[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14902-14904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6015]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-854]


Certain Tin Mill Products From Japan: Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: In response to a request from an interested party, the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order covering certain tin mill products 
from Japan. The period of review is August 1, 2009, through July 31, 
2010. Based on the withdrawal of request from U.S. Steel Corporation 
(U.S. Steel), we are now rescinding this administrative review.

DATES: Effective Date: March 18, 2011.

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 August 2, 2010, the Department published a notice announcing an 
opportunity for interested parties to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on certain tin mill products from Japan. 
See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 75 FR 
45094 (August 2, 2010). On August 31, 2010, U.S. Steel filed a request 
that the Department initiate an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain tin mill products from Japan with 
respect to JFE Steel Corporation, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Nippon 
Steel Corporation, NKK Corporation, and Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. Based on 
U.S. Steel's request, on September 29, 2010, the Department published a 
notice of initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain tin mill products from Japan. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 60076 (September 29, 2010).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the antidumping duty order is certain 
tin mill products from Japan. The scope of this order includes tin mill 
flat-rolled products that are coated or plated with tin, chromium or 
chromium oxides. Flat-rolled steel products coated with tin are known 
as tin plate. Flat-rolled steel products coated with chromium or 
chromium oxides are known as tin-free steel or electrolytic chromium-
coated steel. The scope includes all the noted tin mill products 
regardless of thickness, width, form (in coils or cut sheets), coating 
type (electrolytic or otherwise), edge (trimmed, untrimmed or further 
processed, such as scroll cut), coating thickness, surface finish, 
temper, coating metal (tin, chromium, chromium oxide), reduction 
(single-or double-reduced), and whether or not coated with a plastic 
material. All products that meet the written physical description are 
within the scope of this order unless specifically excluded. The 
following products, by way of example, are outside and/or specifically 
excluded from the scope of this order:
    --Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel with a 
thickness 0.238 mm (85 pound base box) (+/-10%) or 0.251 mm (90 pound 
base box) (+/-10%) or 0.255 mm (+/-10%) with 770 mm (minimum width) (+/
-1.588 mm) by 900 mm (maximum length if sheared) sheet size or 30.6875 
inches

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(minimum width) (+/-1/16 inch) and 35.4 inches (maximum length if 
sheared) sheet size; with type MR or higher (per ASTM) A623 steel 
chemistry; batch annealed at T2 \1/2\ anneal temper, with a yield 
strength of 31 to 42 kpsi (214 to 290 Mpa); with a tensile strength of 
43 to 58 kpsi (296 to 400 Mpa); with a chrome coating restricted to 32 
to 150 mg/square meter; with a chrome oxide coating restricted to 6 to 
25 mg/m with a modified 7B ground roll finish or blasted roll finish; 
with roughness average (Ra) 0.10 to 0.35 micrometers, measured with a 
stylus instrument with a stylus radius of 2 to 5 microns, a trace 
length of 5.6 mm, and a cut-off of 0.8 mm, and the measurement traces 
shall be made perpendicular to the rolling direction; with an oil level 
of 0.17 to 0.37 grams/base box as type BSO, or 2.5 to 5.5 mg/square 
meter as type DOS, or 3.5 to 6.5 mg/square meter as type ATBC; with 
electrical conductivity of static probe voltage drop of 0.46 volts drop 
maximum, and with electrical conductivity degradation to 0.70 volts 
drop maximum after stoving (heating to 400 degrees F for 100 minutes 
followed by a cool to room temperature).

