Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 67428-67432 [05-22137]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67428-67432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22137]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-580-836)


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From 
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department ofCommerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests by a producer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise and a domestic interested party, the Department of Commerce 
(the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel 
plate products (steel plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). This 
review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise. The 
period of review (POR) is February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005.
    The Department has preliminarily determined that the company 
subject to this review made U.S. sales at prices less than normal value 
(NV). If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of 
administrative review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results of review. We will issue the final results of review no later 
than 120 days from the publication date of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 7, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magd Zalok or Malcolm Burke, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4162 or (202) 482-3584, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 1, 2005, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' 
of the antidumping duty order on steel plate from Korea. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 70 FR 5136 
(February 1, 2005). In accordance with 19 CFR Sec.  351.213(b)(2), 
during February 2005, Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM), a producer/
exporter, requested that the Department conduct an administrative 
review of its sales and entries of subject merchandise into the United 
Stated during the POR. Additionally, in accordance with 19 CFR Sec.  
351.213(b)(1), on February 28, 2005, a domestic interested party, Nucor 
Corporation (Nucor), requested that the Department conduct a review of 
DSM; Korea Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (KISCO); and Union Steel 
Manufacturing Co. (USMC). On March 23, 2005, the Department initiated 
an administrative review of DSM, KISCO, and USMC. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 14643 (March 23, 2005).
    On March 9, 2005, the Department issued its antidumping 
questionnaire to DSM, KISCO, and USMC. On April 15, 2005, USMC informed 
the Department that it had no sales or shipments of the subject 
merchandise during the POR. On May 3, 2005, KISCO informed the 
Department that it had no sales or shipments of the subject merchandise 
during the POR. In April and May 2005, DSM responded to the 
Department's antidumping questionnaire. Subsequently, the Department 
issued supplemental questionnaires to DSM.

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 During this administrative review, Nucor and one of the petitioners in 
this proceeding, IPSCO Steel Inc., submitted comments regarding the 
respondent's questionnaire and supplemental questionnaire responses.
    The Department is conducting this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).

Period of Review

    The POR is February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping duty order are certain hot-
rolled carbon-quality steel: (1) Universal mill plates (i.e., flat-
rolled products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a 
width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a nominal or 
actual thickness of not less than 4 mm, which are cut-to-length (not in 
coils) and without patterns in relief), of iron or non-alloy-quality 
steel; and (2) flat-rolled products, hot-rolled, of a nominal or actual 
thickness of 4.75 mm or more and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and 
measures at least twice the thickness, and which are cut-to-length (not 
in coils). Steel products to be included in the scope of the order are 
of rectangular, square, circular or other shape and of rectangular or 
non-rectangular cross-section where such non-rectangular cross-section 
is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which 
have been ``worked after rolling'') - for example, products which have 
been beveled or rounded at the edges. Steel products that meet the 
noted physical characteristics that are painted, varnished or coated 
with plastic or other non-metallic substances are included within this 
scope. Also, specifically included in the scope of the order are high 
strength, low alloy (HSLA) steels. HSLA steels are recognized as steels 
with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, 
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. Steel products to be 
included in this scope, regardless of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) definitions, are products in which: (1) Iron 
predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements, (2) 
the carbon content is two percent or less, by weight, and (3) none of 
the elements listed below is equal to or exceeds the quantity, by 
weight, respectively indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or 1.50 
percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 percent of 
aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 
0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of 
tungsten, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 
0.41 percent of titanium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 percent 
zirconium. All products that meet the written physical description, and 
in which the chemistry quantities do not equal or exceed any one of the 
levels listed above, are within the scope of the order unless otherwise 
specifically excluded. The following products are specifically excluded 
from the order: (1) Products clad, plated, or coated with metal, 
whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastic or other non-
metallic substances; (2) SAE grades (formerly AISI grades) of series 
2300 and above; (3) products made to ASTM A710 and A736 or their 
proprietary equivalents; (4) abrasion-resistant steels (i.e., USS AR 
400, USS AR 500); (5) products made to ASTM A202, A225, A514 grade S, 
A517 grade S, or their proprietary equivalents; (6) ball bearing 
steels; (7) tool steels; and (8) silicon manganese steel or silicon 
electric steel. Imports of steel plate are currently classified in the 
HTSUS under subheadings: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7225.40.3050, 
7225.40.7000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, 
7226.91.8000, 7226.99.0000. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and CBP purposes. The written description of the 
merchandise covered by the order is dispositive.

