[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48242-48244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23329]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-814, A-791-809]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon 
Steel Flat Products From Argentina and the Republic of South Africa

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Bede or Charles Riggle, AD/CVD, 
Enforcement Group II, Office 5 at (202) 482-3693 and (202) 482-0650 
respectively for Argentina; and Maureen Flannery or Doug Campau, AD/
CVD, Enforcement, Group III, Office 7 at (202) 482-3020 and (202) 482-
1395 respectively for South Africa, Import Administration, Room 1870, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

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 (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to Department of Commerce (the Department) 
regulations refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (April 
2001).

Scope of Antidumping Duty Orders

Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Argentina and the Republic 
of South Africa

    For purposes of these orders, the products covered are certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 
0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and 
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other 
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively 
superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight length, 
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 
10 times the thickness. Universal mill

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plate (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a closed 
box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, and 
of a thickness of not less than 4.0 mm, not in coils and without 
patterns in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included 
within the scope of these orders.
    Specifically included within the scope are vacuum degassed, fully 
stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) steels, 
high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate for motor 
lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon steels with 
micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or niobium (also 
commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to stabilize carbon 
and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro-
alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, 
vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination steels 
contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and 
aluminum.
    Steel products to be included in the scope of these orders, 
regardless of definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS), are products in which: (i) Iron predominates, by 
weight, over each of the other contained elements; (ii) the carbon 
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (iii) none of the elements 
listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
1.80 percent of manganese, or
2.25 percent of silicon, or
1.00 percent of copper, or
0.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
1.25 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten, or
0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium, or
0.15 percent of vanadium, or
0.15 percent of zirconium.
    All products that meet the physical and chemical description 
provided above are within the scope of these orders unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or 
specifically excluded from the scope:
     Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of 
the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including, e.g., 
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A543, 
A387, A514, A517, A506).
     Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/American Iron & 
Steel Institute (AISI) grades of series 2300 and higher.
     Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
     Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
     Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon 
electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent.
     ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
     USS abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
     All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy 
ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507).
     Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result 
of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have assumed 
the character of articles or products classified outside chapter 72 of 
the HTSUS.
    The merchandise subject to these orders is classified in the HTSUS 
at subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 
7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products covered by these orders, including vacuum degassed fully 
stabilized, high strength low alloy, and the substrate for motor 
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff 
classification numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 
7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 
7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 
7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject 
merchandise may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 
7211.14.00.30, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00.
    Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
U.S. Customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise 
subject to these proceedings is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    On August 27, 2001, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department that a 
U.S. industry is materially injured within the meaning of section 
735(b)(1)(A) of the Act by reason of imports of certain hot rolled 
carbon steel flat products from Argentina and the Republic of South 
Africa (South Africa).
    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct the Customs Service to assess, upon further 
advice by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by 
which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price or 
constructed export price of the merchandise for all relevant entries of 
hot rolled carbon steel flat products from Argentina and South Africa. 
These antidumping duties will be assessed on (1) all unliquidated 
entries of imports of the subject merchandise that are entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 3, 2001, the 
date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal 
Register, and before September 3, 2001, the date the Department was 
required, pursuant to section 733(d)(3) of the Act, to terminate the 
suspension of liquidation; and (2) on all entries and withdrawals on or 
after the date of publication of these antidumping duty orders in the 
Federal Register. Entries of certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products made on or after September 3, 2001 and prior to the date of 
publication of these orders in the Federal Register are not liable for 
the assessment of antidumping duties due to the Department's 
termination, effective September 3, 2001, of the suspension of 
liquidation. On or after the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register, Customs officers must require, at the same time as 
importers would normally deposit estimated duties, cash deposits based 
on the rates listed below.

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                                                                 Margin
                   Manufacturer/  exporter                     (percent)
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                          Argentina
Siderar Saic (Siderar).......................................    44.59%
All Others...................................................    40.60%
                         South Africa
Highveld.....................................................     9.28%
Iscor/Saldanha...............................................     9.28%
All Others...................................................     9.28%
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Argentina and South 
Africa, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may 
contact the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Main Commerce 
Building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders 
currently in effect.
    These orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.


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    Dated: September 14, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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