[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47382-47383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19558]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-485-803]


Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Romania; Final Results of 
Full Sunset Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of Full Sunset Review: Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from Romania.

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SUMMARY: On April 6, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of preliminary results of the full 
sunset review of the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length steel 
plate from Romania (65 FR 16171) pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). We provided interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary results. We did 
not receive comments from either domestic or respondent interested 
parties. As a result of this review, the Department finds that 
revocation of this order would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the Final Results of 
Review section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 2, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn McCormick or James Maeder, 
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-
1930 or (202) 482-3330, respectively.

Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to 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 regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (1999). Guidance on 
methodological or analytical issues relevant to the Departments conduct 
of sunset reviews is set forth in the Departments 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 April 6, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published in the Federal Register a notice of preliminary results of 
the full sunset review of the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length 
steel plate from Romania, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. In our 
preliminary results, we found that revocation of the order would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and we 
preliminarily determined the following dumping margins likely to 
prevail if the order were revoked:

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                                                            Margin  (In
                    Producer/exporter                        percent)
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Metalexportimport, S.A..................................           75.04
All Others..............................................           75.04
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    We did not receive a case brief on behalf of either domestic or 
respondent interested parties within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(i).

Scope of Review

    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 coated 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: 7208.31.0000, 7208.32.0000, 
7208.33.1000. 7208.33.5000, 7208.41.0000, 7208.42.0000, 7208.43.0000, 
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.11.0000, 7211.12.0000, 
7211.21.0000, 7211.22.0045, 7211.90.1000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.50.0000, 
and 7212.50.5000. Included in this order 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 from this order is grade X-70 
plate. These HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    The Department did not receive case briefs from either domestic or 
respondent interested parties. Therefore, we have not made any changes 
to our preliminary results of April 6, 2000 (65 FR 616171).

Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, the Department finds that revocation of 
the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the levels listed below:

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                                                            Margin  (In
                    Producer/exporter                        percent)
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Metalexportimport, S.A..................................           75.04
All Others..............................................           75.04
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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 disposition of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 of the 
Department's regulations. 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 violation which is subject to sanction.
    This five-year (``sunset'') review and notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.


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    Dated: July 27, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-19558 Filed 8-1-00; 8:45 am]
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