[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78467-78469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31943]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-823, A-428-814, C-428-817, A-580-815, C-580-818, A-421-804, C-
401-401]


Revocation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on 
Certain Carbon Steel Products From Canada, Germany, Korea, the 
Netherlands, and Sweden

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

ACTION: Notice of Revocation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Orders on Certain Carbon Steel Products from Canada, Germany, Korea, 
the Netherlands, and Sweden.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the United States International Trade Commission 
(``the Commission'') determined that revocation of the following 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain carbon steel 
products from Canada (A-122-823), Germany (A-428-814, C-428-817), Korea 
(A-580-815, C-580-818), the Netherlands (A-421-804), and Sweden (C-401-
401), is not likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material 
injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably 
foreseeable time. See 65 FR 75301 (December 1, 2000). Therefore, 
pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1), the 
Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is revoking the following 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders:

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                                                               ITA Case
              Product                        Country             No.
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Cut-to-Length......................  Canada................    A-122-823
Cold-Rolled........................  Germany...............    C-428-817
Cold-Rolled........................  Germany...............    A-428-814
Cold-Rolled........................  South Korea...........    A-580-815
Cold-Rolled........................  South Korea...........    C-580-818
Cold-Rolled........................  Netherlands...........    A-421-804
Cold-Rolled........................  Sweden................    C-401-401
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    Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.222(i)(2), the effective date of revocation is January 1, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Martha V. Douthit or James P. Maeder, 
Office of Policy for International Trade Administration, US Department 
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050 or (202) 482-3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 1, 1999, the Department initiated (64 FR 47767), and 
the Commission instituted, (64 FR 47862) sunset reviews of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain carbon steel 
products from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, 
Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, 
Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, pursuant to section 751(c) of 
the Act. As a result of its reviews, the Department found that 
revocation of the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders 
on certain carbon steel products would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and/or subsidization, and notified the Commission 
of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were the orders 
revoked:

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              Product                      Country              ITA Case No.         Register          Date
                                                                                     citation
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Corrosion-Resistant...............  Australia............  A-602-803                 65 FR 18049        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Belgium..............  A-423-805                 65 FR 18292        04/07/00

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Cut-to-Length.....................  Belgium..............  C-423-806                 65 FR 18066        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Brazil...............  A-351-817                 65 FR 18052        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Brazil...............  C-351-818                 65 FR 18065        04/06/00
Corrosion-Resistant...............  Canada...............  A-122-822                 65 FR 47379        04/02/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Canada...............  A-122-823                 65 FR 47383        08/02/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Finland..............  A-405-802                 65 FR 18054        04/06/00
Corrosion-Resistant...............  France...............  A-427-808                 65 FR 18050        04/06/00
Corrosion-Resistant...............  France...............  C-427-810                 65 FR 18063        04/06/00
Cold-Rolled.......................  Germany..............  A-428-814                 65 FR 18046        04/06/00
Cold-Rolled.......................  Germany..............  C-428-817                 65 FR 47407        08/02/00
Corrosion-Resistant...............  Germany..............  C-428-817                 65 FR 47407        08/02/00
Corrosion-Resistant...............  Germany..............  A-428-815                 65 FR 18051        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Germany..............  C-428-817                 65 FR 47407        08/02/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Germany..............  A-428-816                 65 FR 18055        04/06/00
Corrosion-Resistant...............  Japan................  A-588-826                 65 FR 47380        08/02/00
Cold-Rolled.......................  Korea................  A-580-815                 65 FR 18044        04/06/00
Cold-Rolled.......................  Korea................  C-580-818                 65 FR 18973        04/10/00
Corrosion-Resistant...............  Korea................  A-580-816                 65 FR 18044        04/06/00
Corrosion-Resistant...............  Korea................  C-580-818                 65 FR 18973        04/10/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Mexico...............  A-201-809                 65 FR 18052        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Mexico...............  C-201-810                 65 FR 18067        04/06/00
Cold-Rolled.......................  Netherlands..........  A-421-804                 65 FR 47377        08/02/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Poland...............  A-455-802                 65 FR 18054        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Romania..............  A-485-803                 65 FR 47382        08/02/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Spain................  A-469-803                 65 FR 18056        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Spain................  C-469-804                 65 FR 18307        04/07/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Sweden...............  A-401-805                 65 FR 18054        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  Sweden...............  C-401-804                 65 FR 18305        04/07/00
Cold-Rolled.......................  Sweden...............  C-401-401                 65 FR 18290        04/07/00
Carbon Steel Plate................  Taiwan...............  A-583-080                 65 FR 18043        04/06/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  UK...................  C-412-815                 65 FR 18309        04/07/00
Cut-to-Length.....................  UK...................  A-412-814                 65 FR 18056        04/06/00
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    On December 1, 2000, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders on certain carbon steel products from Canada 
(A-122-823), Germany (C-428-817; A-428-814), Korea (C-580-818; A-580-
815), the Netherlands (A-421-804), and Sweden (C-401-401) would not be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See 
Certain Carbon Steel Products from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, 
Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, 
Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, 65 FR 75301 
(December 1, 2000), as amended 65 FR 77074 (December 8, 2000), and 
USITC Publication 3364, Investigation Nos. AA1921-197 (Review), 701-TA-
231, 319-320, 322, 325-328, 340, 342, and 348-350 (Review), and 731-TA-
573-576, 578, 582-587, 604, 607-608, 612, and 614-618 (Review) 
(November 2000).
    Scope of the Orders: See Appendix.

