[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3859-3863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1782]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-808]


Suspension of Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon Steel Plate from the Russian Federation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has revised 
the agreement suspending the antidumping duty investigation involving 
certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate (``CTL steel plate'') from the 
Russian Federation (``Russia''). The basis for this action is an 
agreement between the Department and the Russian CTL steel plate 
producers accounting for substantially all imports of CTL steel plate 
from Russia, wherein each signatory producer/exporter individually 
agrees to make any necessary price revisions to eliminate completely 
any amount by which the normal value (NV) of this merchandise exceeds 
the U.S. price of its merchandise subject to the Agreement.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Kemp, Stephen Bailey or Lilit 
Astvatsatrian, at (202) 482-4037, (202) 482-1102, and (202) 482-6412, 
respectively, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group 
III, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On October 24, 1997, the Department and the Ministry of Foreign 
Economic Relations and Trade of the Russian Federation entered into an 
agreement (62 FR 61780, November 19, 1997) suspending the antidumping 
investigation on CTL steel plate from the Russian Federation. Upon 
request of petitioners, the investigation was continued and the 
Department made an affirmative final determination of sales at less 
than fair value.\1\ Likewise, the International Trade Commission 
continued its investigation and made an affirmative determination as to 
material injury to an industry in the United States.\2\ On June 6, 
2002, based on the evidence on Russian economic reforms to that date, 
the Department revoked Russia's status as a non-market economy country 
under section 771(18)(B) of the Act. On November 21, 2002, 
representatives from JSC Severstal, JSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel 
Works and JSC NOSTA (OKIW) Integrated Iron-Steel Works (collectively 
the ``Russian CTL steel plate producers'') initialed a proposed, 
revised suspension agreement. We invited comments on the proposed 
agreement. On December 11, 2002, we received comments from petitioners, 
Bethlehem Steel Corporation and United States Steel Corporation.
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    \1\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the Russian 
Federation, 62 FR 61787, 61794, Nov. 19, 1997.
    \2\ See Certain Carbon Steel Plate From China, Russia, South 
Africa, and Ukraine, 62 FR 66128, Dec. 17, 1997.
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    On December 20, 2002, the final suspension agreement was signed by 
the Russian CTL steel plate producers and the Department, the effective 
date being January 23, 2003.

Scope of Investigation

    For a complete description of the scope of the investigation, see 
Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon Steel Plate from the Russian Federation, Appendix B, 
signed December 20, 2002, attached hereto.

Suspension of Investigation

    The Department consulted with the parties to the proceeding and has 
considered the comments submitted with respect to the proposed 
suspension agreement. Based on our review of these comments, we have 
made one change to the proposed agreement which was correcting the 
effective date of the agreement from January 23, 2002 to January 23, 
2003. In accordance with section 734(b) of the Act, we have determined 
that the agreement will eliminate completely sales at less than fair 
value of imported subject merchandise. Moreover, in accordance with 
section 734(d) of the Act, we have determined that the agreement is in 
the public interest, and that the agreement can be monitored 
effectively. We find, therefore, that the criteria for suspension of an 
investigation pursuant to sections 734(b) and (d) of the Act have been 
met. The terms and conditions of this agreement, signed December 20, 
2002, are set forth in Appendix I to this notice.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 734(f)(1)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: January 17, 2003.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I--Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation of 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the Russian Federation 
(A-821-808)

    Pursuant to section 734(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(19 U.S.C. 1673(c)(b)) (the ``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.208 (the 
``Regulations''), the U.S. Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') 
and the signatory producers/exporters of Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon 
Steel Plate from the Russian Federation (the ``Signatories'') enter 
into this suspension agreement (the ``Agreement''). As of the Effective 
Date, this Agreement supercedes the suspension agreement entered into 
by the Department and the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and 
Trade of the Russian Federation on October 24, 1997. By agreement of 
the Parties, the October 24, 1997 suspension agreement shall cease to 
have force or effect as of the Effective Date of this Agreement. On the 
basis of this Agreement, the Department shall continue to suspend its 
antidumping investigation which it completed on November 19, 1997 (62 
FR 61787), with respect to certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate 
from the Russian Federation, subject to the terms and provisions set 
forth below.

