Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Belgium; Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-805]

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Belgium; Amended

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amended final results of antidumping duty

administrative review.

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SUMMARY: On January 20, 1998, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the final results of its 1995-96 administrative

review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon

steel plate from Belgium (63 FR 2959). This review covers one

manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Fabrique de Fer de

Charleroi, S.A. (FAFER), and its subsidiary, Charleroi (USA) for the

period August 1, 1995 through July 31, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maureen McPhillips or Linda Ludwig, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III,

Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0193 or (202) 482-3833,

respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all references to the Department's regulations are to 19 CFR Part 353

(April 1, 1997).

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Scope of the Order

The products covered by this administrative review constitute one

class or kind of merchandise: certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate.

These products include hot-rolled carbon steel universal mill plates

(i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a closed box

pass, of a width exceeding 150 millimeters but not exceeding 1,250

millimeters and of a thickness of not less than 4 millimeters, 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

hot-rolled carbon steel flat-rolled products in straight lengths, of

rectangular shape, hot rolled, neither clad, plated, nor coated with

metal, whether or not painted, varnished, or coasted with plastics or

other nonmetallic substances, 4.75 millimeters or more in thickness and

of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at least twice

the thickness, as currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule (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, and

7212.50.0000. Included are flat-rolled products of nonrectangular

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.

Excluded is grade X-70 plate. These HTS item numbers are provided for

convenience and Customs purposes. The written description remains

dispositive.

Ministerial Error in Final Results of Review

In the course of reviewing the content of the final results of

review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon

steel plate from Belgium for the period August 1, 1995 through July 31,

1996, the Department realized that it had inadvertently published the

incorrect ``all others'' rate. Therefore, we are correcting the ``all

others'' cash deposit rate to be 6.84 percent, the rate established in

the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (see Antidumping Duty

Order and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair

Value: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Belgium, 58 FR

44164 (August 19, 1993)). This correction of the ``all others'' rate

does not change Fabrique de Fer de Charleroi's margin of 13.75 percent,

published in the final results of the 1995-96 administrative review on

January 20, 1998.

The Department shall determine, and the Customs Service shall

assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Individual

differences between export price and normal value may vary from the

percentage stated above. The Department will issue appraisement

instructions directly to the Customs Service.

Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective

for all shipments of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from

Belgium within the scope of the order entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these

amended final results, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff

Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the reviewed company will be the

rate listed above; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated

companies not listed above, the rate will continue to be the company-

specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter

is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original

LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will

be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer

of the merchandise; and (4) for all other producers and/or exporters of

this merchandise, the cash deposit rate of 6.84 percent, the ``all

others'' rate, established in the LTFV investigation, shall remain in

effect.

We will calculate importer-specific duty assessment rates on an ad

valorem basis against the entered value of each entry of subject

merchandise during the period of review (POR).

Notification of Interested Parties

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 353.26 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 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 353.34(d). 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. Timely

written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or

conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested.

This administrative review and notice are in accordance with

Section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act 19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(1)).

Dated: March 10, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-7353 Filed 3-19-98; 8:45 am]

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