[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13621-13622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7353]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-423-805]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Belgium; Amended 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amended final results of antidumping duty 
administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On January 20, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the final results of its 1995-96 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon 
steel plate from Belgium (63 FR 2959). This review covers one 
manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Fabrique de Fer de 
Charleroi, S.A. (FAFER), and its subsidiary, Charleroi (USA) for the 
period August 1, 1995 through July 31, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maureen McPhillips or Linda Ludwig, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III, 
Office 8, 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) 482-3833, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 by the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all references to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR Part 353 
(April 1, 1997).

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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this administrative review constitute one 
class or kind of merchandise: certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate. 
These products include hot-rolled carbon steel universal mill plates 
(i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a closed box 
pass, of a width exceeding 150 millimeters but not exceeding 1,250 
millimeters and of a thickness of not less than 4 millimeters, not in 
coils and without patterns in relief), of rectangular shape, neither 
clad, plated nor coated with metal, whether or not painted, varnished, 
or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances; and certain 
hot-rolled carbon steel flat-rolled products in straight lengths, of 
rectangular shape, hot rolled, neither clad, plated, nor coated with 
metal, whether or not painted, varnished, or coasted with plastics or 
other nonmetallic substances, 4.75 millimeters or more in thickness and 
of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at least twice 
the thickness, as currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS) under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 
7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, and 
7212.50.0000. Included are flat-rolled products of nonrectangular 
cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the 
rolling process (i.e., products which have been worked after rolling) 
for example, products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges. 
Excluded is grade X-70 plate. These HTS item numbers are provided for 
convenience and Customs purposes. The written description remains 
dispositive.

Ministerial Error in Final Results of Review

    In the course of reviewing the content of the final results of 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon 
steel plate from Belgium for the period August 1, 1995 through July 31, 
1996, the Department realized that it had inadvertently published the 
incorrect ``all others'' rate. Therefore, we are correcting the ``all 
others'' cash deposit rate to be 6.84 percent, the rate established in 
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (see Antidumping Duty 
Order and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Belgium, 58 FR 
44164 (August 19, 1993)). This correction of the ``all others'' rate 
does not change Fabrique de Fer de Charleroi's margin of 13.75 percent, 
published in the final results of the 1995-96 administrative review on 
January 20, 1998.
    The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual 
differences between export price and normal value may vary from the 
percentage stated above. The Department will issue appraisement 
instructions directly to the Customs Service.
    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
for all shipments of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from 
Belgium within the scope of the order entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these 
amended final results, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff 
Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the reviewed company will be the 
rate listed above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies not listed above, the rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer 
of the merchandise; and (4) for all other producers and/or exporters of 
this merchandise, the cash deposit rate of 6.84 percent, the ``all 
others'' rate, established in the LTFV investigation, shall remain in 
effect.
    We will calculate importer-specific duty assessment rates on an ad 
valorem basis against the entered value of each entry of subject 
merchandise during the period of review (POR).

Notification of Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 to file a certificate regarding the 
reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and subsequent assessment 
of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also 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 353.34(d). Timely written notification of 
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. Timely 
written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
Section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act 19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)).

    Dated: March 10, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-7353 Filed 3-19-98; 8:45 am]
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