Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 12767-12769 [E7-4943]
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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of our review we
preliminarily find that a weighted–
average dumping margin of 0.00 percent
exists for SWG for the period March 1,
2005, through February 28, 2006.
The Department will disclose
calculations performed within five days
of the date of publication of this notice
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
An interested party may request a
hearing within 30 days of publication.
See 19 CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing, if
requested, will be held 37 days after the
date of publication, or the first business
day thereafter, unless the Department
alters the date pursuant to 19 CFR
351.310(d).
Interested parties may submit case
briefs or written comments no later than
30 days after the date of publication of
these preliminary results of new shipper
review. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to
written comments, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs and comments,
may be filed no later than 5 days after
the date of submission of case briefs and
written comments. Parties who submit
argument in these proceedings 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. The
Department will issue final results of
this new shipper review, including the
results of our analysis of the issues
raised in any such written comments or
at a hearing, within 90 days of
publication of these preliminary results.
that importer. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to
liquidate without regard to antidumping
duties any entries for which the
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.50 percent).
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This
clarification will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the period
of review produced by reviewed
companies for which these companies
did not know their merchandise was
destined for the United States. In such
instances, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the all–
others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction. For a full discussion of
this clarification, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit rate will
be effective upon publication of the
final results of this new shipper review
for shipments of stainless steel bar from
Germany entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the publication date, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. For
subject merchandise produced and
exported by SWG, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established in the final
results of this review, except if the rate
is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore,
de minimis, the cash deposit rate will be
zero. This cash deposit requirement,
when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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Assessment Rates
Notification to Interested Parties
Upon issuance of the final results of
this review, the Department shall
determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), for the U.S. sale made by
the respondent for which they have
reported the importer of record and
entered value, we have calculated an
importer–specific assessment rate based
on the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for the
examined sales to the total entered
value of the U.S. sale. To determine
whether the duty assessment rates were
de minimis, in accordance with the
requirement set forth in 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we calculated an
importer–specific ad valorem rate based
on the reported entered value. Where
the assessment rate is above de minimis,
we will instruct CBP to assess duties on
all entries of subject merchandise by
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act.
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Dated: March 12, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–580–835]
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils
from the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty
Changed Circumstances Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 19, 2006, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) published in the Federal
Register its preliminary results of the
changed circumstances review of the
countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’) order on
stainless steel sheet and strip in coils
(‘‘SSSS’’) from the Republic of Korea
(‘‘Korea’’). See Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Changed
Circumstances Review: Stainless Steel
Sheet and Strip in Coils from the
Republic of Korea, 71 FR 75937
(December 19, 2006) (‘‘Preliminary
Results’’). The Department preliminarily
determined that: (1) Hyundai Steel
Company (‘‘Hyundai’’) is the successor–
in-interest to INI Steel Company (‘‘INI’’),
formerly Inchon Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.;
and (2) upon publication of these final
results of this review, INI’s current CVD
cash deposit rate shall be applied to
entries of subject merchandise made by
Hyundai. We did not receive any
comments on our preliminary results
and have made no revisions to those
results.
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
March 19, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Preeti Tolani, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
4014, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–0395.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are certain stainless steel sheet and strip
in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel
containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or
less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more
of chromium, with or without other
elements. The subject sheet and strip is
a flat–rolled product in coils that is
greater than 9.5 mm in width and less
than 4.75 mm in thickness, and that is
annealed or otherwise heat treated and
pickled or otherwise descaled. The
subject sheet and strip may also be
further processed (e.g., cold–rolled,
polished, aluminized, coated, etc.)
provided that it maintains the specific
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dimensions of sheet and strip following
such processing.
The merchandise subject to this order
is classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) at subheadings:
7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051,
7219.13.0071, 7219.1300.811,
7219.14.0030, 7219.14.0065,
7219.14.0090, 7219.32.0005,
7219.32.0020, 7219.32.0025,
7219.32.0035, 7219.32.0036,
7219.32.0038, 7219.32.0042,
7219.32.0044, 7219.33.0005,
7219.33.0020, 7219.33.0025,
7219.33.0035, 7219.33.0036,
7219.33.0038, 7219.33.0042,
7219.33.0044, 7219.34.0005,
7219.34.0020, 7219.34.0025,
7219.34.0030, 7219.34.0035,
7219.35.0005, 7219.35.0015,
7219.35.0030, 7219.35.0035,
7219.90.0010, 7219.90.0020,
7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060,
7219.90.0080, 7220.12.1000,
7220.12.5000, 7220.20.1010,
7220.20.1015, 7220.20.1060,
7220.20.1080, 7220.20.6005,
7220.20.6010, 7220.20.6015,
7220.20.6060, 7220.20.6080,
7220.20.7005, 7220.20.7010,
7220.20.7015, 7220.20.7060,
7220.20.7080, 7220.20.8000,
7220.20.9030, 7220.20.9060,
7220.90.0010, 7220.90.0015,
7220.90.0060, and 7220.90.0080.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the Department’s written
description of the merchandise subject
to this order is dispositive.
Excluded from the scope of this order
are the following: (1) Sheet and strip
that is not annealed or otherwise heat
treated and pickled or otherwise
descaled, (2) sheet and strip that is cut
to length, (3) plate (i.e., flat–rolled
stainless steel products of a thickness of
4.75 mm or more), (4) flat wire (i.e.,
cold–rolled sections, with a prepared
edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of
not more than 9.5 mm), and (5) razor
blade steel. Razor blade steel is a flat–
rolled product of stainless steel, not
further worked than cold–rolled (cold–
reduced), in coils, of a width of not
more than 23 mm and a thickness of
0.266 mm or less, containing, by weight,
12.5 to 14.5 percent chromium, and
certified at the time of entry to be used
in the manufacture of razor blades. See
Chapter 72 of the HTSUS, ‘‘Additional
U.S. Note’’ 1(d).
1 Due to changes to the HTSUS numbers in 2001,
7219.13.0030, 7219.13.0050, 7219.13.0070, and
7219.13.0080 are now 7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051,
7219.13.0071, and 7219.13.0081, respectively.
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The Department has determined that
certain additional specialty stainless
steel products are also excluded from
the scope of this order. These excluded
products are described below.
Flapper valve steel is excluded from
the scope of this order. Flapper valve
steel is defined as stainless steel strip in
coils containing, by weight, between
0.37 and 0.43 percent carbon, between
1.15 and 1.35 percent molybdenum, and
between 0.20 and 0.80 percent
manganese. This steel also contains, by
weight, phosphorus of 0.025 percent or
less, silicon of between 0.20 and 0.50
percent, and sulfur of 0.020 percent or
less. The product is manufactured by
means of vacuum arc remelting, with
inclusion controls for sulphide of no
more than 0.04 percent and for oxide of
no more than 0.05 percent. Flapper
valve steel has a tensile strength of
between 210 and 300 ksi, yield strength
of between 170 and 270 ksi, plus or
minus 8 ksi, and a hardness (Hv) of
between 460 and 590. Flapper valve
steel is most commonly used to produce
specialty flapper valves in compressors.
Also excluded is a product referred to
as suspension foil, a specialty steel
product used in the manufacture of
suspension assemblies for computer
disk drives. Suspension foil is described
as 302/304 grade or 202 grade stainless
steel of a thickness between 14 and 127
microns, with a thickness tolerance of
plus–or-minus 2.01 microns, and
surface glossiness of 200 to 700 percent
Gs. Suspension foil must be supplied in
coil widths of not more than 407 mm,
and with a mass of 225 kg or less. Roll
marks may only be visible on one side,
with no scratches of measurable depth.
The material must exhibit residual
stresses of 2 mm maximum deflection,
and flatness of 1.6 mm over 685 mm
length.
Certain stainless steel foil for
automotive catalytic converters is also
excluded from the scope of this order.
This stainless steel strip in coils is a
specialty foil with a thickness of
between 20 and 110 microns used to
produce a metallic substrate with a
honeycomb structure for use in
automotive catalytic converters. The
steel contains, by weight, carbon of no
more than 0.030 percent, silicon of no
more than 1.0 percent, manganese of no
more than 1.0 percent, chromium of
between 19 and 22 percent, aluminum
of no less than 5.0 percent, phosphorus
of no more than 0.045 percent, sulfur of
no more than 0.03 percent, lanthanum
of less than 0.002 or greater than 0.05
percent, and total rare earth elements of
more than 0.06 percent, with the
balance iron.
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Permanent magnet iron–chromiumcobalt alloy stainless strip is also
excluded from the scope of this order.
This ductile stainless steel strip
contains, by weight, 26 to 30 percent
chromium, and 7 to 10 percent cobalt,
with the remainder of iron, in widths
228.6 mm or less, and a thickness
between 0.127 and 1.270 mm. It exhibits
magnetic remanence between 9,000 and
12,000 gauss, and a coercivity of
between 50 and 300 oersteds. This
product is most commonly used in
electronic sensors and is currently
available under proprietary trade names
such as ‘‘Arnokrome III.’’2
Certain electrical resistance alloy steel
is also excluded from the scope of this
order. This product is defined as a non–
magnetic stainless steel manufactured to
American Society of Testing and
Materials (‘‘ASTM’’) specification B344
and containing, by weight, 36 percent
nickel, 18 percent chromium, and 46
percent iron, and is most notable for its
resistance to high temperature
corrosion. It has a melting point of 1390
degrees Celsius and displays a creep
rupture limit of 4 kilograms per square
millimeter at 1000 degrees Celsius. This
steel is most commonly used in the
production of heating ribbons for circuit
breakers and industrial furnaces, and in
rheostats for railway locomotives. The
product is currently available under
proprietary trade names such as ‘‘Gilphy
36.’’3
Certain martensitic precipitation–
hardenable stainless steel is also
excluded from the scope of this order.
This high–strength, ductile stainless
steel product is designated under the
Unified Numbering System (‘‘UNS’’) as
S45500–grade steel, and contains, by
weight, 11 to 13 percent chromium, and
7 to 10 percent nickel. Carbon,
manganese, silicon and molybdenum
each comprise, by weight, 0.05 percent
or less, with phosphorus and sulfur
each comprising, by weight, 0.03
percent or less. This steel has copper,
niobium, and titanium added to achieve
aging, and will exhibit yield strengths as
high as 1700 Mpa and ultimate tensile
strengths as high as 1750 Mpa after
aging, with elongation percentages of 3
percent or less in 50 mm. It is generally
provided in thicknesses between 0.635
and 0.787 mm, and in widths of 25.4
mm. This product is most commonly
used in the manufacture of television
tubes and is currently available under
proprietary trade names such as
‘‘Durphynox 17.’’4
2 ‘‘Arnokrome III’’ is a trademark of the Arnold
Engineering Company.
3 ‘‘Gilphy 36’’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.
4 ‘‘Durphynox 17’’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.
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Finally, three specialty stainless steels
typically used in certain industrial
blades and surgical and medical
instruments are also excluded from the
scope of this order. These include
stainless steel strip in coils used in the
production of textile cutting tools (e.g.,
carpet knives).5 This steel is similar to
AISI grade 420 but containing, by
weight, 0.5 to 0.7 percent of
molybdenum. The steel also contains,
by weight, carbon of between 1.0 and
1.1 percent, sulfur of 0.020 percent or
less, and includes between 0.20 and
0.30 percent copper and between 0.20
and 0.50 percent cobalt. This steel is
sold under proprietary names such as
‘‘GIN4 Mo.’’ The second excluded
stainless steel strip in coils is similar to
AISI 420–J2 and contains, by weight,
carbon of between 0.62 and 0.70
percent, silicon of between 0.20 and
0.50 percent, manganese of between
0.45 and 0.80 percent, phosphorus of no
more than 0.025 percent and sulfur of
no more than 0.020 percent. This steel
has a carbide density on average of 100
carbide particles per 100 square
microns. An example of this product is
‘‘GIN5’’ steel. The third specialty steel
has a chemical composition similar to
AISI 420 F, with carbon of between 0.37
and 0.43 percent, molybdenum of
between 1.15 and 1.35 percent, but
lower manganese of between 0.20 and
0.80 percent, phosphorus of no more
than 0.025 percent, silicon of between
0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of no
more than 0.020 percent. This product
is supplied with a hardness of more
than Hv 500 guaranteed after customer
processing, and is supplied as, for
example, ‘‘GIN6’’.
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Final Results of Review
As noted above, the Department
received no comments concerning the
Preliminary Results. Therefore,
consistent with the Preliminary Results,
we continue to find that Hyundai is the
successor–in-interest to INI and the
current cash deposit rate applicable to
INI shall be applicable to entries of
subject merchandise made by Hyundai,
entered on or after the publication date
of the final results of this changed
circumstances review. As there have
been no changes to or comments on the
Preliminary Results, a decision
memorandum was not required and,
therefore, none is attached to this
Federal Register notice. For further
details of the issues included in this
proceeding, see the Preliminary Results.
5 This list of uses is illustrative and provided for
descriptive purposes only.
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Cash Deposit Rate
The cash deposit rate shall remain in
effect until publication of the final
results of the next administrative review
in which Hyundai participates.
Return of Destruction of Proprietary
Information
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return/
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: March 12, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Minority Business Development
Agency
[Docket No. 0612243002–7057–01]
Amendment to the Required Minimum
Performance Ratings for Optional
Third-Year Funding for the Miami/Ft.
Lauderdale, Oklahoma City and
Honolulu Minority Business Enterprise
Centers
Minority Business
Development Agency, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On August 17, 2004, the
Minority Business Development Agency
(MBDA) published a Federal Register
notice soliciting competitive
applications for operators of the Miami/
Ft. Lauderdale, Oklahoma City and
Honolulu Minority Business Enterprise
Centers (MBECs) (formerly Minority
Business Development Centers). No
other MBECs were included as part of
this competitive solicitation. The
August 17, 2004 notice provides for a
two-year award period, with an optional
third-year award period available at the
sole discretion of MBDA and the
Department of Commerce. The notice
also provides that only those MBECs
achieving ‘‘outstanding’’ performance
ratings for each of the two prior program
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years are eligible to receive funding for
the optional third-year of the award.
This notice amends the August 17,
2004 notice to change the minimum
required performance rating for the
optional third-year award period from
‘‘outstanding’’ to ‘‘at least
commendable’’ for the first program
year. The ‘‘outstanding’’ performance
requirement for the second program
year continues to apply. MBDA is
making this amendment to allow the
operators of these three MBECs to be
eligible for a third and final year of
continuation funding if they achieve at
least a ‘‘commendable’’ performance
rating for first program year and an
‘‘outstanding’’ performance rating for
the second program year.
DATES: The optional third-year award
period, if approved by the Department
of Commerce Grants Officer, will be
effective as of January 1, 2007 and will
continue through December 31, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Efrain Gonzalez, Program Manager,
Minority Business Development
Agency, Office of Business
Development, 1401 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room 5075, Washington,
DC 20230. Mr. Gonzalez may be reached
by telephone at (202) 482–1940 and by
e-mail at egonzalez@mbda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
17, 2004, MBDA published a Federal
Register notice (69 FR 51064) soliciting
competitive applications for operators of
the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Oklahoma
City and Honolulu MBECs, which cover
the metropolitan statistical areas of
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the State
of Oklahoma and the Island of Hawaii,
respectively. No other MBECs were
included as part of this competitive
solicitation. The August 17, 2004 notice
provides for a two-year award period
(January 1, 2005–December 31, 2006),
with a third-year option (January 1,
2007–December 31, 2007) available at
the sole discretion of MBDA and the
Department of Commerce. The August
17, 2004 notice further provides that
only those MBECs achieving
‘‘outstanding’’ performance ratings for
each of the two prior program years are
eligible to receive funding for the
optional third-year of the award.
Pursuant to the August 17, 2004 notice,
two-year awards were made to M. Gill
and Associates (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
MBEC), Langston University (Oklahoma
City MBEC) and the University of
Hawaii (Honolulu MBEC) for the award
period January 1, 2005–December 31,
2006.
MBDA has determined that it is
necessary to amend the August 17, 2004
notice to change the minimum required
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-835]
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the Republic of
Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 19, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published in the Federal Register its preliminary results
of the changed circumstances review of the countervailing duty
(``CVD'') order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils (``SSSS'')
from the Republic of Korea (``Korea''). See Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils from the Republic of Korea, 71 FR 75937 (December
19, 2006) (``Preliminary Results''). The Department preliminarily
determined that: (1) Hyundai Steel Company (``Hyundai'') is the
successor-in-interest to INI Steel Company (``INI''), formerly Inchon
Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.; and (2) upon publication of these final
results of this review, INI's current CVD cash deposit rate shall be
applied to entries of subject merchandise made by Hyundai. We did not
receive any comments on our preliminary results and have made no
revisions to those results.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preeti Tolani, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4014, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0395.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are certain stainless steel
sheet and strip in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel containing,
by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of
chromium, with or without other elements. The subject sheet and strip
is a flat-rolled product in coils that is greater than 9.5 mm in width
and less than 4.75 mm in thickness, and that is annealed or otherwise
heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled. The subject sheet and
strip may also be further processed (e.g., cold-rolled, polished,
aluminized, coated, etc.) provided that it maintains the specific
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dimensions of sheet and strip following such processing.
The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') at
subheadings: 7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051, 7219.13.0071, 7219.1300.81\1\,
7219.14.0030, 7219.14.0065, 7219.14.0090, 7219.32.0005, 7219.32.0020,
7219.32.0025, 7219.32.0035, 7219.32.0036, 7219.32.0038, 7219.32.0042,
7219.32.0044, 7219.33.0005, 7219.33.0020, 7219.33.0025, 7219.33.0035,
7219.33.0036, 7219.33.0038, 7219.33.0042, 7219.33.0044, 7219.34.0005,
7219.34.0020, 7219.34.0025, 7219.34.0030, 7219.34.0035, 7219.35.0005,
7219.35.0015, 7219.35.0030, 7219.35.0035, 7219.90.0010, 7219.90.0020,
7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060, 7219.90.0080, 7220.12.1000, 7220.12.5000,
7220.20.1010, 7220.20.1015, 7220.20.1060, 7220.20.1080, 7220.20.6005,
7220.20.6010, 7220.20.6015, 7220.20.6060, 7220.20.6080, 7220.20.7005,
7220.20.7010, 7220.20.7015, 7220.20.7060, 7220.20.7080, 7220.20.8000,
7220.20.9030, 7220.20.9060, 7220.90.0010, 7220.90.0015, 7220.90.0060,
and 7220.90.0080. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written description
of the merchandise subject to this order is dispositive.
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7219.13.0050, 7219.13.0070, and 7219.13.0080 are now 7219.13.0031,
7219.13.0051, 7219.13.0071, and 7219.13.0081, respectively.
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Excluded from the scope of this order are the following: (1) Sheet
and strip that is not annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or
otherwise descaled, (2) sheet and strip that is cut to length, (3)
plate (i.e., flat-rolled stainless steel products of a thickness of
4.75 mm or more), (4) flat wire (i.e., cold-rolled sections, with a
prepared edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of not more than 9.5
mm), and (5) razor blade steel. Razor blade steel is a flat-rolled
product of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-
reduced), in coils, of a width of not more than 23 mm and a thickness
of 0.266 mm or less, containing, by weight, 12.5 to 14.5 percent
chromium, and certified at the time of entry to be used in the
manufacture of razor blades. See Chapter 72 of the HTSUS, ``Additional
U.S. Note'' 1(d).
The Department has determined that certain additional specialty
stainless steel products are also excluded from the scope of this
order. These excluded products are described below.
Flapper valve steel is excluded from the scope of this order.
Flapper valve steel is defined as stainless steel strip in coils
containing, by weight, between 0.37 and 0.43 percent carbon, between
1.15 and 1.35 percent molybdenum, and between 0.20 and 0.80 percent
manganese. This steel also contains, by weight, phosphorus of 0.025
percent or less, silicon of between 0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur
of 0.020 percent or less. The product is manufactured by means of
vacuum arc remelting, with inclusion controls for sulphide of no more
than 0.04 percent and for oxide of no more than 0.05 percent. Flapper
valve steel has a tensile strength of between 210 and 300 ksi, yield
strength of between 170 and 270 ksi, plus or minus 8 ksi, and a
hardness (Hv) of between 460 and 590. Flapper valve steel is most
commonly used to produce specialty flapper valves in compressors.
Also excluded is a product referred to as suspension foil, a
specialty steel product used in the manufacture of suspension
assemblies for computer disk drives. Suspension foil is described as
302/304 grade or 202 grade stainless steel of a thickness between 14
and 127 microns, with a thickness tolerance of plus-or-minus 2.01
microns, and surface glossiness of 200 to 700 percent Gs. Suspension
foil must be supplied in coil widths of not more than 407 mm, and with
a mass of 225 kg or less. Roll marks may only be visible on one side,
with no scratches of measurable depth. The material must exhibit
residual stresses of 2 mm maximum deflection, and flatness of 1.6 mm
over 685 mm length.
Certain stainless steel foil for automotive catalytic converters is
also excluded from the scope of this order. This stainless steel strip
in coils is a specialty foil with a thickness of between 20 and 110
microns used to produce a metallic substrate with a honeycomb structure
for use in automotive catalytic converters. The steel contains, by
weight, carbon of no more than 0.030 percent, silicon of no more than
1.0 percent, manganese of no more than 1.0 percent, chromium of between
19 and 22 percent, aluminum of no less than 5.0 percent, phosphorus of
no more than 0.045 percent, sulfur of no more than 0.03 percent,
lanthanum of less than 0.002 or greater than 0.05 percent, and total
rare earth elements of more than 0.06 percent, with the balance iron.
