[Federal Register: January 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 2)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-807]

 
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bars from Turkey

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On February 1, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey. See 
Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 73 FR 6128 (Feb. 1, 
2008). Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), the International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that 
revocation of this order would not be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Steel Concrete Reinforcing 
Bar From Turkey; Determination, 73 FR 77841 (Dec. 19, 2008) (ITC 
Final). Therefore, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.222(i)(1)(iii), the Department is revoking the antidumping duty 
order on rebar from Turkey.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is all stock deformed steel 
concrete reinforcing bars sold in straight lengths and coils. This 
includes all hot-rolled deformed rebar rolled from billet steel, rail 
steel, axle steel, or low-alloy steel. It excludes (i) plain round 
rebar, (ii) rebar that a processor has further worked or fabricated, 
and (iii) all coated rebar. Deformed rebar is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7213.10.000 and 7214.20.000 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written description 
of the scope of this order is dispositive.

Background

    On April 17, 1997, the Department issued the antidumping duty order 
on rebar from Turkey. See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel 
Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey, 62 FR 18748 (Apr. 17, 1997).
    On February 1, 2008, the Department initiated, and the ITC 
instituted, a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on rebar from 
Turkey. See Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 73 FR 6128 
(Feb. 1, 2008). As a result of its sunset review of this order, the 
Department found that revocation of the antidumping duty order would be 
likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping. See 
Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing

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Bars from Turkey; Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order, 73 FR 24534 (May 5, 2008). The Department 
notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were 
the antidumping duty order to be revoked.
    On December 19, 2008, the ITC determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of this order would not be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in 
the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See ITC Final 
and USITC Publication 4052 (December 2008), titled Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bar from Turkey (Inv. No. 701-TA-745 (Second Review)).

Revocation

    As a result of the determination by the ITC that revocation of this 
order is not likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of 
material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department, 
pursuant to section 751(d) of the Act, is revoking the antidumping duty 
order on rebar from Turkey. Pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the effective date of revocation is March 
26, 2008 (i.e., the fifth anniversary of the date of publication in the 
Federal Register of the notice of continuation of this antidumping duty 
order). The Department will notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to discontinue suspension of liquidation and collection of cash 
deposits on entries of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn 
from warehouse on or after March 26, 2008, the effective date of 
revocation of the antidumping duty order. The Department will complete 
any pending administrative reviews of this order.
    This revocation and notice are issued in accordance with section 
751(d)(2) of the Act and published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2).

    Dated: December 24, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-31368 Filed 1-2-09; 8:45 am]

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