[Federal Register: September 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 180)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-791-804]
Termination of Suspended Antidumping Duty Investigation: Cut-to-
Length Carbon Steel Plate From South Africa
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Termination of Suspended Antidumping Duty
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Investigation: Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from South Africa.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (``the Act''), the United States International Trade Commission
(``the Commission'') determined that termination of the suspended
antidumping duty investigation on cut-to-length carbon steel plate
(``CTL plate'') from South Africa is not likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States
within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Carbon Steel Plate from
China, Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine, Investigations Nos. 731-TA-
753-756 (Review) 68 FR 52614 (September 4, 2003)(``Final ITC
Results''). Therefore, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.222(i)(1)(iii), the Department of Commerce (``the Department'')
is terminating the suspended antidumping duty investigation on CTL
plate from South Africa. The effective date of termination is October
24, 2002, the fifth anniversary of the date of publication of the
suspended investigation, October 24, 1997.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit or Kelly Parkhill,
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050
or (202) 482-3791, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 3, 2002, the Department initiated, and the Commission
instituted, a sunset review of the suspended investigation on CTL plate
from South Africa pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation
of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 67 FR 56268 (September 3, 2002), and
Carbon Steel Plate from China, Russia, South Africa, and Ukraine, 67 FR
56311 (September 3, 2003). As a result of the review, the Department
found that termination of the suspended investigation on CTL plate from
South Africa would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping. See Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's
Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and South Africa; Final
Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Suspended Antidumping Duty
Investigations, 68 FR 1038 (January 8, 2003).
On September 4, 2003, the Commission determined, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act, that termination of the suspended
investigation on CTL plate from South Africa would not likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See ``ITC Final
Results''.
Scope of Review
The products covered under the suspension agreement are hot-rolled
iron and non-alloy 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 1250 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, whether
or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic
substances; and certain iron and non-alloy steel flat-rolled products
not in coils, of rectangular shape, hot-rolled, neither clad, plated,
nor coated with metal, 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 as subject merchandise in this petition
are flat-rolled products of non-rectangular 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 beveled or rounded at the edges. This
merchandise is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTS) under item numbers 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. Excluded from the subject merchandise within the scope of
the petition is grade X-70 plate. Although the HTS subheadings are
provided for convenience and Customs purposes, our written description
of the scope of this sunset review is dispositive.
Determination
As a result of the determination by the Commission that termination
of the suspended investigation is not likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, the
Department, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.222(i)(1)(iii), is terminating the suspended investigation on CTL
plate from South Africa. Pursuant to section 751(c)(6)(A)(iv) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(ii), termination of this suspended
investigation is effective October 24, 2002, the fifth anniversary of
the date of publication of the suspended investigation. The termination
of the suspended investigation is effective with respect to all
entries, or withdrawals from warehouse of the subject merchandise on or
after October 24, 2002.
Dated: September 11, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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