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on May 3, 2006, from the respondent
interested party, Indorama Chemicals
(Thailand) Ltd. On May 8, 2006, we
received rebuttal comments from the
domestic interested party.
On May 23, 2006, the Department
determined to conduct a full sunset
review of the antidumping duty order
on furfuryl alcohol from Thailand as
provided at section 751(c)(5)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’) and at section 351.218 (e)(2)(i) of
the Department’s regulations because:
(1) the domestic interested party’s and
respondent interested party’s
substantive responses met the
requirements of section 351.218(d)(3) of
the Department’s regulations, and (2)
both the information on the record and
our review of the proprietary CBP data,
indicated that the respondent interested
party accounts for more than 50 percent
of the exports to the United States, the
level that the Department normally
considers to be an adequate response to
the notice of initiation by respondent
interested parties under section 351.218
(e)(1)(ii)(A).
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Extension of Time Limits
In accordance with section
751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department
may extend the period of time for
making its determination by not more
than 90 days, if it determines that the
review is extraordinarily complicated.
On May 2, May 3, and May 8, 2006, the
parties filed comments raising various
issues. Because some of these issues are
complex, the Department has
determined, pursuant to section
751(c)(5)(C)(ii) of the Act, that the
sunset review is extraordinarily
complicated and will require additional
time for the Department to complete its
analysis.
The Department’s preliminary results
of the full sunset review of the
antidumping duty order on furfuryl
alcohol from Thailand are scheduled for
July 22, 2006, and the final results are
scheduled for November 29, 2006. As a
result of our decision to extend the
deadlines, the Department intends to
issue the preliminary results of the full
sunset review of the antidumping duty
order on furfuryl alcohol from Thailand
no later than October 20, 2006, and the
final results of the review no later than
February 27, 2007. These dates are 90
days from the originally scheduled dates
of the preliminary and final results of
this sunset review.
This notice is issued in accordance
with sections 751(c)(5)(B) and (C)(ii) of
the Act.
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Dated: July 10, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–820]
Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products From India: Notice of Intent
to Rescind Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department ofCommerce.
SUMMARY: After initiating a review of the
antidumping duty order on certain hot–
rolled carbon steel flat products from
India covering the period December 1,
2004, through November 30, 2005, the
sole respondent, Essar Steel Ltd.,
claimed it did not ship subject
merchandise to the United States during
the period of review (POR). Based on
record evidence consistent with this
claim, the Department of Commerce
intends to rescind the instant
administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Pedersen or Howard Smith, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230,
telephone: (202) 482–2769 or (202) 482–
5193, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On December 1, 2005, the Department
of Commerce (the Department)
published, in the Federal Register, a
notice of the opportunity to request an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain hot–
rolled carbon steel flat products (HRS)
from India, covering the period
December 1, 2004, through November
30, 2005. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 70
FR 72109 (December 1, 2005). On
December 30, 2005 and January 3, 2006,
Nucor Corporation and U.S. Steel
Corporation (collectively, petitioners),
respectively, requested an
administrative review of the above–
referenced antidumping order with
respect to Essar Steel Ltd. (Essar). On
February 1, 2006, the Department
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initiated the requested administrative
review. See Initiation of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in
Part, 71 FR 5241 (February 1, 2006). On
February 10, 2006, Essar submitted a
letter to the Department in which it
certified that it made no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the
antidumping duty order are certain hot–
rolled carbon steel flat 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 4.0 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 the order.
Specifically included within the
scope of the 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 to be included in the
scope of the 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 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
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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 the order
unless otherwise excluded. The
following products, by way of example,
are outside or specifically excluded
from the scope of the order:
• Alloy HRS products in which at
least one of the chemical elements
exceeds those listed above
(including, e.g., American Society
for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
specifications A543, A387, A514,
A517, A506).
• Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE)/American Iron & Steel
Institute (AISI) grades of series 2300
and higher.
• Ball bearing 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 the order
is classified 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 carbon steel flat
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products covered by the 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
written description of the merchandise
under review is dispositive.
Intent to Rescind the Administrative
Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR § 351.213(d)(3),
the Department may rescind an
administrative review of a particular
exporter or producer if it concludes,
with respect to that exporter or
producer, that there were no entries,
exports, or sales of the subject
merchandise, as the case may be, during
the POR. After receiving Essar’s ‘‘no
shipments’’ claim, the Department
examined Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) entry data for the POR.
These data support the conclusion that
there were no entries, exports, or sales
of subject merchandise from Essar
during the POR. See memorandum to
the file from Kavita Mohan dated July 7,
2006. Further, on March 23, 2006, the
Department requested that CBP notify it
within 10 days if CBP had evidence of
exports of subject merchandise from
Essar during the POR. CBP has not
notified the Department of such exports.
See the memorandum to the file from
Jeff Pedersen dated March 29, 2006.
