[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68293-68294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33013]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigations Nos. 731-TA-753-756 (Preliminary)]
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From China, Russia, South
Africa, and Ukraine
Determinations
On the basis of the record 1 developed in the subject
investigations, the Commission determines, pursuant to section 733(a)
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673b(a)), that there is a
reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is
threatened with material injury 2 by reason of imports from China,
Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine of cut-to-length carbon steel
plate,3 provided for in provisions of headings 7208 though 7212 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS),4 that
are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value
(LTFV).
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\1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR Sec. 207.2(f)).
2 Commissioner Crawford determines that there is a
reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of the subject imports.
3 For the purposes of these investigations, cut-to-length
carbon steel plate is hot-rolled iron and nonalloy steel universal
mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a
closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1,250
mm and of a thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and
without patterns in relief), of rectangular shape, neither clad,
plated, nor coated with metal, and whether or not painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances;
and certain iron and nonalloy steel flat-rolled products not in
coils, of rectangular shape, hot-rolled, neither clad, plated, nor
coated with metal, and whether or not painted, varnished, or coated
with plastics or other nonmetallic substances, 4.75 mm or more in
thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least
twice the thickness. Included in this definition are flat-rolled
products of nonrectangular cross-section where such cross-section is
achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which
have been ``worked after rolling'')--for example, products which
have been bevelled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from this
definition are plates that are characterized as grade X-70 plates.
4 Cut-to-length carbon steel plate is currently covered by
the following statistical reporting numbers of the HTS:
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; and
7212.50.0000.
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Commencement of Final Phase Investigations
Pursuant to section 207.18 of the Commission's rules, as amended in
61 FR 37818 (July 22, 1996), the Commission also gives notice of the
commencement of the final phase of its
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investigations. The Commission will issue a final phase notice of
scheduling which will be published in the Federal Register as provided
in section 207.21 of the Commission's rules upon notice from the
Department of Commerce (Commerce) of an affirmative preliminary
determination in an investigation under section 733(b) of the Act, or,
if the preliminary determinations are negative, upon notice of an
affirmative final determination in an investigation under section
735(a) of the Act. Parties that filed entries of appearance in the
preliminary phase of the investigations need not enter a separate
appearance for the final phase of the investigations. Industrial users,
and, if the merchandise under investigation is sold at the retail
level, representative consumer organizations have the right to appear
as parties in Commission antidumping and countervailing duty
investigations. The Secretary will prepare a public service list
containing the names and addresses of all persons, or their
representatives, who are parties to the investigations.
Background
On November 5, 1996, a petition was filed with the Commission and
the Department of Commerce by Geneva Steel Co., Provo, UT, and Gulf
States Steel, Inc., Gadsden, AL, alleging that an industry in the
United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury
by reason of LTFV imports of cut-to-length carbon steel plate from
China, Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine. Accordingly, effective
November 5, 1996, the Commission instituted antidumping investigations
Nos. 731-TA-753-756 (Preliminary).
Notice of the institution of the Commission's investigations and of
a public conference to be held in connection therewith was given by
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the
notice in the Federal Register of November 13, 1996 (61 FR 58216). The
conference was held in Washington, DC, on November 26, 1996, and all
persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in
person or by counsel.
The Commission transmitted its determinations in these
investigations to the Secretary of Commerce on December 20, 1996. The
views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 3009
(December 1996), entitled Cut-to-length Carbon Steel Plate from China,
Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine: Investigations Nos. 731-TA-753-756
(Preliminary).
Issued: December 20, 1996.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-33013 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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