Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic of China, 33988-33989 [E8-13487]
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Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, we verified the sales and cost
information submitted by Dubai Wire
for use in our final determination. We
used standard verification procedures
including an examination of relevant
accounting and production records, and
original source documents provided by
Dubai Wire. See CVR and SVR.
Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
Based on our analysis of the
comments received and our findings at
verification, we have made certain
changes to the margin calculation for
Dubai Wire. For a discussion of these
changes, see the ‘‘Margin Calculations’’
section of the Decision Memo.
Final Determination Margins
We determine that the weighted–
average dumping margins are as follows:
Weighted–Average
Margin Percentage
%
Dubai Wire FZE/Global
Fasteners Ltd. ...........
All Others ......................
0.00
0.00
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations
performed within five days of the date
of publication of this notice to parties in
this proceeding in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Termination of Suspension of
Liquidation
Because the estimated weighted–
average dumping margin for the sole
investigated company is 0.00 percent
(de minimis), we will direct CBP to
terminate the suspension of liquidation
of all imports of subject merchandise
that are entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
January 23, 2008, and to release any
bond or other security, and refund any
cash deposit.
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ITC Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, we have notified the ITC of our
final determination.
Return or Destruction of Proprietary
Information
This notice will serve as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’)
of their responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of return/
destruction of APO materials or
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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 this
determination and notice in accordance
with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the
Act.
Dated: June 6, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Targeted Dumping Issues
Comment 1: Appropriateness of
Implementing New Methodology in this
Investigation
Comment 2: Identifying Alleged Targets
Comment 3: Statistical Validity of
Standard Deviation Test
Comment 4: Reliance on Identical
Products for Determining Targeted
Dumping
Comment 5: Alleged Masking of
Dumping Under 33–Percent Pattern Test
Threshold
Comment 6: Flaws of ‘‘Gap Test≥
Comment 7: Alleged Masking of
Dumping by Respondents Under
Standard Deviation Test
Comment 8: Statistical Validity of P/2
Test
Comment 9: Programming Errors
Company–Specific Calculation Issues
Comment 10: Addition of G&A,
Financial and Selling Expenses to GFL
Processing Costs
Comment 11: Weight–Averaging of
Dubai Wire and GFL Expenses for G&A
and Financial Expense Ratios
Comment 12: Scrap Offset Revisions
Comment 13: Affiliated Party Loans and
Leases
Comment 14: Calculation of Financial
Expense Offset
Comment 15: Adjustment of GFL CV
Profit Ratio for COM Revisions
Comment 16: Calculation of CV Selling
Expenses and Profit Based on GFL
Screw Sales
Comment 17: LOT Adjustment for CV
Comparisons
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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: June 16, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni
Dach or Scot Fullerton, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 9, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–1655 and (202)
482–1386, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On November 1, 2007, 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 of review (‘‘POR’’)
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, Nucor Corporation
(‘‘Petitioner’’), a domestic producer of
certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat
products, requested that the Department
conduct an administrative review of
Baosteel Group Corporation, Shanghai
Baosteel International Economic &
Trading Co., Ltd., and Baoshan Iron and
Steel Co., Ltd. (collectively ‘‘Baosteel’’).
On December 27, 2007, 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, (‘‘Notice of
Initiation’’), 72 FR 73315 (December 27,
2007).
On April 14, 2008, we preliminarily
rescinded this review based on evidence
on the record indicating that there were
no entries into the United States. See
Preliminary Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review: Certain
Hot–Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
From The People’s Republic of China,
(‘‘Preliminary Rescission’’), 73 FR 20021
(April 14, 2008). We invited interested
parties to submit comments on our
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Preliminary Rescission. We did not
receive any comments on our
Preliminary Rescission.
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
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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,
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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.
Period of Review
The POR is November 1, 2006,
through October 31, 2007.
Final Rescission of Review
Because there is no information on
the record which indicates that Baosteel
made sales 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, 2006, to October 31, 2007.1
The cash deposit rate for Baosteel will
continue to be the rate established in the
most recently completed segment of this
proceeding.
This notice is 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: June 9, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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1 See, e.g, Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils
from Japan; Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 71 FR 26041 (May 3, 2006).
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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: June 16, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Dach or Scot Fullerton, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1655 and (202) 482-1386, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 1, 2007, 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
of review (``POR'') 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, Nucor Corporation
(``Petitioner''), a domestic producer of certain hot-rolled carbon
steel flat products, requested that the Department conduct an
administrative review of Baosteel Group Corporation, Shanghai Baosteel
International Economic & Trading Co., Ltd., and Baoshan Iron and Steel
Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Baosteel''). On December 27, 2007, 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, (``Notice of Initiation''), 72 FR 73315
(December 27, 2007).
On April 14, 2008, we preliminarily rescinded this review based on
evidence on the record indicating that there were no entries into the
United States. See Preliminary Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
From The People's Republic of China, (``Preliminary Rescission''), 73
FR 20021 (April 14, 2008). We invited interested parties to submit
comments on our
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Preliminary Rescission. We did not receive any comments on our
Preliminary Rescission.
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.
Period of Review
The POR is November 1, 2006, through October 31, 2007.
Final Rescission of Review
Because there is no information on the record which indicates that
Baosteel made sales 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, 2006, to October 31, 2007.\1\ The cash
deposit rate for Baosteel will continue to be the rate established in
the most recently completed segment of this proceeding.
This notice is 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: June 9, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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\1\ See, e.g, Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from
Japan; Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
71 FR 26041 (May 3, 2006).
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