--Single reduced electrolytically chromium- or tin-coated steel in the 
gauges of 0.0040 inch nominal, 0.0045 inch nominal, 0.0050 inch 
nominal, 0.0061 inch nominal (55 pound base box weight), 0.0066 inch 
nominal (60 pound base box weight), and 0.0072 inch nominal (65 pound 
base box weight), regardless of width, temper, finish, coating or other 
properties.
--Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel in the gauge of 
0.024 inch, with widths of 27.0 inches or 31.5 inches, and with T-1 
temper properties.
--Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel, with a 
chemical composition of 0.005% max carbon, 0.030% max silicon, 0.25% 
max manganese, 0.025% max phosphorous, 0.025% max sulfur, 0.070% max 
aluminum, and the balance iron, with a metallic chromium layer of 70-
130 mg/square meter, with a chromium oxide layer of 5-30 mg/square 
meter, with a tensile strength of 260-440 N/square millimeter, with an 
elongation of 28-48%, with a hardness (HR-30T) of 40-58, with a surface 
roughness of 0.5-1.5 microns Ra, with magnetic properties of Bm (kg) 
10.0 minimum, Br (kg) 8.0 minimum, Hc (Oe) 2.5-3.8, and Mu 1400 
minimum, as measured with a Riken Denshi DC magnetic characteristic 
measuring machine, Model BHU-60.
--Bright finish tin-coated sheet with a thickness equal to or exceeding 
0.0299 inch, coated to thickness of \3/4\ pound (0.000045 inch) and 1 
pound (0.00006 inch).
--Electrolytically chromium coated steel having ultra flat shape 
defined as oil can maximum depth of \5/64\ inch (2.0 mm) and edge wave 
maximum of \5/64\ inch (2.0 mm) and no wave to penetrate more than 2.0 
inches (51.0 mm) from the strip edge and coilset or curling 
requirements of average maximum of \5/64\ inch (2.0 mm) (based on six 
readings, three across each cut edge of a 24 inches (61 cm) long sample 
with no single reading exceeding \4/32\ inch (3.2 mm) and no more than 
two readings at \4/32\ inch (3.2 mm)) and (for 85 pound base box item 
only: Crossbuckle maximums of 0.001 inch (0.0025 mm) average having no 
reading above 0.005 inch (0.127 mm)), with a camber maximum of \1/4\ 
inch (6.3 mm) per 20 feet (6.1 meters), capable of being bent 120 
degrees on a 0.002 inch radius without cracking, with a chromium 
coating weight of metallic chromium at 100 mg/square meter and chromium 
oxide of 10 mg/square meter, with a chemistry of 0.13% maximum carbon, 
0.60% maximum manganese, 0.15% maximum silicon, 0.20% maximum copper, 
0.04% maximum phosphorous, 0.05% maximum sulfur, and 0.20% maximum 
aluminum, with a surface finish of Stone Finish 7C, with a DOS-A oil at 
an aim level of 2 mg/square meter, with not more than 15 inclusions/
foreign matter in 15 feet (4.6 meters) (with inclusions not to exceed 
\1/32\ inch (0.8 mm) in width and \3/64\ inch (1.2 mm) in length), with 
thickness/temper combinations of either 60 pound base box (0.0066 inch) 
double reduced CADR8 temper in widths of 25.00 inches, 27.00 inches, 
27.50 inches, 28.00 inches, 28.25 inches, 28.50 inches, 29.50 inches, 
29.75 inches, 30.25 inches, 31.00 inches, 32.75 inches, 33.75 inches, 
35.75 inches, 36.25 inches, 39.00 inches, or 43.00 inches, or 85 pound 
base box (0.0094 inch) single reduced CAT4 temper in widths of 25.00 
inches, 27.00 inches, 28.00 inches, 30.00 inches, 33.00 inches, 33.75 
inches, 35.75 inches, 36.25 inches, or 43.00 inches, with width 
tolerance of +/-\1/8\ inch, with a thickness tolerance of +/-0.0005 
inch, with a maximum coil weight of 20,000 pounds (9071.0 kg), with a 
minimum coil weight of 18,000 pounds (8164.8 kg) with a coil inside 
diameter of 16 inches (40.64 cm) with a steel core, with a coil maximum 
outside diameter of 59.5 inches (151.13 cm), with a maximum of one weld 
(identified with a paper flag) per coil, with a surface free of 
scratches, holes, and rust.
--Electrolytically tin coated steel having differential coating with 
1.00 pound/base box equivalent on the heavy side, with varied coating 
equivalents in the lighter side (detailed below), with a continuous 
cast steel chemistry of type MR, with a surface finish of type 7B or 
7C, with a surface passivation of 0.7 mg/square foot of chromium 
applied as a cathodic dichromate treatment, with coil form having 
restricted oil film weights of 0.3-0.4 grams/base box of type DOS-A 
oil, coil inside diameter ranging from 15.5 to 17 inches, coil outside 
diameter of a maximum 64 inches, with a maximum coil weight of 25,000 
pounds, and with temper/coating/dimension combinations of: (1) CAT 4 
temper, 1.00/.050 pound/base box coating, 70 pound/base box (0.0077 
inch) thickness, and 33.1875 inch ordered width; or (2) CAT5 temper, 
1.00/0.50 pound/base box coating, 75 pound/base box (0.0082 inch) 
thickness, and 34.9375 inch or 34.1875 inch ordered width; or (3) CAT5 
temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box coating, 107 pound/base box (0.0118 
inch) thickness, and 30.5625 inch or 35.5625 inch ordered width; or (4) 
CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box coating, 85 pound/base box 
(0.0093 inch) thickness, and 35.5625 inch ordered width; or (5) CADR8 
temper, 1.00/0.25 pound/base box coating, 60 pound/base box (0.0066 
inch) thickness, and 35.9375 inch ordered width; or (6) CADR8 temper, 
1.00/0.25 pound/base box coating, 70 pound/base box (0.0077 inch) 
thickness, and 32.9375 inch, 33.125 inch, or 35.1875 inch ordered 
width.
--Electrolytically tin coated steel having differential coating with 
1.00 pound/base box equivalent on the heavy side, with varied coating 
equivalents on the lighter side (detailed below), with a continuous 
cast steel chemistry of type MR, with a surface finish of type 7B or 
7C, with a surface passivation of 0.5 mg/square foot of chromium 
applied as a cathodic dichromate treatment, with ultra flat scroll cut 
sheet form, with CAT 5 temper with 1.00/0.10 pound/base box coating, 
with a lithograph logo printed in a uniform pattern on the 0.10 pound 
coating side with a clear protective coat, with both sides waxed to a 
level of 15-20 mg/216 sq. in., with ordered dimension combinations of 
(1) 75