(A) Product Coverage

    For purposes of this Agreement, the products covered are certain 
cut-to-length carbon steel plate, as described in Appendix B.

(B) U.S. Import Coverage

    The signatory producers/exporters collectively are the producers 
and exporters in the Russian Federation that, during the most recently 
completed calendar year, accounted for substantially all (not less than 
85 percent) of the subject merchandise imported into the United States, 
as provided in the Department's regulations. The Department may at 
anytime during the period of the Agreement require additional 
producers/exporters in the Russian Federation to sign the Agreement in 
order to ensure that not less than substantially all imports into the 
United States are covered by the Agreement.
    In reviewing the operation of the Agreement for the purpose of 
determining whether this Agreement has been violated or is no longer in 
the public interest, the Department will consider imports into the 
United States from all sources of the merchandise described in Section 
A of the Agreement. For this purpose, the Department will consider 
factors including, but not limited to, the following: volume of trade, 
pattern of trade, whether or not the reseller is an original equipment 
manufacturer, and the reseller's export price (EP).

(C) Basis of the Agreement

    On and after the effective date of the Agreement, each signatory 
producer/exporter individually agrees to make any necessary price 
revisions to eliminate completely any amount by which the normal value 
(NV) of this merchandise exceeds the U.S. price of its merchandise 
subject to the Agreement. For this purpose, the Department will 
determine the NV in accordance with section 773(e) of the Act and U.S. 
price in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
    (1) For the period from January 23, 2003, the effective date of 
this agreement, through September 30, 2003 (the interim period), each 
signatory producer/exporter agrees not to sell its merchandise subject 
to this Agreement in the United States.
    (2) For the first sales period only, October 1, 2003 through 
December 31, 2003, each signatory producer/exporter agrees not to sell 
its merchandise subject to this Agreement to any unaffiliated purchaser 
in the United States at prices that are less than the NV of the 
merchandise, as determined by the Department on the basis of 
information submitted to the Department not later than the dates 
specified in section D of this Agreement and provided to the parties 
not later than September 20, 2003.
    (3) For all sales occurring on and after January 1, 2004, each 
signatory producer/exporter agrees not to sell its merchandise subject 
to this Agreement to any unaffiliated purchaser in the

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United States at prices that are less than the NV of the merchandise, 
as determined by the Department on the basis of information submitted 
to the Department not later than the dates specified in section D of 
this Agreement and provided to the parties not later than December 20 
and June 20 of each year.\3\ This NV shall apply to sales occurring 
during the semiannual period beginning on the first day of the month 
following the date the Department provides the NV, as stated in this 
paragraph.
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    \3\ For the first sales period only, October 1, 2003 through 
December 31, 2003, the issuance of the normal value may be delayed 
in order to resolve issues raised in comments from interested 
parties or by the Department and for the purpose of allowing 
sufficient time for signatories to respond to the Department's 
request for cost data. Some of these issues may arise due to 
Russia's new status as a market economy with respect to the 
Department's proceedings. In accordance with section 773(f) of the 
Act, the Department will examine prices and costs within Russia and, 
for any sales period, may disregard particular prices or costs when 
the prices are not in the ordinary course of trade, the costs are 
not in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles, 
the costs do not reasonably reflect the costs associated with the 
production and sale of the merchandise, or in other situations 
provided for in the Act or the Department's regulations. Examples of 
possible areas in which adjustments may be necessary include, but 
are not limited to, costs related to energy, depreciation, 
transactions among affiliates, barters, as well as items that are 
not recognized by the Russian Accounting System.
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(D) Monitoring

