[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.
[FR Doc. 2013-05647 Filed 3-11-13; 8:45 am]
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