[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10648-10649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-829]


Stainless Steel Bar From Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administration Review and Rescission of Review

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

SUMMARY: On October 28, 2005, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the third administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Italy. The period of 
review is March 1, 2005, through February 28, 2005. This review covers 
imports of stainless steel bar to the United States from UGITECH S.A. 
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we conclude that the 
final results do not differ from the preliminary results of review, in 
which we found that UGITECH S.A. did not make shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the period of review. 
Therefore, we are rescinding the administrative review.

DATES: Effective Date: March 2, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Holland, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Since the publication of the preliminary results of this review 
(see Stainless Steel Bar from Italy: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administration Review and Preliminary Rescission of Review, 70 FR 
62096 (October 28, 2005) (``Preliminary Results'')), the following 
events have occurred:
    We invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary results 
of this review. On November 28, 2005, we received a case brief from 
UGITECH S.A. (``UGITECH''), an Italian exporter/producer of the subject 
merchandise. No rebuttal briefs were submitted.

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of this order, the term ``stainless steel bar'' 
includes articles of stainless steel in straight lengths that have been 
either hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or otherwise 
cold-finished, or ground, having a uniform solid cross section along 
their whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, 
rectangles (including squares), triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other 
convex polygons. Stainless steel bar includes cold-finished stainless 
steel bars that are turned or ground in straight lengths, whether 
produced from hot-rolled bar or from straightened and cut rod or wire, 
and reinforcing bars that have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other 
deformations produced during the rolling process.
    Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless 
steel semi-finished produced, cut length flat-rolled products (i.e., 
cut length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness have 
a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or 
more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at 
least thick the thickness), products that have been cut from stainless 
steel sheet, strip or plate, wire (i.e., cold-formed products in coils, 
or any uniform solid cross section along their whole length, which do 
not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products), and angles, 
shapes and sections.
    The stainless steel bar subject to this order is currently 
classifiable under subheadings 7222.11.00.05, 7222.11.00.50, 
7222.19.00.05, 7222.19.00.50, 7222.20.00.05, 7222.20.00.45, 
7222.20.00.75, and 7222.30.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of this order is dispositive.

Period of Review

    The period of review (``POR'') is March 1, 2004, through February 
28, 2005.

Analysis of Comments Received

    In its November 28, 2005, submission, UGITECH agreed with the 
Department's findings in the Preliminary Results and asserted that the 
review should be rescinded. We received no other comments on the 
Preliminary Results.

Rescission of Administrative Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), and consistent with the 
Preliminary Results, we are rescinding this review with respect to 
UGITECH, which reported that it made no shipments of the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR. As stated in the 
Preliminary Results, we examined shipment data furnished by U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP''). See Memorandum to the File, 
``U.S. Customs and Border Protection Data,'' dated July 12, 2005. Based 
on this information, we are satisfied that there were no U.S. shipments 
of subject merchandise from UGITECH during the POR.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries. For UGITECH, antidumping duties shall be 
assessed at the rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
    In accordance with the Department's clarification of its assessment 
policy (see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003)), in the event any 
entries were made during the POR through intermediaries under the CBP 
case number for UGITECH, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate 
such entries at the all-others rate in effect on the date of entry. The 
Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to 
CBP within 15 days of publication of this notice.

Cash Deposit Rates

    For UGITECH, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 33.00 
percent. See Stainless Steel Bar from Italy: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 32984 (June 14, 2004). 
This cash deposit rate shall remain in effect until publication of the 
final results of the next administrative review involving UGITECH.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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.

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues

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to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the 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 violation which is subject to sanction.
    These results of administrative review and notice are published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 23, 2006.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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