    Each signatory producer/exporter will supply to the Department all 
information that the Department decides is necessary to ensure that the 
producer/exporter is in full compliance with the terms of the 
Agreement. As explained below, the Department will provide each 
signatory producer/exporter a detailed request for information and 
prescribe a required format and method of data compilation, not later 
than the beginning of each reporting period.
(1) Sales Information
    The Department will require each producer/exporter to report, on 
computer tape in the prescribed format and using the prescribed method 
of data compilation, each sale of the merchandise subject to the 
Agreement, either directly or indirectly to unaffiliated purchasers in 
the United States, including each adjustment applicable to each sale, 
as specified by the Department.
    The first report of sales data shall be submitted to the 
Department, on computer tape in the prescribed format and using the 
prescribed method of data compilation, not later than January 31, 2004, 
and shall contain the specified sales information covering the period 
October 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. Subsequent reports of sales data 
shall be submitted to the Department not later than July 31 and January 
31 of each year, and each report shall contain the specified sales 
information for the semiannual period ending one month prior to the due 
date, except that if the Department receives information that a 
possible violation of the Agreement may have occurred, the Department 
may request sales data on a monthly, rather than a semiannual basis.
(2) Cost Information
    Producer/exporters must request NVs for all subject merchandise 
that will be sold in the United States. For those products which the 
producer/exporter is requesting NVs, the Department will require each 
producer/exporter to report: their actual cost of manufacturing; 
selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses; and profit data on 
a semiannual basis, in the prescribed format and using the prescribed 
method of data compilation. As indicated in Appendix A, profit will be 
reported by the producers/exporters on a semiannual basis. Each such 
producer/exporter also must report anticipated increases in production 
costs in the semiannual period in which the information is submitted 
resulting from factors such as anticipated changes in production yield, 
changes in production process, changes in production quantities or 
changes in production facilities.
    The first report of cost data shall be submitted to the Department 
not later than May 15, 2003, and shall contain the specified cost data 
covering the period January 1, 2003 through March 31, 2003. The second 
report of cost data shall be submitted to the Department not later than 
August 14, 2003, and shall contain the specified cost data covering the 
period January 1, 2003 through June 30, 2003. Each subsequent report 
shall be submitted to the Department not later than February 14 and 
August 14 of each year, and each report shall contain the specified 
information for the semiannual period ending 45 days prior to the due 
date.
(3) Special Adjustment of Normal Value
    If the Department determines that the NV it determined for a 
previous semiannual period was erroneous because the reported costs for 
that period were inaccurate or incomplete, or for any other reason, the 
Department may adjust NV in a subsequent period or periods, unless the 
Department determines that Section F of the Agreement applies.
(4) Verification
    Each producer/exporter agrees to permit full verification of all 
cost and sales information annually, or more frequently, as the 
Department deems necessary.
(5) Bundling or Other Arrangements
    Producers/exporters agree not to circumvent the Agreement. In 
accordance with the dates set forth in section D(1) of this Agreement, 
producers/exporters will submit a written statement to the Department 
certifying that the sales reported herein were not, or are not part of 
or related to, any bundling arrangement, on-site processing 
arrangement, discounts/free goods/financing package, swap or other 
exchange where such arrangement is designed to circumvent the basis of 
the Agreement.
    Where there is reason to believe that such an arrangement does 
circumvent the basis of the Agreement, the Department will request 
producers/exporters to provide within 15 days all particulars regarding 
any such arrangement, including, but not limited to, sales information 
pertaining to covered and non-covered merchandise that is manufactured 
or sold by producers/exporters. The Department will accept written 
comments, not to exceed 30 pages, from all parties no later than 15 
days after the date of receipt of such producer/exporter information.
    If the Department, after reviewing all submissions, determines that 
such arrangement circumvents the basis of the Agreement, it may, as it 
deems most appropriate, utilize one of two options: (1) The amount of 
the effective price discount resulting from such arrangement shall be 
reflected in the NV in accordance with section D(3) of this Agreement, 
or (2) the Department shall determine that the Agreement has been 
violated and take action according to the provisions under section F of 
this Agreement.
(6) Rejection of Submissions
    The Department may reject any information submitted after the 
deadlines set forth in this section or any information which it is 
unable to verify to its satisfaction. If information is not submitted 
in a complete and timely fashion or is not fully verifiable, the 
Department may calculate NV, and/or U.S. price based on facts otherwise 
available, as it determines appropriate, unless the Department 
determines that section F of this Agreement applies.

