[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52770-52774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14847]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-427-810]


Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from France

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting 
an administrative review of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (``CORE'') from France 
for the period January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. We 
preliminarily find that the net subsidy rate for the company under 
review is de minimis. See the ``Preliminary Results of Review'' section 
of this notice, infra. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results. (See the ``Public Comment'' section, infra).

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 17, 1993, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the CVD order on CORE from France. See Countervailing Duty 
Order and Amendment to Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination: Certain Steel Products from France, 58 FR 43759 (August 
17, 1993). On August 1, 2005, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of this CVD order. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR 
44085 (August 1, 2005). On August 31, 2005, we received a timely 
request for review from Duferco Coating S.A. and Sorral S.A. 
(collectively, ``Duferco Sorral''), a French producer and exporter of 
subject merchandise, and from the United States Steel Corporation 
(``the petitioner'').
    On September 28, 2005, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the CVD order on CORE from France, covering the period 
January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. See

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Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 56631 (September 28, 
2005). On October 4, 2005, the Department issued a questionnaire to 
Duferco Sorral, the Government of France (``the GOF''), and the 
European Commission (``the EC''); we received their respective 
questionnaire responses on December 7, 2005, and December 13, 2005. On 
April 27, June 14, June 21, July 13, July 17, and August 4, 2006, we 
issued supplemental questionnaires to Duferco Sorral, the GOF, and the 
EC. We received supplemental questionnaire responses from Duferco 
Sorral on May 25, July 7, July 26, and August 9, 2006; from the GOF on 
May 25, July 7, July 26, and August 18, 2006; and from the EC on May 
22, June 27, and July 20, 2006.
    On April 17, 2006, the Department published in the Federal Register 
an extension of the deadline for the preliminary results. See 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from France and the 
Republic of Korea: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 19714 (April 17, 
2006).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), this review covers only those 
producers or exporters of the subject merchandise for which a review 
was specifically requested. The only company subject to this review is 
Duferco Sorral. This review covers 18 programs.

Scope of the Order

    This order covers cold-rolled (``cold-reduced'') carbon steel flat-
rolled carbon steel products, of rectangular shape, either clad, 
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 of 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 of the United States (``HTSUS'') 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, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000, 
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090.
    Included 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[percnt]-60[percnt]-
20[percnt] ratio.
    These HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written descriptions remain dispositive.

Period of Review

    The period for which we are measuring subsidies is January 1, 2004, 
through December 31, 2004.

Background and Methodology Information

I. Background

    A. Company History
    Duferco Sorral\1\ is wholly owned by Duferco Belgium S.A. 
(``Duferco Belgium''), a Belgian holding company which is part of the 
Duferco Group, a Swiss conglomerate. Duferco Sorral is affiliated with 
Duferco S.A., a Swiss corporation that buys and sells steel products of 
the Duferco Group, including Duferco Sorral. For sales of CORE to the 
United States during the POR, Duferco Sorral sold the subject 
merchandise to Duferco S.A., which then resold the products to Duferco 
Steel, Inc., an affiliated U.S. sales company.
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    \1\ Duferco is located in the Picardie region, which is the 
northern part of France. Sorral is located in the Alsace region, 
which is on the eastern border of France. There are 26 regions in 
France.
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    Duferco Belgium purchased Duferco (formerly known as Beautor S.A. 
(``Beautor''))\2\ and Sorral from Arcelor S.A. in 2003. Arcelor was 
created through the merger of the French company Usinor S.A. 
(``Usinor'')\3\ with the Luxembourg company Arbed S.A. and the Spanish 
company Aceralia Corporacion Siderurgica S.A. The merger became 
effective in February 2002, upon approval of the EC. As a condition for 
the merger, the EC required the divestiture of certain holdings, 
including Usinor's cold-rolling and electro-galvanizing facilities in 
Beautor, France (i.e., Beautor) and the hot-dipped galvanized and 
organic coating facilities in Strasbourg, France (i.e., Sorral).\4\ The 
purpose of the divestiture was to ensure that Usinor/Arcelor no longer 
controlled the facilities and could not hinder competition in the steel 
industry. According to the EC's instructions, the purchaser of Beautor 
and Sorral was to be a viable existing or potential competitor, 
independent of the parties, and having the incentive to maintain and 
develop the divested businesses as active competitive forces in 
competition with the seller.\5\ Arcelor proposed Duferco Belgium as a 
suitable purchaser for Beautor and Sorral. In February 2003, the EC 
approved the private-to-private sale between Arcelor and Duferco 
Belgium.
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    \2\ Beautor S.A. was transformed into Duferco Coating S.A. on 
March 31, 2004, by the shareholders. This transformation was 
retroactive to October 1, 2003, the opening day of the company's 
fiscal year.
    \3\ Usinor, a formerly government-owned entity, was the only 
company reviewed in the underlying investigation. See Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations: Certain Steel 
Products from France, 58 FR 37304 (July 9, 1993). Usinor was later 
privatized between 1995 and 1997. See Issues and Decision Memorandum 
for the Section 129 Determination: Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel 
Flat Products from France; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review 
of Countervailing Duty Order, dated October 24, 2003.
    \4\ See ``Non-Confidential Version of the Commitments to the 
European Commission: Case No. COMP/ECSC 1351 - Aceralia/Arbed/
Usinor,'' at 1-2, contained within the June 27, 2006, Memorandum to 
the File concerning the Placement of Public Documents on the Record 
of the Review. This public document is available on the public 
record in the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), located in the main 
Commerce Building in room B-099.
    \5\ Id. at 4-5.
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    B. Change-in-Ownership

