[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57994-57995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27085]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-849, A-821-808, A-823-808]


Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from the People's Republic of China and Continuation 
of Suspended Antidumping Duty Investigations on Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from the Russian Federation and Ukraine

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the respective determinations by the Department 
of Commerce (``the Department'') and the International Trade Commission 
(``ITC'') that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-
to-length carbon steel plate (``CTL plate'') from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC'') and the termination of the suspension agreements and 
the underlying antidumping duty investigations on CTL plate from the 
Russian Federation (``Russia'') and Ukraine (collectively, ``the 
Agreements'') would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, the 
Department is publishing this notice of continuation of the antidumping 
duty order on CTL plate from the PRC and continuation of the Agreements 
on CTL plate from Russia and Ukraine.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 10, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Frankel (PRC), Maureen Price 
(Russia) or Julie Santoboni (Ukraine), Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-5849, (202) 482-4271 or (202) 482-3063, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department initiated, and the ITC instituted, sunset reviews of 
the antidumping duty order on CTL plate from the PRC and the Agreements 
on CTL plate from Russia and Ukraine, pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See Initiation of Five-
year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 73 FR 44968 (August 1, 2008) and Cut-To-
Length Carbon Steel Plate From China, Russia, and Ukraine, 73 FR 70368 
(November 20, 2008).
    As a result of its reviews, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of 
the Act, the Department determined that revocation

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of the antidumping duty order on CTL plate from the PRC and termination 
of the Agreements on CTL plate from Russia and Ukraine would likely 
lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and notified the ITC of 
the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail, should the order and 
the Agreements be revoked or terminated, respectively. See Certain Cut-
To-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order, 73 FR 74143 (December 5, 2008), Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon 
Steel Plate from Russia; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of 
the Suspension Agreement, 73 FR 74461 (December 8, 2008), and Certain 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine; Final Results of Full 
Sunset Review of the Suspension Agreement, 74 FR 11910 (March 20, 
2009).
    On October 13, 2009, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, the ITC 
determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on CTL plate 
from the PRC and termination of the Agreements on CTL plate from Russia 
and Ukraine would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably 
foreseeable time. See Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From China, 
Russia, and Ukraine, 74 FR 56666 (November 2, 2009).
    Therefore, pursuant to section 351.218(f)(4) of the Department's 
regulations, the Department is publishing this notice of the 
continuation of the antidumping duty order on CTL plate from the PRC 
and continuation of the Agreements on CTL plate from Russia and 
Ukraine.

Scope

    The products covered under the antidumping duty order and the 
Agreements are hot-rolled iron and non-alloy steel universal mill 
plates (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 rectangular shape, neither clad, plated nor coated with 
metal, whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or 
other nonmetallic substances; and certain iron and non-alloy steel 
flat-rolled products not in coils, of rectangular shape, hot-rolled, 
neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal, whether or not painted, 
varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances, 
4.75 mm or more in thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and 
measures at least twice the thickness. Included as subject merchandise 
in this order and these Agreements are flat-rolled products of 
nonrectangular cross- section where such cross-section is achieved 
subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which have been 
``worked after rolling'')--for example, products which have been 
bevelled or rounded at the edges. This merchandise is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS'') under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000, 
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030, 
7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000. 
Excluded from the subject merchandise within the scope of this order 
and these Agreements is grade X-70 plate. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our 
written description of the scope of the order and the Agreements is 
dispositive.

Continuation

    As a result of the respective determinations by the Department and 
the ITC that revocation of the antidumping duty order on CTL plate from 
the PRC and termination of the Agreements on CTL plate from Russia and 
Ukraine 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 gives notice of the 
continuation of the antidumping duty order on CTL plate from the PRC 
and the continuation of the Agreements on CTL plate from Russia and 
Ukraine. The effective dates of continuation will be the date of 
publication in the Federal Register of this Continuation Notice. 
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(2) and 751(c)(6) of the Act, the Department 
intends to initiate the next five-year sunset reviews of the 
antidumping duty order on CTL plate from the PRC and the Agreements on 
CTL plate from Russia and Ukraine not later than October 2014.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) 
of the Act.

    Dated: November 4, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-27085 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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