Notice of Intent to Rescind Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India, 15379-15380 [E6-4478]
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FR 72109 (December 1, 2005). On
December 30, 2005, Petitioner requested
a review of the countervailing duty
order on honey from Argentina. In
response to this request, on February 1,
2006, the Department initiated a
countervailing duty administrative
review on honey from Argentina. See
Initiation Notice.
On March 6, 2006, pursuant to section
351.213(d)(1) of the Department’s
regulations, Petitioner withdrew its
request for an administrative review of
the countervailing duty order on honey
from Argentina. No other party
requested an administrative review of
this countervailing duty order.
Rescission of the Administrative
Review
Pursuant to section 351.213(d)(1) of
the Department’s regulations, the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review, in whole or in part, if a party
that requested the review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the date of
publication of notice of initiation of the
requested review. The initiation notice
for this review was published on
February 1, 2006. We received
Petitioner’s withdrawal request on
March 6, 2006, within 90 days after
publication of the initiation notice.
Since Petitioner withdrew its request for
review of the countervailing duty order
in a timely manner, and since it was the
only party that requested a review, the
Department is rescinding this
administrative review. The Department
will issue appropriate assessment
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection within 15 days of publication
of this notice.
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Dated: March 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–4484 Filed 3–27–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(C–357–815)
Notice of Intent to Rescind
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products from India
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On February 1, 2006, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated an administrative
review of the countervailing duty order
on certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat
products (HRC) from India, covering the
period January 1, 2005, through
December 31, 2005, and one
manufacturer/exporter of the subject
merchandise, Essar Steel Limited
(Essar). See Notice of Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for
Revocation in Part, 71 FR 5241
(February 1, 2006). The Department has
preliminarily determined that the
review should be rescinded due to
Essar’s lack of entries of subject
merchandise during the period of
review (POR).
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Preeti Tolani, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202–
482–0395.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On December 3, 2001, the Department
published in the Federal Register the
countervailing duty order on HRC from
India. See Notice of Amended Final
Determination and Notice of
Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain
Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
from India and Indonesia, 66 FR 60198
(December 3, 2001). On December 1,
2005, the Department published a notice
of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty order. See Notice of
Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review of Antidumping or
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Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation, 70 FR 72109
(December 1, 2005). In response to a
request from United States Steel
Corporation, petitioner, the Department
initiated an administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on HRC from
India with respect to Essar. On February
16, 2006, Essar requested that the
Department rescind the administrative
review with respect to Essar, asserting
that they had made no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR. See letter from
Arent Fox PLLC, on behalf of Essar,
dated February 16, 2006, on file in the
Central Records Unit (CRU).
Scope of Order
The merchandise subject to this order
is certain hot–rolled flat–rolled carbon–
quality steel products of a rectangular
shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater,
neither clad, plated, nor coated with
metal and whether or not painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or
other non–metallic substances, in coils
(whether or not in successively
superimposed layers), regardless of
thickness, and in straight lengths, of a
thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of
a width measuring at least 10 times the
thickness. Universal mill plate (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 thickness of not less
than 4 mm, not in coils and without
patterns in relief) of a thickness not less
than 4.0 mm is not included within the
scope of this order.
Specifically included in the scope of
this order are vacuum–degassed, fully
stabilized (commonly referred to as
interstitial–free (IF)) steels, high–
strength low–alloy (HSLA) steels, and
the substrate for motor lamination
steels. IF steels are recognized as low–
carbon steels with micro–alloying levels
of elements such as titanium or niobium
(also commonly referred to as
columbium), or both, added to stabilize
carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA
steels are recognized as steels with
micro–alloying levels of elements such
as chromium, copper, niobium,
vanadium, and molybdenum. The
substrate for motor lamination steels
contains micro–alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products included in the scope
of this order, regardless of definitions in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), are products in
which: i) iron predominates, by weight,
over each of the other contained
elements; ii) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight; and iii) none
of the elements listed below exceeds the
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quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
1.80 percent of manganese, or
2.25 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
0.15 percent of vanadium, or
0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical
and chemical description provided
above are within the scope of this order
unless otherwise excluded. The
following products, by way of example,
are outside or specifically excluded
from the scope of this order:
• Alloy hot–rolled steel products in
which at least one of the chemical
elements exceeds those listed above
(including, e.g., ASTM
specifications A543, A387, A514,
A517, A506).
• SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and
higher.
• Ball bearings steels, as defined in
the HTSUS.
• Tool steels, as defined in the
HTSUS.
• Silico–manganese (as defined in the
HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel
with a silicon level exceeding 2.25
percent.
• ASTM specifications A710 and
A736.
• USS Abrasion–resistant steels (USS
AR 400, USS AR 500).
• All products (proprietary or
otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM
specification (sample specifications:
ASTM A506, A507).
• Non–rectangular shapes, not in
coils, which are the result of having
been processed by cutting or
stamping and which have assumed
the character of articles or products
classified outside chapter 72 of the
HTSUS.
The merchandise subject to this order
is currently classifiable in the HTSUS at
subheadings: 7208.10.15.00,
7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00,
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00,
7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60,
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60,
7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60,
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60,
7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30,
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15,
7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90,
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60,
7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00,
7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90,
7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00,
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7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00,
7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30,
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90.
Certain hot–rolled flat–rolled carbon–
quality steel covered by this order,
including: vacuum–degassed fully
stabilized; high–strength low–alloy; and
the substrate for motor lamination steel
may also enter under the following tariff
numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00,
7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90,
7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00,
7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and
7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00,
7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and
7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
Department’s written description of the
merchandise subject to this order is
dispositive.
Intent to Rescind Administrative
Review
In its February 16, 2006, request that
the Department rescind the review,
Essar asserted that it had made no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. The petitioner did not
comment on Essar’s claim of no
shipments. On February 27, 2006, the
Department conducted a Customs query
to ascertain whether there were any
entries of the subject merchandise from
Essar during the POR; the query showed
that there were none. See Memorandum
to the File from the Team regarding
Customs Query dated March 15, 2006,
the public version of which is on file in
the CRU. Thus, the Department was able
to confirm that Essar had no entries of
subject merchandise during the POR.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the
Department may rescind an
administrative review if the Secretary
concludes that during the POR, there
were no entries, exports, or sales of the
subject merchandise, as the case may be.
See Certain Hot–Rolled Lead and
Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From
Germany: Notice of Termination of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, 64 FR 44489 (August 16, 1999),
and Final Results and Partial Rescission
of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip
From the Republic of Korea, 68 FR
13267 (March 19, 2003). Therefore,
because Essar had no entries of subject
merchandise during the POR, consistent
with the regulation and our practice, we
preliminarily determine to rescind this
review.
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Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the
date of publication of this preliminary
notice. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
in such briefs, may be filed no later than
five days after the time limit for filing
the case brief. See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
Parties who submit arguments are
requested to submit with the argument
(1) A statement of the issue, (2) a brief
summary of the argument, and (3) a
table of authorities. Further, parties
submitting written comments should
provide the Department with an
additional copy of the public version of
any such comments on diskette. An
interested party may request a hearing
within 30 days of publication of this
preliminary notice. See 19 CFR
351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested,
will be held 44 days after the date of
publication, or the first working day
thereafter. The Department will issue
the final notice, which will include the
results of its analysis of issues raised in
any such comments, or at a hearing, if
requested, within 120 days of
publication of this preliminary notice.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d).
Dated: March 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–4478 Filed 3–27–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–475–823]
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from
Italy: Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Changed Circumstances Review
and Revocation of Countervailing Duty
Order, in Whole
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
is revoking the countervailing duty
order on stainless steel plate in coils
from Italy because we have concluded
that substantially all domestic
producers lack interest in the relief
provided by this order.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brandon Farlander or Audrey R.
