of these final results, we found that Chia 
Far made below-cost sales not in the ordinary course of trade. 
Consequently, we disregarded the below-cost sales and used the 
remaining sales as the basis for determining normal value pursuant to 
section 773(b)(1) of the Act.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by parties to this 
administrative review, and to which we have responded, are listed in 
the Appendix to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum (Decision Memo) accompanying this notice, which is adopted 
by this notice. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues 
raised in this review 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.
    In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memo can be 
accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/. The paper 
copy and electronic version of the Decision Memo are identical in 
content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
certain changes in the margin calculations for Chia Far. These changes 
are discussed in the relevant sections of the Decision Memo.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average margin percentages 
exist for the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006:
    Manufacturer/Producer/Exporter Margin Percentage
    Chia Far Industrial Factory Co., Ltd., 1.41, PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd., 
21.10, Yieh Trading Corp./Yieh Corp. 21.10.

Assessment

    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific 
ad valorem duty assessment rates for Chia Far based on the ratio of the 
total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to 
the total entered value of those sales.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
without regard to antidumping duties any entries for which the 
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent). The 
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). This 
clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR produced by companies included in these final results of review for 
which the reviewed companies did not know their merchandise was 
destined for the United States. This clarification will also apply to 
POR entries of subject merchandise produced by companies for which we 
are rescinding the review based on certifications of no shipments, 
because these companies certified that they made no POR shipments of 
subject merchandise for which they had knowledge of U.S. destination. 
In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries 
at the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation if there 
is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Further, the following deposit requirements will be effective for 
all shipments of SSSSC from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for the reviewed 
companies will be the rates shown above, except if the rate is less 
than 0.50 percent, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), the cash deposit will be zero; (2) for previously 
investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or 
the LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established for the most recent period for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 12.61 percent, the 
``All Others'' rate made effective by the LTFV investigation. See 
Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in 
Coils From United Kingdom, Taiwan, and South Korea, 64 FR 40555, 40557 
(July 27, 1999) . These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility, under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2), to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only 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(a)(3). Timely written 
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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results of review in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 30, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix--Issues in Decision Memorandum

    1. Unreported Sales

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    2. Home Market Rebates
    3. Affiliation Between Chia Far Industrial Co. Ltd. and Lucky 
Medsup
    4. Lucky Medsup's U.S. Indirect Selling Expenses
    5. Cost of Manufacturing
    6. Clerical Error in the Preliminary Results
    7. Affiliated Party Purchases

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