Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic of China, 41710-41711 [E7-14780]
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751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff
Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) and 19
CFR 351.214.
Dated: July 24, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–863]
Honey From the People’s Republic of
China: Extension of Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and
Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) is extending the
time limit for the preliminary results of
the administrative and new shipper
reviews of honey from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). These
reviews cover the period December 1,
2005, through November 30, 2006.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine Bertrand or Anya Naschak,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3207 or (202) 482–
6375, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On December 10, 2001, the
Department published in the Federal
Register an antidumping duty order
covering honey from the PRC. See
Notice of Amended Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Antidumping Duty Order; Honey from
the People’s Republic of China, 66 FR
63670 (December 10, 2001). On
February 2, 2007, the Department
published a notice of initiation of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on honey from
the PRC. See Initiation of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in
Part, 72 FR 5005 (February 2, 2007). On
February 5, 2007, the Department
published a notice of initiation of the
antidumping new shipper review of
honey from the PRC. See Honey from
the People’s Republic of China:
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Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping
Duty Reviews, 72 FR 5265 (February 5,
2007). On February 23, 2007, the
Department aligned the new shipper
review and the administrative review.
See Letter from Christopher Riker:
Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review of Honey from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’): Alignment
with Administrative Review, dated
February 23, 2007.
The preliminary results of these
reviews are currently due no later than
September 2, 2007.
Statutory Time Limits
In antidumping duty adminstrative
reviews section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
requires the Department to make a
preliminary determination within 245
days after the last day of the anniversary
month of an order for which a review
is requested and a final determination
within 120 days after the date on which
the preliminary results are published.
However, if it is not practicable to
complete the review within these time
periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
allows the Department to extend the
time limit for the preliminary
determination to a maximum of 365
days after the last day of the anniversary
month.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary
Results of Review
We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the preliminary results of
these administrative and new shipper
reviews within the original time limit
because the Department requires
additional time to analyze a large
volume of pending U.S. Customs and
Border Protection data, analyze
questionnaire responses, issue
supplemental questionnaires, conduct
verification, as well as to evaluate what
would be the most appropriate surrogate
values to use during the period of
review.
Therefore, the Department is
extending the time limit for completion
of the preliminary results of these
aligned administrative and new shipper
reviews by 90 days. The preliminary
results will now be due no later than
December 3, 2007, which is the first
business day after the 90-day extension
(the 90th day falls on the weekend). The
final results continue to be due 120 days
after the publication of the preliminary
results.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.
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Dated: July 24, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–865]
Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Hot–
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from
the People’s Republic of China
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine Bertrand, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3207.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On November 1, 2006, the Department
of Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published
a notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain hot–
rolled carbon steel flat products from
the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’)
for the period November 1, 2005,
through October 31, 2006. See
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 71 FR 64240
(November 1, 2006). On November 30,
2006, United States Steel (‘‘Petitioner’’),
a domestic producer of certain hot–
rolled carbon steel flat products,
requested that the Department conduct
an administrative review of Anshan
Iron& Steel Group Corp., Angang Group
International Trade Corporation,
Angang New Iron and Steel Co., Angang
New Steel Co., Ltd., and Angang Group
Hong Kong Co., Ltd. (collectively
‘‘Angang’’) and Baosteel Group
Corporation, Shanghai Baosteel
International Economic & Trading Co.,
Ltd., and Baoshan Iron and Steel Co.,
Ltd. (collectively ‘‘Baosteel’’). On
December 27, 2006, the Department
published a notice of initiation of an
antidumping duty administrative review
on certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat
products from the PRC. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for
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Revocation in Part (‘‘Notice of
Initiation’’), 71 FR 77720 (December 27,
2006). On June 11, 2007, we
preliminarily rescinded this review
based on evidence on the record
indicating that there were no entries
into the United States of subject
merchandise during the period of
review (‘‘POR’’) by Angang or Baosteel.
See Preliminary Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products From the People’s
Republic of China, 72 FR 32072 (June
11, 2007) (‘‘Preliminary Rescission’’).
We invited interested parties to submit
comments on our Preliminary
Rescission. We did not receive any
comments on our Preliminary
Rescission. The POR is November 1,
2005, through October 31, 2006.
Scope of the Review
For purposes of this review, the
products covered are certain hot–rolled
carbon steel flat products of a
rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch
or greater, neither clad, plated, nor
coated with metal and whether or not
painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other non–metallic
substances, in coils (whether or not in
successively superimposed layers),
regardless of thickness, and in straight
lengths of a thickness of less than 4.75
mm and of a width measuring at least
10 times the thickness. Universal mill
plate (i.e., flat–rolled products rolled on
four faces or in a closed box pass, of a
width exceeding 150 mm, but not
exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness
of not less than 4.0 mm, not in coils and
without patterns in relief) of a thickness
not less than 4.0 mm is not included
within the scope of this review.