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    As explained in the ``Company History'' section above, Duferco 
Belgium purchased Beautor and Sorral, previously Usinor facilities, 
from Arcelor. The Department has previously determined that Usinor 
received countervailable subsidies. See Issues and Decision Memorandum 
for the Section 129 Determination: Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel 
Flat Products from France; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of 
Countervailing Duty Order, dated October 24, 2003. In this review, 
Duferco Sorral reported that Beautor received subsidies over a 15-year 
Average Useful Life (``AUL'').
    For purposes of these preliminarily results, we find that the 
benefits from any allocable, non-recurring, pre-sale subsidies to 
Beautor and Sorral from the GOF and the EC are fully extinguished prior 
to the POR. Therefore, as this change in ownership could have no impact 
on any countervailable subsidy benefits in the POR, we are not making 
any findings in this review as to the nature or terms of this sale.

II. Subsidies Valuation Information

    A. Allocation Period
    Under 19 CFR 351.524(b), non-recurring subsidies are allocated over 
a period corresponding to the AUL of the renewable physical assets used 
to produce the subject merchandise. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.524(d)(2), 
there is a rebuttable presumption that the AUL will be taken from the 
U.S. Internal Revenue Service's 1977 Class Life Asset Depreciation 
Range System (``IRS Tables''), as updated by the Department of 
Treasury. For the subject merchandise, the IRS Tables prescribe an AUL 
of 15 years. No interested party has claimed that the AUL of 15 years 
is unreasonable.
    Further, for non-recurring subsidies, we have applied the ``0.5 
percent expense test'' described in 19 CFR 351.524(b)(2). Under this 
test, we compare the amount of subsidies approved under a given program 
in a particular year to sales (total sales or total export sales, as 
appropriate) for the same year. If the amount of subsidies is less than 
0.5 percent of the relevant sales, then the benefits are allocated to 
the year of receipt rather than allocated over the AUL period.

