[Federal Register: March 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 55)]
[Notices]
[Page 13478-13479]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-588-838)
Clad Steel Plate from Japan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty
Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from
Japan would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and
material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is
publishing notice of continuation of this antidumping duty order.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 22, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nichole Zink or Brandon Farlander, AD/
CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0049 and (202)
482-0182, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 2, 2006, the Department initiated and the ITC instituted
a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from
Japan pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).\1\
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\1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 71 FR
57921 (Oct. 2, 2006); and Clad Steel Plate From Japan, Investigation
No. 731-TA-739 (Second Review), 71 FR 57996 (Oct. 2, 2006).
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As a result of its review, the Department found that revocation of
the antidumping duty order would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping and notified the ITC of the magnitude of the
margins likely to prevail were the order to be revoked.\2\ On March 5,
2007, the ITC determined, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, that
revocation of the antidumping duty orders on clad steel plate from
Japan would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material
injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably
foreseeable time.\3\
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\2\ See Clad Steel Plate from Japan; Final Results of the
Expedited Sunset Review (Second Review) of the Antidumping Duty
Order, 72 FR 4482 (Jan. 31, 2007).
\3\ See Clad Steel Plate from Japan, Investigation No. 731-TA-
739 (Second Review), 72 FR 10556 (Mar. 8, 2007).
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Scope of the Order
The scope of this order is all clad\4\ steel plate of a width of
600 millimeters (mm) or more and a composite thickness of 4.5 mm or
more. Clad steel plate is a rectangular finished steel mill product
consisting of a layer of cladding material (usually stainless steel or
nickel) which is metallurgically bonded to a base or backing of ferrous
metal (usually carbon or low alloy steel) where the latter predominates
by weight.
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\4\ Cladding is the association of layers of metals of different
colors or natures by molecular interpenetration of the surfaces in
contact. This limited diffusion is characteristic of clad products
and differentiates them from products metalized in other manners
(e.g., by normal electroplating). The various cladding processes
include pouring molten cladding metal onto the basic metal followed
by rolling; simple hot-rolling of the cladding metal to ensure
efficient welding to the basic metal; any other method of deposition
of superimposing of the cladding metal followed by any mechanical or
thermal process to ensure welding (e.g., electrocladding), in which
the cladding metal (nickel, chromium, etc.) is applied to the basic
metal by electroplating, molecular interpenetration of the surfaces
in contact then being obtained by heat treatment at the appropriate
temperature with subsequent cold rolling. See Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System Explanatory Notes, Chapter 72, General
Note (IV) (C) (2) (e).
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Stainless clad steel plate is manufactured to American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A263 (400 series stainless
types) and A264 (300 series stainless types). Nickel and nickel-base
alloy clad steel plate is manufactured to ASTM specification A265.
These specifications are illustrative but not necessarily all-
inclusive.
Clad steel plate within the scope of this order is classifiable
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
7210.90.10.00. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope
of this order is dispositive.
Determination
As a result of the determinations by the Department and the ITC
that revocation of this antidumping duty order would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an
industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the
Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of the antidumping
duty order on clad steel plate from Japan.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect
antidumping duty cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of
entry for all imports of subject merchandise. The effective date of
continuation of this order will be the date of publication in the
Federal
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Register of this Notice of Continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2)
and 751(c)(6)(A) of the Act, the Department intends to initiate the
next five-year review of this order not later than February 2012.
This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 777(i)
of the Act.
Dated: March 15, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-5269 Filed 3-21-07; 8:45 am]
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