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(E) Disclosure and Comment

    (1) The Department may make available to representatives of each 
domestic party to the proceeding, under appropriately drawn 
administrative protective orders, business proprietary information 
submitted to the Department during the reporting period as well as 
results of its analysis under section 777 of the Act.
    (2) For the first sales period, beginning October 1, 2003, the 
Department will disclose to each producer/exporter the preliminary 
results and methodology of the Department's calculations of its NV no 
later than August 20, 2003. At that time, the Department may also make 
available such information to the domestic parties to the proceeding in 
accordance with this section.
    (3) Not later than November 20 and May 20 of each ensuing sales 
period, the Department will disclose to each producer/exporter the 
preliminary results and methodology of the Department's calculations of 
its NV. At that time, the Department may also make available such 
information to the domestic parties to the proceeding, in accordance 
with this section.
    (4) Not later than 7 days after the date of disclosure under 
section E(2) and E(3) of this Agreement, the parties to the proceeding 
may submit written comments to the Department, not to exceed 15 pages. 
After reviewing these submissions, the Department will provide to each 
producer/exporter its NV as provided in section C(2) of this Agreement. 
In addition, the Department may provide such information to domestic 
interested parties as specified in this section.

(F) Violations of the Agreement

    If the Department determines that the Agreement is being or has 
been violated or no longer meets the requirements of section 734(b) or 
(d) of the Act, the Department shall take action it determines 
appropriate under section 734(i) of the Act and the regulations.

(G) Other Provisions

    In entering into the Agreement, the signatory producers/exporters 
do not admit that any sales of merchandise subject to the Agreement 
have been made at less than fair value.

(H) Termination or Withdrawal

    The Department will not consider requests for termination of this 
suspended investigation prior to January 2008. Termination of the 
suspended investigation will be considered in accordance with the five-
year review provisions of section 351.222 of the Department's 
regulations.
    Any producer/exporter may withdraw from the Agreement at any time 
upon notice to the Department. Withdrawal shall be effective 60 days 
after such notice is given to the Department. Upon withdrawal, the 
Department shall follow the procedures outlined in section 734(i)(1) of 
the Act.

(I) Definitions

    For purposes of the Agreement, the following definitions apply:
    (1) U.S. price means the export price or constructed export price 
at which merchandise is sold by the producer or exporter to the first 
unaffiliated person in the United States, including the amount of any 
discounts, rebates, price protection or ship and debit adjustments, and 
other adjustments affecting the net amount paid or to be paid by the 
unaffiliated purchaser, as determined by the Department under section 
772 of the Act.
    (2) Normal Value means the constructed value (CV) of the 
merchandise, as determined by the Department under section 773 of the 
Act and the corresponding sections of the Department's regulations, and 
as adjusted in accordance with Appendix A to this Agreement.
    (3) Producer/Exporter means (1) the foreign manufacturer or 
producer, (2) the foreign producer or reseller which also exports, and 
(3) the affiliated person by whom or for whose account the merchandise 
is imported into the United States, as defined in section 771(28) of 
the Act.
    (4) Date of sale means the date of the invoice as recorded in the 
exporter or producer's records kept in the ordinary course of business, 
unless the Department determines that a different date better reflects 
the date on which the exporter or producer establishes the material 
terms of sale, as determined by the Department under its regulations.
    The effective date of this Agreement is January 23, 2003.
    For the Russian Federation Producers/Exporters: Andrey V. 
Shikhanovich for JSC Severstal; Date: December 20, 2002. Andrey V. 
Shikhanovich for JSC Magnitogorsk, Iron and Steel Works (MMK); Date: 
December 20, 2002. Dmitry V. Tarasov for JSC NOSTA (OKIW), Integrated 
Iron-Steel Works; Date: December 20, 2002.
    For U.S. Department of Commerce: Faryar Shirzad, Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration; Date: December 20, 2002.

