[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54417-54418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23760]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-791-804]


Termination of Suspended Antidumping Duty Investigation: Cut-to-
Length Carbon Steel Plate From South Africa

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

ACTION: Notice of Termination of Suspended Antidumping Duty

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Investigation: Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from South Africa.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the United States International Trade Commission 
(``the Commission'') determined that termination of the suspended 
antidumping duty investigation on cut-to-length carbon steel plate 
(``CTL plate'') from South Africa is not likely to lead to continuation 
or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Carbon Steel Plate from 
China, Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine, Investigations Nos. 731-TA-
753-756 (Review) 68 FR 52614 (September 4, 2003)(``Final ITC 
Results''). Therefore, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.222(i)(1)(iii), the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
is terminating the suspended antidumping duty investigation on CTL 
plate from South Africa. The effective date of termination is October 
24, 2002, the fifth anniversary of the date of publication of the 
suspended investigation, October 24, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit or Kelly Parkhill, 
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050 
or (202) 482-3791, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 3, 2002, the Department initiated, and the Commission 
instituted, a sunset review of the suspended investigation on CTL plate 
from South Africa pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation 
of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 67 FR 56268 (September 3, 2002), and 
Carbon Steel Plate from China, Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine, 67 FR 
56311 (September 3, 2003). As a result of the review, the Department 
found that termination of the suspended investigation on CTL plate from 
South Africa would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping. See Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's 
Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and South Africa; Final 
Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Suspended Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 68 FR 1038 (January 8, 2003).
    On September 4, 2003, the Commission determined, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, that termination of the suspended 
investigation on CTL plate from South Africa would not likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See ``ITC Final 
Results''.

Scope of Review

    The products covered under the suspension agreement 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 non-rectangular 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 beveled 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 
the petition is grade X-70 plate. Although the HTS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and Customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of this sunset review is dispositive.

Determination

    As a result of the determination by the Commission that termination 
of the suspended investigation is not likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, the 
Department, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.222(i)(1)(iii), is terminating the suspended investigation on CTL 
plate from South Africa. Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A)(iv) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(ii), termination of this suspended 
investigation is effective October 24, 2002, the fifth anniversary of 
the date of publication of the suspended investigation. The termination 
of the suspended investigation is effective with respect to all 
entries, or withdrawals from warehouse of the subject merchandise on or 
after October 24, 2002.

    Dated: September 11, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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