[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3468-3469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-652]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-807]


Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Notice of 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin or Alice Gibbons at (202) 
482-0656 or (202) 482-0498, respectively, AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request 
Review'' of the antidumping duty order on certain steel concrete 
reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey for the period of review April 1, 
2004, through March 31, 2005. See

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Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity to Request a Review, 70 FR 16799 (April 1, 
2005). The Department received timely requests for review from 
Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. and Colakoglu Dis Ticaret (collectively 
``Colakoglu''); Diler Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S., Yazici 
Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., and Diler Dis Ticaret A.S. 
(collectively ``Diler''); Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal 
Endustrisi A.S. (Habas); and ICDAS Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim 
Sanayi A.S. (ICDAS), foreign producers/exporters in this proceeding. 
The Department also received a timely request for review from Nucor 
Corporation and Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, domestic producers of 
rebar and interested parties in this proceeding, covering 34 producers/
exporters of rebar from Turkey, including the producers/exporters 
referenced above. On May 27, 2005, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
rebar from Turkey. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 70 FR 30694 (May 27, 2005). The Department released the 
antidumping questionnaire in May and August 2005 to the 34 producers/
exporters for which an administrative review was requested. Colakoglu, 
Diler, Ekinciler Demir ve Celik Sanayi A.S. and Ekinciler Dis Ticaret 
A.S., and Habas responded to the Department's questionnaire in August 
2005 and ICDAS responded to the Department's questionnaire in October 
2005. The preliminary results for this proceeding are due no later than 
May 1, 2006.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is all stock deformed steel 
concrete reinforcing bars sold in straight lengths and coils. This 
includes all hot-rolled deformed rebar rolled from billet steel, rail 
steel, axle steel, or low-alloy steel. It excludes (i) plain round 
rebar, (ii) rebar that a processor has further worked or fabricated, 
and (iii) all coated rebar. Deformed rebar is currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item 
numbers 7213.10.000 and 7214.20.000. The HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the 
scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

Determination To Rescind, in Part

    On November 8, 2005, the Department published its final results for 
the April 1, 2003, though March 31, 2004, administrative review and 
found that ICDAS met the requirements of revocation as described in 19 
CFR 351.222. See Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; 
Final Results, Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in 
Part, and Determination To Revoke in Part, 70 FR 67665 (Nov. 8, 2005). 
Due to ICDAS' revocation in that review, we are rescinding the April 1, 
2004, through March 31, 2005, administrative review with respect to 
ICDAS because there is no statutory or regulatory basis to conduct an 
administrative review for a producer/exporter that has met the 
requirements of revocation.

    Dated: January 12, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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