Determination

    As a result of the determination by the Commission that revocation 
of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on cut-to-length 
steel products from Canada (A-122-823), cold-rolled steel products from 
Germany (A-428-814, C-428-817), cold-rolled steel products from Korea 
(A-580-815, C-580-818), cold-rolled steel products from the Netherlands 
(A-421-804), and cold-rolled steel products from Sweden (C-401-401), is 
not likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to 
an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(1), the Department hereby revokes the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on cut-to length steel plate 
from Canada (A-122-823), cold-rolled steel products from Germany (C-
428-817, A-428-814), cold-rolled steel products from Korea (A-580-815, 
C-580-818), cold-rolled steel products from the Netherlands (A-421-
804), and cold-rolled steel products from Sweden (C-401-401).
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to discontinue the 
suspension of liquidation and collection of cash deposit rates on 
entries of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse 
on or after January 1, 2000. The effective date of revocation of these 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders is January 1, 2000.

    Dated: December 8, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix--Scope of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; Cold-
Rolled Carbon Steel Products

    The product covered by these antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders is certain cold-rolled carbon steel flat products from 
Germany (C-428-817; A-428-814), Korea (C-580-818; A-580-815), the 
Netherlands (A-421-804) and Sweden (C-401-401). The product includes 
cold-rolled (cold-reduced) carbon steel flat-rolled products, of 
rectangular shape, neither clad, plated nor coated with metal, 
whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other 
nonmetallic substances, 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: 7209.11.0000, 7209.12.0000, 7209.12.0030, 7209.12.0090, 
7209.13.0000, 7209.13.0030, 7209.13.0090, 7209.14.0030, 
7209.14.0090, 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 
7209.16.0090, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0090, 
7209.18.1530, 7209.18.1560,

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7209.18.2550, 7209.18.6000, 7209.21.0000, 7209.22.0000, 
7209.23.0000, 7209.24.1000, 7209.24.5000, 7209.25.0000, 
7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000, 7209.31.0000, 
7209.32.0000, 7209.33.0000, 7209.34.0000, 7209.41.0000, 
7209.42.0000, 7209.43.0000, 7209.44.0000, 7209.90.0000, 
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 
7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 
7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 
7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.30.1030, 7211.30.1090, 
7211.30.3000, 7211.30.5000, 7211.41.1000, 7211.41.3030, 
7211.41.3090, 7211.41.5000, 7211.41.7000, 7211.41.7030, 
7211.41.7060, 7211.41.7090, 7211.49.1030, 7211.49.1090, 
7211.49.3000, 7211.49.5000, 7211.49.5030, 7211.49.5060, 
7211.49.5090, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 
7212.50.0000, 7215.50.0015, 7215.50.0060, 7215.50.0090, 
7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 
7217.10.7000, 7217.11.1000, 7217.11.2000, 7217.11.3000, 
7217.19.1000, 7217.19.5000, 7217.21.1000, 7217.29.1000, 
7217.29.5000, 7217.31.1000, 7217.39.1000, 7217.39.5000, 
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090.
    Included in the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders on cold-rolled steel products from Germany (C-428-817; A-428-
814), Sweden (C-401-401), Korea (C-580-818; A-580-815), and the 
Netherlands (A-421-804), 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 bevelled or rounded 
at the edges. Excluded are certain shadow mask steel; i.e., 
aluminum-killed, cold-rolled steel coil that is open-coil annealed, 
has a carbon content of less than 0.002 percent, is of 0.003 to 
0.012 inch in thickness, 15 to 30 inches in width, and has an ultra 
flat, isotropic surface. The HTS item numbers in the scope of cold-
rolled carbon steel products from Germany Korea, the Netherlands, 
and Sweden, are provided for convenience and custom purposes. The 
written description remains dispositive.

Cut-to-Length Steel Plate From Canada (A-122-823)

    The scope of the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length steel 
plate from Canada includes 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: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 
7208.51.5030, 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 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 the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length from Canada is 
grade X-70 plate. Also excluded is cut-to-length carbon steel plate, 
meeting the following criteria: (1) 100 percent dry steel plates, 
virgin steel, no scrap content (free of Cobalt-60 and other 
radioactive nuclides); (2) 0.290 inches maximum thickness, plus 0.0, 
minus 0.030 inches; (3) 48.00 inch wide, plus 0.05, minus 0.0 
inches; (4) 10 foot lengths, plus 0.5, minus 0.0 inches; (5) 
flatness, plus/minus 0.5 inch over 10 feet; (6) AISI 1006; (7) 
tension leveled; (8) pickled and oiled; and (9) carbon content, 0.3 
to 0.8 (maximum).
    On February 12, 1999, the Department revoked the order with 
respect to cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Canada, free of 
cobalt-60 and other radioactive nuclides; and with certain 
dimensions and other characteristics. See 64 FR 7167 (February 12, 
1999). The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description remains dispositive.

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