Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico: Final Results of Expedited Five-Year (“Sunset”) Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 32521-32522 [06-5144]
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Manufacturer/exporter
Net subsidy
margin
(percent)
All Producers/Exporters from
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1.15
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO)
of their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with section 351.303 of the
Department’s regulations. Timely
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this
determination and notice in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i) of
the Act.
Dated: May 30, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–8754 Filed 6–5–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–201–810]
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel
Plate From Mexico: Final Results of
Expedited Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review
of the Countervailing Duty Order
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 1, 2005, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) initiated a sunset review
of the countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’)
order on certain cut-to-length carbon
steel plate from Mexico pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (‘‘the Act’’). See Initiation
of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews, 70 FR
65884 (November 1, 2005). On the basis
of notices of intent to participate and an
adequate substantive response filed on
behalf of the domestic interested parties,
and an inadequate response from
respondent interested parties (in this
case, no response), the Department is
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AGENCY:
2 Union
Steel was excluded from the order on the
basis of a de minimis net subsidy rate. See Certain
Cold-Rolled and Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel
Flat Products From Korea: Amended Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations in
Accordance with Decision Upon Remand, 66 FR
16656 (March 27, 2001).
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conducting an expedited sunset review
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As
a result of this sunset review, the
Department finds that revocation of the
CVD order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the levels
indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of
Review’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: June 6, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Copyak or Brandon Farlander,
AD/CVD Operations, Import
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: 202–482–2209 or 202–482–
0182, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 1, 2005, the Department
initiated a sunset review of the CVD
order on certain cut-to-length carbon
steel plate from Mexico pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation
of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews, 70 FR
65884. In November 2005, the
Department received notices of intent to
participate on behalf of Nucor
Corporation (‘‘Nucor’’); IPSCO Steel Inc.
(‘‘IPSCO’’); Oregon Steel Mills (‘‘Oregon
Steel’’); Mittal Steel USA ISG Inc.
(‘‘Mittal Steel USA’’); and United Steel,
Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers
International Union, AFL–CIO–CLC
(‘‘USW’’) (collectively, ‘‘domestic
interested parties’’). The domestic
interested parties claimed interested
party status under sections 771(9)(C)
and (D) of the Act, as domestic
producers of a like product, or a union
engaged in the production of subject
merchandise in the United States. The
Department received a complete
substantive response from the domestic
interested parties within the 30-day
deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i). We did not receive a
substantive response or a rebuttal
response from any foreign respondents.
As a result, pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is
conducting an expedited sunset review
of this CVD order.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are certain cut-to-length carbon steel
plates. These products include hotrolled carbon steel universal mill plates
(i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four
faces or in a closed box pass, of a width
exceeding 150 millimeters but not
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exceeding 1,250 millimeters and of a
thickness of not less than 4 millimeters,
not in coils and without patterns in
relief), of rectangular shape, neither
clad, plated nor coated with metal,
whether or not painted, varnished, or
coated with plastics or other
nonmetallic substances; and certain hotrolled carbon steel flat-rolled products
in straight lengths, of rectangular shape,
hot rolled, neither clad, plated, nor
coated with metal, whether or not
painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other nonmetallic substances,
4.75 millimeters or more in thickness
and of a width which exceeds 150
millimeters and measures at least twice
the thickness, as currently classifiable in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) under item
numbers 7208.31.0000, 7208.32.0000,
7208.33.1000, 7208.33.5000,
7208.41.0000, 7208.42.0000,
7208.43.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000,
7211.11.0000, 7211.12.0000,
7211.21.0000, 7211.22.0045,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, and 7212.50.0000.
Included in this administrative review
are flat-rolled products of nonrectangular cross-section where such
cross-section is achieved subsequent to
the rolling process (i.e., products which
have been ‘‘worked after rolling’’)—for
example, products which have been
beveled or rounded at the edges.
Excluded from this administrative
review is grade X–70 plate. HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise covered by this order is
dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are
addressed in the ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel
Plate from Mexico; Final Results’’
(‘‘Decision Memorandum’’) from
Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration to
David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary
for Import Administration, dated May
30, 2006, which is hereby adopted by
this notice. The issues discussed in the
Decision Memorandum include the
likelihood of continuation or recurrence
of a countervailable subsidy and the net
countervailable subsidy rate likely to
prevail if the order were revoked.
