[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 55 (Thursday, March 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13478-13479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5269]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-588-838)


Clad Steel Plate from Japan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty 
Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from 
Japan would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is 
publishing notice of continuation of this antidumping duty order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 22, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nichole Zink or Brandon Farlander, AD/
CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0049 and (202) 
482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 2, 2006, the Department initiated and the ITC instituted 
a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from 
Japan pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).\1\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 71 FR 
57921 (Oct. 2, 2006); and Clad Steel Plate From Japan, Investigation 
No. 731-TA-739 (Second Review), 71 FR 57996 (Oct. 2, 2006).
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    As a result of its review, the Department found that revocation of 
the antidumping duty order would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and notified the ITC of the magnitude of the 
margins likely to prevail were the order to be revoked.\2\ On March 5, 
2007, the ITC determined, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, that 
revocation of the antidumping duty orders on clad steel plate from 
Japan would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material 
injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably 
foreseeable time.\3\
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    \2\ See Clad Steel Plate from Japan; Final Results of the 
Expedited Sunset Review (Second Review) of the Antidumping Duty 
Order, 72 FR 4482 (Jan. 31, 2007).
    \3\ See Clad Steel Plate from Japan, Investigation No. 731-TA-
739 (Second Review), 72 FR 10556 (Mar. 8, 2007).
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of this order is all clad\4\ steel plate of a width of 
600 millimeters (mm) or more and a composite thickness of 4.5 mm or 
more. Clad steel plate is a rectangular finished steel mill product 
consisting of a layer of cladding material (usually stainless steel or 
nickel) which is metallurgically bonded to a base or backing of ferrous 
metal (usually carbon or low alloy steel) where the latter predominates 
by weight.
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    \4\ Cladding is the association of layers of metals of different 
colors or natures by molecular interpenetration of the surfaces in 
contact. This limited diffusion is characteristic of clad products 
and differentiates them from products metalized in other manners 
(e.g., by normal electroplating). The various cladding processes 
include pouring molten cladding metal onto the basic metal followed 
by rolling; simple hot-rolling of the cladding metal to ensure 
efficient welding to the basic metal; any other method of deposition 
of superimposing of the cladding metal followed by any mechanical or 
thermal process to ensure welding (e.g., electrocladding), in which 
the cladding metal (nickel, chromium, etc.) is applied to the basic 
metal by electroplating, molecular interpenetration of the surfaces 
in contact then being obtained by heat treatment at the appropriate 
temperature with subsequent cold rolling. See Harmonized Commodity 
Description and Coding System Explanatory Notes, Chapter 72, General 
Note (IV) (C) (2) (e).
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    Stainless clad steel plate is manufactured to American Society for 
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A263 (400 series stainless 
types) and A264 (300 series stainless types). Nickel and nickel-base 
alloy clad steel plate is manufactured to ASTM specification A265. 
These specifications are illustrative but not necessarily all-
inclusive.
    Clad steel plate within the scope of this order is classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
7210.90.10.00. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of this order is dispositive.

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC 
that revocation of this antidumping duty order would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an 
industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the 
Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of the antidumping 
duty order on clad steel plate from Japan.
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect 
antidumping duty cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of 
entry for all imports of subject merchandise. The effective date of 
continuation of this order will be the date of publication in the 
Federal

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Register of this Notice of Continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) 
and 751(c)(6)(A) of the Act, the Department intends to initiate the 
next five-year review of this order not later than February 2012.
    This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 777(i) 
of the Act.

    Dated: March 15, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-5269 Filed 3-21-07; 8:45 am]
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