[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61333-61334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24279]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-821-808]
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the Russian
Federation; 2012; Preliminary Results of Administrative Review of
Antidumping Duty Suspension Agreement
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: October 3, 2013.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily
determines that Joint Stock Company Severstal (Severstal) is in
compliance with the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation
of Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the Russian Federation
(Agreement) for the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012,
and that the Agreement is functioning as intended. The preliminary
results are set forth in the section titled ``Methodology and
Preliminary Results,'' infra. We intend to issue the final results
within 120 days after publication of these preliminary results in the
Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or Anne D'Alauro,
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-4830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of Review
The products covered by the Agreement are certain cut-to-length
carbon steel plate from the Russian Federation. This merchandise is
currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS) under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7208.53.0000,
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000.
Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, our written description of the scope of this Agreement is
dispositive.
A full description of the scope of the order is contained in
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Administrative Review
of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation of Certain
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the Russian Federation'' from
Lynn Fischer Fox, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy and Negotiations
to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated September 27,
2013, and hereby adopted by this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via
Import Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Department's
Central Records Unit, located in Room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be found on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Methodology and Preliminary Results
On December 20, 2002, the Department signed an agreement under
section 734(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), with
Russian steel producers/exporters, including Severstal, which suspended
the antidumping duty investigation on certain cut-to-length carbon
steel plate (CTL plate) from the Russian Federation. See Suspension of
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel
Plate from the Russian Federation, 68 FR 3859 (January 27, 2003). On
January 31, 2013, Nucor submitted a request for an administrative
review of the Agreement pursuant to Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 78 FR 288 (January 3, 2013). The review was
initiated on February 28, 2013, for the January 1, 2012 through
December
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31, 2012 period of review. See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation
in Part, 78 FR 13631 (February 28, 2013). The Department examined U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) import data for the 2012 calendar
year and determined that CTL plate produced by Severstal accounted for
substantially all (not less than 85 percent) of the subject merchandise
imported into the United States during the January 1, 2012 through
December 31, 2012 period of review. See Memo to the file from Anne
D'Alauro dated September 27, 2013, with attached summary of CBP import
data for 2012. On March 14, 2013, and May 31, 2013, the Department
issued its questionnaire and supplemental questionnaire, respectively,
to Severstal. Severstal submitted its responses on April 23, 2013, and
June 27, 2013, respectively.
The Department has conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(C) of the Act, which specifies that the Department shall
``review the current status of, and compliance with, any agreement by
reason of which an investigation was suspended.'' In this case, the
Department and Severstal signed the Agreement, suspending the
underlying antidumping duty investigation, on December 20, 2002.
Pursuant to the Agreement, each signatory producer/exporter
individually agrees to make any necessary price revisions to eliminate
completely any amount by which the normal value (NV) of the subject
merchandise exceeds the U.S. price of its merchandise subject to the
Agreement. See Agreement, 68 FR at 3860-61. Our review of the
information submitted by Severstal indicates that the company has
adhered to the terms of the Agreement and that the Agreement is
functioning as intended. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing
case briefs in accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). Parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to
provide: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities. See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and
(d)(2).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration,
filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed document
must be received successfully in its entirety by the Department's
electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case briefs. The Department intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, including the results of
its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than
120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: September 27, 2013.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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