[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15376-15377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4477]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-475-811, A-588-831, C-475-812)


Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Italy and Japan: Final 
Results of Sunset Reviews and Revocation of Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On February 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated the sunset reviews of the antidumping duty 
(``AD'') orders on grain-oriented electrical steel (``GOES'') from 
Italy and Japan and of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on GOES 
from Italy. (See 70 FR 5243). Because the domestic interested parties 
did not participate in these sunset reviews, the Department is revoking 
these AD and CVD orders.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown or Brandon Farlander, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2849 or (202) 482-0182, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 7, June 10, and August 12, 1994, respectively, the 
Department issued the CVD order on GOES from Italy (59 FR 29414) and 
the AD orders on GOES from Japan (59 FR 29984) and Italy (59 FR 41431). 
On December 1, 1999, the Department initiated sunset reviews on these 
orders and later published its notice of continuation of the AD and CVD 
orders. See Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing 
Duty Order: Grain-Oriented Silicon Electrical Steel From Italy and 
Japan, 66 FR 14889 (March 14, 2001) (``GOES Continuation''). On 
February 1, 2006, the Department initiated the second sunset reviews of 
these orders.
    We did not receive a notice of intent to participate from domestic 
interested parties in any of these sunset reviews by the deadline 
dates. See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(A). As a result, the Department 
determined that no domestic interested party intends to participate in 
these sunset reviews, and on February 21, 2006, we notified the 
International Trade Commission, in writing, that we intended to issue 
final determinations revoking these AD and CVD orders. See 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(2).

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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise subject to these orders includes GOES, which is a 
flat-rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 
percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 
1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that would 
give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, of a 
thickness of no more than 0.56 millimeters, in coils of any width, or 
in straight lengths which are of a width measuring at least 10 times 
the thickness. The products covered by these orders are provided for 
under the following item numbers of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (``HTSUS''): 7225.10.0030, 7226.10.1030, 
7226.10.5015, and 7226.10.5065. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of these orders is dispositive.

Determination to Revoke

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act'') and 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii)(B)(3), if no 
domestic interested party files a notice of intent to participate, the 
Department shall, within 90 days after the initiation of the review, 
issue a final determination revoking the order. Because the domestic 
interested parties did not file a notice of intent to participate in 
these sunset reviews, the Department finds that no domestic interested 
party is participating in these sunset reviews. Therefore, consistent 
with 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i) and section 751(c)(6)(A)(iii) of the Act, 
we are revoking these AD and CVD orders effective March 14, 2006, the 
fifth anniversary of the date the Department published the continuation 
of the AD and CVD orders. (See GOES Continuation.)

Effective Date of Revocation

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(3)(A) and 751(c)(6)(A)(iii) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the Department will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection to terminate the suspension of liquidation of the 
merchandise subject to these orders entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, on or after March 14, 2006. Entries of subject merchandise 
prior to the effective date of revocation will continue to be subject 
to suspension of liquidation and AD and CVD deposit requirements. The 
Department will complete any pending administrative reviews of these 
orders and will conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise 
entered prior to the effective date of revocation in response to 
appropriately filed requests for review.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and notice are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-4477 Filed 3-27-06; 8:45 am]
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