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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–428–815]
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Changed Circumstances Review
and Revocation of Order In Part:
Certain Corrosion–Resistant Carbon
Steel Flat Products from Germany
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 13, 2006, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) published a notice of
preliminary results of changed
circumstances reviews with the intent to
revoke, in part, the antidumping duty
order on certain corrosion–resistant
carbon steel flat products (‘‘corrosion–
resistant steel’’) from Germany, as
described below. See Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Reviews And Notice of
Intent to Revoke Order in Part: Certain
Corrosion–Resistant Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Germany, 71 FR 60473
(October 13, 2006) (Preliminary Results).
In our Preliminary Results, the
Department invited interested parties to
comment on the preliminary
determination to exclude certain
corrosion–resistant carbon steel flat
products from Germany (‘‘product in
question’’), as described below, from the
scope of the order. The Department
received no comments.
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Absent any comments, the
Department concludes that producers
accounting for substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product
to which this order pertains lack interest
in the relief provided by this order with
respect to the product in question
because the domestic parties: (1) Made
affirmative statements of no interest in
the continuation of the order with
respect to the product in question; and
(2) did not comment on the Preliminary
Results, in which the Department stated
its intent to revoke the order with
respect to that merchandise. Therefore,
the Department concludes that it is
appropriate to revoke this order, in part,
with respect to unliquidated entries of
the product in question that are not
subject to the final results of an
administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 13, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy
Lao or Richard Weible, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 7, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482- 7924 or (202) 482–
1103, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the
antidumping duty order on corrosion–
resistant steel from Germany on August
19, 1993. See Notice of Antidumping
Duty Order: Corrosion–Resistant Carbon
Steel Flat Products from Germany, 58
FR 44170 (August 19, 1993). See also
Final Results of Changed Circumstances
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Duty Reviews and Revocation of Orders
in Part: Certain Corrosion–Resistant
Carbon Steel Flat Products from
Germany, 64 FR 51292 (September 22,
1999), and Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Reviews and
Revocation of Orders in Part: Certain
Corrosion–Resistant Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Canada and Germany, 71
FR 14498 (March 22, 2006).
On August 17, 2006, ThyssenKrupp
Steel North America, Inc.
(‘‘ThyssenKrupp’’), a U.S. importer of
the subject merchandise, requested a
changed circumstances review to
exclude from the antidumping duty
order on corrosion–resistant steel from
Germany imports meeting the following
description: electrolytically zinc coated
flat steel products, with a coating mass
between 35 and 72 grams per meter
squared on each side; with a thickness
range of 0.67 mm or more but not more
than 2.95 mm and width 817 mm or
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more but not over 1830 mm; having the
following chemical composition
(percent by weight): carbon not over
0.08, silicon not over 0.25, manganese
not over 0.9, phosphorous not over
0.025, sulfur not over 0.012, chromium
not over 0.1, titanium not over 0.005
and niobium not over 0.05; with a
minimum yield strength of 310 Mpa and
a minimum tensile strength of 390 Mpa;
additionally coated on one or both sides
with an organic coating containing not
less than 30% and not more than 60%
zinc and free of hexavalent chrome. See
ThyssenKrupp letter to the Department
dated August 17, 2006.1 In addition,
Mittal Steel USA (‘‘Mittal Steel’’), a
major domestic corrosion–resistant steel
producer, submitted a letter to the
Department expressing a lack of interest
in continuing to have the product in
question subject to this antidumping
duty order.2 See Mittal Steel letter to the
Department dated August 18, 2006.
In response to the request made by the
‘‘interested party’’ within the meaning
of section 771(9) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
ThyssenKrupp, and the expressed lack
of interest from Mittal Steel, the
Department published a notice of
initiation of a changed circumstances
review of the antidumping duty order
on corrosion–resistant steel from
Germany on September 12, 2006. See
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review: Certain
Corrosion–Resistant Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Germany, 71 FR 53653
(September 12, 2006) (Initiation Notice).
