[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59561-59562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29666]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-865]


Notice of the Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon 
Steel Flat Products From the People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of antidumping duty order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 29, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Blozy, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0165.

The Applicable Statute

    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 at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Scope of Order

    The products covered by this antidumping duty order 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 lengths 
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 
10 times the thickness. Universal mill 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 this 
investigation.
    Specifically included within the scope of this order 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 this order, 
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 this order unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, for example, are outside or 
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
     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 this order 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 this order, including: Vacuum degassed fully 
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor 
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff 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 is dispositive.

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Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 735(a) of the Act, the Department made 
its final determination that hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') is being sold at less than 
fair value. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From The People's 
Republic of China, 66 FR 49632 (September 28, 2001).
    On November 13, 2001, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the International Trade Commission (``the Commission'') notified the 
Department of its final determination pursuant to section 
735(b)(1)(A)(e) of the Act that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of subject 
merchandise from the PRC. Therefore, in accordance with section 
736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs 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 of the merchandise for all relevant entries of hot rolled 
steel from the PRC. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all 
unliquidated entries of hot rolled steel from the PRC entered, or 
withdrawn from the warehouse, for consumption on or after May 3, 2001, 
the date on which the Department published its Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel 
Flat Products From The People's Republic of China (66 FR 22183). 
Customs must require, at the same time as importers would normally 
deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to 
the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins as noted below. 
The ``PRC-wide'' rate applies to all exporters of subject merchandise 
not specifically listed. The weighted-average dumping margins are as 
follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                     margin  (In
                                                               percent)
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Angang Group International Trade Corporation...............        69.85
Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation........................        64.20
Benxi Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd..........................        90.83
Panzhihua Iron & Steel (Group) Company.....................        65.59
Wuhan Iron & Steel Group Corporation.......................        65.59
PRC-Wide...................................................        90.83
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
hot rolled steel from the PRC pursuant to section 735(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, 
Room B-099 of the main Commerce building, for copies of an updated list 
of antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: November 20, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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