[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 60614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2565]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-351-829]


Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on 
Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel From Brazil; Correction to 
the Notice of Termination of Suspension Agreement and Notice of 
Countervailing Duty Order

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

ACTION: Correction to notice of termination and notice of 
countervailing duty order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 12, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Gannon or Jonathan Herzog, 
Office of Policy and Negotiations, Bilateral Agreements Unit, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-4271, respectively.

Background

    On September 17, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register notice of the 
termination of the Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation on Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel from 
Brazil and notice of countervailing duty order. See Agreement 
Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Hot-Rolled Flat-
Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel from Brazil; Termination of Suspension 
Agreement and Notice of Countervailing Duty Order, 69 FR 56040 
(September 17, 2004) (``Termination Notice''). In the Termination 
Notice, the Department inadvertently listed separate countervailing 
duty ad valorem rates for Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais, S.A. 
(``USIMINAS'') and Companhia Siderurgic Paulista (``COSIPA''). See 
Termination Notice, 69 FR at 56043. However, in the final determination 
of the underlying countervailing duty investigation, the Department 
determined USIMINAS and COSIPA to be affiliated under section 
771(33)(E) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 
calculated a single countervailing duty rate for both companies (e.g., 
USIMINAS/COSIPA). See Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel 
Products From Brazil, 64 FR 38742, 38744 & 38755 (July 19, 1999). 
Therefore, the final countervailing duty ad valorem rate and cash 
deposit rate for USIMINAS/COSIPA is as follows:

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                                                             Net subsidy
                   Manufacturer/exporter                    rate percent
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USIMINAS/COSIPA...........................................         9.67
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    This notice is published in accordance with sections 704(i) and 
777(i) of the Act. This order is published in accordance with section 
706(a) of the Act.

    Dated: September 28, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E4-2565 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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