Partial Rescission of Review

    As noted above, USMC and KISCO informed the Department that they 
had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the 
POR. CBP data indicates that there were no entries of subject 
merchandise from USMC or KISCO during the POR. See the September 30, 
2005, memorandum, Factual Information Regarding Lack of Entries of 
Subject Merchandise Produced by USMC and KISCO to the File from the 
Team, which is available in the Central Records Unit (CRU) room B099 in 
the main Department building. No parties have submitted any information 
that calls into question the no shipment claims of USMC and KISCO. 
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR Sec.  351.213(d)(3), and 
consistent with the Department's practice, we are rescinding this 
review with respect to USMC and KISCO. See, e.g., Certain Steel 
Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Final Results, Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part, and Determination Not 
To Revoke in Part, 68 FR 53127, 53128 (September 9, 2003).

Duty Absorption

    On March 28, 2005, Nucor requested that the Department make a duty 
absorption determination with respect to each respondent. Section 
751(a)(4) of the Act provides that the Department, if requested, shall 
determine during an administrative review initiated two or four years 
after the publication of the order, ``whether antidumping duties have 
been absorbed by a foreign producer or exporter. . . if the subject 
merchandise is sold in the United States'' through an affiliated 
importer. Because the order on steel plate from Korea was published on 
February 10, 2000, and this review was initiated five years thereafter 
(on March 23, 2005), this review was not initiated two or four years 
after the publication of the order. Therefore, pursuant to section 
751(a)(4) of the Act, the Department will not make a duty absorption 
determination in this review.

Affiliation

    During the POR, DSM sold steel plate to Dongkuk Industries Co., 
Ltd. (DKI ), a Korean trading company, which, in turn, resold the steel 
plate to unaffiliated parties in third country markets. Additionally, 
DSM reported that DKI formed a home market subsidiary to which it sold 
steel plate during the instant POR. The Department has preliminarily 
determined that DSM and DKI are under the common control of a family 
grouping, and thus, are affiliated pursuant to section 771(33)(F) of 
the Act (which states that two or more persons directly or indirectly 
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, any person 
shall be considered affiliates). Therefore, in these preliminary 
results, the Department has treated DSM and DKI as affiliated parties. 
In addition, because the family grouping noted above is also in a 
position to legally and operationally control DKI's subsidiary, in 
these preliminary results the Department has considered the subsidiary 
and DSM to be affiliated parties. For a complete discussion of this 
issue see the Memorandum from Malcolm Burke to the File, dated 
concurrently with this notice.

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Overrun Sales

    DSM reported home market sales of ``overrun'' merchandise (i.e., 
sales of a greater quantity of steel plate than the customer ordered 
due to overproduction). Section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act provides that 
NV shall be based on the price at which the foreign like product is 
first sold, inter alia, in the ordinary course of trade. Section 
771(15) of the Act defines ``ordinary course of trade'' as the 
``conditions and practices which, for a reasonable time prior to the 
exportation of the subject merchandise, have been normal in the trade 
under consideration with respect to merchandise of the same class or 
kind.'' In past cases, the Department has examined certain factors to 
determine whether ``overrun'' sales are in the ordinary course of 
trade. See, e.g. Certain Steel Products from Brazil, 64 FR 38756, 38770 
(July 19, 1999). These factors include: (1) whether the merchandise is 
``off-quality'' or produced according to unusual specifications; (2) 
the comparative volume of sales and the number of buyers in the home 
market; (3) the average quantity of an overrun sale compared to the 
average quantity of a commercial sale; and (4) price and profit 
differentials in the home market. Based on our analysis of these 
factors and the terms of sale, we preliminarily determine that DSM's 
overrun sales have characteristics that are not ordinary as compared to 
DSM's other home market sales of steel plate. Therefore, we 
preliminarily determine that DSM's overrun sales are outside the 
ordinary course of trade. Because our analysis makes use of business 
proprietary information, we have included the analysis in a separate 
memorandum. See Memorandum to the File from the Team concerning Overrun 
Sales Analysis: Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd., dated concurrently with 
this notice.

