Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Argentina, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand: Final Results of Expedited Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Orders, 70960-70962 [E6-20699]
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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 TRW and the
lack of comments from the petitioners
and domestic interested parties, the
Department found preliminarily that the
continued relief provided by the order
with respect to the product in question
from Japan is no longer of interest to the
domestic industry. See Preliminary
Results, 71 FR at 65466. We did not
receive any comments on our
Preliminary Results. Therefore, the
Department is revoking the order on
stainless steel bar from Japan with
regard to the product that meets the
following specifications: certain valve/
stem stainless steel round bar of 21–2N
modified grade, having a diameter of 5.7
millimeters (with a tolerance of 0.025
millimeters), in length no greater than
15 meters, having a chemical
composition consisting of a minimum of
0.50 percent and a maximum of 0.60
percent of carbon, a minimum of 7.50
percent and a maximum of 9.50 percent
of manganese, a maximum of 0.25
percent of silicon, a maximum of 0.04
percent of phosphorus, a maximum of
0.03 percent of sulfur, a minimum of
20.0 percent and a maximum of 22.00
percent of chromium, a minimum of
2.00 percent and a maximum of 3.00
percent of nickel, a minimum of 0.20
percent and a maximum of 0.40 percent
of nitrogen, a minimum of 0.85 percent
of the combined content of carbon and
nitrogen, and a balance minimum of
iron, having a maximum core hardness
of 385 HB and a maximum surface
hardness of 425 HB, with a minimum
hardness of 270 HB for annealed
material.
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 entries
of all shipments 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 under
19 CFR 351.212(c) is February 1, 2005,
through January 31, 2006. Any prior
entries are subject to either the final
results of review or automatic
liquidation. Therefore, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, shipments of
stainless steel bar from Japan meeting
the specifications of the product in
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question entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
February 1, 2006. We will also instruct
CBP to release any cash deposits or
bonds and pay interest on such refunds
in accordance with section 778 of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(4).
This changed–circumstances review,
partial revocation of antidumping duty
order, and notice are completed and
published in accordance with sections
751(b) and (d), 782(h), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and sections 351.216(e) and
351.222(g)(3)(vii) of the Department’s
regulations.
Dated: November 30, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the levels
indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of
Review’’ section of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Darla Brown at (202) 482–2849
(Argentina, Indonesia), Preeti Tolani at
(202) 482–0395 (India), Elfi Blum at
(202) 482–0197 (South Africa), Myrna
Lobo at (202)482–2371 (Thailand), or
Dana Mermelstein at (202) 482–1391,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
On August 1, 2006, the Department
initiated the first sunset reviews of the
countervailing duty orders on hot–
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
rolled steel from Argentina, India,
International Trade Administration
Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand,
[C–357–815, C–533–821, C–560–813, C–791– pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act.
See First Sunset Reviews. The
810, C–549–818]
Department received notices of intent to
Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products participate from United States Steel
from Argentina, India, Indonesia, South Corporation (U.S. Steel), Mittal Steel
Africa, and Thailand: Final Results of
USA Inc. (Mittal USA), Nucor
Expedited Five–Year (Sunset) Reviews Corporation (Nucor), Gallatin Steel Co.,
of the Countervailing Duty Orders
IPSCO Steel Inc. (IPSCO), Steel
Dynamics, Inc. (collectively, domestic
AGENCY: Import Administration,
interested parties), and the United Steel,
International Trade Administration,
Paper and Forestry, Rubber,
Department of Commerce.
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
SUMMARY: On August 1, 2006, the
Industrial and Service Workers
Department of Commerce (the
International Union, AFL–CIO-CLC
Department) published in the Federal
(USW), within the deadline specified in
Register the notice of initiation of the
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). Domestic
first five–year sunset reviews of the
interested parties and USW claimed
countervailing duty orders on certain
interested party status under sections
hot–rolled carbon steel flat products
(hot–rolled steel) from Argentina, India, 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act, as U.S.
producers and a certified union engaged
Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand,
in the manufacture, production, or
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
wholesale of hot–rolled steel in the
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See
Initiation of Five–Year (Sunset) Reviews, United States.
