[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18043-18044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8545]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-080]


Certain Carbon Steel Plate From Taiwan; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Expedited Sunset Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty expedited sunset 
review: Certain carbon steel plate from Taiwan.

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SUMMARY: On September 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the notice of initiation of a sunset review of 
the antidumping finding on certain carbon steel plate from Taiwan. On 
the basis of a notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive 
comments filed on behalf of domestic interested parties and inadequate 
response (in this case, no response) from respondent interested 
parties, we determined to conduct an expedited review. Based on our 
analysis of the comments received, we find that revocation of the 
antidumping finding would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the levels listed below in the section 
entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark D. Young, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's 
(``the Department's'') regulations are to 19

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CFR part 351 (1999). Guidance on methodological or analytical issues 
relevant to the Department's conduct of sunset reviews is set forth in 
the Department's Policy Bulletin 98:3--Policies Regarding the Conduct 
of Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Orders; Policy Bulletin, 63 FR 18871 (April 16, 1998) (``Sunset 
Policy Bulletin'').

Background

    On September 1, 1999, the Department published the notice of 
initiation of the sunset review of the antidumping finding on carbon 
steel plate from Taiwan (64 FR 47767). The Department received Notices 
of Intent to Participate on behalf of Bethlehem Steel Corporation and 
U.S. Steel Group, a unit of USX Corporation (``the domestic interested 
parties''), within the deadline specified in section 351.218(d)(1)(i) 
of the Sunset Regulations. The domestic interested parties claimed 
interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as U.S. 
manufacturers of carbon steel plate. We received a complete substantive 
response from the domestic interested parties on October 1, 1999, 
within the 30-day deadline specified in the Sunset Regulations under 
section 351.218(d)(3)(i). We did not receive a substantive response 
from any respondent interested party to this proceeding. As a result, 
pursuant to 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C) of 
the Department's Regulations, the Department determined to conduct an 
expedited, 120-day, review of this finding.
    In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, the 
Department may treat a review as extraordinarily complicated if it is a 
review of a transition order (i.e., an order in effect on January 1, 
1995). The review at issue concerns a transition order within the 
meaning of section 751(c)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act. Therefore, the 
Department determined that the sunset review of the antidumping finding 
on carbon steel plate from Taiwan is extraordinarily complicated and 
extended the time limit for completion of the final results of this 
review until not later than March 29, 2000, in accordance with section 
751(c)(5)(B) of the Act.\1\
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    \1\ See Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Five-Year 
Reviews, 64 FR 71726 (December 22, 1999).
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Scope of Review

    The imports covered by this antidumping finding are shipments of 
hot-rolled carbon steel plate, 0.1875 inch or more in thickness, over 
eight inches in width, not in coils, not pickled, not coated, or plated 
with metal, not clad, nor pressed or stamped to non-rectangular shape. 
Such merchandise was classifiable under Tariff Schedules of the United 
States Annotated item number 607.6615. These imports are currently 
classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS'') item numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,7208.51.0030, 
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 
and 7211.14.0045. The HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes. The Department's written description remains 
dispositive.
    There were no scope rulings pertaining to this finding. This review 
covers all imports from all manufacturers and exporters of carbon steel 
plate from Taiwan.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this case by parties to this sunset review are 
addressed in the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum'' (``Decision Memo'') 
from Jeffrey A. May, Director, Office of Policy, Import Administration, 
to Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
dated March 29, 2000, which is hereby adopted by this notice. The 
issues discussed in the Decision Memo include the likelihood of 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margin 
likely to prevail were the finding revoked. Parties can find a complete 
discussion of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding 
recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file in room B-
099 of the main Commerce Building.
    In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memo can be 
accessed directly on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/import_admin/records/frn/. The paper copy and electronic version of the Decision Memo are 
identical in content.

Final Results of Reviews

    We determine that revocation of the antidumping finding on carbon 
steel plate from Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the following percentage weighted-average 
margins:

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                  Manufacturers/exporters                     (percent)
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China Steel Corporation....................................        34.00
All Others.................................................        34.00
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    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 of the 
Department's regulations. Timely 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 violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 29, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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