Comparison Methodology

    In order to determine whether DSM sold steel plate in the United 
States at prices less than NV, the Department compared the constructed 
export price (CEP) of individual U.S. sales to the monthly weighted-
average NV of sales of the foreign like product made in the ordinary 
course of trade. See section 777A(d)(2) of the Act; see also section 
773(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Act. In accordance with section 771(16) of the 
Act, the Department considered all products within the scope of the 
order under review that the respondent sold in the comparison market 
during the POR to be foreign like products for purposes of determining 
appropriate product comparisons to steel plate sold in the United 
States. The Department compared U.S. sales to sales made in the 
comparison market within the contemporaneous window period, which 
extends from three months prior to, to two months after, the month in 
which the U.S. sale is made. Where there were no sales of identical 
merchandise made in the comparison market in the ordinary course of 
trade, the Department compared U.S. sales to sales of the most similar 
foreign like product made in the ordinary course of trade. In making 
product comparisons, the Department selected identical and most similar 
foreign like products based on the physical characteristics reported by 
DSM in the following order of importance: painted, quality, 
specification, heat treatments, thickness, width, patterns in relief, 
and descaling.

Constructed Export Price

    The Department based the price of each of DSM's U.S. sales of 
subject merchandise on CEP, as defined in section 772(b) of the Act, 
because the merchandise was sold, before importation, by a seller 
affiliated with the producer, to unaffiliated purchasers in the United 
States. We calculated CEP using delivered prices charged to 
unaffiliated customers in the United States. In accordance with 
sections 772(c)(2)(A) and 772(d) of the Act, in calculating CEP, we 
made deductions from the starting price for foreign and U.S. brokerage 
and handling, foreign and U.S. inland freight, international freight, 
marine insurance, U.S. duties, direct and indirect selling expenses, to 
the extent they are associated with economic activity in the United 
States, and CEP profit. The direct selling expenses included credit 
expenses and commission expenses. Finally, pursuant to section 
772(c)(1)(C) of the Act, we increased U.S. price by the amount of the 
export subsidy found in the countervailing duty investigation on steel 
plate from Korea.\1\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determinations: Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From India and the Republic of 
Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From France, India, 
Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6587 
(February 10, 2000).
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Normal Value

    After testing home market viability, whether home market sales to 
affiliates were at arm's length prices, and whether home market sales 
were at below-cost prices, we calculated NV for DSM as noted in the 
``Price-to-Price Comparisons'' section of this notice.

A. Home Market Viability

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(C) of the Act, in order to 
determine whether there was a sufficient volume of sales in the home 
market to serve as a viable basis for calculating NV, we compared the 
aggregate volume of DSM's home market sales of the foreign like product 
to the aggregate volume of its U.S. sales of subject merchandise. 
Because the aggregate volume of DSM's home market sales of foreign like 
product exceeds five percent of the aggregate volume of its U.S. sales 
of subject merchandise, we based NV on sales of the foreign like 
product in DSM's home market. See section 773(a)(1)(C) of the Act.

B. Affiliated-Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test

    DSM reported that it made home market sales to affiliated and 
unaffiliated end users and distributors/retailers. The Department may 
calculate NV based on sales to an affiliated party only if it is 
satisfied that the prices charged to the affiliated party are 
comparable to the prices at which sales were made to parties not 
affiliated with the producer, i.e., sales at arm's-length. See section 
773(f)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR Sec.  351.403(c). Where we found the 
home market prices charged to an affiliated customer not to be arm's-
length prices, we excluded sales to the affiliated customer from our 
analysis. To test whether DSM's sales to affiliates were made at arm's-
length prices, the Department compared the starting prices of sales to 
affiliated and unaffiliated customers, net of all movement charges, 
direct selling expenses, and packing costs. Pursuant to 19 CFR Sec.  
351.403(c), and in accordance with the Department's practice, when the 
prices charged to affiliated parties were, on average, between 98 and 
102 percent of the prices charged to unaffiliated parties for 
merchandise comparable to that sold to the affiliated party, we 
determine that the sales to the affiliated party were at arm's-length 
prices. See Antidumping Proceedings: Affiliated Party Sales in the 
Ordinary Course of Trade, 67 FR 69186 (November 15, 2002). DSM's 
affiliated home market customers did not pass the arm's-length test. 
Therefore, we have excluded these sales from our analysis.

C. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis

    In the most recently completed administrative review, the 
Department determined that DSM sold foreign like product at prices 
below the cost of producing the merchandise and

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excluded such sales from the calculation of NV. As a result, the 
Department determined that there are reasonable grounds to believe or 
suspect that during the instant POR, DSM sold the foreign like product 
at prices below the cost of producing the merchandise. See section 
773(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act. Therefore, the Department initiated a 
sales below cost inquiry with respect to DSM.

