[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 222 (Monday, November 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65011-65012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22556]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-807]


Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Notice of 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 19, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC, 20230; telephone (202) 482-0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 2, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request 
Review'' of the antidumping duty order on certain steel concrete 
reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey for the period of review April 1, 
2006, through March 31, 2007. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request a

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Review, 72 FR 15650 (April 2, 2007). The Department received timely 
requests for review from the following foreign producers/exporters in 
this proceeding: Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. and Colakoglu Dis Ticaret 
(collectively ``Colakoglu''); Diler Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret 
A.S., Yazici Demir Celik Sanayi ve Turizm Ticaret A.S., and Diler Dis 
Ticaret A.S. (collectively ``Diler''); Ekinciler Demir ve Celik Sanayi 
A.S. and Ekinciler Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively ``Ekinciler''); Habas 
Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S. (Habas); Izmir Demir 
Celik Sanayi A.S.; and Nursan Celik Sanayi ve Haddecilik A.S. The 
Department also received a timely request for review from Nucor 
Corporation, Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, and Commercial Metals 
Company, domestic producers of rebar and interested parties in this 
proceeding, for the producers/exporters referenced above, as well as 
for Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. and Ege Dis Ticaret 
A.S.; Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S. and Kaptan Metal 
Dis Ticaret ve Nakliyat A.S.; and Kroman Celik Sanayii A.S. On May 30, 
2007, the Department published a notice of initiation of administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on rebar from Turkey. See 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 72 FR 29968 (May 30, 2007). 
The Department issued quantity and value questionnaires to the 
producers/exporters for which an administrative review was requested in 
May 2007. After selecting Colakoglu, Diler, Ekinciler, and Habas as 
mandatory respondents, the Department issued the antidumping duty 
questionnaire to them in July 2007. Ekinciler and Habas responded to 
the Department's questionnaire in September 2007. The preliminary 
results for this proceeding are due no later than April 29, 2008.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is all stock deformed steel 
concrete reinforcing bars sold in straight lengths and coils. This 
includes all hot-rolled deformed rebar rolled from billet steel, rail 
steel, axle steel, or low-alloy steel. It excludes (i) plain round 
rebar, (ii) rebar that a processor has further worked or fabricated, 
and (iii) all coated rebar. Deformed rebar is currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item 
numbers 7213.10.000 and 7214.20.000. The HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the 
scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

Determination to Rescind, in Part

    On November 6, 2007, the Department published its final results for 
the April 1, 2005, through March 31, 2006, administrative review and 
found that Colakoglu and Diler met the requirements of revocation as 
described in 19 CFR 351.222. See Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing 
Bars From Turkey; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and New Shipper Review and Determination To Revoke in Part, 72 
FR 62630 (Nov. 6, 2007). Due to Colakoglu's and Diler's revocation in 
2005-2006 administrative review, we are rescinding the April 1, 2006, 
through March 31, 2007, administrative review with respect to them 
because there is no statutory or regulatory basis to conduct an 
administrative review for a producer/exporter that has been revoked 
from the antidumping duty order.
    The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after 
the publication of this notice. Because we have revoked the order with 
respect to subject merchandise produced and exported by Colakoglu, as 
well as with respect to subject merchandise produced and exported by 
Diler, we will instruct CBP that entries of such merchandise that were 
suspended on or after April 1, 2006, should be liquidated without 
regard to antidumping duties and that all cash deposits collected will 
be returned with interest.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 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.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
751(a) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 13, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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