On September 27, 2006, ThyssenKrupp
stated that the effective date for the
exclusion should be August 1, 2005. In
the Initiation Notice, the Department
indicated that interested parties could
submit comments for consideration in
the Department’s preliminary results no
later than 15 days after publication of
the initiation of this review. The
Department did not receive comments
from interested parties. Absent any
comments, the Department
1 DaimlerChrylser Corporation
(‘‘DaimlerChrysler’’), a domestic customer of
corrosion-resistant steel, also submitted letters to
the Department pre-dating ThyssenKrupp’s request,
indicating that it had contacted United States Steel
Corporation, Mittal Steel, AK Steel, and Nucor
Corporation, (domestic interested parties) and
determined they are not interested in maintaining
the antidumping duty order with respect to the
product in question. See Letters to the Department
from DaimlerChrysler dated June 22, 2006, and July
18, 2006, respectively.
2 On September 26, 2006, Mittal Steel submitted
a letter to the Department clarifying minor
discrepancies in its August 18, 2006, submission
regarding the product specifications of the product
in question it is no longer interested in having
covered by the antidumping duty order on
corrosion-resistant steel from Germany.
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preliminarily concluded that producers
accounting for substantially all of the
production of the domestic like product
to which these orders pertain lacked
interest in the relief provided by these
orders with respect to the product in
question. See Preliminary Results, 71 FR
60473 (October 13, 2006). The
Department invited interested parties to
comment on its preliminary
determination to revoke the order, in
part. The Department did not receive
comments from any interested parties.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are corrosion–resistant carbon steel flat
products from Germany. This scope
includes flat–rolled carbon steel
products, of rectangular shape, either
clad, plated, or coated with corrosion–
resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum,
or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or iron–
based alloys, whether or not corrugated
or painted, varnished or coated with
plastics or other nonmetallic substances
in addition to the metallic coating, in
coils (whether or not in successively
superimposed layers) and of a width of
0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths
which, if of a thickness less than 4.75
millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch
or greater and which measures at least
10 times the thickness or if of a
thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more
are 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: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000,
7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030,
7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090,
7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000,
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000,
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500,
7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560,
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in
this order 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 order are
flat–rolled steel products either plated
or coated with tin, lead, chromium,
chromium oxides, both tin and lead
(‘‘terne plate’’), or both chromium and
chromium oxides (‘‘tin–free steel’’),
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whether or not painted, varnished or
coated with plastics or other
nonmetallic substances in addition to
the metallic coating. Also excluded from
this order are clad products in straight
lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in
composite thickness and of a width
which exceeds 150 millimeters and
measures at least twice the thickness.
Also excluded from this order are
certain clad stainless flat–rolled
products, which are three–layered
corrosion–resistant carbon steel flat–
rolled products less than 4.75
millimeters in composite thickness that
consist of a carbon steel flat–rolled
product clad on both sides with
stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
Also excluded from this order are deep–
drawing carbon steel strip, roll–clad on
both sides with aluminum (AlSi) foils in
accordance with St3 LG as to EN 10139/
10140. The merchandise’s chemical
composition encompasses a corrosion–
resistant material of U St 23 (continuous
casting) in which carbon is less than
0.08; manganese is less than 0.30;
phosphorous is less than 0.20; sulfur is
less than 0.015; aluminum is less than
0.01; and the cladding material is a
minimum of 99% aluminum with
silicon/copper/iron of less than 1%. The
products are in strips with thicknesses
of 0.07mm to 4.0mm (inclusive) and
widths of 5mm to 800mm (inclusive).
The thickness ratio of aluminum on
either side of steel may range from 3%/
94%/3% to 10%/80%/10%. Also
excluded from this order is corrosion–
resistant steel meeting the following
description: certain flat–rolled wear
plate ranging from 30 inches to 50
inches in width, from 45 inches to 110
inches in length and from 0.187 inch to
0.875 inch in total thickness, having a
layer on one side composed principally
of a combination of boron carbides,
chromium carbides, nickel carbides,
silicon carbides, manganese carbides,
niobium carbides, iron carbides,
tungsten carbides, vanadium carbides,
titanium carbides and/or molybdenum
carbides fused to a non–alloy flat–rolled
steel substrate. The carbides are in the
form of MxCx where ‘‘M’’ stands for the
metal and ‘‘x’’ for the atomic ratio. An
example of a common carbide would be
(Cr7C3). The carbide layer is a visually
distinct layer ranging in thickness from
0.062 inch to 0.312 inch with hardness
at the surface of the carbide layer in
excess of 55 HRC.
