Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors From the Republic of 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 [C-580-851] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers or exporters of dynamic random access memory semiconductors from the Republic of Korea. For information on the estimated countervailing duty rates, see infra section on “Suspension of Liquidation.” EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 2003. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melani Miller, Ryan Langan, Jesse Cortes, or Daniel J. Alexy, Office of Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement, Group 1, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0116, (202) 482-2613, (202) 482-3986, and (202) 482-1540, respectively. ( printed page 16767) Petitioner The petitioner in this investigation is Micron Technology, Inc. (“the petitioner”). Period of Investigation The period for which we are measuring subsidies, or period of investigation (“POI”), is January 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002. Case History The following events have occurred since the publication of the Department of Commerce's (“the Department”) notice of initiation in the Federal Register . See Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty…