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protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation that
is subject to sanctions.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(2) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended.
Rescission of Review
The Department may rescind a new
shipper review with respect to an
exporter or producer if the Department
concludes that there were no entries,
exports, or sales of the subject
merchandise to the United States during
the period of review. See 19 CFR
§ 351.214(f)(2). The Department has
previously detailed its findings at
verification with respect to the
merchandise sold by Conduit subject to
this new shipper review. See Intent to
Rescind at 19881. As noted above, the
Department received no comments from
interested parties. Therefore, based on
the findings at verification, the
Department determines that the
merchandise sold by Conduit, and
subject to this new shipper review, is
not within the scope of the order of
certain circular welded non–alloy steel
pipe from Mexico. As a result, the
Department is rescinding this new
shipper review.
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redraws, finished scaffolding, and
finished conduit. Standard pipe that is
dual or triple certified/stenciled that
enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind
used for oil or gas pipelines is also not
included in these orders.
Imports of the products covered by
these orders are currently classifiable
under the following Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS) subheadings:
7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25,
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40,
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and
7306.30.50.90. Although the HTS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of these
proceedings is dispositive.
International Trade Administration
Notification
The Department will notify U.S.
Customs and Border Protection that
bonding is no longer permitted to fulfill
security requirements for shipments by
Conduit of certain circular welded non–
alloy steel pipe from Mexico entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption in the United States on or
after the publication of this rescission
notice in the Federal Register, and that
a cash deposit of 32.62 percent ad
valorem should be collected for any
entries exported by Conduit.
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders
(‘‘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 material or conversion to judicial
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Dated: July 10, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
A–428–830
Stainless Steel Bar from Germany:
Final Results of New Shipper Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: This new shipper review
covers stainless steel bar from Germany
manufactured by Schmiedewerke
Groditz GmbH (‘‘SWG’’). The
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) published the preliminary
results of this new shipper review on
March 19, 2007. See Stainless Steel Bar
from Germany: Preliminary Results of
New Shipper Review, 72 FR 12765
(March 19, 2007) (‘‘Preliminary
Results’’). Based on our analysis of the
comments received, these final results
do not differ from the Preliminary
Results.
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
July 17, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Damian Felton, Audrey R. Twyman, or
Brandon Farlander, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 1, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–0133, (202) 482–
3534, or (202) 482–0182, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 19, 2007, the Department
published its Preliminary Results of this
antidumping duty new shipper review
of stainless steel bar from Germany. The
Department conducted a verification of
SWG’s response from April 16 through
18, 2007, and issued the report on the
verification findings for SWG on May
18, 2007. In response to the
Department’s invitation to comment on
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the Preliminary Results, petitioners1
submitted their case brief on May 29,
2007, and SWG submitted its rebuttal
brief on June 1, 2007.
Period of Review
The period of review (‘‘POR’’) covers
March 1, 2005, through February 28,
2006.
Scope of the Order
For the purposes of this order, the
term ‘‘stainless steel bar’’ includes
articles of stainless steel in straight
lengths that have been either hot–rolled,
forged, turned, cold–drawn, cold–rolled
or otherwise cold–finished, or ground,
having a uniform solid cross section
along their whole length in the shape of
circles, segments of circles, ovals,
rectangles (including squares), triangles,
hexagons, octagons, or other convex
polygons. Stainless steel bar (‘‘SSB’’)
includes cold–finished stainless steel
bars that are turned or ground in straight
lengths, whether produced from hot–
rolled bar or from straightened and cut
rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that
have indentations, ribs, grooves, or
other deformations produced during the
rolling process.
Except as specified above, the term
does not include stainless steel semi–
finished products, cut length flat–rolled
products (i.e., cut length rolled products
which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness
have a width measuring at least 10 times
the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or more in
thickness having a width which exceeds
150 mm and measures at least twice the
thickness), products that have been cut
from stainless steel sheet, strip or plate,
wire (i.e., cold–formed products in
coils, of any uniform solid cross section
along their whole length, which do not
conform to the definition of flat–rolled
products), and angles, shapes and
sections.
The SSB subject to this order is
currently classifiable under subheadings
7222.11.00.05, 7222.11.00.50,
7222.19.00.05, 7222.19.00.50,
7222.20.00.05, 7222.20.00.45,
7222.20.00.75, and 7222.30.00.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties to this new
shipper review are addressed in the
1 The petitioners are Carpenter Technology
Corporation, Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc., and
Electralloy Corporation (collectively, ‘‘petitioners’’).
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Issues and Decision Memorandum from
Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration, to
David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary
for Import Administration (‘‘Decision
Memorandum’’). A list of issues
addressed in the Decision Memorandum
is appended to this notice. The Decision
Memorandum is on file in the Central
Records Unit in Room B–099 of the
main Commerce building, and can also
be accessed directly on the Web at
https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/. The
paper copy and electronic version of the
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of comments
received, we have made no changes to
our Preliminary Results.
Final Results of Review
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As a result of our review, we
determine that the following weighted–
average margin exists for SWG for the
period of March 1, 2005, through
February 28, 2006:
The Department will issue
appropriate assessment instructions
directly to CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of these final results of the
new shipper review.
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 Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (‘‘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.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
Weighted– under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a
Average
certificate regarding the reimbursement
Producer
Margin
of antidumping duties prior to
(Percentliquidation of the relevant entries
age)
during this review period. Failure to
Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH ..
0.00 comply with this requirement could
result in the Secretary’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
Assessment Rates
duties occurred and the subsequent
The Department shall determine, and
assessment of doubled antidumping
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
duties.
(‘‘CBP’’) shall assess, antidumping
This notice also serves as a reminder
duties on all appropriate entries.
to parties subject to administrative
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), for
protective orders (‘‘APO’’) of their
the U.S. sale made by the respondent for responsibility concerning the return or
which it has reported the importer of
destruction of proprietary information
record and entered value, we have
disclosed under APO in accordance
calculated an importer–specific
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
assessment rate based on the ratio of the to govern business proprietary
total amount of antidumping duties
information in this segment of the
calculated for the examined sales to the
proceeding. Timely written notification
total entered value of the U.S. sale.
of the return/destruction of APO
The Department clarified its
materials or conversion to judicial
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
protective order is hereby requested.
May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This
Failure to comply with the regulations
clarification will apply to entries of
and terms of an APO is a violation,
subject merchandise during the period
which is subject to sanction.
of review produced by reviewed
We are issuing and publishing this
companies for which these companies
notice in accordance with sections
did not know their merchandise was
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
destined for the United States. In such
Dated: July 10, 2007.
instances, we will instruct CBP to
David M. Spooner,
liquidate unreviewed entries at the all–
Assistant Secretary for Import
others rate if there is no rate for the
Administration.
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction. For a full discussion of
Appendix
this clarification, see Antidumping and
I. Bona Fide Nature of U.S. Sale
Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
Comment 1: Quantity, Pricing and
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
Terms of Sale Differences
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Comment 2: Principal/Agent
Relationship
Comment 3: Mill Certificates
Comment 4: Communication with
U.S. Customer
II. Home Market Date of Sale
Comment 5: Home Market Date of
Sale
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, et al., Notice of
Consolidated Decision on
Applications, for Duty–Free Entry of
Electron Microscopes
This is a decision consolidated pursuant
to Section 6(c) of the Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Materials
Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–
651,as amended by Pub. L. 106–36, 80
Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related
records can be viewed between 8:30
A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 2104, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th and
Constitution Avenue.,NW, Washington,
D.C.
Docket Number: 07–026. Applicant:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg, VA. Instrument:
Electron Microscope, Model Helios 600
Nanolab. Manufacturer: FEI Company,
The Netherlands. Intended Use: See
notice at 72 FR 31287, June 6, 2007.
Docket Number: 07–032. Applicant:
University of Missouri–Columbia,
Columbia, MO. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Model Quanta 600 FEG.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech
Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 72
FR 31287, June 6, 2007.
Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. No instrument of equivalent
scientific value to the foreign
instrument, for such purposes as these
instruments are intended to be used,
was being manufactured in the United
States at the time the instruments were
ordered. Reasons: Each foreign
instrument is an electron microscope
and is intended for research or scientific
educational uses requiring an electron
microscope. We know of no electron
microscope, or any other instrument
suited to these purposes, which was
being manufactured in the United States
at the time of order of each instrument.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-428-830
Stainless Steel Bar from Germany: Final Results of New Shipper
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: This new shipper review covers stainless steel bar from
Germany manufactured by Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH (``SWG''). The
Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published the preliminary
results of this new shipper review on March 19, 2007. See Stainless
Steel Bar from Germany: Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review, 72
FR 12765 (March 19, 2007) (``Preliminary Results''). Based on our
analysis of the comments received, these final results do not differ
from the Preliminary Results.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 17, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Damian Felton, Audrey R. Twyman, or
Brandon Farlander, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone
(202) 482-0133, (202) 482-3534, or (202) 482-0182, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 19, 2007, the Department published its Preliminary Results
of this antidumping duty new shipper review of stainless steel bar from
Germany. The Department conducted a verification of SWG's response from
April 16 through 18, 2007, and issued the report on the verification
findings for SWG on May 18, 2007. In response to the Department's
invitation to comment on the Preliminary Results, petitioners\1\
submitted their case brief on May 29, 2007, and SWG submitted its
rebuttal brief on June 1, 2007.
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\1\ The petitioners are Carpenter Technology Corporation,
Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc., and Electralloy Corporation
(collectively, ``petitioners'').
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Period of Review
The period of review (``POR'') covers March 1, 2005, through
February 28, 2006.
Scope of the Order
For the purposes of this order, the term ``stainless steel bar''
includes articles of stainless steel in straight lengths that have been
either hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or otherwise
cold-finished, or ground, having a uniform solid cross section along
their whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals,
rectangles (including squares), triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other
convex polygons. Stainless steel bar (``SSB'') includes cold-finished
stainless steel bars that are turned or ground in straight lengths,
whether produced from hot-rolled bar or from straightened and cut rod
or wire, and reinforcing bars that have indentations, ribs, grooves, or
other deformations produced during the rolling process.
Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless
steel semi-finished products, cut length flat-rolled products (i.e.,
cut length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness have
a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or
more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at
least twice the thickness), products that have been cut from stainless
steel sheet, strip or plate, wire (i.e., cold-formed products in coils,
of any uniform solid cross section along their whole length, which do
not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products), and angles,
shapes and sections.
The SSB subject to this order is currently classifiable under
subheadings 7222.11.00.05, 7222.11.00.50, 7222.19.00.05, 7222.19.00.50,
7222.20.00.05, 7222.20.00.45, 7222.20.00.75, and 7222.30.00.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this new shipper review are addressed in the
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Issues and Decision Memorandum from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration, to David M. Spooner, Assistant
Secretary for Import Administration (``Decision Memorandum''). A list
of issues addressed in the Decision Memorandum is appended to this
notice. The Decision Memorandum is on file in the Central Records Unit
in Room B-099 of the main Commerce building, and can also be accessed
directly on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/. The paper
copy and electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of comments received, we have made no changes
to our Preliminary Results.
Final Results of Review
As a result of our review, we determine that the following
weighted-average margin exists for SWG for the period of March 1, 2005,
through February 28, 2006:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weighted-
Producer Average Margin
(Percentage)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH............................. 0.00
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Assessment Rates
The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (``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 it has 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.
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).
The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions
directly to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these final
results of the new shipper review.
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 Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``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.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice serves as a final 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 doubled antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a 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, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. 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 terms of an APO
is a violation, which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 10, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix
I. Bona Fide Nature of U.S. Sale
Comment 1: Quantity, Pricing and Terms of Sale Differences
Comment 2: Principal/Agent Relationship
Comment 3: Mill Certificates
Comment 4: Communication with U.S. Customer
II. Home Market Date of Sale
Comment 5: Home Market Date of Sale
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