[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54841-54842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23256]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-845]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Japan: Final 
Results of Changed Circumstance Antidumping Duty Review, and 
Determination To Revoke Order in Part

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

ACTION: Final results of changed circumstance antidumping duty review, 
and determination to revoke order in part.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 11, 2000.
SUMMARY: On July 31, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of a changed 
circumstances antidumping duty review and preliminary results of review 
with intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on stainless 
steel sheet and strip in coils from Japan. We are now revoking this 
order in part, with regard to the following product: stainless steel 
razor blade, medical surgical blade, and industrial blades, as 
described in the ``Scope'' section of this notice, based on the fact 
that domestic parties have expressed no further interest in the relief 
provided by the order with respect to the importation or sale of this 
stainless steel coil, as so described.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-6412.

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 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 (April 1, 1999).

Background

    On October 22, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') received a request on behalf of Techni Edge Manufacturing 
Co., (``Techni Edge'') for a changed circumstance review and an intent 
to revoke in part the antidumping duty (AD) order with respect to 
specific stainless steel sheet and strip from Japan. The Department 
received a letter on May 12, 2000 from petitioners (Allegheny Ludlum 
Corporation, Armco, Inc., J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., Washington Steel 
Division of Bethlehem Steel Corporation (formerly Lukens, Inc.), the 
United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, the Butler Armco 
Independent Union and the Zanesville Armco Independent Organization, 
Inc. of CA) expressing no opposition to the request of Techni Edge for 
revocation in part of the order pursuant to a changed circumstance 
review with respect to the subject merchandise defined in the Scope of 
the Review section below.
    We preliminarily determined that petitioners' affirmative statement 
of no interest constituted changed

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circumstances sufficient to warrant a review and partial revocation of 
the order. Consequently, on July 31, 2000, the Department published an 
initiation of a changed circumstances review and preliminary results of 
review with an intent to revoke the order in part (65 FR 6155).
    The merchandise under review is currently classifiable under 
subheading 7220.20.70 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
is dispositive.

Scope of Changed Circumstance Review

    The products covered by this exclusion request and changed 
circumstances review are certain stainless steel used for razor blades, 
medical surgical blades, and industrial blades and sold under 
proprietary names such as DSRIK7, DSRIKA, and DSRIK9. This stainless 
steel strip in coils is a specialty product with a thickness of 0.15 mm 
to 1,000 mm, or 0.006 inches to 0.040 inches, and a width of 6 mm to 50 
mm, or 0.250 inches to 2.000 inches. The edge of the product is slit, 
and the finish is bright. The steel contains the following chemical 
composition by weight: Carbon 0.65% to 1.00%, Silicon 1.00% maximum, 
Manganese 1.00% maximum, Phosphorus 0.35% maximum, Sulfur 0.25% 
maximum, Nickel 0.35% maximum, Chromium 0.15% maximum, Molybdenum 0.30% 
maximum.

Comments

    In the preliminary results, we provided parties the opportunity to 
comment. We did not receive any comments from the interested parties.

Final Results of Review and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping 
Duty Order

    The affirmative statement of no interest by petitioners concerning 
the stainless steel strip in coils from Japan and the fact that no 
interested parties objected to or otherwise commented on our 
preliminary results of review, constitute changed circumstances 
sufficient to warrant partial revocation of the order. Therefore, the 
Department is partially revoking the order on stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils with respect to the product described above, in 
accordance with sections 751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.222(g)(i). This partial revocation applies to all unliquidated 
entries of the above-described merchandise not subject to 
administrative review as of the date of publication in the Federal 
Register of these final results of changed circumstances review.
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service (Customs) to 
proceed with liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of any 
unliquidated entries of steel coil (i.e., stainless steel razor blade, 
medical surgical blade, and industrial blades), as specifically 
described in the ``Scope of Changed Circumstance Review'' section 
above, and entered, or withdrawn from the warehouse, for consumption on 
or after January 4, 1999. The Department will further instruct Customs 
to refund with interest any estimated duties collected with respect to 
unliquidated entries of steel coils entered or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results 
of this circumstances review, in accordance with section 778 of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.222(f)(4).
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protection orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.34(d)(1997). Failure to timely notify 
the Department in writing of the return/destruction of APO material is 
a sanctionable violation.
    This changed circumstances review, partial revocation of the 
antidumping duty order, and notice are in accordance with sections 
751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and sections 351.216, 
351.2221(c)(3), and 351.222(g) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: August 31, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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