[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13260-13262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6479]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-809]


Certain Cut-to-length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has conducted an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-
length carbon steel plate (steel plate) from Mexico (A-201-809) 
manufactured by Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (AHMSA). The 
period of review (POR) is August 1, 2000, through July 31, 2001. We 
determine that AHMSA made no sales of steel plate below the normal 
value (NV). We will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to assess no 
antidumping duties on AHMSA's entries.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2003.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam, Mike Heaney, or Robert 
James, AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-5222, (202) 482-4475, or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 13, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order, and invited 
parties to comment. See Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From 
Mexico, 67 FR 58015 (September 13, 2002) (Preliminary Results). 
Subsequently, we published a Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 
Final Results in Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 67 FR 68833 
(November 13, 2002). We verified the sales information submitted by 
AHMSA. Our verification findings are outlined in the verification 
report in the case file: see Memorandum For: The File, ``Verification 
of the sales and cost data submitted by Alto Hornos de Mexico S.A. de 
C.V. (AHMSA) from Mexico,'' January 7, 2003. AHMSA submitted a case 
brief on January 22, 2003. The petitioners submitted a rebuttal brief 
on January 29, 2003.

Scope of the Review

    The products covered in this review include hot-rolled carbon steel 
universal mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces 
or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 millimeters but not 
exceeding 1,250 millimeters and of a thickness of not less than 4 
millimeters, not in coil 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 hot-rolled carbon steel flat-rolled products in 
straight lengths, 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 millimeters 
or more in thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and 
measures at least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) under item numbers 7208.31.0000, 
7208.32.0000, 7208.33.1000, 7208.33.5000, 7208.41.0000, 7208.42.0000, 
7208.43.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.11.0000, 
7211.12.0000, 7211.21.0000, 7211.22.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 
7212.40.5000, and 7212.50.0000. Included in this review are flat-rolled 
products of non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is 
achieved subsequent to the rolling process products which have been 
``worked after rolling''); for example, products which have been 
beveled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from this review is grade X-
70 plate.
    These HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and U.S. 
Customs purposes. The written descriptions remain dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    The issues raised by the parties in the case brief and the rebuttal 
brief are listed in the Appendix to this notice and are addressed in 
the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum'' (Decision Memorandum) from 
Barbara E. Tillman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, to Joseph A. 
Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary, dated March 12, 2003, which is 
hereby adopted by this notice, and on file in Import Administration's 
Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Department of Commerce 
Building. The Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly from the 
Internet at http://ia.ita.doc.gov. The paper and electronic versions of 
the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have revised the 
interest expense ratios for AHMSA. See the Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that the following percentage weighted-average margins 
exist for the period August 1, 2000, through July 31, 2001:

          Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Mexico
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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
               Producer/manufacturer/exporter                   margin
                                                              (percent)
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AHMSA......................................................           0
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Assessment Rates

    The Department will determine, and the Customs Service shall 
assess, zero antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated a customer-
specific assessment rate for merchandise subject to this review. The 
Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to 
the Customs Service within 15 days of publication of these final 
results of review. We will direct the Customs Service to assess the 
resulting zero assessment rates against the entered, customs values for 
the subject merchandise on customer's entries during the review period.

Cash Deposit Rates

    In addition, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon publication of this notice for all shipments of steel plate from 
Mexico entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
the date of publication, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff 
Act: (1) For the company reviewed, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate listed above, (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or 
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a previous segment 
of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published in the most recent final results in 
which that manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter 
is not a firm covered in this review or in any previous segment of this 
proceeding, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be that 
established for the manufacturer of the merchandise in these final 
results of review or in the most recent segment of the proceeding in 
which that manufacturer participated; and (4) if neither the exporter 
nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this review or in any 
previous segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be 
49.25 percent, the ``all others'' rate established in the LTFV 
investigation (58 FR 44165, August 19, 1993). These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
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 antidumping duties occurred, and in the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to

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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 notification of 
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act, and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: March 12, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.


    Appendix--Issues in Decision Memorandum1. Gain on Monetary 
Position in Financial Expense Ratio.
    2. Debt Default.
    3. Product Specifications Error in the Model Match.
    4. Net Price Calculation Errors.
    5. Billing Adjustments and Packing Costs in Selling Expenses 
Calculation.
    6. Plate-cutting Fees Excluded from Selling Expenses.
[FR Doc. 03-6479 Filed 3-18-03; 8:45 am]
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