[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6364]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-811, A-588-831, C-475-812]


Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty 
Order: Grain-Oriented Silicon Electrical Steel From Italy and Japan

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

ACTION: Notice of continuation of antidumping duty orders and 
countervailing duty order: grain-oriented silicon electrical steel from 
Italy and Japan.

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SUMMARY: On July 5, 2000, and November 1, 2000, the Department of 
Commerce (``the Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that 
revocation of the antidumping duty orders on grain-oriented silicon 
electrical steel (``GOES'') from Italy and Japan (65 FR 41433) and the 
countervailing duty order on GOES from Italy (65 FR 65295) would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, or 
countervailable subsidy, as applicable.
    On March 1, 2001, the International Trade Commission (``the 
Commission''), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, determined that 
revocation of the antidumping duty orders and the countervailing duty 
order on GOES from Italy and Japan would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time (66 FR 12958 (March 
1, 2001)). Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4), the Department 
is publishing this notice of continuation of the antidumping duty 
orders and the countervailing duty order on GOES from Italy and Japan.

Effective Date: March 14, 2001.

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, 14 Street and Constitution 
Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050 or (202) 
482-3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background

    On December 1, 1999, the Department initiated (64 FR 67247), and 
the Commission instituted (64 FR 67318), sunset reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders and the countervailing duty order on GOES from 
Italy and Japan pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. As a result of 
these reviews, the Department found that revocation of the antidumping 
duty orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping 
and notified the Commission of the magnitude of the margins likely to 
prevail were the orders revoked.\1\ In addition, the Department found 
that revocation of the countervailing duty order would likely lead to 
continuation of a countervailable subsidy and notified the Commission 
of the net subsidy likely to prevail, as well as the nature of the 
subsidy.\2\
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    \1\ Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Italy and Japan; Final 
Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders, 65 
FR 41433 (July 5, 2000).
    \2\ Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Italy; Final Results of 
Full Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty Order, 65 FR 65295 
(November 1, 2000).
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    On March 1, 2001, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty orders and 
the countervailing duty order on GOES from Italy and Japan would likely 
lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in 
the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.\3\
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    \3\ Grain-Oriented Silicon Electrical Steel From Italy and 
Japan, 66 FR 12958 (March 1, 2001) and USITC Publication 3396 
(February 2001), Investigation Nos. 701-TA-355 and 701-TA-659-660 
(Review).
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Scope of the Orders

    The scope of these orders includes GOES, which is a flat-rolled 
alloy steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent of 
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 1.0 
percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that would give 
the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, of a thickness of 
no more than 0.56 millimeters, in coils of any width, or in straight 
lengths which are of a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, 
as currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (``HTS'') under item numbers 7225.10.0030, 7226.10.1030, 
7226.10.5015, and 7226.10.5056. Although the HTS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written descriptions 
of the scope of these orders are dispositive.

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of the antidumping duty orders and the 
countervailing duty order would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping or countervailable subsidies, 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 duty orders and the countervailing duty order on GOES from 
Italy and Japan. The effective date of continuation of this order will 
be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this Notice of 
Continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) and 751(c)(6)(A) of the 
Act, the Department intends to initiate the next five-year review of 
this order not later than February 2006.
    Effective January 20, 2001, Bernard T. Carreau is fulfilling the 
duties of the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

    Dated: March 8, 2001.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-6364 Filed 3-13-01; 8:45 am]
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