Permanent magnet iron-chromium-cobalt alloy stainless strip is also
excluded from the scope of this order. This ductile stainless steel
strip contains, by weight, 26 to 30 percent chromium, and 7 to 10
percent cobalt, with the remainder of iron, in widths 228.6 mm or less,
and a thickness between 0.127 and 1.270 mm. It exhibits magnetic
remanence between 9,000 and 12,000 gauss, and a coercivity of between
50 and 300 oersteds. This product is most commonly used in electronic
sensors and is currently available under proprietary trade names such
as ``Arnokrome III.''\2\
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Certain electrical resistance alloy steel is also excluded from the
scope of this order. This product is defined as a non-magnetic
stainless steel manufactured to American Society of Testing and
Materials (``ASTM'') specification B344 and containing, by weight, 36
percent nickel, 18 percent chromium, and 46 percent iron, and is most
notable for its resistance to high temperature corrosion. It has a
melting point of 1390 degrees Celsius and displays a creep rupture
limit of 4 kilograms per square millimeter at 1000 degrees Celsius.
This steel is most commonly used in the production of heating ribbons
for circuit breakers and industrial furnaces, and in rheostats for
railway locomotives. The product is currently available under
proprietary trade names such as ``Gilphy 36.''\3\
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Certain martensitic precipitation-hardenable stainless steel is
also excluded from the scope of this order. This high-strength, ductile
stainless steel product is designated under the Unified Numbering
System (``UNS'') as S45500-grade steel, and contains, by weight, 11 to
13 percent chromium, and 7 to 10 percent nickel. Carbon, manganese,
silicon and molybdenum each comprise, by weight, 0.05 percent or less,
with phosphorus and sulfur each comprising, by weight, 0.03 percent or
less. This steel has copper, niobium, and titanium added to achieve
aging, and will exhibit yield strengths as high as 1700 Mpa and
ultimate tensile strengths as high as 1750 Mpa after aging, with
elongation percentages of 3 percent or less in 50 mm. It is generally
provided in thicknesses between 0.635 and 0.787 mm, and in widths of
25.4 mm. This product is most commonly used in the manufacture of
television tubes and is currently available under proprietary trade
names such as ``Durphynox 17.''\4\
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Finally, three specialty stainless steels typically used in certain
industrial blades and surgical and medical instruments are also
excluded from the scope of this order. These include stainless steel
strip in coils used in the production of textile cutting tools (e.g.,
carpet knives).\5\ This steel is similar to AISI grade 420 but
containing, by weight, 0.5 to 0.7 percent of molybdenum. The steel also
contains, by weight, carbon of between 1.0 and 1.1 percent, sulfur of
0.020 percent or less, and includes between 0.20 and 0.30 percent
copper and between 0.20 and 0.50 percent cobalt. This steel is sold
under proprietary names such as ``GIN4 Mo.'' The second excluded
stainless steel strip in coils is similar to AISI 420-J2 and contains,
by weight, carbon of between 0.62 and 0.70 percent, silicon of between
0.20 and 0.50 percent, manganese of between 0.45 and 0.80 percent,
phosphorus of no more than 0.025 percent and sulfur of no more than
0.020 percent. This steel has a carbide density on average of 100
carbide particles per 100 square microns. An example of this product is
``GIN5'' steel. The third specialty steel has a chemical composition
similar to AISI 420 F, with carbon of between 0.37 and 0.43 percent,
molybdenum of between 1.15 and 1.35 percent, but lower manganese of
between 0.20 and 0.80 percent, phosphorus of no more than 0.025
percent, silicon of between 0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of no
more than 0.020 percent. This product is supplied with a hardness of
more than Hv 500 guaranteed after customer processing, and is supplied
as, for example, ``GIN6''.
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Final Results of Review
As noted above, the Department received no comments concerning the
Preliminary Results. Therefore, consistent with the Preliminary
Results, we continue to find that Hyundai is the successor-in-interest
to INI and the current cash deposit rate applicable to INI shall be
applicable to entries of subject merchandise made by Hyundai, entered
on or after the publication date of the final results of this changed
circumstances review. As there have been no changes to or comments on
the Preliminary Results, a decision memorandum was not required and,
therefore, none is attached to this Federal Register notice. For
further details of the issues included in this proceeding, see the
Preliminary Results.
Cash Deposit Rate
The cash deposit rate shall remain in effect until publication of
the final results of the next administrative review in which Hyundai
participates.
Return of Destruction of Proprietary Information
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: March 12, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-4943 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]
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