[Federal Register: October 31, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 209)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A-351-828)
Notice of Final Results of New Shipper Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel
Products from Brazil
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On August 19, 2005, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary results of the new shipper review
of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon
quality steel products (hot-rolled steel products) from Brazil. The
review covers one manufacturer/exporter, Companhia Sider[uacute]rgica
de Tubar[atilde]o (CST). Although interested parties had an opportunity
to comment on our preliminary results, we received no comments. The
Department has not made any changes in its analysis following the
publication of the preliminary results. Therefore, the final results of
review are unchanged from those presented in the preliminary results of
review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza or David Kurt Kraus,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3019
and (202) 482-7871, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 19, 2005, the Department published the preliminary
results of new shipper review of certain hot-rolled steel products from
Brazil. See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel
Products from Brazil; Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review, 70 FR
48668 (August 19, 2005). No party submitted comments on the preliminary
results.
Period of Review
The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2004, through August 31,
2004.
Scope of Review
The products covered by this order are certain hot-rolled flat-
rolled carbon-quality steel products of a rectangular shape, of a width
of 0.5 inch of greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics of other
non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively
superimposed layers) regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths,
of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 10
times the thickness. Specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (IF) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA)
steels, and the substrate for motor lamination steels. Steel products
to be included in the scope of this agreement, regardless of Harmonized
Tariff Schedule (HTS) definitions, are products in which: (1) iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2)
the carbon content is 2 percent of less, by weight; and (3) none of the
elements listed below exceeds certain specified quantities.
The merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable
under subheadings 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00,
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60,
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60,
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30,
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90,
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00,
7208.90.00.00, 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00,
7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60,
7211.19.75.90, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00 of the
HTS. Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel covered by
this agreement, including vacuum degassed and fully stabilized, high
strength low alloy, and the substrate for motor lamination steel may
also enter under tariff numbers 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00,
7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90,
7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00,
7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and
7226.99.00.00. Although the HTS subheading is provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise under
review is dispositive of whether or not the merchandise is covered by
the scope of the order.
Final Results of Review
We determine that a margin of 0.00 percent exists for CST for the
period March 1, 2004, through August 31, 2004.
Assessment
The Department will determine, and the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b). We have calculated importer-
specific duty assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total
amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to the
total entered value of the examined sales for each importer. We will
direct CBP to assess the resulting assessment rates against the entered
customs values for the subject merchandise on each of the importer's
entries during the review period. The Department will issue appropriate
assessment instructions directly to the CBP within 15 days of
publication of these final results of review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Bonding is no longer permitted to fulfill security requirements for
shipments from CST of hot-rolled steel products from Brazil entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication
date of these final results of new shipper review. The following cash-
deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the final
results of this new shipper review for all shipments of subject
merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or
after the publication date as provided for by section 751(a)(1) and 751
(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act):
for subject merchandise manufactured and exported by CST the
cash deposit rate shall be 0.00 percent;
for subject merchandise exported by CST but not manufactured
by CST the cash-deposit rate will continue to be the ``all others''
rate or the rate applicable to the manufacturer, if so established;
the cash deposit rate for exporters who received a rate in a
prior segment of the proceeding will continue to be the rate assigned
in that segment of the proceeding;
if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or in any
previous segment of this proceeding, but the manufacturer is, the cash
deposit rate will be that established for the manufacturer in the most
recent segment of these proceedings in which that manufacturer
participated;
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if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered
in this review or in any previous segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will be 42.12 percent, the all others rate established in
the less-than-fair-value investigation. (See Notice of Antidumping Duty
Order and Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled
Carbon Quality Steel Products from Brazil, 67 FR 11093 (March 12,
2002)).
These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication
of the final results of the next administrative review.
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR Sec. 351.402(f) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR Sec. 351.305. Timely written
notification of 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.
We are issuing and publishing this new shipper review and notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: October 24, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-6012 Filed 10-28-05; 8:45 am]
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