[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 67 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18049-18050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8550]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-602-803]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From 
Australia; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of expedited sunset review: certain 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Australia.

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SUMMARY: On September 1, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order 
on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (``CR flat 
products'') from Australia (64 FR 47767) pursuant to section 751(c) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). On the basis of a 
notice of intent to participate filed on behalf of domestic interested 
parties and inadequate response (in this case, no response) from 
respondent interested parties, the Department determined to conduct an 
expedited review. As a result of this review, the Department finds that 
revocation of the antidumping duty order would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the 
Final Results of Review section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla D. Brown or Melissa G. Skinner, 
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3207 or (202) 482-1560, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable 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 the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (1999) in general. 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 initiated a sunset review of 
the antidumping order on CR flat products from Australia (64 FR 47767), 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. On the basis of a notice of 
intent to participate and adequate substantive response 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. The Department has conducted this sunset 
review in accordance with sections 751 and 752 of the Act.

Scope

    The products covered by this order constitute one ``class or kind'' 
of merchandise: certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products. 
The class or kind includes flat-rolled carbon steel products, of 
rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-
resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- 
or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished 
or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in addition to 
the metallic coating, in coils (whether or not in successively 
superimposed layers) and of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, or in 
straight lengths which, if of a thickness less than 4.75 millimeters, 
are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and which measures at least 10 
times the thickness or if of a thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more 
are 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 7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 
7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 
7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 
7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.12.1000, 7217.13.1000, 7217.19.1000, 
7217.19.5000, 7217.22.5000, 7217.23.5000, 7217.29.1000, 7217.29.5000, 
7217.32.5000, 7217.33.5000, 7217.39.1000, and 7217.39.5000. Included 
are flat-rolled products of non-rectangular 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 are 
flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with tin, lead, 
chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne plate''), or both 
chromium and chromium oxides (``tin-free steel''), whether or not 
painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic 
substances in addition to the metallic coating. Also excluded are clad 
products in straight lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in composite 
thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at 
least twice the thickness. Also excluded are certain clad stainless 
flat-rolled products, which are three-layered corrosion-resistant 
carbon steel flat-rolled products less than 4.75 millimeters in 
composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled product 
clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio. These 
HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes 
only. The written description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Substantive Response

    All issues raised in the substantive responses 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 attached Decision Memo include 
the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the 
magnitude of the margin likely to prevail were the order revoked. 
Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this 
review and the corresponding recommendations in

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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 Review

    We determine that revocation of the antidumping duty order on CR 
flat products from Australia would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the following percentage weighted-average 
margins:

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd...........................        24.96
All Others.................................................        24.96
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    This notice serves as the only 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 of the Department's regulations. 
Timely 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.
    This five-year (``sunset'') review and notice are 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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