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
§ 351.213(d)(3), and consistent with our
practice, we have preliminarily
determined to rescind this review. See,
e.g., Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bars From Turkey; Final Results,
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review in Part, and
Determination not to Revoke in Part, 68
FR 53127 (September 9, 2003) (after
finding no evidence of entries of subject
merchandise from two companies that
made ‘‘no shipments’’ claims, the
Department stated that ‘‘consistent with
our practice, we are rescinding our
review for Diler and Ekinciler’’). If,
however, Essar’s subject merchandise
did enter the United States during the
POR by way of intermediaries, and this
merchandise entered under CBP’s
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antidumping case number for Essar, the
Department will instruct CBP to
liquidate such entries at the ‘‘all–
others’’ rate in effect on the date of the
entry. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case
briefs and request a hearing within 30
days after the date of publication of this
preliminary notice. See 19 CFR
§ 351.309(c)(ii) and 19 CFR § 351.310(c).
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
in case briefs, may be filed no later than
five days after the time limit for filing
the case brief. See 19 CFR § 351.309(d).
Any hearing requested will be held 44
days after the date of publication of this
notice, or the first working day
thereafter. 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. Unless the
deadline for issuing the final results of
review is extended, the Department will
issue the final results of review, which
will include the results of its analysis of
issues raised in written comments, or at
a hearing, 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: July 7, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import
Administration.
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Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts
Thereof, Finished or Unfinished, From
the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and Notice
of Intent To Rescind in Part
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) is conducting the
eighteenth administrative review of the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-820]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Notice
of Intent to Rescind Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department ofCommerce.
SUMMARY: After initiating a review of the antidumping duty order on
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India covering the
period December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005, the sole
respondent, Essar Steel Ltd., claimed it did not ship subject
merchandise to the United States during the period of review (POR).
Based on record evidence consistent with this claim, the Department of
Commerce intends to rescind the instant administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Pedersen or Howard Smith, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
2769 or (202) 482-5193, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published, in the Federal Register, a notice of the opportunity to
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (HRS) from India,
covering the period December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005. See
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR
72109 (December 1, 2005). On December 30, 2005 and January 3, 2006,
Nucor Corporation and U.S. Steel Corporation (collectively,
petitioners), respectively, requested an administrative review of the
above-referenced antidumping order with respect to Essar Steel Ltd.
(Essar). On February 1, 2006, the Department initiated the requested
administrative review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 71 FR
5241 (February 1, 2006). On February 10, 2006, Essar submitted a letter
to the Department in which it certified that it made no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the antidumping duty order are certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat 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 4.0 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 the
order.
Specifically included within the scope of the 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 to be included in the scope of the 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 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
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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 the order unless otherwise
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or
specifically excluded from the scope of the order:
Alloy HRS products in which at least one of the chemical
elements exceeds those listed above (including, e.g., American Society
for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A543, A387, A514, A517,
A506).
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/American Iron &
Steel Institute (AISI) grades of series 2300 and higher.
Ball bearing 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 the order is classified 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 carbon steel flat
products covered by the 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
written description of the merchandise under review is dispositive.
Intent to Rescind the Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR Sec. 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind
an administrative review of a particular exporter or producer if it
concludes, with respect to that exporter or producer, that there were
no entries, exports, or sales of the subject merchandise, as the case
may be, during the POR. After receiving Essar's ``no shipments'' claim,
the Department examined Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry data
for the POR. These data support the conclusion that there were no
entries, exports, or sales of subject merchandise from Essar during the
POR. See memorandum to the file from Kavita Mohan dated July 7, 2006.
Further, on March 23, 2006, the Department requested that CBP notify it
within 10 days if CBP had evidence of exports of subject merchandise
from Essar during the POR. CBP has not notified the Department of such
exports. See the memorandum to the file from Jeff Pedersen dated March
29, 2006. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR Sec. 351.213(d)(3), and
consistent with our practice, we have preliminarily determined to
rescind this review. See, e.g., Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars
From Turkey; Final Results, Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review in Part, and Determination not to Revoke in Part,
68 FR 53127 (September 9, 2003) (after finding no evidence of entries
of subject merchandise from two companies that made ``no shipments''
claims, the Department stated that ``consistent with our practice, we
are rescinding our review for Diler and Ekinciler''). If, however,
Essar's subject merchandise did enter the United States during the POR
by way of intermediaries, and this merchandise entered under CBP's
antidumping case number for Essar, the Department will instruct CBP to
liquidate such entries at the ``all-others'' rate in effect on the date
of the entry. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Public Comment
Interested parties may submit case briefs and request a hearing
within 30 days after the date of publication of this preliminary
notice. See 19 CFR Sec. 351.309(c)(ii) and 19 CFR Sec. 351.310(c).
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be filed
no later than five days after the time limit for filing the case brief.
See 19 CFR Sec. 351.309(d). Any hearing requested will be held 44 days
after the date of publication of this notice, or the first working day
thereafter. 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. Unless the
deadline for issuing the final results of review is extended, the
Department will issue the final results of review, which will include
the results of its analysis of issues raised in written comments, or at
a hearing, 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 Sec. 351.213(d).
Dated: July 7, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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