[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59563-59565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29668]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-835]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel 
Flat Products From Taiwan

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: Patricia Tran at (202) 482-1121 or 
Robert James at (202) 482-0649, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade

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Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), are 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 (April 
1, 2000).

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this 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 these 
investigations.
    Specifically included within the scope of these investigations 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 investigations, 
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 investigations unless 
otherwise excluded. The following products, by way of example, are 
outside or specifically excluded from the scope of these 
investigations:
     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 investigations 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 investigations, 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 under investigation is 
dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    In accordance with section 735(a) of the Tariff Act, the Department 
made its final determination that certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products from Taiwan are being sold at less than fair value. See Notice 
of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Hot-
rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Taiwan, 66 FR 49617, September 
28, 2001. On November 13, 2001, the International Trade Commission (the 
Commission) notified the Department of its final determination pursuant 
to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act that an industry in the 
United States is materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value 
imports of subject merchandise from Taiwan.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Tariff Act, 
the Department will direct Customs officers 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 certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Taiwan. These 
antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Taiwan entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 3, 2001, the 
date on which the Department published its notice of preliminary 
determination in the Federal Register

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(66 FR 22204). Customs officers 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 ``All Others'' rate applies to all 
exporters of subject certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products not 
specifically listed. The weighted-average dumping margins are as 
follows:

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                                                             Margin  (In
                   Manufacturer/exporter                       percent)
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China Steel Corporation (including Yieh Loong).............        29.14
An Feng Steel Co., Ltd.....................................        29.14
All Others.................................................        20.28
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Taiwan. 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 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: November 21, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-29668 Filed 11-28-01; 8:45 am]
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