[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75079-75081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29210]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-351-828)


Certain Hot-Rolled, Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products 
from Brazil: Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from Nucor Corporation (``Nucor''), a 
domestic interested party, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain hot-rolled, flat-rolled carbon quality steel products (``hot 
rolled steel'') from Brazil. This review covers two manufacturer/
exporters of the subject merchandise, Companhia Siderurgica Nacional 
(``CSN'') and Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao (``CST''), and covers 
the period March 1, 2007, through February 29, 2008. No interested 
party commented on the Department's intent to rescind this review upon 
determining that the parties subject to this review did not have 
entries during the period of review (``POR'') for which to assess 
antidumping duties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury 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) 482-0195 
or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 3, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of its preliminary intent to rescind this 
administrative review. See Certain Hot-Rolled, Flat-Rolled Carbon 
Quality Steel Products from Brazil: Preliminary Notice of Intent to 
Rescind Administrative Review, 73 FR 51440 (September 3, 2008) 
(Preliminary Results). We invited interested parties to comment on our 
preliminary intent to rescind this review based upon our determination 
that the parties subject to this review did not have entries during the 
POR upon which to assess antidumping duties. No interested party 
submitted comments.

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Scope of the Order

    For purposes of the order, the products covered are certain hot-
rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel 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 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 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a 
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of the 
order.
    Specifically included in the scope 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 and/or niobium added 
to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized 
as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, 
copper, niobium, titanium, 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 order, 
regardless of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS'') definitions, are products in which: (1) iron predominates, 
by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon 
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements 
listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively 
indicated:1.80 percent of manganese, or 1.50 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 0.012 percent of 
boron, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 
0.41 percent of titanium, 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 order unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside and/or 
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
     Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of 
the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including e.g., ASTM 
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506).
     SAE/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 1.50 percent.
     ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
     USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
     Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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                    C                           Mn               P               S              Si              Cr              Cu              Ni
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0.10-0.14[percnt].......................    0.90[percnt]   0.025[percnt]   0.005[percnt]          0.30 -          0.30 -          0.20 -    0.20[percnt]
                                                     Max             Max             Max    0.50[percnt]    0.50[percnt]    0.40[percnt]             Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063-0.198 inches; Yield 
Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000-88,000 psi.
     Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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                    C                           Mn               P               S              Si              Cr              Cu              Ni
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0.10-0.16[percnt] Mo 0.21[percnt] Max...          0.70 -   0.025[percnt]   0.006[percnt]          0.30 -          0.30 -  0.25[percnt]Ma    0.20[percnt]
                                            0.90[percnt]             Max             Max    0.50[percnt]    0.50[percnt]               x             Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield 
Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical and 
mechanical specifications:

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                    C                           Mn               P               S              Si              Cr              Cu              Ni
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0.10-0.14[percnt] V(wt) 0.10[percnt] Max          1.30 -   0.025[percnt]   0.005[percnt]          0.30 -          0.50 -          0.20 -    0.20[percnt]
                                            1.80[percnt]             Max             Max    0.50[percnt]    0.70[percnt]    0.40[percnt]             Max
                                                      Cb
                                            0.08[percnt]
                                                     Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield 
Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
     Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications.

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                    C                           Mn               P               S              Si              Cr              Cu              Ni
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0.15[percnt] Max Nb 0.005[percnt] Min...    1.40[percnt]   0.025[percnt]  0.010[percnt]M    0.50[percnt]    1.00[percnt]    0.50[percnt]    0.20[percnt]
                                          Max Ca Treated   Max Al 0.01 -              ax             Max             Max             Max             Max
                                                            0.70[percnt]
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Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength 
= 70,000 psi minimum for thickness 0.148 inches and 65,000 psi minimum 
for ``thicknesses'' > 0.148 inches; account for 64 FR 38650; Tensile 
Strength = 80,000 psi minimum.
     Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phase-hardened, primarily 
with a ferritic-martensitic microstructure, contains 0.9 percent up to 
and including 1.5 percent silicon by weight, further characterized by 
either (i) tensile strength between 540 N/mm\2\ and 640 N/mm\2\ and an 
elongation percentage [gteqt] 26 percent for thicknesses of 2 mm and 
above, or (ii) a tensile strength between 590 N/mm\2\ and 690 N/mm\2\ 
and an elongation percentage [gteqt] 25 percent for thicknesses of 2 mm 
and above.
     Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE grade 1050, in 
coils, with an inclusion rating of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E 45, Method A, 
with excellent surface quality and chemistry restrictions as follows: 
0.012 percent maximum phosphorus, 0.015 percent maximum sulfur, and 
0.20 percent maximum residuals including 0.15 percent maximum chromium.
     Grade ASTM A570-50 hot-rolled steel sheet in coils or cut 
lengths, width of 74 inches (nominal, within ASTM tolerances), 
thickness of 11 gauge (0.119 inch nominal), mill edge and skin passed, 
with a minimum copper content of 0.20[percnt].
    The merchandise subject to this order is currently 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, 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 
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, 
7211.19.75.90, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, 7212.50.00.00. Certain 
hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel covered by this order, 
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 7226.99.01.80. 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and Customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise under the order is 
dispositive.

Final Rescission of Administrative Review

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department issued a notice of its 
intent to rescind this review because it was satisfied that there were 
no U.S. entries of subject merchandise from the respondents (i.e., CST 
and CSN) during the POR as indicated by the record. See Preliminary 
Results, at 73 FR 51443. As the Department received no comments on its 
intent to rescind this review, it continues to find that rescission of 
the review is appropriate. Therefore, the Department is rescinding this 
review.

Assessment Rates

    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to the U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 15 days after the date of 
publication of this rescission of administrative review. The Department 
will direct CBP to assess antidumping duties for CST and CSN at the 
cash deposit rate in effect on the date of entry for entries during the 
period March 1, 2007, through February 29, 2008.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers for whom this 
review is being rescinded, of their responsibility under 19 CFR 
351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping 
duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review 
period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the 
Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    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.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 3, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-29210 Filed 12-9-08; 8:45 am]
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