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pound/base box (0.0082 inch) thickness and 34.9375 inch x 31.748 inch 
scroll cut dimensions; or (2) 75 pound/base box (0.0082 inch) thickness 
and 34.1875 inch x 29.076 inch scroll cut dimensions; or (3) 107 pound/
base box (0.0118 inch) thickness and 30.5625 inch x 34.125 inch scroll 
cut dimension.
--Tin-free steel coated with a metallic chromium layer between 100-200 
mg/square meter and a chromium oxide layer between 5-30 mg/square 
meter; chemical composition of 0.05% maximum carbon, 0.03% maximum 
silicon, 0.60% maximum manganese, 0.02% maximum phosphorous, and 0.02% 
maximum sulfur; magnetic flux density (``Br'') of 10 kg minimum and a 
coercive force (``Hc'') of 3.8 Oe minimum.
--Tin-free steel laminated on one or both sides of the surface with a 
polyester film, consisting of two layers (an amorphous layer and an 
outer crystal layer), that contains no more than the indicated amounts 
of the following environmental hormones: 1 mg/kg BADGE (BisPhenol A Di-
glycidyl Ether), 1 mg/kg BFDGE (BisPhenol F Di-glycidyl Ether), and 3 
mg/kg BPA (BisPhenol A).
    The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''), under 
HTSUS subheadings 7210.11.0000, 7210.12.0000, 7210.50.0000, 
7212.10.0000, and 7212.50.0000 if of non-alloy steel and under HTSUS 
subheadings 7225.99.0090, and 7226.99.0180 if of alloy steel. Although 
the subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our 
written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.

Rescission of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will 
rescind an administrative review, ``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. 
The Secretary may extend this time limit if the Secretary decides that 
it is reasonable to do so.'' On February 8, 2011, U.S. Steel withdrew 
its request for a review of the order with respect to JFE Steel 
Corporation, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation, NKK 
Corporation, and Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. Although the party submitted a 
letter withdrawing their review request after the 90-day regulatory 
deadline, the Department finds it is reasonable to extend the deadline 
for withdrawing the review request because it has not yet devoted 
significant time or resources to the review.
    Because of the withdrawal of the request for review and because we 
received no other requests for review, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the order with respect to JFE Steel 
Corporation, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation, NKK 
Corporation, and Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. This rescission is in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For 
these five companies, the antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at 
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to 
issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of this notice.

Notifications

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning destruction of proprietary information disclosed under an 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the 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 violation which is subject to 
sanction.
    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: March 8, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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