[Federal Register: May 8, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 89)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-837]
Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel Plate From the
Republic of Korea
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of rescission of countervailing duty administrative
review.
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SUMMARY: On March 25, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
initiated an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on
certain cut-to-length carbon quality steel plate (CTL Plate) from the
Republic of Korea, covering the period January 1, 2002 through December
31, 2002. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 68 FR 14394
at 14400 (March 25, 2003). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1)
(2002), the Department is now rescinding this review because the
requester has withdrawn its request for an administrative review.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Moore or Joy Zhang, AD/CVD
Enforcement, Office 6, Group II, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3692 or (202) 482-1168, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 27, 2003, the Department received a letter from Nucor
requesting an administrative review of the countervailing order on CTL
Plate from Korea. On March 25, 2003, the Department initiated an
administrative review of this order for the period January 1, 2002
through December 31, 2002. Nucor submitted a letter dated March 24,
2003, withdrawing its request for the above referenced administrative
review.
Scope of the Review
For purposes of this administrative review, the products covered
are certain hot-rolled carbon-quality steel: (1) 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 1250 mm, and of a
nominal or actual thickness of not less than 4 mm, which are cut-to-
length (not in coils) and without patterns in relief), of iron or non-
alloy-quality steel; and (2) flat-rolled products, hot-rolled, of a
nominal or actual thickness of 4.75 mm or more and of a width which
exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness, and which are
cut-to-length (not in coils). Steel products to be included in the
scope of this order are of rectangular, square, circular or other shape
and of rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section where such non-
rectangular cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process
(i.e., products which have been ``worked after rolling'')--for example,
products which have been beveled or
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rounded at the edges. Steel products that meet the noted physical
characteristics that are painted, varnished or coated with plastic or
other non-metallic substances are included within this scope. Also,
specifically included in the scope of this order are high strength, low
alloy (HSLA) steels. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro-
alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium,
titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. Steel products to be included in
this scope, regardless of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) definitions, are products in which: (1) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2)
the carbon content is two percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of
the elements listed below is equal to or exceeds the quantity, by
weight, respectively indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or 1.50
percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 percent of
aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of
tungsten, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or
0.41 percent of titanium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 percent
zirconium. All products that meet the written physical description, and
in which the chemistry quantities do not equal or exceed any one of the
levels listed above, are within the scope of this order unless
otherwise specifically excluded. The following products are
specifically excluded from this order: (1) Products clad, plated, or
coated with metal, whether or not painted, varnished or coated with
plastic or other non-metallic substances; (2) SAE grades (formerly AISI
grades) of series 2300 and above; (3) products made to ASTM A710 and
A736 or their proprietary equivalents; (4) abrasion-resistant steels
(i.e., USS AR 400, USS AR 500); (5) products made to ASTM A202, A225,
A514 grade S, A517 grade S, or their proprietary equivalents; (6) ball
bearing steels; (7) tool steels; and (8) silicon manganese steel or
silicon electric steel.
The merchandise subject to this order is classified in the HTSUS
under subheadings: 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, 7225.40.3050,
7225.40.7000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000,
7226.91.8000, 7226.99.0000.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
Customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise covered by
these orders is dispositive.
Rescission of Review
Within 90 days of the March 25, 2003, publication of the notice of
initiation, Nucor withdrew its request for an administrative review.
See Letter from Nucor to the Department dated March 24, 2003, on file
in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099, Main Building of the
Department of Commerce. No other interested party requested a review,
and we have received no submissions commenting on Nucor's withdrawal of
its request for review.
In accordance with the Department's regulation, 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), and consistent with its practice, the Department hereby
rescinds the administrative review of CTL Plate from Korea for the
period January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002. See, e.g., Certain Welded
Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube from Turkey: Rescission of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, 67 FR 42541 (June 24, 2002).
This notice is in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and Sec. 351.213(d)(4) of the
Department's regulations.
Dated: May 1, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-11485 Filed 5-7-03; 8:45 am]