[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 209 (Monday, October 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62297-62298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6012]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-351-828)


Notice of Final Results of New Shipper Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel 
Products from Brazil

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 19, 2005, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the new shipper review 
of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon 
quality steel products (hot-rolled steel products) from Brazil. The 
review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Companhia Sider[uacute]rgica 
de Tubar[atilde]o (CST). Although interested parties had an opportunity 
to comment on our preliminary results, we received no comments. The 
Department has not made any changes in its analysis following the 
publication of the preliminary results. Therefore, the final results of 
review are unchanged from those presented in the preliminary results of 
review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza or David Kurt Kraus, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3019 
and (202) 482-7871, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 19, 2005, the Department published the preliminary 
results of new shipper review of certain hot-rolled steel products from 
Brazil. See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel 
Products from Brazil; Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review, 70 FR 
48668 (August 19, 2005). No party submitted comments on the preliminary 
results.

Period of Review

    The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2004, through August 31, 
2004.

Scope of Review

    The products covered by this order are certain hot-rolled flat-
rolled carbon-quality steel products of a rectangular shape, of a width 
of 0.5 inch of greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and 
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics of other 
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively 
superimposed layers) regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths, 
of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 10 
times the thickness. Specifically included in this scope are vacuum 
degassed, fully stabilized (IF) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) 
steels, and the substrate for motor lamination steels. Steel products 
to be included in the scope of this agreement, regardless of Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS) definitions, are products in which: (1) iron 
predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) 
the carbon content is 2 percent of less, by weight; and (3) none of the 
elements listed below exceeds certain specified quantities.
    The merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable 
under 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, 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 
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, 
7211.19.75.90, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00 of the 
HTS. Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel covered by 
this agreement, including vacuum degassed and fully stabilized, high 
strength low alloy, and the substrate for motor lamination steel may 
also enter under 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. Although the HTS subheading is provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
review is dispositive of whether or not the merchandise is covered by 
the scope of the order.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that a margin of 0.00 percent exists for CST for the 
period March 1, 2004, through August 31, 2004.

Assessment

    The Department will determine, and the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b). We have calculated importer-
specific duty assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total 
amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the 
total entered value of the examined sales for each importer. We will 
direct CBP to assess the resulting assessment rates against the entered 
customs values for the subject merchandise on each of the importer's 
entries during the review period. The Department will issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to the CBP within 15 days of 
publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Bonding is no longer permitted to fulfill security requirements for 
shipments from CST of hot-rolled steel products from Brazil entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date of these final results of new shipper review. The following cash-
deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the final 
results of this new shipper review for all shipments of subject 
merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or 
after the publication date as provided for by section 751(a)(1) and 751 
(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act):
 for subject merchandise manufactured and exported by CST the 
cash deposit rate shall be 0.00 percent;
 for subject merchandise exported by CST but not manufactured 
by CST the cash-deposit rate will continue to be the ``all others'' 
rate or the rate applicable to the manufacturer, if so established;
 the cash deposit rate for exporters who received a rate in a 
prior segment of the proceeding will continue to be the rate assigned 
in that segment of the proceeding;
 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 in the most 
recent segment of these proceedings in which that manufacturer 
participated;

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 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 42.12 percent, the all others rate established in 
the less-than-fair-value investigation. (See Notice of Antidumping Duty 
Order and Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled 
Carbon Quality Steel Products from Brazil, 67 FR 11093 (March 12, 
2002)).
    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 Sec.  351.402(f) 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 the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR Sec.  351.305. Timely written 
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing this new shipper review and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 24, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-6012 Filed 10-28-05; 8:45 am]
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