International Trade Administration May 3, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In response to a letter from S.C. Ispat Sidex S.A. notifying the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') that its corporate name has changed to Mittal Steel Galati S.A., the Department is initiating a changed circumstances administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania (see Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Romania, 58 FR 44167 (August 19, 1993) (``Order''). We have preliminarily concluded that Mittal Steel Galati S.A. is the successor- in-interest to S.C. Ispat Sidex S.A. (``Sidex'') and, as a result, should be accorded the same treatment previously accorded to Sidex in regards to the antidumping order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

On January 9, 2001, in response to its action in FAG Italia S.p.A, Barden Corporation (U.K.) Limited, The Barden Corporation and FAG Bearing Corporation v. the United States, Court No. 98-07-02528, Slip. Op. 00-95 (CIT August 4, 2000), the Court of International Trade (CIT) affirmed the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) remand determination affecting final assessment rates for the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on antifriction bearings (other than tapered roller bearings) and parts thereof from the United Kingdom for the period of review May 1, 1996, through April 30, 1997. The merchandise covered by this review is ball bearings and parts thereof and cylindrical roller bearings and parts thereof. Because the appeals have been dismissed and there is now a final and conclusive court decision in this action, we are amending our final results of the review and we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to liquidate entries subject to this review.

On March 21, 2005, the Department of Commerce (Department) published the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (CORE) from Canada for the period from August 1, 2002, through July 31, 2003 in the Federal Register. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 13458 (March 21, 2005) (Final Results). We are amending our Final Results to correct a ministerial error alleged by the group of Dofasco Inc., Sorevco Inc., and Do Sol Galva Ltd. (Dofasco) pursuant to section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).