Twyman, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1,
Import Administration, International
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(C-357-815)
Notice of Intent to Rescind Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On February 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated an administrative review of the countervailing
duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (HRC) from
India, covering the period January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005,
and one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Essar Steel
Limited (Essar). See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation
in Part, 71 FR 5241 (February 1, 2006). The Department has
preliminarily determined that the review should be rescinded due to
Essar's lack of entries of subject merchandise during the period of
review (POR).
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preeti Tolani, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-0395.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 3, 2001, the Department published in the Federal
Register the countervailing duty order on HRC from India. See Notice of
Amended Final Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders:
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India and Indonesia,
66 FR 60198 (December 3, 2001). On December 1, 2005, the Department
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review
of the countervailing duty order. See Notice of Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation, 70 FR 72109 (December 1, 2005). In
response to a request from United States Steel Corporation, petitioner,
the Department initiated an administrative review of the countervailing
duty order on HRC from India with respect to Essar. On February 16,
2006, Essar requested that the Department rescind the administrative
review with respect to Essar, asserting that they had made no shipments
of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. See letter
from Arent Fox PLLC, on behalf of Essar, dated February 16, 2006, on
file in the Central Records Unit (CRU).
Scope of Order
The merchandise subject to this order is certain hot-rolled flat-
rolled carbon-quality steel products of a rectangular shape, of a width
of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively
superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths,
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least
10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (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 thickness of not
less than 4 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this
order.
Specifically included in the scope of this order are vacuum-
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels, high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate
for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low-carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or
niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination
steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and
aluminum.
Steel products included in the scope of this order, regardless of
definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS), are products in which: i) iron predominates, by weight, over
each of the other contained elements; ii) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight; and iii) none of the elements listed below
exceeds the
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quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
1.80 percent of manganese, or
2.25 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
0.15 percent of vanadium, or
0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical and chemical description
provided above are within the scope of this order unless otherwise
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of
the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including, e.g., ASTM
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, A506).
SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and higher.
Ball bearings steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon
electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent.
ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy
ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507).
Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result
of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have assumed
the character of articles or products classified outside chapter 72 of
the HTSUS.
The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable in
the HTSUS at subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00,
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60,
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60,
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30,
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90,
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00,
7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00,
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30,
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled
carbon-quality steel covered by this order, including: vacuum-degassed
fully stabilized; high-strength low-alloy; and the substrate for motor
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers:
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
Department's written description of the merchandise subject to this
order is dispositive.
Intent to Rescind Administrative Review
In its February 16, 2006, request that the Department rescind the
review, Essar asserted that it had made no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR. The petitioner did not comment on Essar's
claim of no shipments. On February 27, 2006, the Department conducted a
Customs query to ascertain whether there were any entries of the
subject merchandise from Essar during the POR; the query showed that
there were none. See Memorandum to the File from the Team regarding
Customs Query dated March 15, 2006, the public version of which is on
file in the CRU. Thus, the Department was able to confirm that Essar
had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind an
administrative review if the Secretary concludes that during the POR,
there were no entries, exports, or sales of the subject merchandise, as
the case may be. See Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel
Products From Germany: Notice of Termination of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review, 64 FR 44489 (August 16, 1999), and Final Results
and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review:
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the Republic of Korea, 68 FR 13267
(March 19, 2003). Therefore, because Essar had no entries of subject
merchandise during the POR, consistent with the regulation and our
practice, we preliminarily determine to rescind this review.
Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this preliminary notice. See 19 CFR
351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in such
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the time limit for
filing the case brief. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit
arguments are requested to submit with the argument (1) A statement of
the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of
authorities. Further, parties submitting written comments should
provide the Department with an additional copy of the public version of
any such comments on diskette. An interested party may request a
hearing within 30 days of publication of this preliminary notice. See
19 CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing, if requested, will be held 44 days
after the date of publication, or the first working day thereafter. The
Department will issue the final notice, which will include the results
of its analysis of issues raised in any such comments, or at a hearing,
if requested, within 120 days of publication of this preliminary
notice.
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19
CFR 351.213(d).
Dated: March 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-4478 Filed 3-27-06; 8:45 am]
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