Antidumping: resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan,
[Federal Register: March 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 59)]
[Notices]
[Page 14862-14863]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr29mr99-33]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-824]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review, and revocation in part of antidumping duty order.
SUMMARY: On February 2, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation of a changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review and preliminary results of review with intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on certain corrosion resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. We are now revoking this order in part, with respect to corrosion- resistant steel flat products with certain dimensions and coatings as discussed below, based on the fact that domestic parties have expressed no interest in the importation or sale of this product, imported from Japan.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doreen Chen or Rick Johnson, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0408, (202) 482-3818, respectively.
The Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19 CFR part 351 (April 1998).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 11, 1998, Uchiyama requested that the Department revoke in part the antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. Specifically, Uchiyama requested that the Department revoke the order with respect to imports of subject merchandise meeting all of the following criteria: (1) Widths ranging from 10 millimeters (0.394 inches) through 100 millimeters (3.94 inches); (2) thicknesses, including coatings, ranging from 0.11 millimeters (0.004 inches) through 0.60 millimeters (0.024 inches); and (3) a coating that is from 0.003 millimeters (0.00012 inches) through 0.005 millimeters (0.000196 inches) in thickness and that is comprised of either two evenly applied layers, the first layer consisting of 99% zinc, 0.5% cobalt, and 0.5% molybdenum, followed by a layer consisting of chromate, or three evenly applied layers, the first layer consisting of 99% zinc, 0.5% cobalt, and 0.5% molybdenum followed by a layer consisting of chromate, and finally a layer consisting of silicate. Uchiyama, a domestic manufacturer of rubber seals and metal inserts for ball bearings, is an importer of the products in question. The order with regard to imports of other types of corrosion resistant carbon steel flat products is not affected by this request.
On January 19, 1999, Inland Steel Industries, Inc. (Inland), LTV Steel Company (LTV), National Steel Corporation (National), and U.S. Steel Group, A Unit of USX Corporation (U.S. Steel), domestic interested parties in this case, submitted a letter indicating that they have no objection to the initiation of this changed circumstances review and no interest in maintaining the antidumping duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan with respect to products meeting the specifications indicated above. We preliminarily determined that domestic producers' affirmative statement of no interest constituted changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a partial revocation of this order. Consequently, on February 2, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of changed circumstances antidumping duty administrative review and intent to revoke this order in part (64 FR 5024). We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of this changed circumstances review. We received no comments from interested parties.
Scope of Changed Circumstances Review
The merchandise covered by this changed circumstances review is certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. This changed circumstances administrative review covers all manufacturers/ exporters of certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products meeting the following specifications: (1) widths ranging from 10 millimeters (0.394 inches) through 100 millimeters (3.94 inches); (2) thicknesses, including coatings, ranging from 0.11 millimeters (0.004 inches) through 0.60 millimeters (0.024 inches); and (3) a coating that is from 0.003 millimeters (0.00012 inches) through 0.005 millimeters (0.000196 inches) in thickness and that is comprised of either two evenly applied layers, the first layer consisting of 99% zinc, 0.5% cobalt, and 0.5% molybdenum, followed by a layer consisting of chromate, or three evenly applied layers, the first layer consisting of 99% zinc, 0.5% cobalt, and 0.5% molybdenum followed by a layer consisting of chromate, and finally a layer consisting of silicate.
Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order
The affirmative statement of no interest by petitioners in certain corrosion resistant carbon steel flat products, as described above, produced in Japan, constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial revocation of this order. Therefore, the Department is partially revoking the order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan with regard to products which
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meet the specifications detailed above, in accordance with sections 751 (b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d)(1). This partial revocation applies to all entries of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of this publication of final results.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protection orders (APOs) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d)(1997). Timely written notification of the return/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 sanctionable violation.
This changed circumstances administrative review, partial revocation of the antidumping duty order and notice are in accordance with sections 751 (b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and sections 351.216 and 351.222(g) of the Department's regulations.
Dated: March 19, 1999. Robert S. LaRussa, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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