As a result of this current changed
circumstances review, also excluded
from the scope of this order is certain
corrosion–resistant carbon steel from
Germany, meeting the following
description: electrolytically zinc coated
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flat steel products, with a coating mass
between 35 and 72 grams per meter
squared on each side; with a thickness
range of 0.67 mm or more but not more
than 2.95 mm and width 817 mm or
more but not over 1830 mm; having the
following chemical composition
(percent by weight): carbon not over
0.08, silicon not over 0.25, manganese
not over 0.9, phosphorous not over
0.025, sulfur not over 0.012, chromium
not over 0.1, titanium not over 0.005
and niobium not over 0.05; with a
minimum yield strength of 310 Mpa and
a minimum tensile strength of 390 Mpa;
additionally coated on one or both sides
with an organic coating containing not
less than 30 percent and not more than
60 percent zinc and free of hexavalent
chrome.
The HTSUS item numbers are
provided for convenience and Customs
purposes. The written description
remains dispositive.
Final Result of Review and Revocation
of Antidumping Duty Order, In Part
Pursuant to sections 751(d)(1) and
782(h)(2) of the Act, the Department
may revoke an antidumping duty order
based on a review under section 751(b)
of the Act (i.e., a changed circumstances
review). Section 751(b)(1) of the Act
requires a changed circumstances
review to be conducted upon receipt of
a request which shows changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant a
review.
In the instant review, based on the
information provided by ThyssenKrupp
and Mittal Steel, and the lack of
comments from domestic interested
parties, the Department preliminarily
found that the continued relief provided
by the order with respect to the product
in question from Germany is no longer
of interest to the domestic industry. We
did not receive any comments on our
Preliminary Results. Therefore, the
Department is revoking the order on
corrosion–resistant steel from Germany
with regard to the products that meet
the specifications detailed above.
We will instruct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate
without regard to antidumping duties,
and to refund any estimated
antidumping duties collected on all
unliquidated entries of the product in
question that are not covered by the
final results of an administrative review
or automatic liquidation. The most
recent period for which the Department
has completed an administrative review,
or ordered automatic liquidation, is
August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005.
Any prior entries are subject to either
the final results of review or automatic
liquidation. Therefore, we will instruct
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CBP to liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, shipments of
corrosion–resistant steel meeting the
specifications of the product in question
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after August 1,
2005. We will also instruct CBP to pay
interest on such refunds in accordance
with section 778 of the Act and 19 CFR
351.222(g)(4).
This changed circumstance review,
partial revocation of antidumping duty
order, and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(b) and (d), 782(h) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and section
351.216(e) and 351.222(g)(3)(vii) of the
Department’s regulations.
Dated: November 6, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–863]
Honey from the People’s Republic of
China: Notice of Extension of Time
Limit for the Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and New Shipper Reviews
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 13, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Helen Kramer or Judy Lao, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 7, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: 202–482–0405 and 202–482–
7924, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On January 31, 2006, the Department
of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’)
published the initiation of its new
shipper antidumping duty reviews of
honey from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’) for four companies,
covering the period of December 1,
2004, through November 30, 2005. See
Honey from the People’s Republic of
China: Notice of Initiation of New
Shipper Antidumping Duty Reviews, 71
FR 5051 (January 31, 2006). On
February 1, 2006, the Department
published the initiation of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on honey from
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the PRC covering the period December
1, 2004, through November 30, 2005.
See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review and Request for Revocation in
Part, 71 FR 5241 (February 1, 2006). On
July 3, 2006, the Department extended
the preliminary results for the new
shipper review by 120 days. See Honey
from the People’s Republic of China:
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for
the Preliminary Results of the New
Shipper Review, 71 FR 37904 (July 3,
2006). On July 12, 2006, Tianjin Eulia
Honey Co., Ltd., one of the new shipper
companies in this proceeding, withdrew
its request for a new shipper review.
The Department rescinded the review
for Tianjin Eulia Honey Co., Ltd. on July
31, 2006. See Honey from the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Rescission
of Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review, 71 FR 43110 (July 31, 2006). On
August 16, 2006, the Department
extended the preliminary results for the
administrative review by 80 days. See
Honey from the People’s Republic of
China: Notice of Extension of Time
Limit for the Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 71 FR 47170 (August 16, 2006).
The preliminary results for the new
shipper reviews and the administrative
review are currently due no later than
November 21, 2006.
On October 25, 2006, the Department
received a letter from counsel to Inner
Mongolia Altin Bee–Keeping Co., Ltd.,
Dongtai Peak Honey Industry Co., Ltd,
and Qinhuangdao Municipal Dafeng
Industrial Co., Ltd. agreeing to waive the
new shipper time limits in accordance
with 19 CFR § 351.214(j)(3). Therefore,
in accordance with 19 CFR
§ 351.214(j)(3), on October 25, 2006, the
Department acknowledged respondents’
waiver of the new shipper review time
limits and aligned the new shipper
reviews with the administrative review.
See Department’s Memo to All
Interested Parties dated October 25,
2006, in which the Department
acknowledged that all three remaining
new shipper companies waived the new
shipper time limits, and the Department
aligned the current new shipper reviews
with the current administrative review.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results of Review
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’), the Department shall make a
preliminary determination in an
administrative review of an
antidumping duty order within 245
days after the last day of the anniversary
month of the date of publication of the
order. The Act further provides that the
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Department may extend that 245-day
period to 365 days if it determines it is
not practicable to complete the review
within the foregoing time period. See
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Completion of the preliminary results
for the administrative review within the
245-day period is not practicable. The
administrative review and new shipper
review cover six companies involving
complex issues regarding surrogate
values. The Department is also required
to gather and analyze a significant
amount of information pertaining to
each company’s sales and production
processes. Additionally, the Department
only recently received information on
appropriate surrogate values from both
respondents and petitioners. See
Submission from Petitioners re:
Surrogate Values for the Factors of
Production in the 8th New Shipper
Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order for Honey
from the PRC, dated September 22,
2006; see also Submission from
Respondents regarding Surrogate
Values, dated September 20, 2006; see
also Rebuttal Comments from
Petitioners and Respondents on
Proposed Surrogate Value Data, dated
October 10, 2006, and October 12, 2006,
respectively. The Department requires
further time to review the data
contained in these submissions for
consideration in the preliminary results
of these new shipper and administrative
reviews. Therefore, in accordance with
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the
Department is extending the time period
for completion of the preliminary
results of this review by 30 days, until
December 21, 2006.
This notice is published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: November 3, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–507–601]
Certain In–shell Roasted Pistachios
from the Islamic Republic of Iran: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 7, 2006, the
Department of Commerce (the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-428-815]
Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances
Review and Revocation of Order In Part: Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Germany
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 13, 2006, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published a notice of preliminary results of changed
circumstances reviews with the intent to revoke, in part, the
antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat
products (``corrosion-resistant steel'') from Germany, as described
below. See Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Reviews And Notice of Intent to Revoke Order in Part:
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Germany, 71
FR 60473 (October 13, 2006) (Preliminary Results). In our Preliminary
Results, the Department invited interested parties to comment on the
preliminary determination to exclude certain corrosion-resistant carbon
steel flat products from Germany (``product in question''), as
described below, from the scope of the order. The Department received
no comments.
Absent any comments, the Department concludes that producers
accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like
product to which this order pertains lack interest in the relief
provided by this order with respect to the product in question because
the domestic parties: (1) Made affirmative statements of no interest in
the continuation of the order with respect to the product in question;
and (2) did not comment on the Preliminary Results, in which the
Department stated its intent to revoke the order with respect to that
merchandise. Therefore, the Department concludes that it is appropriate
to revoke this order, in part, with respect to unliquidated entries of
the product in question that are not subject to the final results of an
administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 13, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Lao or Richard Weible, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
7924 or (202) 482-1103, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the antidumping duty order on corrosion-
resistant steel from Germany on August 19, 1993. See Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order: Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products
from Germany, 58 FR 44170 (August 19, 1993). See also Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Reviews
and Revocation of Orders in Part: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon
Steel Flat Products from Germany, 64 FR 51292 (September 22, 1999), and
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Reviews and Revocation of Orders in Part: Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada and Germany, 71 FR
14498 (March 22, 2006).
On August 17, 2006, ThyssenKrupp Steel North America, Inc.
(``ThyssenKrupp''), a U.S. importer of the subject merchandise,
requested a changed circumstances review to exclude from the
antidumping duty order on corrosion-resistant steel from Germany
imports meeting the following description: electrolytically zinc coated
flat steel products, with a coating mass between 35 and 72 grams per
meter squared on each side; with a thickness range of 0.67 mm or more
but not more than 2.95 mm and width 817 mm or more but not over 1830
mm; having the following chemical composition (percent by weight):
carbon not over 0.08, silicon not over 0.25, manganese not over 0.9,
phosphorous not over 0.025, sulfur not over 0.012, chromium not over
0.1, titanium not over 0.005 and niobium not over 0.05; with a minimum
yield strength of 310 Mpa and a minimum tensile strength of 390 Mpa;
additionally coated on one or both sides with an organic coating
containing not less than 30[percnt] and not more than 60[percnt] zinc
and free of hexavalent chrome. See ThyssenKrupp letter to the
Department dated August 17, 2006.\1\ In addition, Mittal Steel USA
(``Mittal Steel''), a major domestic corrosion-resistant steel
producer, submitted a letter to the Department expressing a lack of
interest in continuing to have the product in question subject to this
antidumping duty order.\2\ See Mittal Steel letter to the Department
dated August 18, 2006.
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\1\ DaimlerChrylser Corporation (``DaimlerChrysler''), a
domestic customer of corrosion-resistant steel, also submitted
letters to the Department pre-dating ThyssenKrupp's request,
indicating that it had contacted United States Steel Corporation,
Mittal Steel, AK Steel, and Nucor Corporation, (domestic interested
parties) and determined they are not interested in maintaining the
antidumping duty order with respect to the product in question. See
Letters to the Department from DaimlerChrysler dated June 22, 2006,
and July 18, 2006, respectively.
\2\ On September 26, 2006, Mittal Steel submitted a letter to
the Department clarifying minor discrepancies in its August 18,
2006, submission regarding the product specifications of the product
in question it is no longer interested in having covered by the
antidumping duty order on corrosion-resistant steel from Germany.
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In response to the request made by the ``interested party'' within
the meaning of section 771(9) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(``the Act''), ThyssenKrupp, and the expressed lack of interest from
Mittal Steel, the Department published a notice of initiation of a
changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on
corrosion-resistant steel from Germany on September 12, 2006. See
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Germany, 71 FR
53653 (September 12, 2006) (Initiation Notice). On September 27, 2006,
ThyssenKrupp stated that the effective date for the exclusion should be
August 1, 2005. In the Initiation Notice, the Department indicated that
interested parties could submit comments for consideration in the
Department's preliminary results no later than 15 days after
publication of the initiation of this review. The Department did not
receive comments from interested parties. Absent any comments, the
Department
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preliminarily concluded that producers accounting for substantially all
of the production of the domestic like product to which these orders
pertain lacked interest in the relief provided by these orders with
respect to the product in question. See Preliminary Results, 71 FR
60473 (October 13, 2006). The Department invited interested parties to
comment on its preliminary determination to revoke the order, in part.
The Department did not receive comments from any interested parties.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are corrosion-resistant carbon
steel flat products from Germany. This scope includes flat-rolled
carbon steel products, of rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or
coated with corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-
, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated or
painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic
substances in addition to the metallic coating, in coils (whether or
not in successively superimposed layers) and of a width of 0.5 inch or
greater, or in straight lengths which, if of a thickness less than 4.75
millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and which measures
at least 10 times the thickness or if of a thickness of 4.75
millimeters or more are 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: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in this order 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 order are
flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with tin, lead,
chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne plate''), or both
chromium and chromium oxides (``tin-free steel''), whether or not
painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic
substances in addition to the metallic coating. Also excluded from this
order are clad products in straight lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in
composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and
measures at least twice the thickness. Also excluded from this order
are certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-
layered corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less than
4.75 millimeters in composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel
flat-rolled product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a
20[percnt]-60[percnt]-20[percnt] ratio. Also excluded from this order
are deep-drawing carbon steel strip, roll-clad on both sides with
aluminum (AlSi) foils in accordance with St3 LG as to EN 10139/10140.
