[Federal Register: December 18, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 242)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-489-807)
Notice of Amended Final Results and Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review in Part: Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bars From Turkey
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 18, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin or Alice Gibbons, 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-
0656 or (202) 482-0498, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on November 7, 2006, the Department
of Commerce (the Department) published its notice of final results of
antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing
bars (rebar) from Turkey. See Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars
From Turkey; Final Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty
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Administrative Review in Part, 71 FR 65082 (Nov. 7, 2006) (Final
Results). On November 13, 2006, we received allegations, timely filed
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(c)(2), from Colakoglu Metalurji, A.S.
(Colakoglu) and Ekinciler Demir ve Celik Sanayi A.S./Ekinciler Dis
Ticaret A.S. (Ekinciler), that the Department made ministerial errors
in its final results. On November 20, 2006, we received comments from
the petitioners (i.e., Gerdau AmeriSteel Corporation, Commercial Metals
Company, and Nucor Corporation) rebutting these allegations.
After analyzing the submissions on this topic, filed by Ekinciler,
Colakoglu, and the petitioners, we have determined, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made a ministerial error in our calculations
performed for the final results for only one of the two respondents
(i.e., Ekinciler). Specifically, we intended to calculate general and
administrative (G&A) expenses and financial expenses by: 1) determining
the appropriate ratios; and 2) applying them to the total cost of
manufacturing originally reported by Ekinciler. However, we
inadvertently included certain unrecognized depreciation expenses in
the total costs to which the ratios were applied, thereby overstating
the G&A and financial expenses. Correcting this error resulted in a
revised margin for Ekinciler. For a detailed discussion of the
ministerial error noted above, the remaining ministerial error
allegations, and the Department's analysis, see the December 12, 2006,
memorandum to James Maeder, Director, Office 2, from the Team entitled
``Ministerial Error Allegations in the Final Results of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review on Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from
Turkey.''
Amended Final Results of Review
After analyzing all interested parties' comments and rebuttal
comments, we have determined, in accordance with section 751(h) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), that the Department has made a ministerial
error in the final results calculation for Ekinciler in this
administrative review. Therefore, we are amending the final results of
administrative review of rebar from Turkey for the period April 1,
2004, through March 31, 2005. As a result of correcting the ministerial
error discussed above, Ekinciler's weighted-average dumping margin
decreased from 8.59 to 3.16 percent. For the remaining respondents, the
weighted-average dumping margins remain the same. See Final Results.
Duty Assessment and Cash Deposit Requirements
The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated
importer-specific assessment rates by dividing the dumping margin found
on the subject merchandise examined by the entered value of such
merchandise. Where the importer-specific assessment rate is above de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on that
importer's entries of subject merchandise. The Department will issue
appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP within 15 days of
publication of these amended final results of review.
Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective
upon publication of these amended final results of the administrative
review for shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of
these amended final results of administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a) of the Act: (1) for subject merchandise exported by
Ekinciler the cash deposit rate will be 3.16 percent; (2) for Colakolgu
the cash deposit rate will remain as established in the Final Results.
These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication of
the final results of the next administrative review.
We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 12, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-21520 Filed 12-15-06; 8:45 am]
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