Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Structural Steel Beams From South Korea

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-580-841] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: February 11, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Blozy (Kangwon Industries, Ltd. (“Kangwon”)), Brandon Farlander (Inchon Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (“Inchon”)), or Rick Johnson, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0165 (Blozy), (202) 482-0182 (Farlander), or (202) 482-3818 (Johnson). The Applicable Statute 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 (“URAA”). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all references to the Department's regulations are to the provisions codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1998). Preliminary Determination We preliminarily determine that structural steel beams (“structural beams”) from South Korea are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (“LTFV”), as provided in section 733 of the Act. The estimated margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the “Suspension of Liquidation” section of this notice. Case History On August 3, 1999, the De…