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4We normally make currency conversions into

U.S. dollars in accordance with section 773A(a) of

the Act based on the exchange rates in effect on the

dates of the U.S. sales as certified by the Federal

Reserve Bank. In this case, where costs and

expenses were reported in Chilean pesos, we made

currency conversions based on the exchange rates

in effect on the dates of the U.S. sales as reported

by the Dow Jones because the Federal Reserve Bank

does not track the Chilean peso-to-dollar exchange

rate.

making the reported home market and

U.S. sales, including the type and level

of selling activities performed and

customer categories. See December 19

and 20, 2001, Calculation Memorandum

for Comfrut, Frucol, and Olmue for

further information. As Comfrut, Frucol,

and Olmue have reported, we found a

single level of trade in the United States,

and a single, identical level of trade in

the comparison market. Thus, it was

unnecessary to make any LOT

adjustment for comparison of EP and

third country prices.

E. Calculation of Normal Value Based

on Comparison Market Prices

We calculated NV based on ex-factory

or delivered prices to unaffiliated

customers in the comparison market.

We made adjustments to the starting

price for interest revenue and billing

adjustments, where appropriate. We

made deductions for movement

expenses, including inland freight,

warehousing, brokerage and handling

expenses, and international freight,

under section 773(a)(6)(B)(ii) of the Act.

In addition, we made adjustments under

section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and

19 CFR 351.410 for differences in

circumstances of sale for imputed credit

expenses, commissions, warranties, and

other direct selling expenses, where

appropriate.

Furthermore, we made adjustments

for differences in costs attributable to

differences in the physical

characteristics of the merchandise in

accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii)

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.411. We also

deducted comparison market packing

costs and added U.S. packing costs in

accordance with section 773(a)(6)(A)

and (B) of the Act.

F. Calculation of Normal Value Based

on Constructed Value

For price-to-CV comparisons, we

made adjustments to CV in accordance

with section 773(a)(8) of the Act. We

made adjustments to CV for differences

in circumstances of sale in accordance

with section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act

and 19 CFR 351.410. In addition, we

added U.S. packing costs.

Currency Conversion

We made currency conversions into

U.S. dollars in accordance with section

773A(a) of the Act based on the

exchange rates in effect on the dates of

the U.S. sales as reported by the Dow

Jones.4

Verification

As provided in section 782(i) of the

Act, we will verify all information relied

upon in making our preliminary

determination.

Suspension of Liquidation

In accordance with section 733(d)(2)

of the Act, we are directing the Customs

Service to suspend liquidation of all

imports of subject merchandise (except

for entries of Comfrut or Frucol because

these companies have de minimis and

zero margins, respectively) that are

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the date of

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register. We will instruct the Customs

Service to require a cash deposit or the

posting of a bond equal to the weightedaverage amount by which the NV

exceeds the EP, as indicated in the chart

below. These suspension-of-liquidation

instructions will remain in effect until

further notice. The weighted-average

dumping margins are as follows:

Exporter/manufacturer Weighted-average

margin percentage

Comercial Fruticola ... 0.31 (de minimis)

Exportadora Frucol .... 0.00

Fruticola Olmue ......... 5.54

All Others ................... 5.54

Pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A), we

have excluded from the calculation of

the all-others rate margins which are

zero or de minimis. 

ITC Notification

In accordance with section 733(f) of

the Act, we have notified the ITC of our

determination. If our final

determination is affirmative, the ITC

will determine before the later of 120

days after the date of this preliminary

determination or 45 days after our final

determination whether these imports

are materially injuring, or threaten

material injury to, the U.S. industry.

Disclosure

We will disclose the calculations used

in our analysis to parties in this

proceeding in accordance with 19 CFR

351.224(b).

Public Comment

Case briefs for this investigation must

be submitted no later than one week

after the issuance of the last verification

report. Rebuttal briefs must be filed

within five days after the deadline for

submission of case briefs. A list of

authorities relied upon, a table of

contents, and an executive summary of

issues should accompany any briefs

submitted to the Department. Executive

summaries should be limited to five

pages total, including footnotes. Section

774 of the Act provides that the

Department will hold a public hearing

to afford interested parties an

opportunity to comment on arguments

raised in case or rebuttal briefs,

provided that such a hearing is

requested by an interested party. If a

request for a hearing is made in this

investigation, the hearing will

tentatively be held two days after the

deadline for submission of the rebuttal

briefs at the U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Parties should confirm by telephone the

time, date, and place of the hearing 48

hours before the scheduled time.

Interested parties who wish to request

a hearing, or to participate if one is

requested, must submit a written

request to the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Room 1870, within 30

days of the publication of this notice.