Analysis of Programs

I. Program Preliminarily Determined Not To Confer Countervailable 
Benefits During the POR

    A. European Regional Development Fund
    The European Regional Development Fund (``ERDF'') was created 
pursuant to the authority in Article 130 of the Treaty of Rome to 
reduce regional disparities in socio-economic performance within the 
European Community. The ERDF program provides grants to companies 
located within regions that meet the criteria of Objective 1 
(underdeveloped regions), Objective 2 (declining industrial regions), 
or Objective 5(b) (declining agricultural regions). Duferco Sorral 
reported that Beautor was approved for an ERDF grant under Objective 2 
in 1998 and 1999.\6\
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    \6\ See Duferco Sorral's December 7, 2005, questionnaire 
response at 12. See also the GOF's December 7, 2005, questionnaire 
response at ``European Development Regional Fund'' section.
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    In the Pasta from Italy Investigation, the Department determined 
that ERDF grants constitute a countervailable subsidy within the 
meaning of section 771(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''). See Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: 
Certain Pasta from Italy, 61 FR 30288, 30294 (June 14, 1996) (``Pasta 
from Italy Investigation''); see also Certain Pasta from Italy: Final 
Results of the Seventh Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 
70657 (December 7, 2004) (``Pasta from Italy 7\th\ Review''), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at ``European Regional 
Development Fund Grants'' within ``Programs Determined to Confer 
Subsidies During the POR'' section. Specifically, the Department 
determined that the ERDF grants are a direct transfer of funds from the 
government bestowing a benefit in the amount of the grant within the 
meaning of section 771(5)(D)(i) of the Act. The ERDF grants were also 
found to be regionally specific within the meaning of section 
771(5A)(D)(iv) of the Act. In the Pasta from Italy Investigation, we 
determined that the ERDF grants are non-recurring benefits. In this 
review, no new information was provided on this program that would 
warrant reconsideration of our determination that these grants confer a 
countervailable subsidy or cause us to depart from treating the grants 
as non-recurring.
    Therefore, consistent with the Pasta from Italy Investigation and 
Pasty from Italy 7\th\ Review, we are treating Beautor's ERDF grants as 
non-recurring. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.524(b)(2), we have applied 
the ``0.5 percent expense test.''\7\ The calculations demonstrate that 
the total amount approved for each grant is less than 0.5 percent of 
Beautor's relevant sales (i.e., total sales) for the respective year in 
which each grant was approved. Because the amount of subsidies is less 
than 0.5 percent of the relevant sales, we have expensed the benefit 
from each ERDF grant in the year of receipt rather than allocate the 
benefits over the AUL period. See the August 31, 2006, Memorandum to 
the File concerning the Preliminary Calculations for the 2004 
Administrative Review of Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products 
from France.\8\ Therefore, no benefit from the ERDF grants was 
conferred to Duferco Sorral during the POR.
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    \7\ For more information, see ``Allocation Period,'' supra.
    \8\ A public version of the document is available on the public 
record in the CRU.
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II. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Be Countervailable

A. Worker Training Contracts\9\
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    \9\ In prior cases, the Department found Worker Training 
Contracts not to be countervailable. See Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 
in Coils from France, 64 FR 30774, 30782 (June 8, 1999) (``Sheet and 
Strip from France'') at ``Work/Training Contracts.'' See also Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from France, 64 FR 73277, 73282 (``CTL 
France'') at ``Investment/Operating Subsidies.'' If a program is 
determined to be non-countervailable in a previous proceeding, the 
Department will not normally reconsider such a determination in 
future proceedings absent evidence potentially contradicting that 
determination. We preliminarily find that there is no information on 
the record of the instant case, including this segment of the 
proceeding, that warrants a change to our earlier finding that this 
program is not specific and, therefore, not countervailable.
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B. Seine-Normandy Water Agency Assistance

    The Seine-Normandy Water Agency (``SNWA''), a public institution 
with financial autonomy,\10\ is administered jointly by the Ministries 
of the Environment and Finance.\11\ The mission of SNWA, one of six 
water agencies in France, is to reduce and prevent pollution of the 
Seine River. To that end, SNWA provides financial assistance in the 
form of grants and loans to companies located along the Seine for 
projects dedicated to protecting, increasing, and improving the water 
resources, attaining quality requirements, and protecting against 
flooding (collectively referred hereto as ``pollution prevention 
program'').\12\ Pursuant to Article 14 and Article 14-1 of the Water 
Law of 1964, all polluting

