[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 209 (Friday, October 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66901-66903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28012]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-865]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

SUMMARY: On August 8, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the Preliminary Results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products 
(``hot-rolled'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ This 
administrative review covers Baosteel Group Corporation, Shanghai 
Baosteel International Economic & Trading Co., Ltd., and Baoshan Iron 
and Steel Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Baosteel'') for the November 1, 
2009, through October 31, 2010, period of review (``POR''). In the 
Preliminary Results, the Department indicated its preliminary intent to 
rescind this review and gave interested parties an opportunity to 
comment. We did not receive comments on the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Intent To Rescind the 
Review, 76 FR 48143 (August 8, 2011) (``Preliminary Results'').

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DATES: Effective Date: October 28, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Hampton or Paul Walker, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0116 or (202) 
482-0413, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    As noted above, on August 8, 2011, the Department published in the 
Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled from the PRC. The 
Department did not receive comments from interested parties on our 
Preliminary Results.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order 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 not 
less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of the order. 
Specifically included within the scope of the order 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 included in the scope of the order, 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 the order unless otherwise 
excluded. The following products, for example, are outside or 
specifically excluded from the scope of the order:
     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 the order 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 the 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 7226.99.00.00. 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 customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise subject to the order is 
dispositive.

Rescission of the Review

    Based on its analysis of the record information, the Department 
preliminarily determined that the merchandise in the Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') data and the entry documentation on the record was 
not subject to the scope of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled 
carbon steel flat products from the PRC.\2\ Accordingly, in the 
Preliminary Results, the Department indicated that it intended to 
rescind this administrative review because there was no information on 
the record which indicated that Baosteel made sales, shipments, or 
entries to the United States of subject merchandise during the POR. We 
did not receive comments concerning the Preliminary Results. Therefore, 
the Department continues to find that the merchandise reflected in the 
CBP data and entry documentation on the record is not subject to the 
scope of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled from the PRC. 
Furthermore, because Baosteel is the only company subject to this 
administrative review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), and 
consistent with our practice \3\, we are rescinding this review of the 
antidumping duty order on hot-rolled from the PRC for the period of

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November 1, 2009, through October 31, 2010. The Department intends to 
instruct CBP fifteen days after the publication of this notice to 
liquidate such entries with respect to the PRC-wide entity. With 
respect other entries, as indicated in the Preliminary Results, the 
Department will refer this matter to CBP to determine the appropriate 
Customs classification for the merchandise in question.
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    \2\ Id. at 48145.
    \3\ See Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China: 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 53408 
(August 26, 2011).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended and 
19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 21, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-28012 Filed 10-27-11; 8:45 am]
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