Requests should contain: (1) The party’s

name, address, and telephone number;

(2) the number of participants; and (3)

a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral

presentations will be limited to issues

raised in the briefs.

We will make our final determination

no later than 135 days after the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register.

This determination is published

pursuant to sections 733(f) and 777(i) of

the Act.

Dated: December 20, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–834]

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils

From the Republic of Korea: Notice of

Preliminary Results of Changed

Circumstances Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

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1 Due to changes to the HTSUS numbers in 2001,

7219.13.0030, 7219.13.0050, 1719.13.0070, and

7219.13.0080 are now 7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051,

7219.13.0071, and 7219.13.0081, respectively.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

changed circumstances antidumping

duty administrative review.

SUMMARY: On October 1, 2001, the

Department of Commerce

(‘‘Department’’) published a notice of

initiation in the above-named case. As

a result of this review, the Department

preliminarily finds for the purposes of

this proceeding that INI Steel Company

is the successor-in-interest to Inchon

Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Werner or Laurel LaCivita,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–2667

and (202) 482–4243, respectively.

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. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department’s regulations are to the

regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (2001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

In an August 6, 2001, letter to the

Department, INI Steel Company (‘‘INI’’),

formerly Inchon Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.

(‘‘Inchon’’), notified the Department that

as of August 1, 2001, Inchon’s corporate

name had changed to INI Steel

Company. INI requested that the

Department conduct an expedited

changed circumstances review to

confirm that INI is the successor-ininterest to Inchon. Since the Department

had insufficient information on the

record concerning this corporate name

change, the Department concluded that

it would be inappropriate to conduct an

expedited changed circumstances

review and issue a preliminary results

concurrent with the initiation of a

changed circumstance review. Thus the

Department published only a notice of

initiation. (See Stainless Steel Sheet and

Strip in Coils from the Republic of

Korea: Notice of Initiation of Changed

Circumstances Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, 66 FR 49927

(October 1, 2001) (‘‘Notice of

Initiation’’). On October 17, 2001, the

Department sent a questionnaire to INI

requesting more information. On

November 7, 2001, the Department

received INI’s response to the

questionnaire. INI provided

documentation on the name change

requested by the Department consisting

of: The minutes of Inchon’s July 27,

2001 shareholders’ meeting where the

name change was approved; the Inchon

District Court’s official certification of

the name change registered on July 31,

2001; INI’s Business Registration

Certificate issued on August 1, 2001 by

the Inchon Tax Office; organization

charts before and after the corporate

name change; a list of the Board of

Directors before and after the corporate

name change; and a customer list before

and after the name change. INI provided

documentation regarding its acquisition

of Sammi Steel Co., Ltd. (‘‘Sammi’’)

including: Notification of Stock Receipt;

Notification of Capital Increase with 3rd

Party Consideration; Notification of

Intent to Participate in Sammi’s Capital

Increase; Inchon’s Shareholders Equity

Ratio and Number of Outstanding

Stocks as of 2000; Official Notification

of Sammi’s Graduation from Court

Receivership by Bankruptcy Court;

Sammi’s Board of Directors (At the End

of First Half of 2001); Former Inchon

Employees Currently Employed by

Sammi.

Scope of the Review

For purposes of this changed

circumstances review, the products

covered 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 this

review is classified in the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTSUS) at subheadings: 7219.13.0031,

7219.13.0051, 7219.13.0071,

7219.1300.81, 1 7219.14.0030,

7219.14.0065, 7219.14.0090,

7219.32.0005, 7219.32.0020,

7219.32.0025, 7219.32.0035,

7219.32.0036, 7219.32.0038,

7219.32.0042, 7219.32.0044,

7219.33.0005, 7219.33.0020,

7219.33.0025, 7219.33.0035,

7219.33.0036, 7219.33.0038,

7219.33.0042, 7219.33.0044,

7219.34.0005, 7219.34.0020,

7219.34.0025, 7219.34.0030,

7219.34.0035, 7219.35.0005,

7219.35.0015, 7219.35.0030,

7219.35.0035, 7219.90.0010,

7219.90.0020, 7219.90.0025,

7219.90.0060, 7219.90.0080,

7220.12.1000, 7220.12.5000,

7220.20.1010, 7220.20.1015,

7220.20.1060, 7220.20.1080,

7220.20.6005, 7220.20.6010,

7220.20.6015, 7220.20.6060,

7220.20.6080, 7220.20.7005,

7220.20.7010, 7220.20.7015,

7220.20.7060, 7220.20.7080,

7220.20.8000, 7220.20.9030,

7220.20.9060, 7220.90.0010,

7220.90.0015, 7220.90.0060, and

7220.90.0080. Although the HTSUS

subheadings are provided for

convenience and Customs purposes, the

Department’s written description of the

merchandise under review is

dispositive.

