[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58633-58634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23606]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 731-TA-965, 971-972, 979, and 981 (Final)]


Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Products From Australia, India, Japan, 
Sweden, and Thailand

Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
determines,\2\ pursuant to section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(the Act),\3\ that an industry in the United States is not materially 
injured or threatened with material injury, and the establishment of an 
industry in the United States is not materially retarded, by reason of 
imports from Australia, India, Japan, Sweden, and Thailand of certain 
cold-rolled steel products, provided for in headings 7209, 7210, 7211, 
7212, 7225, and 7226 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States, that have been found by the Department of Commerce to be sold 
in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV).
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    \1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Commissioner Lynn M. Bragg dissenting.
    \3\ 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b).
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Background

    The Commission instituted these investigations effective September 
28, 2001, following receipt of petitions filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, PA; LTV Steel Co., 
Inc., Cleveland, OH; National Steel Corporation, Mishawaka, IN; \4\ 
Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, NC; Steel Dynamics Inc., Butler, IN; 
United States Steel LLC, Pittsburgh, PA; WCI Steel, Inc., Warren, OH; 
and Weirton Steel Corporation, Weirton, WV.
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    \4\ National Steel Corporation is not a petitioner with respect 
to Japan.
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    The final phase of the investigations was scheduled by the 
Commission following notification of preliminary determinations by 
Commerce that imports of certain cold-rolled steel

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products from Australia, India, Japan, Sweden, and Thailand were being 
sold at LTFV within the meaning of section 733(b) of the Act.\5\ Notice 
of the scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations 
and of a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register of June 3, 2002 (67 FR 38291). The 
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2002, and all persons 
who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by 
counsel.
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    \5\ 19 U.S.C. 1673b(b).
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    The Commission transmitted its determinations in these 
investigations to the Secretary of Commerce on September 5, 2002. The 
views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 3536 
(September 2002), entitled Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Products from 
Australia, India, Japan, Sweden, and Thailand: Investigations Nos. 731-
TA-965, 971-972, 979, and 981 (Final).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: September 12, 2002.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-23606 Filed 9-16-02; 8:45 am]
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