[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70717-70718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29992]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-831]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from the Republic of Korea: 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On June 25, 2002, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department's'') initiated an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on stainless steel plate in coils from the Republic of 
Korea. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 67 FR 42753 
(June 25, 2002). The review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Pohang 
Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (``POSCO''). The period of review is May 1, 2001 
through April 30, 2002. The Department is rescinding this review 
because it found no entries of subject merchandise by POSCO into the 
United States during the period of review, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3) of its regulations. The Department is now publishing its 
determination to rescind this review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 26, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander or Robert Bolling, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-0182 or (202) 482-3434, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The 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 (``URAA''). In addition, 
unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of 
Commerce's (``the Department's'') regulations are to the regulations 
codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On May 6, 2002, the Department published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel plate in coils (``SSPC'') 
from Korea. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 
67 FR 30356 (May 6, 2002). On May 31, 2002, the petitioners in this 
proceeding, Allegheny Ludlum, AK Steel Corporation (formerly Armco, 
Inc.), Butler-Armco Independent Union,

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Zanesville Armco Independent Union, and the United Steelworkers of 
America, AFL-CIO/CLC, submitted a request for an administrative review 
of sales by POSCO, a manufacturer/exporter of SSPC, for the period May 
1, 2001 through April 30, 2002. The Department initiated an 
administrative review on June 25, 2002.
    On June 19, 2002, POSCO submitted a letter to the Department 
stating that it did not export the subject merchandise to the United 
States during the period of review (``POR''). On July 1, 2002, the 
Department issued POSCO its standard antidumping duty questionnaire. In 
response to the Department's questionnaire, POSCO again stated that 
neither it, nor any of its affiliates, had exports or sales in the 
United States of subject merchandise manufactured or produced by POSCO 
during the POR.
    On August 21, 2002, the Department sent a no-shipment inquiry 
concerning SSPC from Korea and POSCO to the U.S. Customs Service 
(``Customs''). The purpose of this inquiry was to determine whether 
Customs suspended liquidation of entry summaries of SSPC from Korea 
manufactured and/or exported by POSCO during the POR. The Customs 
Service did not identify any suspended entry summaries of SSPC 
manufactured and/or exported by POSCO during the POR. Therefore, we 
have determined that there were no entries of subject merchandise 
produced or exported by POSCO into the customs territory of the United 
States during the POR.

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole, or only with respect to a particular 
exporter or producer, if the Department concludes that, during the 
period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales 
of the subject merchandise. In light of the fact that we have 
determined that the only company covered by the review did not have 
entries for consumption into the territory of the United States during 
the POR in question, we find that rescinding this review is 
appropriate. On October 25, 2002, we asked petitioners to submit any 
evidence that POSCO had entries, exports, or sales or subject 
merchandise during the POR. See Memorandum to the File from Brandon 
Farlander through Robert Bolling, dated October 25, 2002. We did not 
receive any evidence from petitioners. Therefore, we are rescinding 
this administrative review for the period May 1, 2001 through April 30, 
2002, and will issue appropriate assessment instructions to the U.S. 
Customs Service. The cash-deposit rate for POSCO will remain at 1.19 
percent, the rate established in the most recently completed segment of 
this proceeding (66 FR 64107, December 11, 2001).
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    This notice is in accordance with section 777(i) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 19, 2002.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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