[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63618-63619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26181]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-822]


Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review: Stainless 
Steel Plate in Coils From Italy

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results in the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Italy.

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SUMMARY: In response to a request from ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali 
Terni S.p.A (``TKAST'') and ThyssenKrupp AST USA, Inc. (``TKASTUSA''), 
the U.S. Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
plate in coils (``SSPC'') from Italy for the period May 1, 2000 through 
April 30, 2001.
    We received no comments on the preliminary results, and we have 
made no changes in our analysis. Therefore, the final results do not 
differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping 
margin for the reviewed firm is listed below in the section entitled 
``Final Results of the Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey or Robert Bolling, 
Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-1102, or 202-482-3434, 
respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``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 (``URAA''). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are 
to the regulations codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (2001).

Background

    On June 10, 2002, the Department published in the Federal Register 
(67 FR 39677) the preliminary results of its administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on stainless steel plate in coils from Italy 
(``Preliminary Results''). We invited parties to comment on our 
preliminary results of review. No party submitted comments on our 
preliminary results. We have now completed the administrative review in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act.

Scope of Review

    For purposes of this administrative review, the product covered is 
certain stainless steel plate in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy 
steel containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 
percent or more of chromium, with or without other elements. The 
subject plate products are flat-rolled products, 254 mm or over in 
width and 4.75 mm or more in thickness, in coils, and annealed or 
otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled. The subject 
plate may also be further processed (e.g., cold-rolled, polished, etc.) 
provided that it maintains the specified dimensions of plate following 
such processing. Excluded from the scope of this petition are the 
following: (1) Plate not in coils, (2) plate that is not annealed or 
otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled, (3) sheet and 
strip, and (4) flat bars. In addition, certain cold-rolled stainless 
steel plate in coils is also excluded from the scope of these orders. 
The excluded cold-rolled stainless steel plate in coils is defined as 
that merchandise which meets the physical characteristics described 
above that has undergone a cold-reduction process that reduced the 
thickness of the steel by 25 percent or more, and has been annealed and 
pickled after this cold reduction process.
    The merchandise subject to this review is currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) at 
subheadings: 7219110030, 7219110060, 7219120005, 7219120020, 
7219120025, 7219120050, 7219120055, 7219120065, 7219120070, 7219120080, 
7219310010, 7219900010, 7219900020, 7219900025, 7219900060, 7219900080, 
7220110000, 7220201010, 7220201015, 7220201060, 7220201080, 7220206005, 
7220206010, 7220206015, 7220206060, 7220206080, 7220900010, 7220900015, 
7220900060, and 7220900080. Although the HTS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and Customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise under investigation is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    Because no interested party submitted comments, the Department 
hereby adopts all findings from the Preliminary Results in these final 
results.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following percentage margin exists for the 
period May 1, 2000, through April 30, 2001:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               Average
               Producer/Manufacturer/Exporter                   Margin
                                                              (percent)
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TKAST......................................................         0.00
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    --The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department will 
issue appraisement instructions directly to the Customs Service. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b), we have calculated exporter/
importer-specific assessment rates. We divided the total dumping 
margins for the reviewed sales by the entered quantity of those 
reviewed sales for TKAST. We will direct the Customs Service to assess 
the resulting percentage margins against the entered Customs values for 
the subject merchandise on each of that importer's entries under the 
relevant order during the review period (see 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1)).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of stainless steel plate in coils from Italy entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash 
deposit rate for TKAST will be the rate shown above; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer 
is a firm covered in these or any previous reviews conducted by the 
Department, the cash deposit rate will be the ``all others'' rate, 
which is 48.80 percent.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.

Notification of Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their

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responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of 
APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 3, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-26181 Filed 10-11-02; 8:45 am]
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