Appendix A--Principles of Cost

General Framework

    The cost information reported to the Department that will form 
the basis of the NV calculations for purposes of the Agreement must 
be \4\:
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    [sbull] Comprehensive in nature and based on a reliable 
accounting system (i.e., a system based on well-established 
standards that can be tied to the audited financial statements);
    [sbull] Representative of the company's costs incurred for the 
general class of merchandise;
    [sbull] Calculated on a semiannual weighted-average basis of the 
plants or cost centers manufacturing the product;
    [sbull] Based on fully-absorbed costs of production, including 
any downtime;
    [sbull] Valued in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles;
    [sbull] Reflective of appropriately allocated common costs so 
that the costs necessary for the manufacturing of the product are 
not absorbed by other products; and
    [sbull] Reflective of the actual cost of producing the product.
    Additionally, a single figure should be reported for each cost 
component.

Cost of Manufacturing (COM)

    Costs of manufacturing are reported by major cost category and 
for major stages of production. Weighted-average costs are used for 
a product that is produced at more than one facility, based on the 
cost at each facility.
    Direct materials is the cost of those materials which are input 
into the production process and physically become part of the final 
product.
    Direct labor are the costs identified with a specific product. 
These costs are not allocated among products except when two or more 
products are produced at the same cost center. Direct labor costs 
should include salary, bonus and overtime pay, training expenses, 
and all fringe benefits. Any contracted-labor expense should reflect 
the actual billed cost or the actual costs incurred by the 
subcontractor when the corporation has influence over the 
contractor.
    Factory overhead is the overhead costs including indirect 
materials, indirect labor, depreciation, and other fixed and 
variable expenses attributable to a production line or factory. 
Because overhead costs are typically incurred for an entire 
production line. Acceptable cost allocation can be based on labor 
hours or machine hours. Overhead costs should reflect any idle or 
downtime and be fully absorbed by the products.

Cost of Production (COP)

    COP is equal to the sum of materials, labor, and overhead (COM) 
plus SG&A expense in the home market (HM).
    SG&A expense are those expenses incurred for the operation of 
the corporation as a whole and not directly related to the 
manufacture of a particular product. They include corporate general 
and administrative expenses, financing expenses, and general 
research and development expenses. Additionally, direct and indirect 
selling expenses incurred in the HM for sales of the

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product under investigation are included. Such expenses are 
allocated over cost of goods sold.

Constructed Value

    Is equal to the sum of materials, labor and overhead (COM) and 
SG&A expenses plus profit in the comparison market and the cost of 
packing for exportation to the United States.

