[Federal Register: May 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 95)]
[Notices]
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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.
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