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companies having plants located in the basin of the Seine River, 
regardless of their sector of activity, have the legal obligation to 
enter into the SNWA consortium and fund its activities through the 
payment of levies.\13\ Article 14-1 establishes that the levies are 
proportional to the quantity of polluting waste the company is likely 
to produce during the production cycle. Companies which are in arrears 
are ineligible to receive assistance for pollution reduction projects. 
Duferco Sorral reported that Beautor received grants and long-term 
loans from SNWA over a 15-year AUL, and that Duferco Sorral itself 
received a grant in 2004.
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    \10\ See Article L-213-5 of the Environment Code at Annex 1 
contained in the GOF's May 25, 2006, questionnaire response.
    \11\ See Chapter 19 entitled ``Seine-Normandy Basin, France'' of 
UNESCO's study ``The 1\st\ World Water Development Report: Water for 
People, Water for Life,'' at footnote 17 on page 438, which is 
contained within the June 27, 2006, Memorandum to the File 
concerning ``Placement of Public Documents on the Record of the 
Review.''
    \12\ See the GOF's July 7, 2006, questionnaire response at Annex 
2.
    \13\ See the GOF's May 25, 2006, questionnaire response at Annex 
1 for Article 14 and 14-1.
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    We analyzed whether the benefits provided by SNWA's pollution 
prevention program are specific ``in law or fact'' within the meaning 
of section 771(5A) of the Act. We preliminarily determine that, under 
section 771(5A)(D)(ii) of the Act, the program is not de jure specific 
according to the criteria for determining which companies are eligible 
for benefits. These criteria are set forth in the Water Act of 1964 and 
companion legislation.
    We next examined whether the pollution prevention assistance 
distributed by SNWA is de facto specific. Pursuant to section 
771(5A)(D)(iii) of the Act, a subsidy is de facto specific if one or 
more of the following factors exists: (1) the number of enterprises, 
industries, or groups which use a subsidy is limited; (2) there is 
predominant use of a subsidy by an enterprise, industry, or group; (3) 
an enterprise, industry, or group receives a disproportionately large 
amount of the subsidy; or (4) the manner in which the authority 
providing a subsidy has exercised discretion indicates that an 
enterprise, industry, or group is favored over others.
    For the Picardie region,\14\ where Beautor/Duferco is located, the 
GOF reported the number of companies which received assistance from 
SNWA for the years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. With the exception of 
2003, in which 47 companies received assistance, 60 companies or more 
were recipients of assistance provided by SNWA in each of the other 
years.\15\ The GOF also reported that no applicant was rejected. The 
amount of assistance provided to the steel industry ranged from a high 
of 8.5 percent in 2001 to a low of 0.4 percent in 2003.\16\ During the 
POR, steel companies received assistance of [euro] 69,000 for surface 
treatment, which was approximately 2.0 percent of the assistance 
provided by SNWA to companies in the Picardie region.\17\ For 2004, the 
industrial groups located in the eight regions that compose SNWA's 
territory received pollution assistance totaling [euro] 48.6 million, 
of which [euro] 25.8 million was loans and [euro] 22.8 million was 
grants.\18\ Economic activity along the Seine River is diverse, 
consisting of the agro-food, automobile, chemical, metallurgy, oil 
refining, and paper industries in addition to farming and wine-
production.\19\
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    \14\ Picardie is one of the 26 regions of France and one of the 
eight regions in SNWA's territory.
    \15\ See the GOF's July 26, 2006, questionnaire response at 
``Assistance provided by the Seine-Normandy Water Agency'' section.
    \16\ See the GOF's July 26, 2006, questionnaire response for 
2001 at Annex 1, and July 7, 2006, questionnaire response for 2004 
at Annex 1.
    \17\ See the GOF's May 25, 2006, questionnaire response 
``Assistance provided by the Seine-Normandy Water Agency'' section 
and Annex 2.
    \18\ See August 10, 2006, Memorandum to the File concerning 
``Placement of Public Documents on the Record of the Review - Seine-
Normandy Water Agency's Annual Report.''
    \19\ See Chapter 19 entitled ``Seine-Normandy Basin, France'' of 
UNESCO's study ``The 1\st\ World Water Development Report: Water for 
People, Water for Life,'' at page 432, which is contained within the 
June 27, 2006, Memorandum to the File concerning ''Placement of 
Public Documents on the Record of the Review.''
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    On this basis of these facts, we preliminarily find that the 
pollution prevention program is not limited based on the number of 
users nor is Duferco Sorral or the steel industry a predominant or 
disproportionate recipient of the total funding. Accordingly, we 
preliminarily determine that this program is not specific and, 
therefore, we do not reach the issue of whether there is a financial 
contribution or benefit. Therefore, this program does not confer 
countervailable subsidies within the meaning of section 771(5) of the 
Act.\20\
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    \20\ Even if we were preliminarily to determine that the program 
was specific for years prior to 2001, the grants which Beautor 
received would have been expensed in the year of receipt with no 
benefits allocable to the POR and the benefit provided by the long-
term loans is less than 0.005 percent of Duferco Sorral's total 
sales for the POR.
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III. Programs Preliminarily Determined Not To Be Used

