[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74486-74487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21128]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-823-808


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine; Final 
Results of Administrative Review of the Suspension Agreement

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

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of the Administrative Review of the 
Suspension Agreement on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from 
Ukraine.

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SUMMARY: On August 9, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of an administrative review of the 
suspension agreement on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from 
Ukraine (the Agreement). See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 
from Ukraine; Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of the 
Suspension Agreement, 71 FR 45519 (August 9, 2006) (Preliminary 
Results). The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2004 through 
October 31, 2005. No interested parties submitted comments and we have 
made no changes to our preliminary results. Therefore, the final 
results do not differ from the preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Rudman or Jay Carreiro, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-0192 or (202) 482-3674.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 24, 1997, the Department signed an agreement with the 
Government of Ukraine (GOU) that suspended the antidumping duty 
investigation on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate (CTL plate) 
from Ukraine. See Suspension of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine, 62 FR 61766 (November 
19, 1997). In accordance with section 734(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(the Tariff Act), on November 19, 1997, the Department also published 
its final determination of sales at less than fair value in this case. 
See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Ukraine, 62 FR 61754 
(November 19, 1997).
    On November 1, 2005, the Department published its notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review. Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR 65883 (November 1, 
2005). On November 30, 2005, Mittal Steel USA submitted a request for 
an administrative review. The Department initiated a review of the 
Agreement on December 22, 2005. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 70 FR 76024 (December 22, 2005). On August 9, 2006, the 
Department published its preliminary results of review. See Preliminary 
Results, 71 FR 45519. We invited interested parties to comment on our 
preliminary results. No interested parties submitted comments and we 
have made no changes to our preliminary results.

Scope of Review

    The products covered by the Agreement include hot-rolled iron and 
non-alloy steel universal mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled products 
rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 
mm but not exceeding 1250 mm and of a thickness of not less than 4 mm, 
not in coils and without patterns in relief), of rectangular shape, 
neither clad, plated nor coated with metal, whether or not painted, 
varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances; and 
certain iron and non-alloy steel flat-rolled products not in coils, of 
rectangular shape, hot-rolled, neither clad, plated, nor coated with 
metal, whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or 
other nonmetallic substances, 4.75 mm or more in thickness and of a 
width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness. 
Included as subject merchandise in the Agreement are flat-rolled 
products of nonrectangular 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. This merchandise is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) 
under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, and 7212.50.0000. Although 
the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
the written description of the scope of the Agreement is dispositive. 
Specifically excluded from subject merchandise within the scope of this 
Agreement is grade X-70 steel plate.

Period of Review

    The POR is November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005.

Final Results of Review

    Our review of the information submitted by the GOU indicates that 
each of the export licenses governed by the Agreement were at or above 
the quarterly FOB reference prices stipulated by the Agreement. 
Furthermore, data supplied by the GOU in its monthly reports, as well 
as our

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independent review of import data compiled by U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, indicate Ukraine did not exceed its annual export limits. 
Therefore, we continue to find that the GOU has been in compliance with 
the Agreement.
    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return/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 this determination and notice in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 30, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Adminstration.
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