On August 31, 2006, the Department
71 FR 43443 (August 1, 2006) (Initiation
of First Sunset Reviews). On the basis of received a substantive response for each
order from domestic interested parties
notices of intent to participate and
adequate substantive responses filed on within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department did
behalf of domestic interested parties,
not receive any responses from any
and inadequate responses from
respondent interested party to this
respondent interested parties (in these
proceeding. In accordance with 19 CFR
cases, no responses from the
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(1), the Department
governments of Argentina, India,
notified the International Trade
Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand,
Commission (ITC) that respondent
or any of the respondent companies
interested parties to the CVD orders on
covered by the orders), the Department
has conducted expedited sunset reviews hot–rolled steel from Argentina, India,
Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand,
of these orders pursuant to section
provided inadequate responses to the
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
Initiation of First Sunset Reviews. The
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As a result of these
Department, therefore, has conducted
sunset reviews, the Department finds
expedited sunset reviews of the
that revocation of the countervailing
countervailing duty orders, pursuant to
duty orders is likely to lead to
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19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) and
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
Since the publication of the
countervailing duty orders (see Notice
of Countervailing Duty Order: Certain
Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
from Argentina, 66 FR 47173
(September 11, 2001), 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), Notice of
Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Hot–
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from
South Africa, 66 FR 60201 (December 3,
2001), and Notice of Countervailing
Duty Order: Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products from Thailand, 66
FR 60197 (December 3, 2001), with the
exception of the countervailing duty
order on hot–rolled steel from India,
there have been no administrative
reviews of these orders.
Scope of the Orders
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ARGENTINA, INDIA, INDONESIA,
SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND
The merchandise subject to these
countervailing duty orders is 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 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 investigation.
Specifically included within the
scope of these orders 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
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contains micro–alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products included in the scope
of these orders, 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
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 descriptions provided
above are within the scope of these
orders unless otherwise excluded. The
following products, by way of example,
are outside or specifically excluded
from the scope of these orders:
- Alloy hot–rolled steel 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 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 these
orders 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,
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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 these orders,
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 these
countervailing duty orders is
dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the substantive
responses by parties to these sunset
reviews are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum for Final Results
of Expedited Five–Year (Sunset)
Reviews of the Countervailing Duty
Orders on Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products from Argentina,
India, Indonesia, South Africa, and
Thailand, from Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, to David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, dated November 29,
2006 (Decision Memo), which is hereby
adopted by this notice. The issues
discussed in the Decision Memo include
the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy,
the net countervailable subsidy rate
likely to prevail if the orders were
revoked and the nature of the subsidy.
Parties can find a complete discussion
of all issues raised in these sunset
reviews and the corresponding
recommendation in this public
memorandum which is on file in B–099,
the Central Records Unit, of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Decision Memo
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can be accessed directly on the
Department’s Web page at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and
electronic version of the Decision Memo
are identical in content.
Final Results of Review
The Department determines that
revocation of the countervailing duty
orders on hot–rolled steel from
Argentina, India, Indonesia, South
Africa, and Thailand would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the
following subsidy rates:
THAILAND
Manufacturer/Exporter
Subsidy Rate
Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public.
Company Limited (SSI) .....
All others .......................
2.38 % ad valorem
2.38 % ad valorem
International Trade Commission (ITC)
Notification
In accordance with section 752(b)(3)
of the Act, we will notify the ITC of the
final results of these full sunset reviews.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO)
Subsidy Rate
of their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely notification of the return or
41.69 % ad destruction of APO materials or
valorem
conversion to judicial protective order is
41.69 % ad
hereby requested. Failure to comply
valorem
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these
determinations and notice in
Subsidy Rate
accordance with sections 751(c), 752,
and 777(i) of the Act.
ARGENTINA
Manufacturer/Exporter
Siderar Sociedad
Anomina.
Industrial &
Commercial
(Siderar) ......
All others .......................
INDIA
Manufacturer/Exporter
Essar Steel Limited
(Essar) .......................
12.90 % ad
valorem
Ispat Industries Limited
(Ispat) ........................
36.51 % ad
valorem
Steel Authority of India
Limited (SAIL) ...........
22.89 % ad
valorem
Tata Iron and Steel
Company Limited
(TISCO) .....................
13.79 % ad
valorem
20.72 % ad
valorem
All Others ......................
INDONESIA
Manufacturer/Exporter
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Allocation of Tariff Rate
Quotas (TRQ) on the Import of Certain
Worsted Wool Fabrics for Calendar
Year 2007
AGENCY: Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration.
10.21 % ad
valorem ACTION: Notice of allocation of 2007
10.21 % ad worsted wool fabric tariff rate quota.
All others .......................
valorem
SOUTH AFRICA
Manufacturer/Exporter
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Subsidy Rate
P.T. Krakatau Steel ......
Subsidy Rate
Saldanha Steel (Pty.)
Ltd. (Saldanha)/.
Iscor Ltd.
(Iscor) ..........
All others .......................
5.76 % ad valorem
5.76 % ad valorem
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Dated: November 29, 2006.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) has determined the
allocation for Calendar Year 2007 of
imports of certain worsted wool fabrics
under tariff rate quotas established by
Title V of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000 (Public Law No. 106-200),
as amended by the Trade Act of 2002
(Public Law 107-210), the Miscellaneous
Trade Act of 2004 (Public law 108-249),
and the Pension Protection Act of 2006
(Public Law 109-280). The companies
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that are being provided an allocation are
listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sergio Botero, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482-4058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
BACKGROUND:
Title V of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000 as amended by the Trade
Act of 2002, the Miscellaneous Trade
Act of 2004 and the Pension Protection
Act of 2006, creates two tariff rate
quotas, providing for temporary
reductions in the import duties on two
categories of worsted wool fabrics
suitable for use in making suits, suittype jackets, or trousers. For worsted
wool fabric with average fiber diameters
greater than 18.5 microns (Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) heading 9902.51.11), the
reduction in duty is limited to 5,500,000
square meters in 2007. For worsted wool
fabric with average fiber diameters of
18.5 microns or less (HTSUS heading
9902.51.15), the reduction is limited to
5,000,000 square meters in 2007. The
Act requires the President to ensure that
such fabrics are fairly allocated to
persons (including firms, corporations,
or other legal entities) who cut and sew
men’s and boys’ worsted wool suits and
suit-like jackets and trousers in the
United States and who apply for an
allocation based on the amount of such
suits cut and sewn during the prior
calendar year. Presidential Proclamation
7383, of December 1, 2000, authorized
the Secretary of Commerce to allocate
the quantity of worsted wool fabric
imports under the tariff rate quotas.
The Miscellaneous Trade Act of 2004
also authorized Commerce to allocate a
new HTS category, HTS 9902.51.16.
This HTS refers to worsted wool fabric
with average fiber diameter of 18.5
microns or less. The amendment further
provides that HTS 9902.51.16 is for the
benefit of persons (including firms,
corporations, or other legal entities) who
weave worsted wool fabric in the United
States. For HTS 9902.51.16, the
reduction in duty is limited to 2,000,000
square meters in 2007.
On January 22, 2001 the Department
published interim regulations
establishing procedures for applying for,
and determining, such allocations (66
FR6459, 15 CFR 335). These interim
regulations were adopted, without
change, as a final rule published on
October 24, 2005 (70 FR 61363). On
August 29, 2006 the Department
published a notice in the Federal
Register (71 FR 51187) soliciting
applications for an allocation of the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-357-815, C-533-821, C-560-813, C-791-810, C-549-818]
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Argentina, India,
Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand: Final Results of Expedited Five-
Year (Sunset) Reviews of the Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of the first
five-year sunset reviews of the countervailing duty orders on certain
hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from
Argentina, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See
Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 71 FR 43443 (August 1, 2006)
(Initiation of First Sunset Reviews). On the basis of notices of intent
to participate and adequate substantive responses filed on behalf of
domestic interested parties, and inadequate responses from respondent
interested parties (in these cases, no responses from the governments
of Argentina, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand, or any of
the respondent companies covered by the orders), the Department has
conducted expedited sunset reviews of these orders pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As a result of
these sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the
countervailing duty orders is likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the
``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 7, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown at (202) 482-2849
(Argentina, Indonesia), Preeti Tolani at (202) 482-0395 (India), Elfi
Blum at (202) 482-0197 (South Africa), Myrna Lobo at (202)482-2371
(Thailand), or Dana Mermelstein at (202) 482-1391, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 1, 2006, the Department initiated the first sunset
reviews of the countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled steel from
Argentina, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act. See First Sunset Reviews. The Department
received notices of intent to participate from United States Steel
Corporation (U.S. Steel), Mittal Steel USA Inc. (Mittal USA), Nucor
Corporation (Nucor), Gallatin Steel Co., IPSCO Steel Inc. (IPSCO),
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (collectively, domestic interested parties), and
the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy,
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC
(USW), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).
