11258 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 37 / Friday, February 23, 2001 / Notices

1We received ministerial error allegations with

respect to the final determinations for Malaysia and

the Philippines. On December 28, 2000, Kanzen

Tetsu Sdn. Bhd. (respondent in the Malaysian

investigation) and on January 2, 2001, Tung Fong

Industrial Co., Inc. (respondent in the Philippines

investigation) submitted ministerial error

allegations. However, the Department found that

these allegations either did not fall within the

statutory or regulatory definition of ministerial error

or no longer needed correction. See memoranda to

the file dated January 17, 2001 (with respect to

Malaysia) and January 30, 2001 (with respect to the

Philippines). See also section 735(e) of the Tariff

Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).

definition are threaded, grooved, and

bolted fittings, and fittings made from

any material other than stainless steel.

The butt-weld fittings subject to these

orders are generally designated under

specification ASTM A403/A403M, the

standard specification for Wrought

Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping

Fittings, or its foreign equivalents (e.g.,

DIN or JIS specifications). This

specification covers two general classes

of fittings, WP and CR, of wrought

austenitic stainless steel fittings of

seamless and welded construction

covered by the latest revision of ANSI

B16.9, ANSI B16.11, and ANSI B16.28.

Butt-weld fittings manufactured to

specification ASTM A774, or its foreign

equivalents, are also covered by these

orders.

These orders do not apply to cast

fittings. Cast austenitic stainless steel

pipe fittings are covered by

specifications A351/A351M, A743/

743M, and A744/A744M.

The butt-weld fittings subject to these

orders are currently classifiable under

subheading 7307.23.0000 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 these

orders is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

In accordance with section 735(a) of

the Tariff Act, the Department made its

final determinations that stainless steel

butt-weld pipe fittings from Italy,

Malaysia, and the Philippines are being

sold at less than fair value. (See Notice

of Final Determination of Sales at Less

Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings, 65 FR 81823

(Philippines), 81825 (Malaysia), 81830

(Italy) (December 27, 2000)).1 On

January 29, 2001, the International

Trade Commission (the Commission)

notified the Department of its final

determination pursuant to section

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act that an

industry in the United States is

materially injured by reason of lessthan-fair-value imports of subject

merchandise from Italy, Malaysia, and

the Philippines. Therefore, in

accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the

Tariff Act, the Department will direct

Customs officers to assess, upon further

advice by the Department, 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

relevant entries of stainless steel buttweld pipe fittings from Italy, Malaysia,

and the Philippines. These antidumping

duties will be assessed on all

unliquidated entries of stainless steel

pipe fittings from Italy and the

Philippines, entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

August 2, 2000, the date on which the

Department published its notices of

preliminary determination for those

countries in the Federal Register (65 FR

47388 (Italy) and 47393 (Philippines)).

With respect to Malaysia, because the

Department made a finding of sales at

not less than fair value in the

preliminary determination,

antidumping duties will be assessed on

all unliquidated entries of stainless steel

pipe fittings entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

December 27, 2000, the date on which

the Department published its notice of

an affirmative final determination in the

Federal Register (65 FR 81825).

Customs officers must require, at the

same time as importers would normally

deposit estimated duties on this

merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the

estimated weighted-average

antidumping duty margins as noted

below. The ‘‘All Others’’ rates apply to

all exporters of subject stainless steel

butt-weld pipe fittings not specifically

listed. The weighted-average dumping

margins are as follows:

Exporter/manufacturer Margin

percentage

Italy

Coprosider S.p.A ................... 26.59

All Others .............................. 26.59

Malaysia

Kanzen Tetsu Sdn. Bhd ........ 7.51

All Others 7.51

Philippines

Enlin Steel Corporation ......... 33.81

Tung Fong Industrial Co., Inc 33.81

All Others .............................. 33.81

This notice constitutes the

antidumping duty orders with respect to

stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings

from Italy, Malaysia, and the

Philippines. Interested parties may

contact the Department’s Central

Records Unit, room B–099 of the main

Commerce building, for copies of an

updated list of antidumping duty orders

currently in effect.

These orders are published in

accordance with section 736(a) of the

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Effective

January 20, 2001, Bernard T. Carreau is

fulfilling the duties of the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration.

Dated: February 6, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement II.

[FR Doc. 01–4540 Filed 2–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–533–809]

Certain Stainless Steel Flanges From

India: Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. Ltd.

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

antidumping duty new shipper review.

