[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77775-77776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32103]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-821]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Amended 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review Pursuant to 
Court Decision

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

SUMMARY: On November 29, 2011, the Court of International Trade (CIT) 
issued an order in Tata Steel Limited v. United States, and United 
States Steel Corporation and Nucor Corporation, Court No. 10-00219, 
Order of Judgment By Stipulation of the Parties (November 29, 2011) 
(Tata) pertaining to the Department's agreement with Tata Steel Limited 
(Tata), setting the final countervailing rate for the period of review 
(POR) of January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008 (2008 POR) to 
102.74 percent, and specifying the future countervailing duty cash 
deposit rate to 102.74 percent for that company. The Department is 
amending the final results of the administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on certain

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hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (HRCS) from India covering the 
2008 POR, to reflect the CIT's order in Tata.

DATES: Effective Date: December 14, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3338.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 26, 2010, the Department published its final results in the 
countervailing duty administrative review of HRCS from India covering 
the POR of January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008. See Certain Hot-
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 43448 (July 26, 2010) 
(Final Results), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
    Tata filed a lawsuit challenging certain aspects of the final 
results concerning Tata. The Department entered into a settlement 
agreement with Tata.
    Pursuant to the Order Of Judgment By Stipulation Of The Parties, 
the CIT directed the Department to: (1) Amend the Final Results with 
respect to Tata, setting the final countervailing duty rate for the 
2008 POR to 102.74 percent, and specifying the future countervailing 
duty cash deposit rate for Tata to be 102.74 percent; (2) calculate the 
total amount of duties due on the three entries covered by the 
litigation based on 102.74 percent and issue instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requiring the total amount of 
duties due to be assessed on the remaining two entries; and (3) issue 
instructions to CBP establishing the future cash deposit rate for Tata 
at the rate of 102.74 percent, which will remain in place until it is 
changed by the Department in a future administrative review of the firm 
with respect to the countervailing duty order on HRCS from India.

Amended Final Results

    In accordance with the CIT's order, the countervailing duty rate 
for Tata for the period January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008, is 
102.74 percent. In addition, the cash deposit rate for Tata is 102.74 
percent.

Assessment of Duties

    In accordance with the CIT's order, CBP shall assess countervailing 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by these amended final 
results. The Department intends to issue liquidation instructions to 
CBP 15 days after publication of these amended final results in the 
Federal Register. The Department will also instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties on shipments of the subject 
merchandise produced by Tata, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of these amended final 
results.

Notification

    We are issuing and publishing these amended final results of 
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: December 8, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-32103 Filed 12-13-11; 8:45 am]
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