[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38372-38373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10479]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-825, A-533-810, A-588-833, A-469-805]


Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain; Final 
Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce initiated the 
second sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel 
bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain pursuant to section 751(c) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. On the basis of a notice of intent 
to participate and adequate substantive responses filed on behalf of 
domestic interested parties and no responses received from respondent 
interested parties, the Department conducted expedited (120-day) sunset 
reviews. See section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act. As a result of these 
sunset reviews, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping 
duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping at the levels listed in the ``Final Results of Reviews'' 
section below.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zev Primor or Kristin Case, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4114 or (202) 
482-3174.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the second sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 
stainless steel bar (SSB) from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain pursuant 
to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See 
Initiation of Five-year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 71 FR 10476 (March 1, 
2006). The Department received a notice of intent to participate from 
Carpenter Technology Corp., Crucible Specialty Metals Division of 
Crucible Materials Corp., Electralloy Corp., North American Stainless, 
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater 
Stainless, Inc. (collectively the domestic interested parties), within 
the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) pertaining to sunset 
reviews. The domestic interested parties claimed interested-party 
status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as manufacturers of a 
domestic like product in the United States. We received complete 
substantive responses from the domestic interested parties within the 
30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We received no 
responses from the respondent interested parties. As a result, pursuant 
to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 
the Department has conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of 
these orders.

Scope of the Orders

    Imports covered by these orders are shipments of SSB. SSB means 
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

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circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), 
triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other convex polygons. SSB includes 
cold-finished SSBs 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 products, 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 twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed products in coils, 
of 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 SSB subject to these orders 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, 
our written description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these reviews are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, to David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration, dated June 29, 2006, which is hereby adopted by 
this notice. The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the 
magnitude of the margins likely to prevail if the orders were to be 
revoked. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in 
these reviews and the corresponding recommendations in this public 
memorandum which is on file in room B-099 of the main Commerce 
building.
    In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Reviews

    We determine that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on SSB 
from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the following weighted-average 
percentage margins:

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 Manufacturers/Exporters/Producers    Weighted-Average Margin (percent)
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Brazil............................
Acos Villares, S.A................              19.43 percent ad valorem
All Others........................              19.43 percent ad valorem
India.............................
Grand Foundry, Ltd................               3.87 percent ad valorem
Mukand, Ltd.......................              21.02 percent ad valorem
All Others........................              12.45 percent ad valorem
Japan.............................
Aichi Steel Works, Ltd............              61.47 percent ad valorem
Daido Steel Co., Ltd..............              61.47 percent ad valorem
Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd......              61.47 percent ad valorem
All Others........................              61.47 percent ad valorem
Spain.............................
Acenor, S.A. (and all successor                 62.85 percent ad valorem
 companies, including Digeco, S.A.
 and Clorimax, SRL)...............
Roldan, S.A.......................               7.72 percent ad valorem
All Others........................              25.77 percent ad valorem
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    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 27, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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