Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Canada: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Revocation of Order (in Part)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-122-823]

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Canada: Final

Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, and Revocation of Order (in Part)

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of changed circumstances antidumping

duty administrative review, and revocation in part of antidumping duty

order.

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SUMMARY: On August 19, 1993, the Department of Commerce (the

Department) published an antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-

length carbon steel plate from Canada. On December 28, 1998, the

Department simultaneously initiated a changed circumstances antidumping

duty administrative review and issued the preliminary results of this

review expressing an intent to revoke the order in part. We are now

revoking this order in part, with regard to certain cut-to-length

carbon steel plate free of cobalt-60 and other radioactive nuclides,

based on the fact that domestic parties (petitioners in the underlying

proceeding 1) have expressed no interest in the importation

or sale of cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel plate produced in

Canada as described in the ``Scope of Review'' section below.

\1\ The petitioners are: Bethlehem Steel Corporation, U.S. Steel

Group (a unit of USX Corporation), Inland Steel Industries, Inc.,

Gulf States Steel Inc. of Alabama, Sharon Steel Corporation, Geneva

Steel, and Lukens Steel Company.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley (202-482-4106) or Maureen

Flannery (202-482-3020), Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20230.

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The 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 to the Tariff Act

of 1930 (the Act) by the Uruguay Rounds Agreements Act. In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's

regulations are to the regulations as codified at 19 CFR Part 351

(April 1998).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In response to a request by Canberra Industries, Inc., (Canberra)

that the Department conduct a changed circumstances administrative

review to determine whether to revoke in part the order with regard to

certain cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel plate, on December 4,

1998, the petitioners informed the Department in writing that they did

not object to the changed circumstances review and had no interest in

the importation or sale of cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel

plate produced in Canada as described in the ``Scope of Review''

section below. The Department has previously revoked from the order a

similar cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel plate product, also

per Canberra's request. See, Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

From Canada: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Order

61 FR 7471 (Feb. 28, 1996).

We preliminarily determined that petitioners' affirmative statement

of no interest constitutes good cause for conducting a changed

circumstances review and for partially revoking the order.

Consequently, on January 6, 1999, the Department published a notice of

initiation, preliminary results of review, and intent to revoke order

in part (64 FR 846). This determination did not affect the order with

regard to other cut-to-length carbon steel plate. We gave interested

parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of this

changed circumstances review. We received no comments.

Scope of Review

The merchandise covered by this changed circumstance review

includes cut-to-length carbon steel plate meeting the following

criteria: (1) 100% dry steel plates, virgin steel, no scrap content

(free of cobalt-60 and other radioactive nuclides); (2) .300 inches

maximum thickness, plus 0.0, minus .030 inches; (3) 48.00 inches wide,

minimum; (4) 20 foot lengths; (5) flatness, plus/minus 0.5 inches over

10 feet; (6) AISI 1006; (7) tension leveled; (8) pickled and oiled; and

(9) carbon content, .03 to .08 (max). This merchandise is currently

classified under subheading HTS 7208.52.0000. HTS numbers are provided

for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the

scope of this review remains dispositive.

This changed circumstances administrative review covers all

manufacturers/exporters of cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel

plate from Canada.

Final Results of Review; Partial Revocation of Antidumping Duty

Order

The petitioners' affirmative statement of no interest in this case

constitutes changed circumstances sufficient to warrant partial

revocation of this order. See 782(h) of the Act; 19 CFR

351.222(g)(1)(i). Therefore, the Department is partially revoking this

order on certain cobalt-60-free cut-to-length carbon steel plate from

Canada, described above, in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the

Act.

The Department will, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.222(g)(4),

instruct the U.S. Customs Service to proceed with liquidation, without

regard to antidumping duties, of all unliquidated entries of cobalt-60-

free cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Canada with the

specifications described above not subject to final results of an

administrative review, and to refund with interest any estimated

antidumping duties collected with respect to such entries.

This changed circumstances administrative review, partial

revocation of the antidumping duty order, and notice are in accordance

with sections 751(b)(1) and 782(h) of the Act and sections 351.216,

351.221(c)(3), and 351.222(g) of the Department's regulations.

Dated: February 3, 1999.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 99-3547 Filed 2-11-99; 8:45 am]

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