1. Calculation of COP

    In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, for each unique 
foreign like product sold by DSM during the POR, we calculated a 
weighted-average COP based on the sum of the respondent's materials and 
fabrication costs and selling, general and administrative (SG&A) 
expenses, including interest expenses, and packing costs. We relied on 
the costs submitted by DSM except for the following items, which we 
revised based upon our review of DSM's questionnaire responses: ceratin 
inputs purchased from affiliates and interest expense. For details 
regarding these revisions, see the memorandum regarding cost of 
production adjustments for the preliminary results, dated concurrently 
with this notice.

2. Test of Home Market Sales Prices

    In order to determine whether sales were made at prices below the 
COP, on a product-specific basis, we compared DSM's weighted-average 
COPs, adjusted as noted above, to the prices of its home market sales 
of foreign like product, as required under section 773(b) of the Act. 
In accordance with sections 773(b)(1)(A) and (B), respectively, of the 
Act, in determining whether to disregard home market sales made at 
prices less than the COP, we examined whether such sales were made: (1) 
in substantial quantities within an extended period of time; and (2) at 
prices which permitted the recovery of all costs within a reasonable 
period of time. We compared the COP to home market sales prices, less 
applicable discounts or rebates, selling expenses, and movement 
charges.

3. Results of the COP Test

    Pursuant to section 773(b)(2)(C) of the Act, where less than 20 
percent of a respondent's sales of a given product were made at prices 
less than the COP, we did not disregard any below-cost sales of that 
product because the below-cost sales were not made in ``substantial 
quantities.'' Where 20 percent or more of a respondent's sales of a 
given product were made at prices less than the COP during the POR, we 
determined such sales to have been made in ``substantial quantities'' 
within an extended period of time (i.e., one year) pursuant to sections 
773(b)(2)(C) and (B) of the Act. Based on our comparison of POR average 
costs to reported prices, we also determined, in accordance with 
section 773(b)(2)(D) of the Act, that certain sales were made at prices 
which would not permit recovery of all costs within a reasonable period 
of time. As a result, we disregarded such below-cost sales.

Price-to-Price Comparisons

    We calculated NVs for DSM based on the prices at which the foreign 
like product was first sold for consumption in the home market, in the 
usual commercial quantities, in the ordinary course of trade, and, to 
the extent possible, at the same level of trade (LOT) as the comparison 
U.S. sale. See section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act. In calculating NVs, 
where appropriate, we increased the reported home market sales prices 
by the interest and duty drawback revenue that DSM received from its 
customers and decreased the prices by movement expenses incurred by 
DSM. In addition, we adjusted the reported home market sales prices to: 
(1) account for differences between packing costs and credit and other 
direct selling expenses incurred with respect to transactions in the 
U.S. and home markets; (2) account for differences between the physical 
characteristics of the merchandise sold in comparable transactions in 
the U.S. and home markets; and, (3) to make a reasonable allowance for 
other selling expenses where commissions were paid in only one of the 
markets being compared. See section 773 (a)(6) of the Act and 19 CFR 
Sec.  351.410 (e).

Level of Trade

    To determine whether NV sales are at a different LOT than the CEP 
sales,\2\ we examine stages in the marketing process and selling 
functions along the chain of distribution between the producer and the 
unaffiliated customer. See section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. If the home 
market sales are at a different LOT, and the difference affects price 
comparability, as manifested by a pattern of consistent price 
differences between the sales on which NV is based and home market 
sales at the LOT of the export transaction, we make a LOT adjustment 
under section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act. In determining whether separate 
LOTs exist, we obtained information from DSM regarding the marketing 
stages for the reported U.S. and home market sales, including a 
description of the selling activities performed by DSM for each channel 
of distribution. Generally, if the reported LOTs are the same, the 
functions and activities of the seller at each level should be similar. 
Conversely, if a party reports that LOTs are different for different 
groups of sales, the selling functions and activities of the seller for 
each group should be dissimilar. See 19 CFR Sec.  351.412(c)(2). For 
CEP sales, if the NV LOT is more remote from the factory than the CEP 
LOT and there is no basis for determining whether the difference in the 
levels between NV and CEP affects price comparability, we adjust NV 
under section 773(A)(7)(B) of the Act (the CEP offset provision). See 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from South Africa, 62 FR 61731 
(November 19, 1997).
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    \2\ The NV LOT is based on selling activities reflected in the 
starting-price of the sales in the comparison market. For CEP sales, 
the U.S. LOT is based on the selling activities reflected in the 
price after deducting expenses and profit under section 772(d) of 
the Act.
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    DSM reported that it sold the merchandise under review to 
distributors and end users in the home market through one channel of 
distribution, and to distributors in the United States through another 
channel of distribution. See DSM's April 29, 2005, and May 6, 2005, 
questionnaire responses at 13-14 and 11-12, respectively. In the home 
market channel of distribution, DSM engaged in the same selling 
activities for all sales. Likewise, in the U.S. channel of 
distribution, DSM engaged in the same selling activities for all sales. 
Because the single sales channel in the United States involves the same 
selling functions for all sales, and the single sales channel in the 
home market also involves the same selling functions for all sales, we 
have preliminarily determined that there is one LOT in the United 
States and one LOT in the home market. Moreover, because the selling 
functions and activities performed by DSM with respect to its home 
market sales were significantly dissimilar from those performed for its 
U.S. sales, we have preliminarily determined that, during the POR, DSM 
sold foreign like product at a different LOT than it sold subject 
merchandise. However, because no appropriate basis exists to determine 
whether the difference between the U.S. and home market LOTs affects 
price comparability,\3\ we did not make a level

