[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20967-20968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10438]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-824]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From 
Japan: Notice of Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and 
Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Order

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances review, and 
revocation in part of antidumping duty order.

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SUMMARY: On March 13, 2001, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation and preliminary results 
of a changed circumstances review with the intent to revoke, in part, 
the antidumping duty order on certain

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corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. See Certain 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan: Notice of 
Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review of 
the Antidumping Order and Intent to Revoke Order in Part, 66 FR 14542 
(March 13, 2001) (``Initiation and Preliminary Results''). In our 
Initiation and Preliminary Results, we gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment; however, we did not receive any comments. We 
are now revoking this order, in part, with respect to the particular 
carbon steel flat products described below, based on the fact that 
domestic parties have expressed no interest in the continuation of the 
order with respect to these particular carbon steel flat products.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand or Rick Johnson, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3207, and (202) 482-3818, 
respectively.
    The 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. 
In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the 
Department's regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19 CFR 
Part 351 (2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 23, 2001, Dana Glacier Daido America, LLC (``Dana'') 
requested that the Department revoke in part the antidumping duty order 
on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. 
Specifically, Dana requested that the Department revoke the order with 
respect to imports meeting the following specifications: carbon steel 
coil or strip, measuring 1.93 millimeters or 2.75 millimeters (0.076 
inches or 0.108 inches) in thickness, 87.3 millimeters or 99 
millimeters (3.437 inches or 3.900 inches) in width, with a low carbon 
steel back comprised of: carbon under 8%, manganese under 0.4%, 
phosphorous under 0.04%, and sulfur under 0.05%; clad with aluminum 
alloy comprised of: 0.7% copper, 12% tin, 1.7% lead, 0.3% antimony, 
2.5% silicon, 1% maximum total other (including iron), and remainder 
aluminum. Dana also requested that the Department revoke the order with 
respect to imports meeting the following specifications: carbon steel 
coil or strip, clad with aluminum, measuring 1.75 millimeters (0.069 
inches) in thickness, 89 millimeters or 94 millimeters (3.500 inches or 
3.700 inches) in width, with a low carbon steel back comprised of: 
carbon under 8%, manganese under 0.4%, phosphorous under 0.04%, and 
sulfur under 0.05%; clad with aluminum alloy comprised of: 0.7% copper, 
12% tin, 1.7% lead, 2.5% silicon, 0.3% antimony, 1% maximum total other 
(including iron), and remainder aluminum.
    On December 30, 2000, domestic producers of the like product, 
Bethlehem Steel Corporation; Ispat Inland Steel; LTV Steel Company, 
Inc.; National Steel Corporation; and U.S. Steel Group, a unit of USX 
Corporation, informed the Department that they have no interest in the 
importation or sale of steel from Japan with these specialized 
characteristics. Subsequently, as noted above, we gave interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on the Initiation and Preliminary 
Results. We received no comments from interested parties.

Scope of Changed Circumstances Review

    The merchandise covered by this changed circumstances review is 
certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. This 
changed circumstances administrative review covers all manufacturers/
exporters of carbon steel flat products meeting the following 
specifications: (1) Carbon steel coil or strip, measuring 1.93 
millimeters or 2.75 millimeters (0.076 inches or 0.108 inches) in 
thickness, 87.3 millimeters or 99 millimeters (3.437 inches or 3.900 
inches) in width, with a low carbon steel back comprised of: carbon 
under 8%, manganese under 0.4%, phosphorous under 0.04%, and sulfur 
under 0.05%; clad with aluminum alloy comprised of: 0.7% copper, 12% 
tin, 1.7% lead, 0.3% antimony, 2.5% silicon, 1% maximum total other 
(including iron), and remainder aluminum; and (2) carbon steel coil or 
strip, clad with aluminum, measuring 1.75 millimeters (0.069 inches) in 
thickness, 89 millimeters or 94 millimeters (3.500 inches or 3.700 
inches) in width, with a low carbon steel back comprised of: carbon 
under 8%, manganese under 0.4%, phosphorous under 0.04%, and sulfur 
under 0.05%; clad with aluminum alloy comprised of: 0.7% copper, 12% 
tin, 1.7% lead, 2.5% silicon, 0.3% antimony, 1% maximum total other 
(including iron), and remainder aluminum.

Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty 
Order

    The affirmative statement of no interest by petitioners concerning 
carbon steel flat products, as described herein, constitutes changed 
circumstances sufficient to warrant partial revocation of this order. 
Also, no party commented on the Initiation and Preliminary Results. 
Therefore, the Department is partially revoking the order on certain 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan with regard 
to products which meet the specifications detailed above, in accordance 
with sections 751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.216(d)(1). We will instruct the U.S. Customs Service (``Customs'') 
to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties, as applicable, and 
to refund any estimated antidumping duties collected for all 
unliquidated entries of certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat 
products meeting the specifications indicated above, and not subject to 
final results of an administrative review as of the date of publication 
in the Federal Register of the final results of this changed 
circumstances review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.222. We will also 
instruct Customs to pay interest on such refunds in accordance with 
section 778 of the Act.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written notification of 
the return/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 changed circumstances administrative 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 
and 351.222(g) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: April 19, 2001.
Timothy J. Hauser,
Acting Under Secretary for International Trade.
[FR Doc. 01-10438 Filed 4-25-01; 8:45 am]
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