Notice of Amended Antidumping Duty Order of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-827]

Notice of Amended Antidumping Duty Order of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Static Random Access Memory Semiconductors From Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 22, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Thompson or David Genovese,

Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1776 or (202) 482-0498,

respectively.

The 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 (URAA). In addition, unless

otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the

Department's) regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR

Part 353 (April 1, 1996).

Scope of Order

The products covered by this order are synchronous, asynchronous,

and specialty static random access memory semiconductors (SRAMs) from

Taiwan, whether assembled or unassembled. Assembled SRAMs include all

package types. Unassembled SRAMs include processed wafers or die, uncut

die and cut die. Processed wafers produced in Taiwan, but packaged, or

assembled into memory modules, in a third country, are included in the

scope; processed wafers produced in a third country and assembled or

packaged in Taiwan are not included in the scope.

The scope of this order includes modules containing SRAMs. Such

modules include single in-line processing modules (SIPs), single in-

line memory modules (SIMMs), dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs),

memory cards, or other collections of SRAMs, whether unmounted or

mounted on a circuit board.

The scope of this order does not include SRAMs that are physically

integrated with other components of a motherboard in such a manner as

to constitute one inseparable amalgam (i.e., SRAMs soldered onto

motherboards).

The SRAMs within the scope of this order are currently classifiable

under the subheadings 8542.13.8037 through 8542.13.8049, 8473.30.10

through 8473.30.90, and 8542.13.8005 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 this order is dispositive.

Amended Antidumping Duty Order

On April 9, 1998, the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified

the Department of its final determination, pursuant to section

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an industry in the United States is

materially injured by reason of imports of static random access memory

semiconductors (SRAMs) from Taiwan.

On April 16, 1998, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,

the Department published the antidumping duty order on SRAMs from

Taiwan. However, the antidumping duty order published on April 16,

1998, only included the weighted-average dumping margins for the four

companies for which the Department calculated a margin based on

company-specific data (i.e., Alliance Semiconductor Corporation,

Integrated Silicon Solutions (Taiwan), Inc., United Microelectronics

Corporation, and Winbond Electronics Corporation); it did not include

the weighted-average dumping margins for the three companies for which

the Department relied on the facts otherwise available to calculate a

margin (i.e., Advance Microelectronics Products Inc., Best Integrated

Technology, Inc., and Texas Instruments-Acer Incorporated, all of which

either did not respond to the Department's questionnaire or only

provided a partial response). This amended order is being published to

correct this error.

In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department

will direct Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the

administering authority, 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 entries of SRAMs

from Taiwan. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all

unliquidated entries of SRAMs from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after October 1, 1997, the date on

which the Department published its preliminary determination in the

Federal Register (62 FR 51442). On or after the date of publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, Customs officers must require, at

the

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same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this

merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average

dumping margins as noted below. The ``All Others'' rate applies to all

exporters of SRAMs not specifically listed below.

The ad valorem weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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Weighted-

Manufacturer/producer/exporter average margin

percentage

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Advance Microelectronics Products Inc................... 113.85

Alliance Semiconductor Corporation...................... 50.15

Best Integrated Technology, Inc......................... 113.85

Integrated Silicon Solutions (Taiwan), Inc.............. 7.56

Texas Instruments-Acer Incorporated..................... 113.85

United Microelectronics Corporation..................... 93.71

Winbond Electronics Corporation......................... 101.53

All Others.............................................. 41.75

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This amended order is published pursuant to section 736(a) of the

Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

Dated: April 17, 1998.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-10737 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]

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