Domestic interested parties and USW 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
hot-rolled steel in the United States.
On August 31, 2006, the Department received a substantive response
for each order from domestic interested parties within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). 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 to the CVD orders on hot-rolled steel from
Argentina, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand, provided
inadequate responses to the Initiation of First Sunset Reviews. The
Department, therefore, has conducted expedited sunset reviews of the
countervailing duty orders, pursuant to
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19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B) and 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
Since the publication of the countervailing duty orders (see Notice
of Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Argentina, 66 FR 47173 (September 11, 2001), 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), Notice of Countervailing Duty Order:
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from South Africa, 66 FR
60201 (December 3, 2001), and Notice of Countervailing Duty Order:
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand, 66 FR
60197 (December 3, 2001), with the exception of the countervailing duty
order on hot-rolled steel from India, there have been no administrative
reviews of these orders.
Scope of the Orders
ARGENTINA, INDIA, INDONESIA, SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND
The merchandise subject to these countervailing duty orders is
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 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 investigation.
Specifically included within the scope of these orders 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 these orders, 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
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 descriptions
provided above are within the scope of these orders unless otherwise
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or
specifically excluded from the scope of these orders:
- Alloy hot-rolled steel 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 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 these orders 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 these orders, 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 these
countervailing duty orders is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the substantive responses by parties to these
sunset reviews are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum for
Final Results of Expedited Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of the
Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Argentina, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand,
from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, to David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, dated November 29, 2006 (Decision Memo), which is
hereby adopted by this notice. The issues discussed in the Decision
Memo include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a
countervailable subsidy, the net countervailable subsidy rate likely to
prevail if the orders were revoked and the nature of the subsidy.
Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in these
sunset reviews and the corresponding recommendation in this public
memorandum which is on file in B-099, the Central Records Unit, of the
main Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision
Memo
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can be accessed directly on the Department's Web page at https://
ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the
Decision Memo are identical in content.
Final Results of Review
The Department determines that revocation of the countervailing
duty orders on hot-rolled steel from Argentina, India, Indonesia, South
Africa, and Thailand would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following subsidy rates:
ARGENTINA
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Manufacturer/Exporter Subsidy Rate
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Siderar Sociedad Anomina............................
Industrial & Commercial (Siderar)........... 41.69 % ad valorem
All others.......................................... 41.69 % ad valorem
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INDIA
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Manufacturer/Exporter Subsidy Rate
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Essar Steel Limited (Essar)......................... 12.90 % ad valorem
Ispat Industries Limited (Ispat).................... 36.51 % ad valorem
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)............. 22.89 % ad valorem
Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO)......... 13.79 % ad valorem
All Others.......................................... 20.72 % ad valorem
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INDONESIA
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Manufacturer/Exporter Subsidy Rate
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P.T. Krakatau Steel................................. 10.21 % ad valorem
All others.......................................... 10.21 % ad valorem
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SOUTH AFRICA
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Manufacturer/Exporter Subsidy Rate
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Saldanha Steel (Pty.) Ltd. (Saldanha)/..............
Iscor Ltd. (Iscor).......................... 5.76 % ad valorem
All others.......................................... 5.76 % ad valorem
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THAILAND
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Manufacturer/Exporter Subsidy Rate
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Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public..................
Company Limited (SSI)....................... 2.38 % ad valorem
All others.......................................... 2.38 % ad valorem
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International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification
In accordance with section 752(b)(3) of the Act, we will notify the
ITC of the final results of these full sunset reviews.
Administrative Protective Orders
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 19 CFR 351.305. 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 determinations and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: November 29, 2006.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-20699 Filed 12-6-06; 8:45 am]
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