The merchandise's chemical composition encompasses a corrosion-
resistant material of U St 23 (continuous casting) in which carbon is
less than 0.08; manganese is less than 0.30; phosphorous is less than
0.20; sulfur is less than 0.015; aluminum is less than 0.01; and the
cladding material is a minimum of 99[percnt] aluminum with silicon/
copper/iron of less than 1[percnt]. The products are in strips with
thicknesses of 0.07mm to 4.0mm (inclusive) and widths of 5mm to 800mm
(inclusive). The thickness ratio of aluminum on either side of steel
may range from 3[percnt]/94[percnt]/3[percnt] to 10[percnt]/80[percnt]/
10[percnt]. Also excluded from this order is corrosion-resistant steel
meeting the following description: certain flat-rolled wear plate
ranging from 30 inches to 50 inches in width, from 45 inches to 110
inches in length and from 0.187 inch to 0.875 inch in total thickness,
having a layer on one side composed principally of a combination of
boron carbides, chromium carbides, nickel carbides, silicon carbides,
manganese carbides, niobium carbides, iron carbides, tungsten carbides,
vanadium carbides, titanium carbides and/or molybdenum carbides fused
to a non-alloy flat-rolled steel substrate. The carbides are in the
form of MxCx where ``M'' stands for the metal and
``x'' for the atomic ratio. An example of a common carbide would be
(Cr7C3). The carbide layer is a visually distinct
layer ranging in thickness from 0.062 inch to 0.312 inch with hardness
at the surface of the carbide layer in excess of 55 HRC.
As a result of this current changed circumstances review, also
excluded from the scope of this order is certain corrosion-resistant
carbon steel from Germany, meeting the following description:
electrolytically zinc coated flat steel products, with a coating mass
between 35 and 72 grams per meter squared on each side; with a
thickness range of 0.67 mm or more but not more than 2.95 mm and width
817 mm or more but not over 1830 mm; having the following chemical
composition (percent by weight): carbon not over 0.08, silicon not over
0.25, manganese not over 0.9, phosphorous not over 0.025, sulfur not
over 0.012, chromium not over 0.1, titanium not over 0.005 and niobium
not over 0.05; with a minimum yield strength of 310 Mpa and a minimum
tensile strength of 390 Mpa; additionally coated on one or both sides
with an organic coating containing not less than 30 percent and not
more than 60 percent zinc and free of hexavalent chrome.
The HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and Customs
purposes. The written description remains dispositive.
Final Result of Review and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order, In
Part
Pursuant to sections 751(d)(1) and 782(h)(2) of the Act, the
Department may revoke an antidumping duty order based on a review under
section 751(b) of the Act (i.e., a changed circumstances review).
Section 751(b)(1) of the Act requires a changed circumstances review to
be conducted upon receipt of a request which shows changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review.
In the instant review, based on the information provided by
ThyssenKrupp and Mittal Steel, and the lack of comments from domestic
interested parties, the Department preliminarily found that the
continued relief provided by the order with respect to the product in
question from Germany is no longer of interest to the domestic
industry. We did not receive any comments on our Preliminary Results.
Therefore, the Department is revoking the order on corrosion-resistant
steel from Germany with regard to the products that meet the
specifications detailed above.
We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
liquidate without regard to antidumping duties, and to refund any
estimated antidumping duties collected on all unliquidated entries of
the product in question that are not covered by the final results of an
administrative review or automatic liquidation. The most recent period
for which the Department has completed an administrative review, or
ordered automatic liquidation, is August 1, 2004, through July 31,
2005. Any prior entries are subject to either the final results of
review or automatic liquidation. Therefore, we will instruct
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CBP to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, shipments of
corrosion-resistant steel meeting the specifications of the product in
question entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after August 1, 2005. We will also instruct CBP to pay interest on such
refunds in accordance with section 778 of the Act and 19 CFR
351.222(g)(4).
This changed circumstance review, partial revocation of antidumping
duty order, and notice are in accordance with sections 751(b) and (d),
782(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and section 351.216(e) and
351.222(g)(3)(vii) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: November 6, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-19109 Filed 11-9-06; 8:45 am]
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