Parties can find a complete discussion
of all issues raised in this review and
the corresponding recommendation in
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sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES
this public memorandum which is on
file in the Central Records Unit, Room
B–099 of the main Commerce building.
In addition, a complete version of the
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Web at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and
electronic version of the Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
SUMMARY: On November 1, 2005, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) published in the Federal
Register the notice of initiation of the
second five-year sunset review of the
countervailing duty order on certain
cut–to-length carbon steel plate (‘‘CTL
Plate’’) from Brazil, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). See Initiation of
Final Results of Review
Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews, 70 FR
The Department determines that
65884 (November 1, 2005)(‘‘Second
revocation of the CVD order on certain
Sunset Review’’). On the basis of a
cut-to-length carbon steel plate from
notice of intent to participate and an
Mexico would be likely to lead to
adequate substantive response filed on
continuation or recurrence of a
behalf of domestic interested parties,
countervailable subsidy at the rates
and an inadequate response from
listed below:
respondent interested parties (in this
case, no response), the Department has
Net
conducted an expedited sunset review
countervailable
Manufacturer/exporter
of this order pursuant to section
subsidy
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and section
(percent)
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) of the Department’s
AHMSA .................................
28.32 regulations. As a result of this sunset
All Others ..............................
20.25 review, the Department finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty
Notification Regarding Administrative
order is likely to lead to continuation or
Protective Order
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy
at the level indicated in the ‘‘Final
This notice also serves as the only
Results of Review’’ section of this
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’) notice.
of their responsibility concerning the
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2006.
return or destruction of proprietary
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
information disclosed under APO in
Martha Douthit or Dana Mermelstein,
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 of the
AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import
Department’s regulations. Timely
Administration, International Trade
notification of the return or destruction
Administration, U.S. Department of
of APO materials or conversion to
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
judicial protective order is hereby
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230;
requested. Failure to comply with the
telephone: (202) 482–2371 or (202) 482–
regulations and terms of an APO is a
3964, respectively.
violation which is subject to sanction.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We are issuing and publishing these
results and notice in accordance with
Background
sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of
The countervailing duty order which
the Act.
covers CTL Plate from Brazil was
Dated: May 30, 2006.
published in the Federal Register on
David M. Spooner,
August 17, 1993. See Countervailing
Assistant Secretary for Import
Duty Order and Amendment to Final
Administration.
Affirmative Countervailing Duty
[FR Doc. 06–5144 Filed 6–5–06; 8:45 am]
Determination: Certain Steel Products
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From Brazil, 58 FR 43751 (August 17,
1993). On November 1, 2005, the
Department initiated the second sunset
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
review of the countervailing duty order
on CTL Plate from Brazil, pursuant to
International Trade Administration
section 751(c) of the Act. See Second
Sunset Review. The Department
(C–351–818)
received notices of intent to participate
from IPSCO, Inc., Mittal Steel USA ISG,
Cut–to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Inc., Nucor Corporation, Oregon Steel
Brazil: Final Results of Expedited Five- Mills, Inc., and United Steel, Paper and
year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review of the
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing,
Countervailing Duty Order
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service
Workers International Union, AFL–CIOAGENCY: Import Administration,
CLC (‘‘USW’’) (collectively, ‘‘domestic
International Trade Administration,
interested parties’’), within the deadline
Department of Commerce.
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specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).1
Domestic interested parties claimed
interested party status under sections
771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act, as U.S.
producers and a certified union engaged
in the manufacture, production, or
wholesale of CTL Plate in the United
States.
On November 30, 2005, the
Department received a substantive
response from domestic interested
parties within deadline specified in 19
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).2 The Department
did not receive any responses from any
respondent interested party to this
proceeding. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(1), the Department
notified the International Trade
Commission (‘‘ITC’’) that respondent
interested parties provided an
inadequate response to the Notice of
Initiation of Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’)
Reviews.3 The Department, therefore,
has conducted an expedited sunset
review of the countervailing duty order,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)
and 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
In accordance with section
751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, the
Department may treat a review as
extraordinarily complicated if it is a
review of a transition order (i.e., an
order in effect on January 1, 1995, the
effective date of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act), as is the case in this
proceeding. As such, the Department
determined that the sunset review of the
countervailing duty order on CTL Plate
from Brazil, is extraordinarily
complicated and requires additional
time for the completion of final results
of review. In accordance with section
751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department
extended the time limit for completion
of the final results of CTL Plate from
Brazil until no later than May 30, 2006.