    We preliminarily determine that Duferco Sorral did not apply for or 
receive benefits under these programs during the POR:
    A. Investment Subsidies
    B. Long-Term Loans from Fonds de Developpement Economique et Social 
and Caisse Francaise de Developpement Industriel
    C. Assistance from Delegation a l'Amenagement du Territoire et a 
l'Action Regionale
    D. Financing from the Caisse des Depots et Consignations
    E. Preferential Loans from Local Economic (Regional) Development 
Agencies
    F. Regional Development Incentives
    G. European Coal and Steel Community Article 54 Loans
    H. European Social Fund
    I. ECSC Article 56 Conversion Loans, Interest Rebates, and 
Restructuring Grants
    J. Export Financing
    K. Grants from the River Dock Agency
    L. Loans from the Ministry of Research & Industry
    M. New Community Investment Loans
    N. Tax Subsidies under Article 39
    O. Youthstart.

Preliminary Results of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we have calculated a 
subsidy rate for Duferco Sorral for calendar year 2004. We 
preliminarily determine that the net countervailable subsidy rate is 
0.00 percent ad valorem.
    If the final results of this review remain the same as these 
preliminary results, the Department intends to instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (``CBP'') within 15 days of publication of the 
final results of this review, to liquidate without regard to 
countervailing duties all shipments of subject merchandise produced by 
Duferco Sorral entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004. The Department will 
also instruct CBP not to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties on all shipments of the subject merchandise 
produced by Duferco Sorral, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this review.
    We will also instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits for 
non-reviewed companies at the most recent company-specific or country-
wide rate applicable to the company. Accordingly, the cash deposit 
rates that will be applied to non-reviewed companies covered by this 
order are those established in the most recently completed 
administrative proceeding. See Certain Steel Products from France: 
Notice of Final Court Decision and Amended Final Determination of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 64 FR 67561 (December 2, 1999). 
These rates shall apply to all non-reviewed companies until a review of 
a company assigned these rates is requested.

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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(b), the Department will disclose to 
parties to the proceeding any calculations performed in connection with 
these preliminary results within five days after the date of the public 
announcement of this notice. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309, interested 
parties may submit written comments in response to these preliminary 
results. Unless otherwise indicated by the Department, case briefs must 
be submitted within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to arguments raised in case briefs, 
must be submitted no later than five days after the time limit for 
filing case briefs, unless otherwise specified by the Department. 
Parties who submit argument in this proceeding are requested to submit 
with the argument: (1) a statement of the issues, and (2) a brief 
summary of the argument. Parties submitting case and/or rebuttal briefs 
are requested to provide to the Department copies of the public version 
on disk. Case and rebuttal briefs must be served on interested parties 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f). Also, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310, 
within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice, interested 
parties may request a public hearing on arguments to be raised in the 
case and rebuttal briefs. Unless the Secretary specifies otherwise, the 
hearing, if requested, will be held two days after the date for 
submission of rebuttal briefs, that is, 37 days after the date of 
publication of these preliminary results.
    Representatives of parties to the proceeding may request disclosure 
of proprietary information under administrative protective order no 
later than 10 days after the representative's client or employer 
becomes a party to the proceeding, but in no event later than the date 
the case briefs, under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), are due. See 19 CFR 
351.305(b)(3). The Department will publish the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of 
arguments made in any case or rebuttal briefs.
    This administrative review is issued and published in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 31, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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