[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13582-13584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2508]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-822]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from 
Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 9, 2005, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat 
products (CORE) from Canada. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon 
Steel Flat Products from Canada: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 53621 (September 9, 2005) 
(Preliminary Results). The review covers shipments of this merchandise 
to the United States for the period August 1, 2003, through July 31, 
2004, made by Dofasco Inc., Sorevco Inc. (Sorevco), and Do Sol

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Galva Ltd. (collectively Dofasco), and by Stelco Inc.
    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis of comments, we have made 
changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the final results differ 
from the preliminary results. For the final dumping margins, see the 
``Final Results of Review'' section below.

DATES: Effective Date: March 16, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Kirby or Joshua Reitze, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
3782 or (202) 482-0666, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 9, 2005, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results. The Department verified questionnaire responses from 
respondents. For Dofasco, the Department conducted verification of 
Sorevco and Dofasco only, as Do Sol Galva did not ship subject 
merchandise during the POR. See Preliminary Results. From October 20 
through October 21, 2005, the Department conducted verification of the 
sales questionnaire responses provided by Sorevco for this antidumping 
administrative review. From October 26 through October 28, 2005, the 
Department conducted a verification of the sales questionnaire 
responses submitted by Dofasco Inc. In addition, from October 24 
through October 25, 2005, the Department conducted verification of the 
sales questionnaire responses submitted by Stelco. Our verification 
results are outlined in the public and proprietary versions of the 
Memorandum to the File: Administrative Review of Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada: Verification of 
Sorevco Inc. (Sorevco Verification Report), Memorandum to the File: 
Report on the Sales Verification of Dofasco Inc. in the Eleventh 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review for Certain Corrosion-Resistant 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada (Dofasco Verification Report), 
and Memorandum to the File: Administrative Review of Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada: Verification of 
Stelco Inc. (Stelco Verification Report), which are on file in the 
Central Records Unit (CRU), room B-099 of the Main Commerce Building.

Scope of the Review

    The product covered by this antidumping duty order is certain 
corrosion-resistant steel, and includes flat-rolled carbon steel 
products, of rectangular shape, either clade, plated, or coated with 
corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, 
nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, 
varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in 
addition to the metallic coating, in coils (whether or not in 
successively superimposed layers) and of a width of 0.5 inch or 
greater, or in straight lengths which, if of a thickness less than 4.75 
millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and which measures 
at least 10 times the thickness or if a thickness of 4.75 millimeters 
or more are of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at 
least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS) under item numbers 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 
7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 
7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 
7215.90.3000, 7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 
7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, and 
7217.90.5090. Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is 
dispositive.
    Include in this order are corrosion-resistant flat-rolled products 
of non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved 
subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which have been 
``worked after rolling'')--for example, products which have been 
beveled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from this order are flat-
rolled steel products either plated or coated with tin, lead, chromium, 
chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne plate''), or both chromium 
and chromium oxides (``tin-free steel''), whether or not painted, 
varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in 
addition to the metallic coating. Also excluded from this order are 
clad products in straight lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in composite 
thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at 
least twice the thickness. Also excluded from this order are certain 
clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-layered corrosion-
resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less than 4.75 millimeters 
in composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled 
product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.

Analysis of Comments Received

    We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our 
Preliminary Results following the release of our verification results 
for Dofasco, Sorevoco, and Stelco. The issues raised in all case and 
rebuttal briefs by parties to this administrative review are addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Canada, from 
Stephen J. Claeys to David M. Spooner, dated March 8, 2006 (Decision 
Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the 
issues discussed in the Decision Memorandum is appendid to this notice. 
The Decision Memorandum is on file in the CRU, and can be accessed 
directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of comments received, we have corrected 
certain ministerial errors and made minor adjustments in the 
methodology that was used in the Preliminary Results concerning SAS 
programming errors for both Dofasco and Stelco, and disregarded 
Stelco's sales of off-spec, excess prime material sold through public 
offerings since we found them outside the ordinary course of trade. the 
adjustments are discussed in detail in the Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2003, 
through July 31, 2004:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Weighted
                                                                average
                    Manufacturer/exporter                        margin
                                                               (percent)
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Dofasco Inc., Sorevco, Inc., Do Sol Galva Ltd................       2.96
Stelco Inc...................................................       3.08
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Assessment

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection

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(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b). The Department 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 that importer. Where the 
assessment rate is above de minimis, we will instruct CBP to assess 
duties on all entries of subject merchandise by that importer.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This clarification will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the period of review produced by companies 
included in these final results of reviews for which the reviewed 
companies did not know their merchandise was destined for the United 
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). In 
accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a), the Department will issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to CBP on or after 41 days following 
the date of publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposits

    Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective 
upon publication of the final results of this adminisrative review for 
all shipments of corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from 
Canada entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of these final results, as provided by 
section 751(a) of the Act: (1) For companies covered by this review, 
the cash deposit rate will be the rate listed above; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the investigation, but the producer is, the 
cash deposit rate will be that established for the producer of the 
merchandise in these final results of review, a prior review, or in the 
final determination; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the producer 
is a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the investigation, 
the cash deposit rate will be 18.71 percent, the ``All Others'' rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation. These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.

Reimbursement

    This notice also serves as a final 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 in the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice is the only reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 8, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Issues

    1. Stelco's Sales of ``Excess Prime'' Merchandise in the Home 
Market.
    2. Level of Trade Analysis for Dofasco.
    3. Stelco's Margin Calculation Errors.
    4. Dofasco's Margin Calculation Errors.

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