SUMMARY: This review covers one

manufacturer/exporter, Bhansali

Ferromet Pvt. Ltd. (Bhansali) and sales

of the subject merchandise to the United

States during the period August 1, 1998

through July 31, 1999. The final results

do not differ from the preliminary

results of review, in which we found

that the respondent made sales in the

United States at prices below normal

value.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Killiam or Robert James, AD/

CVD Enforcement Group III, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230,

telephone: (202) 482–5222 or (202) 482–

0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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. In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the

Department of Commerce’s (‘‘the

Department’s’’) regulations are to 19

CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

On September 15, 2000, the

Department published in the Federal

Register the preliminary results of its

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new shipper review of certain forged

stainless steel flanges from India (65 FR

55942, September 15, 2000). We invited

parties to comment on our preliminary

results of review. We received no

comments.

Bhansali submitted a change in its

data on November 4, 2000, but this

change had no effect on our analysis. On

December 5, 2000, the Department

published in the Federal Register an

extension of the deadline for the final

results of review (65 FR 75924). The

Department has now completed the new

shipper review in accordance with

section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

The products under review are certain

forged stainless steel flanges (hereafter,

‘‘flanges’’) from India, both finished and

not finished, generally manufactured to

specification ASTM A–182, and made

in alloys such as 304, 304L, 316, and

316L. The scope includes five general

types of flanges. They are weld neck,

used for butt-weld line connection;

threaded, used for threaded line

connections; slip-on and lap joint, used

with stub-ends/butt-weld line

connections; socket weld, used to fit

pipe into a machined recession; and

blind, used to seal off a line. The sizes

of the flanges within the scope range

generally from one to six inches;

however, all sizes of the abovedescribed merchandise are included in

the scope. Specifically excluded from

the scope of this order are cast stainless

steel flanges. Cast stainless steel flanges

generally are manufactured to

specification ASTM A–351. The flanges

subject to this order are currently

classifiable under subheadings

7307.21.1000 and 7307.21.5000 of the

HTSUS. Although the HTSUS

subheading is provided for convenience

and customs purposes, the written

description of the merchandise under

review is dispositive of whether or not

the merchandise is covered by the

review.

Verification

On December 7, 2000 the Department

conducted a verification of the

antidumping responses submitted by

Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. Ltd. See

memorandum to the file from Thomas

Killiam, ‘‘Sales Verification of Bhansali

Ferromet Pvt. LtD.–Stainless Steel

Flanges from India,’’ December 20,

2000. No changes in the data or analysis

were indicated as a result of the

verification.

Final Results of the Review

No changes to our analysis in the

preliminary results are warranted for

purposes of these final results.

Accordingly, the weighted-average

dumping margin for Bhansali for the

period August 1, 1998 through July 31,

1999, is as follows:

Manufacturer/exporter Margin

(percent)

Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. LtD 4.08

Cash Deposit Requirements

The Department shall determine, and

the Customs Service shall assess,

antidumping duties on all appropriate

entries, on a per kilogram basis. The

Department will issue appropriate

instructions directly to the U.S. Customs

Service. Furthermore, the following

cash deposit requirements will be

effective for all shipments of the subject

merchandise entered, or withdrawn

from warehouse, for consumption on or

after the publication date of these final

results of administrative review, as

provided by section 751(a) of the Act:

(1) For Bhansali, the cash deposit rate

will be the rate listed above, (2) for

merchandise exported by manufacturers

or exporters not covered in this review

but covered in a previous segment of

this proceeding, the cash deposit rate

will continue to be the companyspecific rate published in the most

recent final results in which that

manufacturer or exporter participated;

(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered

in this review or in any previous

segment of this proceeding, but the

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate

will be that established for the

manufacturer of the merchandise in

these final results of review or in the

most recent segment of the proceeding

in which that manufacturer

participated; and (4) if neither the

exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm

covered in this review or in any

previous segment of this proceeding, the

cash deposit rate will be 162.14 percent,

the all others rate established in the

less-than-fair-value investigation. These

deposit requirements shall remain in

effect until publication of the final

results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also 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 in the subsequent

assessment of double antidumping

duties.

This notice also 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

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 this

determination in accordance with

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the

Act, and 19 CFR 351.214.

Dated: January 31, 2001.

Timothy J. Hauser,

Acting Under Secretary for International

Trade.

[FR Doc. 01–4538 Filed 2–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–601]

Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel

Cooking Ware From Korea: Preliminary

Results and Rescission, in Part, of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results

and rescission, in part, of antidumping

duty administrative review.

SUMMARY: In response to a request by the

Stainless Steel Cookware Committee

(the Committee), the Department of

Commerce (the Department) is

conducting an administrative review of

the antidumping duty order on top-ofthe-stove stainless steel cooking ware

from Korea. The period of review (POR)

is January 1, 1999, through December

31, 1999.

We preliminarily determine that

certain manufacturers/exporters sold

subject merchandise at less than normal

value (NV) during the POR. If these

preliminary results are adopted in the

final results of this administrative

review, we will instruct Customs to

assess antidumping duties on all

appropriate entries. We invite interested

parties to comment on the preliminary

results. Parties who submit comments in

this proceeding should also submit with

the argument: (1) a statement of the