[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 153 (Thursday, August 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44830-44831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15572]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-822-804, A-560-811, A-449-804, A-841-804, A-570-860, A-455-803, A-
823-809]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, 
Moldova, the People's Republic of China, Poland and Ukraine: 
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty (``AD'') 
orders on steel concrete reinforcing bars (``rebar'') from Belarus, 
Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, the People's Republic of China, Poland and 
Ukraine. 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 orders on steel 
concrete reinforcing bars (``rebar'') from Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, 
Moldova, the People's Republic of China, Poland and Ukraine would 
likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is 
publishing a notice of continuation of these antidumping duty orders.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 9, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Audrey Twyman or Brandon Farlander, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3534 and (202) 
482-0182, respectively.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 7, 2001, the Department issued the orders on rebar 
from Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, the People's Republic of 
China, Poland and Ukraine. See Antidumping Duty Orders: Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bars From Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, People's 
Republic of China, Poland, Republic of Korea and Ukraine, 66 FR 46777 
(September 7, 2001). On August 1, 2006, the Department initiated and 
the ITC instituted sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 
rebar from Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, the People's Republic 
of China, Poland and Ukraine pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See Initiation of Five-year 
(``Sunset'') Reviews, 71 FR 43443 (August 1, 2006); and Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bars From Belarus, China, Indonesia, Korea, Latvia, 
Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine, Investigations Nos. 731-TA-873-875, 877-
880, and 882 (Review), 71 FR 43523 (August 1, 2006).
    As a result of its reviews, the Department found that revocation of 
the AD orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping, and notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to 
prevail were the orders to be revoked. See Steel Concrete Reinforcing 
Bars from Latvia; Final Results of the Sunset Review of Antidumping 
Duty Order, 72 FR 16767 (April 5, 2007); Steel Concrete Reinforcing 
Bars from Ukraine; Final Results of the Sunset Review of Antidumping 
Duty Order, 72 FR 9732 (March 5, 2007), and See Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bars from Moldova, the People's Republic of China, South 
Korea, Indonesia, Poland, and Belarus; Final Results of the Expedited 
Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 71 FR 70509 (December 5, 
2006).
    On August 1, 2007, the ITC determined pursuant to section 751(c) of 
the Act, that revocation of the AD orders on rebar from Belarus, 
Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, the People's Republic of China, Poland and 
Ukraine would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material 
injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably 
foreseeable time. See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Belarus, 
China, Indonesia, Korea, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine, 
Investigations Nos. 731-TA-873-875, 877-880, and 882 (Review), 72 FR 
42110 (August 1, 2007).

Scope of the Orders

    The product covered by these orders is all steel concrete 
reinforcing bars sold in straight lengths, currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under 
item numbers 7214.20.00, 7228.30.8050, 7222.11.0050, 7222.30.0000, 
7228.60.6000, 7228.20.1000, or any other tariff item number. 
Specifically excluded are plain rounds (i.e., non-deformed or smooth 
bars) and rebar that has been further processed through bending or 
coating.
    HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written description of the scope of the orders is 
dispositive.

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC 
that revocation of these antidumping duty orders 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 AD orders on 
rebar from Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, the People's Republic 
of China, Poland and Ukraine. 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 these orders will be the date 
of publication in the Federal 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 these 
orders not later than July 2012.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act. This notice is published pursuant to 
751(c) and 771(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: August 2, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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