Calculation of Suspension Agreement NVs

    NVs (for purposes of the Agreement) are calculated by adjusting 
the CV and are provided for both EP and CEP transactions. In effect, 
any expenses uniquely associated with the covered products sold in 
the HM are subtracted from the CV, and any such expenses which are 
uniquely associated with the covered products sold in the United 
States are added to the CV to calculate the NV.
    Export Price--Generally, a U.S. sale is classified as an export 
price sale when the first sale to an unaffiliated person occurs 
before the goods are imported into the United States. In cases where 
the foreign manufacturer knows or has reason to believe that the 
merchandise is ultimately destined for the United States, the 
manufacturer's sales is the sale subject to review. If, on the other 
hand, the manufacturer sold the merchandise to a foreign trader 
without knowledge of the trader's intention to export the 
merchandise to the United States, then the trader's first sale to an 
unaffiliated person is the sale subject to review. For EP NVs, the 
CV is adjusted for movement costs and differences in direct selling 
expenses such as commissions, credit, warranties, technical expenses 
such as commissions, credit, warranties, technical services, 
advertising, and sales promotion.
    Constructed Export Price--Generally, a U.S. sale is classified 
as a constructed export price sale when the first sale to an 
unaffiliated person occurs after importation. However, if the first 
sale to an unaffiliated person is made by a person in the United 
States affiliated with the foreign exporter, constructed export 
price applies even if the sale occurs prior to importation, unless 
the U.S. affiliate performs only clerical functions in connection 
with the sale. For CEP NVs, the CV is adjusted similar to EP sales, 
with differences for adjustment to U.S. and HM indirect-selling 
expenses.
    Home market direct-selling expenses are expenses that are 
incurred as a direct result of a sale. These include such expenses 
as commissions, advertising, discounts and rebates, credit, warranty 
expenses, freight costs, etc. Certain direct-selling expenses are 
treated individually. They include:
    Commission expenses are payments to unaffiliated parties for 
sales in the HM.
    Credit expenses are expenses incurred for the extension of 
credit to HM customers.
    Movement expenses are freight, brokerage and handling, and 
insurance expenses.
    U.S. direct-selling expenses are the same as HM direct-selling 
expenses except that they are incurred for sales in the United 
States.
    Movement expenses are additional expenses incidental to 
importation into the United States. These typically include U.S. 
inland freight, insurance, brokerage and handling expenses, U.S. 
Customs duties, and international freight.
    U.S. indirect-selling expenses include general fixed expenses 
incurred by the U.S. sales subsidiary or affiliated exporter for 
sales to the United States. They may also include a portion of 
indirect expenses incurred in the HM for export sales.

                           For EP Transactions
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+ Direct Materials
+ Direct Labor
+ Factory Overhead
= Cost of Manufacturing (COM)
+ Home Market SG&A
= Cost of Production (COP)
+ U.S. Packing
+ Profit
= Constructed Value
+ U.S. Direct-Selling Expense
+ U.S. Commission Expense
+ U.S. Movement Expense
+ U.S. Credit Expense
- HM Direct-Selling Expense
- HM Commission Expense \1\
- HM Credit Expense
= NV for EP Sales
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\1\ If the company does not have HM commissions, HM indirect expenses
  are subtracted only up to the amount of the U.S. Commissions.


                          For CEP Transactions
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+ Direct Materials
+ Direct Labor
+ Factory Overhead
= Cost of Manufacturing (COM)
+ Home Market SG&A
= Cost of Production (COP)
+ U.S. Packing
+ Profit
= Constructed Value
+ U.S. Direct-Selling Expense
+ U.S. Indirect-selling Expense
+ U.S. Commission Expense
+ U.S. Movement Expense
+ U.S. Credit Expense
+ U.S. Further Manufacturing Expenses (if any)
+ CEP Profit
- HM Direct-Selling Expense
- HM Commission Expense \1\
- HM Credit Expense
= NV for CEP Sales
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\1\ If the company does not have HM commissions, HM indirect expenses
  are subtracted only up to the amount of the U.S. Commissions.

Appendix B

    For purposes of this Agreement, the products covered are hot-
rolled iron and non-alloy steel universal mill plates (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 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief), 
of rectangular shape, neither clad, plated nor coated with metal, 
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other 
nonmetallic substances; and certain iron and non-alloy steel flat-
rolled products not in coils, of rectangular shape, hot-rolled, 
neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal, whether or not painted, 
varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances, 
4.75 mm or more in thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and 
measures at least twice the thickness. Included as subject 
merchandise in this petition are flat-rolled products of 
nonrectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved 
subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which have been 
``worked after rolling'')--for example, products which have been 
bevelled or rounded at the edges. This merchandise is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTS) under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 
7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000. Excluded from the subject merchandise 
within the scope of this Agreement is grade X-70 plate. Although the 
HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
our written description of the scope of this investigation is 
dispositive.

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