Specifically included within the
scope of this review are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly
referred to as interstitial–free (IF)) steels,
high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels,
and the substrate for motor lamination
steels. IF steels are recognized as low
carbon steels with micro–alloying levels
of elements such as titanium or niobium
(also commonly referred to as
columbium), or both, added to stabilize
carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA
steels are recognized as steels with
micro–alloying levels of elements such
as chromium, copper, niobium,
vanadium, and molybdenum. The
substrate for motor lamination steels
contains micro–alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the
scope of this review, regardless of
definitions in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
are products in which: i) iron
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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 description provided
above are within the scope of this
review unless otherwise excluded. The
following products, by way of example,
are outside or specifically excluded
from the scope of this review:
• 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 bearing steels, as defined in
the HTSUS.
• Tool steels, as defined in the
HTSUS.
• Silico–manganese (as defined in
the HTSUS) or silicon electrical
steel with a silicon level exceeding
2.25 percent.
• ASTM specifications A710 and
A736.
• USS abrasion–resistant steels
(USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
• All products (proprietary or
otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM
specification (sample specifications:
ASTM A506, A507).
• Non–rectangular shapes, not in
coils, which are the result of having
been processed by cutting or
stamping and which have assumed
the character of articles or products
classified outside chapter 72 of the
HTSUS.
The merchandise subject to this
review 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,
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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 this review,
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 U.S. Customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise under review is
dispositive.
Final Rescission of Review
Because neither Angang nor Baosteel
made shipments to the United States of
subject merchandise during the POR,
and because we did not receive any
comments on our Preliminary
Rescission, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3) and consistent with our
practice, we are rescinding this review
of the antidumping duty order on
certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat
products from the PRC for the period of
November 1, 2005, to October 31, 2006.
See, e.g., Polychloroprene Rubber from
Japan: Notice of Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 66 FR 45005 (August 27, 2001).
The cash deposit rate for Angang and
Baosteel will continue to be the rate
established in the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding.
This notice is published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: July 24, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-865]
Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the People's
Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3207.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``Department'')
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review
of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat
products from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period
November 1, 2005, through October 31, 2006. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation;
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 64240 (November 1,
2006). On November 30, 2006, United States Steel (``Petitioner''), a
domestic producer of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products,
requested that the Department conduct an administrative review of
Anshan Iron& Steel Group Corp., Angang Group International Trade
Corporation, Angang New Iron and Steel Co., Angang New Steel Co., Ltd.,
and Angang Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Angang'') and
Baosteel Group Corporation, Shanghai Baosteel International Economic &
Trading Co., Ltd., and Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (collectively
``Baosteel''). On December 27, 2006, the Department published a notice
of initiation of an antidumping duty administrative review on certain
hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from the PRC. See Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request
for
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Revocation in Part (``Notice of Initiation''), 71 FR 77720 (December
27, 2006). On June 11, 2007, we preliminarily rescinded this review
based on evidence on the record indicating that there were no entries
into the United States of subject merchandise during the period of
review (``POR'') by Angang or Baosteel. See Preliminary Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel
Flat Products From the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 32072 (June
11, 2007) (``Preliminary Rescission''). We invited interested parties
to submit comments on our Preliminary Rescission. We did not receive
any comments on our Preliminary Rescission. The POR is November 1,
2005, through October 31, 2006.
Scope of the Review
For purposes of this review, the products covered are certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of
0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively
superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least
10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled
products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width
exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness of not
less than 4.0 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this
review.
Specifically included within the scope of this review are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate
for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or
niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination
steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and
aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the scope of this review,
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 description
provided above are within the scope of this review unless otherwise
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or
specifically excluded from the scope of this review:
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 bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon
electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent.
ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
USS abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy
ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507).
Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the
result of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have
assumed the character of articles or products classified outside
chapter 72 of the HTSUS.
The merchandise subject to this review 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 this review, 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 U.S. Customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise under review is dispositive.
Final Rescission of Review
Because neither Angang nor Baosteel made shipments to the United
States of subject merchandise during the POR, and because we did not
receive any comments on our Preliminary Rescission, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(d)(3) and consistent with our practice, we are
rescinding this review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products from the PRC for the period of
November 1, 2005, to October 31, 2006. See, e.g., Polychloroprene
Rubber from Japan: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 66 FR 45005 (August 27, 2001). The cash deposit
rate for Angang and Baosteel will continue to be the rate established
in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding.
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: July 24, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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