[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53882-53883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22151]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-808, A-580-831, A-791-805, A-583-830, C-791-806]


Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders: 
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium, the Republic of Korea, 
South Africa, and Taiwan

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

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) 
orders on stainless steel plate in coils (SSPC) from Belgium, the 
Republic of Korea (Korea), South Africa, and Taiwan would likely lead 
to continuation or recurrence of dumping, that revocation of the 
countervailing duty (CVD) order on SSPC from South Africa would likely 
lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy, and 
the determinations by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that 
revocation of these AD and CVD orders would likely lead to a 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States, the Department is publishing a notice of continuation of 
these AD orders and CVD order.

DATES: Effective Date: August 30, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood (AD orders) or Eric 
Greynolds (CVD order), AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-3874 and (202) 482-6071, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 2, 2010, the Department published the notice of initiation 
of the second sunset reviews of the AD and CVD orders on SSPC from 
Belgium, Italy, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan pursuant to sections 
751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
respectively. See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 75 FR 
30777 (June 2, 2010).
    As a result of its reviews, the Department determined that 
revocation of the AD orders would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and that revocation of the CVD order would likely 
lead to continuation or recurrence of subsidization, and notified

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the ITC of the margins of dumping and the subsidy rates likely to 
prevail were the orders revoked. See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils 
From Belgium, Italy, South Africa, South Korea, and Taiwan: Final 
Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 
75 FR 61699 (Oct. 6, 2010); see also Stainless Steel Plate in Coils 
From South Africa: Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review, 75 FR 
62103 (Oct. 7, 2010).
    On August 15, 2011, the ITC published its determination, pursuant 
to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Act, that revocation of the AD and 
CVD orders on SSPC from Belgium, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan, would 
likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry within a reasonably foreseeable time.\1\ See Stainless Steel 
Plate From Belgium, Italy, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan, 76 FR 50495 
(Aug. 15, 2011), and Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Belgium, 
Italy, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-379 and 731-
TA-788, 790-793 (Second Review), USITC Publication 4248, Aug. 2011).
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    \1\ The ITC also determined that revocation of the AD order on 
SSPC from Italy would not be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States 
within a reasonably foreseeable time.
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Scope of the Orders

    Stainless steel is an alloy steel containing, by weight, 1.2 
percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or 
without other elements. The subject plate products are flat-rolled 
products, 254 mm or over in width and 4.75 mm or more in thickness, in 
coils, and annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise 
descaled. The subject plate may also be further processed (e.g., cold-
rolled, polished, etc.) provided that it maintains the specified 
dimensions of plate following such processing. Excluded from the scope 
of the orders are the following: (1) Plate not in coils, (2) plate that 
is not annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise 
descaled, (3) sheet and strip, and (4) flat bars.
    The merchandise subject to the orders is currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at 
subheadings: 7219.11.00.30, 7219.11.00.60, 7219.12.00.06, 
7219.12.00.21, 7219.12.00.26, 7219.12.00.51, 7219.12.00.56, 
7219.12.00.66, 7219.12.00.71, 7219.12.00.81, 7219.31.00.10, 
7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 7219.90.00.60, 
7219.90.00.80, 7220.11.00.00, 7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15, 
7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80, 7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10, 
7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60, 7220.20.60.80, 7220.90.00.10, 
7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, and 7220.90.00.80. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise subject to these orders is 
dispositive.

Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC 
that revocation of these AD and CVD orders would likely lead to a 
continuation or recurrence of dumping or a countervailable subsidy, and 
material injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to 
section 751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the 
continuation of the AD and CVD orders on SSPC from Belgium, Korea, 
South Africa, and Taiwan. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will 
continue to collect antidumping duty cash deposits at the rates in 
effect at the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
    The effective date of the continuation of the orders will be the 
date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of 
continuation. Pursuant to sections 751(c)(2) and 751(c)(6) of the Act, 
the Department intends to initiate the next five-year review of these 
orders not later than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the 
effective date of continuation.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 24, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-22151 Filed 8-29-11; 8:45 am]
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