[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 95 (Thursday, May 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28101-28102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10904]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-549-817)


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand: 
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 27, 2007, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published a notice of initiation of an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel 
flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Thailand. The review covers two 
manufacturers/exporters: G Steel Public Company Limited (G Steel) and 
Nakornthai Strip Mill Public Company Limited (NSM). The period of 
review (POR) is November 1, 2006, through October 31, 2007. Based on 
requests from United States Steel Corporation (petitioner) and Nucor 
Corporation (Nucor), we are now rescinding this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 15, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey or Angelica Mendoza, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0193 or (202) 482-9013, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 1, 2007, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Thailand 
for the period November 1, 2006, through October 31, 2007. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 72 FR 
61859 (November 1, 2007). On November 30, 2007, petitioner, a domestic 
producer of the subject merchandise, and Nucor made timely requests 
that the Department conduct an administrative review of G Steel and 
NSM. On December 27, 2007, in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department published in 
the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty 
administrative review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 73315 (December 27, 2007).
    On January 2, 2008, both G Steel and NSM submitted a letter to the 
Department certifying that the companies made no shipments or entries 
for consumption in the United States of the subject merchandise during 
the POR and requested that the Department rescind their respective 
administrative reviews. On February 15, 2008, the Department issued a 
memorandum to the file detailing our request to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) for import data for G Steel and NSM during the POR. 
See Memorandum to the File titled, ``G Steel Public Company Limited and 
Nakornthai Strip Mill Public Company Limited - No Shipments of Certain 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand Pursuant to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection Inquiry,'' from Dena Crossland, Analyst, 
dated February 15, 2008 (CBP Memo). The Department explained in the CBP 
Memo that it received no reply from CBP regarding our request for 
shipment and entry information, and the Department preliminarily 
determined that neither company had shipments or entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR. On March 11, 2008, both petitioner and 
Nucor submitted letters requesting that the Department rescind the 
administrative review with respect to both G Steel and NSM.

Scope of the Antidumping Duty Review

    The products covered by this antidumping duty review are certain 
hot-rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a 
width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with 
metal and whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or 
other non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively 
superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths, 
of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 
10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (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 4.0 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a 
thickness

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not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this review.
    Specifically included within the scope of this review are vacuum 
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free 
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate 
for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon 
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or 
niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to 
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as 
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, 
niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination 
steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and 
aluminum.
    Steel products to be included in the scope of this review, 
regardless of definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS), are products in which: i) iron predominates, by 
weight, over each of the other contained elements; ii) the carbon 
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and iii) none of the elements 
listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
    1.80 percent of manganese, or
    2.25 percent of silicon, or
    1.00 percent of copper, or
    0.50 percent of aluminum, or
    1.25 percent of chromium, or
    0.30 percent of cobalt, or
    0.40 percent of lead, or
    1.25 percent of nickel, or
    0.30 percent of tungsten, or
    0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
    0.10 percent of niobium, or
    0.15 percent of vanadium, or
    0.15 percent of zirconium.
    All products that meet the physical and chemical description 
provided above are within the scope of this review unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or 
specifically excluded from the scope of this review:
     Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of 
the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including, e.g., 
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A543, 
A387, A514, A517, A506).
     Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/American Iron & 
Steel Institute (AISI) grades of series 2300 and higher.
     Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
     Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
     Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon 
electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent.
     ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
     USS abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
     All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy 
ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507).
     Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result 
of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have assumed 
the character of articles or products classified outside chapter 72 of 
the HTSUS.
    The merchandise subject to this review is classified in the HTSUS 
at subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 
7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat 
products covered by this review, including: vacuum degassed fully 
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor 
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers: 
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise 
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and CBP purposes, the written 
description of the merchandise is dispositive.

Rescission of the Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR Sec.  351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind 
an administrative review under this section, in whole or in part, if a 
party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of 
the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested 
review.
    Because petitioner and Nucor submitted their requests to rescind 
the administrative review of G Steel and NSM within 90 days of the date 
of publication of the notice of initiation, the Department is 
rescinding this review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The 
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of this rescission of administrative 
review.
    This notice serves as a 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 the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: May 8, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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