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of trade adjustment. Nevertheless, we considered whether home market 
sales were at a more advanced LOT than the CEP sales, thus warranting a 
CEP offset under section 773(a)(7)(B) of the Act. In order to determine 
whether NV is at a more advanced LOT than the CEP transactions, the 
Department compared home market selling activities with those for CEP 
transactions after deducting the expenses identified in section 772(d) 
of the Act. After making these deductions, the Department determined 
that the differences between the home and U.S. market selling 
activities support a finding that DSM's sales in the home market were 
at a more advanced LOT than the CEP sales. See Memorandum from Malcolm 
Burke to the File, concerning Level of Trade and CEP Offset Analysis, 
dated concurrently with this notice. Thus, in calculating NV, we 
reduced DSM's home market sales prices in accordance with the CEP 
offset provision.
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    \3\ There is only one LOT in the home market and no other 
information which would allow the Department to examine DSM's 
pricing patterns with respect to product lines that are different 
from, or broader than, the steel plate product line.
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Currency Conversion

    Pursuant to section 773A(a) of the Act, we converted amounts 
expressed in foreign currencies into U.S. dollar amounts based on the 
exchange rates in effect on the dates of the relevant U.S. sales, as 
certified by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted- average dumping margin exists for the period 
February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005:

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                Manufacturer/Exporter                  Margin (percent)
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Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd.........................                0.51
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Public Comment

    Within 10 days of publicly announcing the preliminary results of 
this review, we will disclose, to interested parties, any calculations 
performed in connection with the preliminary results. See 19 CFR Sec.  
351.224(b). Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. See 19 CFR 
Sec.  351.310(c). If requested, a hearing will be held 44 days after 
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, or the 
first workday thereafter. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
the preliminary results of this review. The Department will consider 
case briefs filed by interested parties within 30 days after the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Also, interested 
parties may file rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs. The Department will consider rebuttal briefs filed not later 
than five days after the time limit for filing case briefs. Parties who 
submit arguments are requested to submit with each argument: (1) a 
statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and, (3) a 
table of authorities cited. Further, the Department requests that 
parties submitting written comments provide the Department with a 
diskette containing the public version of those comments. Unless the 
deadline for issuing the final results of review is extended, the 
Department will issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of its analysis of issues raised in the written 
comments, within 120 days of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR Sec.  351.212(b)(1), in these preliminary 
results of review we calculated importer-specific assessment rates for 
DSM's subject merchandise. Within 15 days of publication of the final 
results of review, the Department will issue instructions to CBP 
directing it to assess the final importer-specific assessment rates (if 
above de minimis) uniformly on the entered value of all entries of 
subject merchandise made by the relevant importer during the POR.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    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 the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(1) of the Act. In the instant matter: (1) the cash deposit rate 
for the reviewed company will be the rate established in the final 
results of this review (except that if that rate is de minimis, i.e., 
less than 0.5 percent, no cash deposit will be required); (2) for 
previously investigated or reviewed 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, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value 
(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 subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate 
for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be the ``all 
others'' rate of 0.98 percent, which is the ``all others'' rate 
established in the LTFV investigation, adjusted for the export subsidy 
rate in the companion countervailingduty investigation. These cash 
deposit rates, when imposed, shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review. See section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR Sec.  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 the antidumping duties occurred and 
the concomitant assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: October 31, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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