[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15703-15705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05647]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-820, A-560-812, A-570-865, A-583-835, A-549-817, A-823-811]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India, 
Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, and 
Ukraine; Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders

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

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SUMMARY: On November 5, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated the second sunset reviews of the antidumping duty 
orders on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India, 
Indonesia, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, Thailand, and 
Ukraine. The Department finds that revocation of these antidumping duty 
orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping 
at the margins identified in the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' 
section of this notice.

DATES: Effective March 12, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Scott or Robert James, 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-
2657 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 5, 2012, the Department initiated the second sunset 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain hot-rolled carbon 
steel flat products from India, Indonesia, the PRC, Taiwan, Thailand, 
and Ukraine, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 77 
FR 66439 (November 5, 2012). The Department received a notice of intent 
to participate from the following domestic interested parties: 
ArcelorMittal USA, LLC, Gallatin Steel, Nucor Corporation, SSAB 
Americas, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel Corporation, 
within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). Each of these 
parties claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the 
Act as a manufacturer, producer, or wholesaler in the United States of 
a domestic like product.
    On December 5, 2012, the Department received adequate substantive 
responses from the domestic interested parties identified above within 
the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department 
received no responses from respondent interested parties with respect 
to any of the antidumping duty orders covered by these sunset reviews. 
As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department has conducted expedited (120-
day) sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products from India, Indonesia, the PRC, 
Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine.

Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by the antidumping duty orders 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. The full scope language of each of the 
antidumping duty orders is listed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, dated March 5, 2013 (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by this notice. The merchandise is 
currently classified under the item numbers of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) listed in the scope of each 
order. Although the HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written descriptions of the scope of the 
antidumping duty orders remain dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these sunset reviews are addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of 
dumping and the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail if 
the orders were revoked. Parties can find a complete discussion of 
these issues and the corresponding recommendations in this public 
document, which is on file electronically via Import Administration's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit (CRU) in Room 
7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly on the internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Issues 
and Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on certain hot-rolled 
carbon steel flat products from India, Indonesia, the PRC, Taiwan, 
Thailand, and Ukraine would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping at the following weighted-average percent 
margins:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
            Country                Manufacturer/producer/      dumping
                                          exporter              margin
                                                              (percent)
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India.........................  Ispat Industries Ltd.......        44.40
                                Essar Steel Ltd............        36.53
                                All Others.................        38.72
Indonesia.....................   Krakatau Steel Corporation        47.86
                                All Others.................        47.86
PRC...........................  Angang Group International         31.09
                                 Trade Co. Ltd., New Iron &
                                 Steel Co., Ltd., and
                                 Angang Group Hong Kong
                                 Co., Ltd.
                                Shanghai Baosteel Group            12.34
                                 Corporation, Baoshan Iron
                                 & Steel Co., Ltd, and
                                 Baosteel Group
                                 International Trade
                                 Corporation.
                                Benxi Iron & Steel Group           57.19
                                 International Economic &
                                 Trade Co., Ltd., Bengang
                                 Steel Plates Co., Ltd.,
                                 and Benxi Iron & Steel
                                 Group Co., Ltd.
                                Panzhihua Iron and Steel           65.59
                                 (Group) Co.
                                Wuhan Iron and Steel Group         65.59
                                 Corporation.
                                PRC-Wide Rate..............        90.83
Taiwan........................  An Feng Steel Co., Ltd.....        29.14

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                                China Steel Corporation/           29.14
                                 Yieh Loong.
                                All Others.................        20.28
Thailand......................  Sahaviriya Steel Industries         7.35
                                 Public Co., Ltd.
                                Siam Strip Mill Public Co.,        20.30
                                 Ltd.
                                All Others.................         4.41
Ukraine.......................  All Others.................        90.33
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an 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. Timely 
notification of the return or 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 the final results of these reviews in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: March 5, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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