Excluded from the scope of this

review 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 flatrolled product of stainless steel, not

further worked than cold-rolled (coldreduced), 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).

The Department has determined that

certain additional specialty stainless

steel products are also excluded from

the scope of this review. These excluded

products are described below.

Flapper value steel is excluded from

this review. 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

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2 ‘‘Arnokrome III’’ is a trademark of the Arnold

Engineering Company.

3 ‘‘Gilphy 36’’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.

4 ‘‘Durphynox 17’’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.

5This list of uses is illustrative and provided for

descriptive purposes only.

6 ‘‘GIN4 Mo,’’ ‘‘GIN5’’ and ‘‘GIN6’’ are the

proprietary grades of Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

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

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 this review.

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-chromiumcobalt alloy stainless strip is also

excluded from the scope of this review.

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

Certain electrical resistance alloy steel

is also excluded from the scope of this

review. 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

Certain martensitic precipitationhardenable stainless steel is also

excluded from the scope of this review.

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

Finally, three specialty stainless steels

typically used in certain industrial

blades and surgical and medical

instruments are also excluded from the

scope of this review. 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

Preliminary Results

In making successor-in-interest

determinations, the Department

examines several factors including, but

not limited to, changes in: (1)

Management; (2) production facilities;

(3) supplier relationships; and (4)

customer base. See e.g., Brass Sheet and

Strip from Canada; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, 57 FR 20460, 20461 (May 13,

1992). While no single factor, or

combination of factors, will necessarily

be dispositive, the Department will

generally consider the new company to

be the successor to its predecessor

company if the resulting operations are

essentially the same as the predecessor

company. E.g, id. and Industrial

Phosphoric Acid from Israel; Final

Results of Changed Circumstances

Review, 59 FR 6944, 6945 (February 14,

1994). Thus, if the evidence

demonstrates that, with respect to the

production and sale of the subject

merchandise, the new company

operates as the same business entity as

its predecessor, the Department will

treat the new company as the successorin-interest to the predecessor.

Based on the information submitted

by INI during the course of this changed

circumstances review, we preliminarily

find that INI is the successor-in-interest

to Inchon because we preliminarily find

that the company’s organizational

structure, senior management,

production facilities, supplier

relationships, and customers have

remained essentially unchanged after

the name change with respect to the

subject merchandise. Furthermore, INI

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has provided sufficient internal and

public documentation of the name

change. If there are no changes in the

final results of the changed

circumstances review, INI shall retain

the antidumping duty deposit rate

assigned to Inchon by the Department in

the most recent administrative review of

the subject merchandise.

Based on the information submitted

by INI in reference to its acquisition of

Sammi, we preliminarily find that INI

and Sammi have not merged and remain

separate legal entities. INI stated that it

owns 68.42 percent of Sammi’s equity,

there is only one overlapping member

on INI’s and Sammi’s boards of directors

(and is a non-standing director of

Sammi), and very few former employees

of Inchon are now employed by Sammi.

INI also stated that there are no changes

at INI in terms of production facilities,

production capacity, production lines,

facilities or personnel, nor has it

acquired or any plans to acquire,

production facilities as a result of its

acquisition of Sammi’s shares. Thus, the

Department will continue to treat INI

and Sammi as two separate legal

entities.

Public Comment

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310, any

interested party may request a hearing

within 10 days of publication of this

notice. Case briefs and/or written

comments from interested parties may

be submitted no later than 21 days after

the date of publication of this notice.

Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals comments,

limited to the issues raised in those case

briefs or comments, may be filed no

later than 28 days after the publication

of this notice. All written comments

must be submitted and served on all

interested parties on the Department’s

service list in accordance with 19 CFR

351.303. Any hearing, if requested, will

be held no later than 30 days after the

date of publication of this notice, or the

first working day thereafter. Persons

interested in attending the hearing

should contact the Department for the

date and time of the hearing. The

Department will publish in the Federal

Register a notice of final results of this

changed circumstances antidumping

duty administrative review, including

the results of its analysis of any issues

raised in any written comments.

During the course of this changed

circumstances review, we will not

change any cash deposit instructions on

the merchandise subject to this changed

circumstances review, unless a change

is determined to be warranted pursuant

to the final results of this review.

We are issuing and publishing this

finding and notice in accordance with

sections 751(b) and 777(i)(1) of the Act

and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3) and 19 CFR

351.216.

Dated: December 20, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

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DATES: Interested persons are invited to

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ADDRESSES: Written comments should

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Attention: Karen Lee, Desk Officer,

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776–7742 or via her internet address

Kathy.Axt@ed.gov. Individuals who use

a telecommunications device for the

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

[FR Doc. 01–32056 Filed 12–28–01; 8:45 am]

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