[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18349-18350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7874]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-817]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand: 
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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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Barnett-Dahl or Helen Kramer at 
(202) 482-3833 or (202) 482-0405, respectively; Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
SUMMARY: On December 24, 2003, in response to requests made by Nucor 
Corporation (``Nucor'') and U.S. Steel Corporation (``U.S. Steel''), 
the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal 
Register (68 FR 74550-02) a notice announcing the initiation of an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products from Thailand. The review period is 
November 1, 2002 October 31, 2003. This review has now been rescinded 
because Nucor and U.S. Steel have withdrawn their requests for review.

Scope of the Review

    For purposes of this review, the products covered are certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 
0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and 
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other 
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively 
superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths, 
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 
10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (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 4.0 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a 
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this 
review.
    Specifically included within the scope of this review are vacuum 
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free 
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate 
for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon 
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or 
niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to 
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as 
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, 
niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination 
steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and 
aluminum.
    Steel products to be included in the scope of this review, 
regardless of

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definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS), are products in which: i) iron predominates, by weight, over 
each of the other contained elements; ii) the carbon content is 2 
percent or less, by weight; and iii) none of the elements listed below 
exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
    1.80 percent of manganese, or
    2.25 percent of silicon, or
    1.00 percent of copper, or
    0.50 percent of aluminum, or
    1.25 percent of chromium, or
    0.30 percent of cobalt, or
    0.40 percent of lead, or
    1.25 percent of nickel, or
    0.30 percent of tungsten, or
    0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
    0.10 percent of niobium, or
    0.15 percent of vanadium, or
    0.15 percent of zirconium.
    All products that meet the physical and chemical description 
provided above are within the scope of this review unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or 
specifically excluded from the scope of this review:
     Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at 
least one of the chemical elements exceeds those listed above 
(including, e.g., American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, A506).
     Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/American 
Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) grades of series 2300 and higher.
     Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
     Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
     Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or 
silicon electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent.
     ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
     USS abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS 
AR 500).
     All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on 
an alloy ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507).
     Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are 
the result of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which 
have assumed the character of articles or products classified outside 
chapter 72 of the HTSUS.
    The merchandise subject to this review is classified in the HTSUS 
at subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 
7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products covered by this review, including: vacuum degassed fully 
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor 
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers: 
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise 
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and CBP purposes, the written 
description of the merchandise under review is dispositive.

Background

    On November 26, 2003, Nucor, and on November 28, 2003, U.S. Steel 
(Petitioners) requested an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from 
Thailand. On December 24, 2003, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (68 FR 74550-02) Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review. On March 19, 2003, both 
Nucor and U.S. Steel withdrew their requests for review. The applicable 
regulation, 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), states that if a party that requested 
an administrative review withdraws the request within 90 days of the 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review, the 
Secretary will rescind the review. Given that Nucor and U.S. Steel were 
the only parties to request the administrative review, and their 
withdrawal requests are timely, we are rescinding this review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products 
from Thailand covering the period November 1, 2002 to October 31, 2003.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 31, 2004.
Jeffery A. May,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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