See Cut–to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
from Brazil and Spain; Extension of
Time Limits for Final Results of
Expedited Five-year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews
1 Domestic interested parties note that Mittal,
IPSCO, and Oregon Steel Mills, were the petitioners
or successors to petitioners in the original
investigation and that they have participated in the
first sunset review.
2 On December 1, 2005, the Department received
a letter from domestic interested parties regarding
an amendment to their November 30, 2005
substantive response to the Department’s initiation
of the sunset review on CTL Plate from Brazil. In
the letter, domestic interested parties included
United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC
(‘‘USW’’) to the November 30, 2005 substantive
response.
3 See December 21, 2005 letter to Robert
Carpenter, Director of Investigations, ITC, from
Barbara E. Tillman, Director, Office 6, AD/CVD
Operations, Import Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-201-810]
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico: Final
Results of Expedited Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') initiated a sunset review of the countervailing duty
(``CVD'') order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Mexico
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''). See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 70 FR 65884
(November 1, 2005). On the basis of notices of intent to participate
and an adequate substantive response filed on behalf of the domestic
interested parties, and an inadequate response from respondent
interested parties (in this case, no response), the Department is
conducting an expedited sunset review pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As a result of this sunset
review, the Department finds that revocation of the CVD order would be
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable
subsidies at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Review''
section of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: June 6, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak or Brandon Farlander,
AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: 202-482-2209 or 202-482-0182, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 1, 2005, the Department initiated a sunset review of
the CVD order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Mexico
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation of Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Reviews, 70 FR 65884. In November 2005, the Department
received notices of intent to participate on behalf of Nucor
Corporation (``Nucor''); IPSCO Steel Inc. (``IPSCO''); Oregon Steel
Mills (``Oregon Steel''); Mittal Steel USA ISG Inc. (``Mittal Steel
USA''); and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing,
Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-
CIO-CLC (``USW'') (collectively, ``domestic interested parties''). The
domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under
sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act, as domestic producers of a like
product, or a union engaged in the production of subject merchandise in
the United States. The Department received a complete substantive
response from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We did not receive a
substantive response or a rebuttal response from any foreign
respondents. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department is conducting an
expedited sunset review of this CVD order.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are certain cut-to-length carbon
steel plates. These products include hot-rolled carbon steel universal
mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a
closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 millimeters but not exceeding
1,250 millimeters and of a thickness of not less than 4 millimeters,
not in coils and without patterns in relief), of rectangular shape,
neither clad, plated nor coated with metal, whether or not painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances; and
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat-rolled products in straight
lengths, of rectangular shape, hot rolled, neither clad, plated, nor
coated with metal, whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other nonmetallic substances, 4.75 millimeters or more in
thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at
least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under item numbers
7208.31.0000, 7208.32.0000, 7208.33.1000, 7208.33.5000, 7208.41.0000,
7208.42.0000, 7208.43.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000,
7211.11.0000, 7211.12.0000, 7211.21.0000, 7211.22.0045, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, and 7212.50.0000. Included in this
administrative review are flat-rolled products of non-rectangular
cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the
rolling process (i.e., products which have been ``worked after
rolling'')--for example, products which have been beveled or rounded at
the edges. Excluded from this administrative review is grade X-70
plate. HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise
covered by this order is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are addressed in the ``Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
from Mexico; Final Results'' (``Decision Memorandum'') from Stephen J.
Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration to David
M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated May
30, 2006, which is hereby adopted by this notice. The issues discussed
in the Decision Memorandum include the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable
subsidy rate likely to prevail if the order were revoked.
Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this
review and the corresponding recommendation in
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this public memorandum which is on file in the Central Records Unit,
Room B-099 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete
version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web
at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of
the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of Review
The Department determines that revocation of the CVD order on
certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Mexico would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the
rates listed below:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net
countervailable
Manufacturer/exporter subsidy
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AHMSA.................................................. 28.32
All Others............................................. 20.25
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 of the
Department's regulations. Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms
of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: May 30, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 06-5144 Filed 6-5-06; 8:45 am]
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