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Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4161.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On February 2, 2007, the U.S.
Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) published a notice of
initiation of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
hot–rolled carbon steel flat products
from India, covering the period
December 1, 2005, to November 30,
2006. See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in
Part, 72 FR 5005 (February 2, 2007). On
December 31, 2007, the Department
published the preliminary results of the
antidumping duty administrative review
for certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat
products from India. See Certain Hot–
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from
India: Notice of Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 72 FR 74267 (December 31,
2007). On April 7, 2008, the Department
partially extended the time limit for the
final results of this review. See Certain
Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
from India: Extension of Time Limits for
the Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 73 FR 18753
(April 7, 2008). The final results of this
review are currently due no later than
May 14, 2008.
Extension for Time Limit of Final
Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
requires the Department to issue final
results within 120 days after the date on
which the preliminary results are
published. However, if it is not
practicable to complete the review
within that time period, section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the
Department to extend the time limit for
the final results to a maximum of 180
days. See also 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
We determine that it is not practicable
to complete the final results of this
review within the current time limit.
Interested parties to this review
submitted extensive comments and
rebuttal comments on the preliminary
results of this review, requiring
substantial analysis by the Department.
Thus, the Department is extending the
final results by an additional 16 days, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, to allow sufficient time to
thoroughly analyze interested parties’
case briefs and rebuttal briefs. The final
results are now due no later than May
30, 2008. This extension is issued and
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published in accordance with sections
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: May 9, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A–549–817)
Certain Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Thailand: Notice of
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 27, 2007, the
U.S. Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of
initiation of an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on certain
hot–rolled carbon steel flat products
(hot–rolled steel) from Thailand. The
review covers two manufacturers/
exporters: G Steel Public Company
Limited (G Steel) and Nakornthai Strip
Mill Public Company Limited (NSM).
The period of review (POR) is November
1, 2006, through October 31, 2007.
Based on requests from United States
Steel Corporation (petitioner) and Nucor
Corporation (Nucor), we are now
rescinding this administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen Bailey or Angelica Mendoza,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–0193 or (202) 482–
9013, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On November 1, 2007, the 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
Thailand for the period November 1,
2006, through October 31, 2007. See
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 72 FR 61859
(November 1, 2007). On November 30,
2007, petitioner, a domestic producer of
the subject merchandise, and Nucor
made timely requests that the
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Department conduct an administrative
review of G Steel and NSM. On
December 27, 2007, in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), the Department
published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation of this antidumping
duty administrative review. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 72 FR 73315 (December 27,
2007).
On January 2, 2008, both G Steel and
NSM submitted a letter to the
Department certifying that the
companies made no shipments or
entries for consumption in the United
States of the subject merchandise during
the POR and requested that the
Department rescind their respective
administrative reviews. On February 15,
2008, the Department issued a
memorandum to the file detailing our
request to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) for import data for G
Steel and NSM during the POR. See
Memorandum to the File titled, ‘‘G Steel
Public Company Limited and
Nakornthai Strip Mill Public Company
Limited – No Shipments of Certain Hot–
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from
Thailand Pursuant to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Inquiry,’’ from Dena
Crossland, Analyst, dated February 15,
2008 (CBP Memo). The Department
explained in the CBP Memo that it
received no reply from CBP regarding
our request for shipment and entry
information, and the Department
preliminarily determined that neither
company had shipments or entries of
subject merchandise during the POR.
On March 11, 2008, both petitioner and
Nucor submitted letters requesting that
the Department rescind the
administrative review with respect to
both G Steel and NSM.
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Review
The products covered by this
antidumping duty review 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
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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
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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 CBP purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
is dispositive.
Rescission of the Administrative
Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR § 351.213(d)(1),
the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review under this
section, in whole or in part, if a party
that requested a review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the date of
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publication of notice of initiation of the
requested review.
Because petitioner and Nucor
submitted their requests to rescind the
administrative review of G Steel and
NSM within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation,
the Department is rescinding this review
in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). The Department intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP
15 days after the date of publication of
this rescission of administrative review.
This notice 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 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 sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: May 8, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-549-817)
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand:
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 27, 2007, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel
flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Thailand. The review covers two
manufacturers/exporters: G Steel Public Company Limited (G Steel) and
Nakornthai Strip Mill Public Company Limited (NSM). The period of
review (POR) is November 1, 2006, through October 31, 2007. Based on
requests from United States Steel Corporation (petitioner) and Nucor
Corporation (Nucor), we are now rescinding this administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey or Angelica Mendoza,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0193 or (202) 482-9013, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 1, 2007, the 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 Thailand
for the period November 1, 2006, through October 31, 2007. See
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 72 FR
61859 (November 1, 2007). On November 30, 2007, petitioner, a domestic
producer of the subject merchandise, and Nucor made timely requests
that the Department conduct an administrative review of G Steel and
NSM. On December 27, 2007, in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department published in
the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty
administrative review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 73315 (December 27, 2007).
On January 2, 2008, both G Steel and NSM submitted a letter to the
Department certifying that the companies made no shipments or entries
for consumption in the United States of the subject merchandise during
the POR and requested that the Department rescind their respective
administrative reviews. On February 15, 2008, the Department issued a
memorandum to the file detailing our request to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) for import data for G Steel and NSM during the POR.
See Memorandum to the File titled, ``G Steel Public Company Limited and
Nakornthai Strip Mill Public Company Limited - No Shipments of Certain
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand Pursuant to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Inquiry,'' from Dena Crossland, Analyst,
dated February 15, 2008 (CBP Memo). The Department explained in the CBP
Memo that it received no reply from CBP regarding our request for
shipment and entry information, and the Department preliminarily
determined that neither company had shipments or entries of subject
merchandise during the POR. On March 11, 2008, both petitioner and
Nucor submitted letters requesting that the Department rescind the
administrative review with respect to both G Steel and NSM.
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Review
The products covered by this antidumping duty review 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
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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 CBP purposes, the written
description of the merchandise is dispositive.
Rescission of the Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR Sec. 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind
an administrative review under this section, in whole or in part, if a
party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of
the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested
review.
Because petitioner and Nucor submitted their requests to rescind
the administrative review of G Steel and NSM within 90 days of the date
of publication of the notice of initiation, the Department is
rescinding this review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of this rescission of administrative
review.
This notice 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 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 sanctionable
violation.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: May 8, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-10904 Filed 5-14-08; 8:45 am]
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