[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69317-69319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6299]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-828]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Brazil: Notice 
of Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined 
that the antidumping duty administrative review for the period March 1, 
2004, through February 28, 2005, of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional 
(CSN) and Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao (CST) should be rescinded.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer or Kristin Najdi, Office 
7, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0405 and (202) 482-8221, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 1, 2005, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Brazil for the 
period of review (POR) of March 1, 2004, through February 28, 2005. See 
Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping 
Duty Order, Finding or Suspended Investigation, 70 FR 9918 (March 1, 
2005). On March 31, 2005, United States Steel Corporation (USSC) and 
Nucor Corporation (Nucor), domestic producers of the subject 
merchandise, made timely requests that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of CSN and CST. On April 22, 2005, in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended (the Act), the 
Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of 
this antidumping duty administrative review. See Notice of Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 70 
FR 20862 (April 22, 2005). On April 28, 2005, the Department issued its 
antidumping duty questionnaire to CSN and CST. Both CSN and CST 
requested rescission of this administrative review, CSN certifying that 
there were no shipments or entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR, and CST certifying that the only shipments or entries it had 
during the POR were being reviewed by the Department as part of a new 
shipper review. On October 7, 2005, after conducting an internal 
customs data query to confirm these certifications, the Department 
published in the Federal Register its notice of intent to rescind this 
administrative review, and invited comments from interested parties. 
See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Brazil: Notice 
of Intent to Rescind Administrative Review, 70 FR 58680 (October 7, 
2005) (Notice of Intent to Rescind). The Department did not receive 
comments from any interested party.

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of this order, the products covered are certain hot-
rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products of a rectangular 
shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor

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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 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 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 
order.
    Specifically included in this scope 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 and/or niobium added 
to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized 
as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, 
copper, niobium, titanium, 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 order, 
regardless of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
definitions, are products in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, 
over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 
percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below 
exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated: 1.80 percent 
of manganese, or 1.50 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 0.012 percent of boron, or 0.10 percent of 
molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.41 percent of titanium, 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 order unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside and/or 
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
 Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of the 
chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including e.g., ASTM 
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506).
 SAE/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 1.50 percent.
 ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
 USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
 Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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                           C                                 Mn             P             S            Si            Cr            Cu            Ni
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0.10-.................................................         0.90%        0.025%        0.005%         0.30-         0.30-         0.20-         0.20%
0.14%.................................................           Max           Max           Max         0.50%         0.50%         0.40%           Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063-0.198 inches; Yield 
Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000-88,000 psi.
 Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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                           C                                 Mn             P             S            Si            Cr            Cu            Ni
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0.10-.................................................        0.70 -        0.025%        0.006%        0.30 -        0.30 -         0.25%         0.20%
0.16%.................................................         0.90%           Max           Max         0.50%         0.50%           Max           Max
Mo....................................................
0.21%.................................................
Max...................................................
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield 
Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
 Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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                           C                                 Mn             P             S            Si            Cr            Cu            Ni
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0.10-.................................................        1.30 -        0.025%        0.005%        0.30 -        0.50 -        0.20 -         0.20%
0.14%.................................................         1.80%           Max           Max         0.50%         0.70%         0.40%           Max
V(wt).................................................            Cb
0.10%.................................................         0.08%
Max...................................................           Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield 
Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
 Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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                           C                                 Mn             P             S            Si            Cr            Cu            Ni
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0.15%.................................................         1.40%        0.025%        0.010%         0.50%         1.00%         0.50%         0.20%
Max...................................................           Max           Max           Max           Max           Max           Max           Max
Nb....................................................            Ca            Al

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0.005%................................................       Treated        0.01 -
Min...................................................             -         0.70%
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Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength 
= 70,000 psi minimum for thickness  0.148 inches and 65,000 
psi minimum for ``thicknesses'' > 0.148 inches; account for 64 FR 
38650; Tensile Strength = 80,000 psi minimum.
 Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phase-hardened, primarily with a 
ferritic-martensitic microstructure, contains 0.9 percent up to and 
including 1.5 percent silicon by weight, further characterized by 
either (i) tensile strength between 540 N/mm\2\ and 640 N/mm\2\ and an 
elongation percentage [gteqt] 26 percent for thicknesses of 2 mm and 
above, or (ii) a tensile strength between 590 N/mm\2\ and 690 N/mm\2\ 
and an elongation percentage [gteqt] 25 percent for thicknesses of 2 mm 
and above.
 Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE grade 1050, in coils, 
with an inclusion rating of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E 45, Method A, with 
excellent surface quality and chemistry restrictions as follows: 0.012 
percent maximum phosphorus, 0.015 percent maximum sulfur, and 0.20 
percent maximum residuals including 0.15 percent maximum chromium.
 Grade ASTM A570-50 hot-rolled steel sheet in coils or cut 
lengths, width of 74 inches (nominal, within ASTM tolerances), 
thickness of 11 gauge (0.119 inch nominal), mill edge and skin passed, 
with a minimum copper content of 0.20%.
    The merchandise subject to this order 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, 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, 7212.50.00.00. Certain 
hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel covered by this order, 
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. 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and Customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise under this order 
is dispositive.

Rescission of Administrative Review

    On October 7, 2005, the Department published in the Federal 
Register its intent to rescind the administrative review. As noted 
above, CSN certified that it did not have any shipments or entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR and CST certified that the only 
shipments or entries of subject merchandise it had during the POR were 
being reviewed by the Department as part of a new shipper review of CST 
for the period March 1, 2004, through August 31, 2004. See Notice of 
Intent to Rescind. The Department conducted an internal customs data 
query to confirm that CSN had no entries of subject merchandise into 
the United States during the POR, and that CST had no entries of 
subject merchandise other than those already being reviewed as part of 
the new shipper review. The customs data showed no entries of subject 
merchandise by CSN during the POR, and no additional entries by CST 
that should be reviewed. We invited interested parties to comment on 
our intent to rescind the administrative review; no comments were 
submitted.
    Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are 
rescinding this review for CSN based on our determination that this 
company did not have entries of subject merchandise during the POR. 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 315.214(j), we are rescinding this review for CST 
because any entries of subject merchandise during the POR are already 
being reviewed by the Department as part of a new shipper review. This 
review was requested for only these two companies.
    We are issuing this notice in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of 
the Act and19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 8, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-6299 Filed 11-14-05; 8:45 am]
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