[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7619-7620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2055]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-809]


Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From 
Mexico

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

ACTION: Notice of Amendment to Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending the 
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain cut-to-length (CTL) carbon steel plate from Mexico to 
correct a ministerial error. See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel 
Plate From Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 65 FR 8338 (February 18, 2000), as amended, 65 FR 65830 
(November 2, 2000) and 65 FR 77566 (December 12, 2000). This correction 
is in accordance with section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Tariff Act) and 19 CFR 351.224 of the Department's 
regulations. The period covered by these amended final results of 
review is August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam or Robert James, 
Enforcement Group III, Office 8, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5222 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

     Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act by the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all 
citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations 
codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1998).

Amended Final Results

    On February 18, 2000, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the final results of the 1997-1998 administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate 
from Mexico (65 FR 8338). This review covered one producer of the 
subject merchandise, Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA) and 
the period August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998. Following timely 
ministerial error allegations by both AHMSA and petitioners,\1\ the 
Department subsequently amended the final results of this 
administrative review. See Notice of Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 65 FR 65830 (November 2, 2000).
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    \1\ Petitioners are Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Geneva Steel, 
Gulf States Steel, Inc. of Alabama, Inland Steel Industries, Inc., 
Lukens Steel Company, Sharon Steel Corporation, and U.S. Steel Group 
(a unit of USX Corporation).
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    On October 31, 2000, AHMSA submitted an allegation of an additional 
ministerial error relating to the calculation of raw material costs. We 
agreed that AHMSA's allegation constituted a ministerial error and, in 
addition, discovered a separate ministerial error during our analysis. 
Accordingly, we published a second amended final results on December 
12, 2000 correcting both errors. See Notice of Amended Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 65 FR 77566 (December 12, 
2000).
    On December 13, 2000, AHMSA timely alleged that the Department used 
an incorrect adjustment factor to implement the major input rule for 
direct material costs. We agree with AHMSA's allegation concerning our 
recalculation of AHMSA's direct material costs, and have corrected an 
apparent typographical error which dropped a zero from the factor, thus 
resulting in its overstatement. See Memorandum to the File, ``Analysis 
of Data Submitted by Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. (AHMSA) for the 
Amended Final Results of Review of Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 
from Mexico (A-201-809),'' dated January 12, 2001.
    As a result of our analysis of AHMSA's allegations, we are again 
amending our final results of review to correct the error in 
implementing the major input rule identified by AHMSA, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.224(e). The amended weighted average dumping margin for 
AHMSA for the period August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998 is 20.34 
percent.
    Accordingly, the Department shall determine, and the U.S. Customs 
Service shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
The Department shall issue appraisement instructions directly to the 
Customs Service. Because there is only one importer of the subject 
merchandise, we have calculated an importer specific duty assessment 
rate for the merchandise based on the ratio of the total amount of 
antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the total 
entered value of sales. Furthermore, the following deposit requirements 
shall be effective upon publication of this notice of amended final 
results of review for all shipments of certain cut-to-length carbon 
steel plate from Mexico, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided for by 
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the 
reviewed company will be the rate stated above; (2) for previously 
investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in these reviews or 
the original LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period 
for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit

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rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 49.25 
percent, the ``All Others'' rate in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation. See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon 
Steel Plate From Mexico, 58 FR 44165 (August 19, 1993). These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable 
violation.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.224.

    Dated: January 9, 2001.
Troy H. Cribb,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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