[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 232 (Monday, December 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60192-60194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29810]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-560-812]


Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products From Indonesia

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Manning or Ronald Trentham at 
(202) 482-3936 and (202) 482-6320, respectively, AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Group II, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
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 Act) are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

    On September 28, 2001, in accordance with sections 735(d) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act, the Department published its affirmative final 
determination in this proceeding. See Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products From Indonesia, 66 FR 49628.

Scope of Order

    For purposes of this order, 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

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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 order.
    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, by way of 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 subject to this proceeding is 
dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    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 that an industry in the United 
States is materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports 
of subject merchandise from Indonesia, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A) 
of the Act. 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 certain hot-rolled carbon steel 
flat products from Indonesia. These antidumping duties will be assessed 
on all unliquidated entries of hot-rolled steel products from Indonesia 
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: Certain 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Indonesia, (66 FR 22163).
    On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, U.S. Customs must require, at the same time as importers 
would normally deposit estimated duties, cash deposits for the subject 
merchandise equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 
noted below. The ``All Others'' rate applies to all exporters of 
subject merchandise not specifically listed below.

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                                                                Margin
                   Manufacturer/exporter                      (percent)
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PT Krakatau Steel Corporation..............................        47.86
All Others.................................................        47.86
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Indonesia. 
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 issued and published published in accordance with 
section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211.


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    Dated: November 20, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-29810 Filed 11-30-01; 8:45 am]
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