[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 242 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78469-78472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31944]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-602-803, A-423-805, C-423-806, A-351-817, C-351-818, A-122-822, A-
405-802, A-427-808, C-427-810, C-428-817, A-428-815, C-428-817, A-428-
816, A-588-826, A-580-816, C-580-818, A-201-809, C-201-810, A-455-802, 
A-485-803, A-469-803, C-469-804, A-401-805, C-401-804, A-583-080, C-
412-815, A-412-814]


Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on 
Certain Carbon Steel Products from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, 
Finland, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Poland, Romania, 
Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom

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

ACTION: Notice of Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Orders on Certain Carbon Steel Products from Australia, Belgium, 
Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, 
Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') and the 
International Trade Commission (``the Commission''), pursuant to 
sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), determined that revocation of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders on certain carbon steel products would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or 
subsidization, and material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a foreseeable time. Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4), 
the Department is publishing notice of the continuation of the 
following antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain carbon 
steel products from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, 
France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, 
Taiwan, and the United Kindgom (``UK''):

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            Product                      Country           ITA Case No.
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Corrosion-Resistant............  Australia..............       A-602-803
Cut-to-Length..................  Belgium................       A-423-805
Cut-to-Length..................  Belgium................       C-423-806
Cut-to-Length..................  Brazil.................       A-351-817
Cut-to-Length..................  Brazil.................       C-351-818
Corrosion-Resistant............  Canada.................       A-122-822
Cut-to-Length..................  Finland................       A-405-802
Corrosion-Resistant............  France.................       A-427-808
Corrosion-Resistant............  France.................       C-427-810
Corrosion-Resistant............  Germany................       C-428-817

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Corrosion-Resistant............  Germany................       A-428-815
Cut-to-Length..................  Germany................       C-428-817
Cut-to-Length..................  Germany................       A-428-816
Corrosion-Resistant............  Japan..................       A-588-826
Corrosion-Resistant............  Korea..................       A-580-816
Corrosion-Resistant............  Korea..................       C-580-818
Cut-to-Length..................  Mexico.................       A-201-809
Cut-to-Length..................  Mexico.................       C-201-810
Cut-to-Length..................  Poland.................       A-455-802
Cut-to-Length..................  Romania................       A-485-803
Cut-to-Length..................  Spain..................       A-469-803
Cut-to-Length..................  Spain..................       C-469-804
Cut-to-Length..................  Sweden.................       A-401-805
Cut-to-Length..................  Sweden.................       C-401-804
Carbon Steel Plate.............  Taiwan.................       A-583-080
Cut-to-Length..................  UK.....................       C-412-815
Cut-to-Length..................  UK.....................       A-412-814
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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit or James P. Maeder, 
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 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 UK 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 from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, 
France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, 
Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the UK 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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                                                                                      Federal
              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
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        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
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
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
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
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 above referenced antidumping 
and countervailing duty orders on certain carbon steel products from 
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, 
Korea, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the UK would 
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,

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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 Department and the 
Commission that revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders on certain carbon steel products would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidization and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 
751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of 
the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain carbon steel 
products referenced above.
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service to continue to 
collect duty deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for 
all imports of subject merchandise. The effective date of continuation 
and revocation of these orders will be the date of publication in the 
Federal Register of this notice. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) and 
751(c)(6) of the Act, the Department intends to initiate the next five-
year review of the above referenced orders on certain carbon steel 
products from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, 
Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, 
and the UK not later than November 2005.

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

Appendix--Scope of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products

Australia (A-602-803); Canada (A-122-822); France (A-427-808; C-427-
810); Germany (A-428-815; C-428-817); Japan (A-588-826); Korea (A-580-
816; C-580-818)

    The products covered by these antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat 
products include 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 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 
7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7210.20.000, 
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, 7215.90.3000, 
7215.90.5000, 7217.12.1000, 7217.13.1000, 7217.19.1000, 
7217.19.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.22.5000, 7217.23.5000, 
7217.29.1000, 7217.29.5000, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 
7217.32.5000, 7217.33.5000, 7217.39.1000, 7217.39.5000, 
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090.
    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; 
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; and 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. Excluded are certain electrolytic zinc-coated steel coiled 
rolls from Japan. Also excluded from the antidumping duty order on 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan are 
certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products meeting the 
following specifications: (1) Widths ranging from 10 millimeters 
(0.394 inches) through 100 millimeters (3.94 inches); (2) 
thicknesses, including coatings, ranging from 0.11 millimeters 
(0.004 inches) through 0.60 millimeters (0.024 inches); and (3) a 
coating that is from 0.003 millimeters (0.00012 inches) through 
0.005 millimeters (0.000196 inches) in thickness and that is 
comprised of either two evenly applied layers, the first layer 
consisting of 99 percent zinc, 0.5 percent cobalt, and 0.5 percent 
molybdenum followed by a layer consisting of chromate, and finally, 
a layer consisting of silicate. The HTS item numbers are provided 
for convenience and Customs purposes. The written description 
remains dispositive.

Cut-to-Length

    Belgium (A-423-805, C-423-806); Brazil (A-351-817, C-351-818); 
Finland (A-405-802); Germany (A-428-816, C-428-817); Mexico (A-201-
809, C-201-810); Poland (A-455-802); Romania (A-485-803); Spain (A-
469-803, C-469-804); Sweden (A-401-805, C-401-804); UK (A-412-814, 
C-412-815)
    The products covered by these antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders on cut-to-length carbon steel plate 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), or 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, or 
rectangular shape, hot rolled, neither clad, plated, nor 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 United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``USHTS'') under item 
numbers: 7208.22.000, 7208.31.0000, 7208.32.0000, 7208.33.1000, 
7208.33.5000, 7208.38.000, 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.41.0000, 
7208.42.0000, 7208.43.0000, 7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 
7208.51.0060, 7208.52.000, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 
7210.90.9000, 7211.11.0000, 7211.12.0000, 7211.13.0000, 
7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7211.21.0000, 7211.22.0045, 
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 
7212.50.5000.
    Excluded from the scope is grade X-70 plate. Also excluded from 
the scope of the antidumping duty orders on cut-to-length steel 
plate from Finland, United Kingdom and Germany, and the 
countervailing duty order on cut-to-length steel plate from Germany 
and the United Kingdom, are plate products with a maximum thickness 
of 80 mm in steel grades BS 7191, 355 EMZ, as amended by Sable 
Offshore Energy Project specification XB MOO Y 15 0001, types 1 and 
2. Also excluded from the antidumping duty order are cut-to-length 
steel plate from Canada 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). The Department revoked the 
antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from 
Canada with respect to certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate free 
of cobalt-60 and other radioactive nuclides; and with certain

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dimensions and other characteristics. The HTS item numbers are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes. The Department's 
written description remains dispositive.

Carbon Steel Plate

Taiwan (A-583-080) 

    Imports covered by this antidumping order 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 HTS item 
number 607.6615. These imports are currently classifiable under the 
HTS 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 HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The Department's written description remains dispositive.

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