[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68549-68550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9409]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-427-810]


Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From France: Final 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 7, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register its preliminary results 
of administrative review of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (``CORE'') from France 
for the period January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004 (see 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from France, 71 FR 52770 
(September 7, 2006) (``CORE Preliminary Results'')). The Department 
preliminarily found that Duferco Coating S.A. and Sorral S.A. 
(collectively, ``Duferco Sorral''), the producer/exporter of subject 
merchandise covered by this review did not receive countervailable 
subsidies during the period of review (``POR''). We did not receive any 
comments on our preliminary results and have made no revisions to those 
results.

DATES: Effective Date: November 27, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 17, 1993, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the CVD order on CORE from France. See Countervailing Duty 
Order and Amendment to Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination: Certain Steel Products from France, 58 FR 43759 (August 
17, 1993). On September 7, 2006, the Department

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published in the Federal Register the preliminary results for this 
review (see CORE Preliminary Results).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), this review covers Duferco 
Sorral, the only producer/exporter of the subject merchandise for which 
a review was specifically requested. In the CORE Preliminary Results, 
we invited interested parties to submit case briefs commenting on the 
preliminary results or request a hearing. We did not conduct a hearing 
in this review, as one was not requested, and did not receive case 
briefs.

Scope of the Order

    This order covers cold-rolled (``cold-reduced'') carbon steel flat-
rolled carbon steel products, of rectangular shape, either clad, 
plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, 
aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel-or iron-based alloys, whether or 
not corrugated or painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other 
nonmetallic substances in addition to the metallic coating, in coils 
(whether or not in successively superimposed layers) and of a width of 
0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths which, if of a thickness 
less than 4.75 millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and 
which measures at least 10 times the thickness or if of a thickness of 
4.75 millimeters or more are of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters 
and measures at least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under 
item numbers 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 
7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000, 
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090.
    Included in this order are corrosion-resistant 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. Excluded from this order are flat-
rolled steel products either plated or coated with tin, lead, chromium, 
chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne plate''), or both chromium 
and chromium oxides (``tin-free steel''), whether or not painted, 
varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in 
addition to the metallic coating. Also excluded from this order are 
clad products in straight lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in composite 
thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at 
least twice the thickness. Also excluded from this order are certain 
clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-layered corrosion-
resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less than 4.75 millimeters 
in composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled 
product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
    These HTSUS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes. The written descriptions remain dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    As noted above, the Department received no comments concerning the 
preliminary results. Therefore, consistent with the CORE Preliminary 
Results, we continue to find that Duferco Sorral did not receive 
countervailable subsidies during the POR. In accordance with section 
705(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, we calculated a 
total net subsidy rate of 0.00 percent ad valorem for Duferco Sorral.
    As there have been no changes to or comments on the preliminary 
results, we are not attaching a decision memorandum to this Federal 
Register notice. For further details of the programs included in this 
proceeding, see the CORE Preliminary Results.

Assessment Rates/Cash Deposits

    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 15 days after the date of 
publication of these final results of this review, to liquidate 
shipments of subject merchandise by Duferco Sorral entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2004, 
through December 31, 2004, without regard to countervailing duties. We 
will also instruct CBP not to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties on shipments of the subject merchandise by 
Duferco Sorral entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on 
or after the date of publication of the final results of this review.
    For all non-reviewed companies, we will instruct CBP to continue to 
collect cash deposits at the most recent company-specific or country-
wide rate applicable to the company. Accordingly, the cash deposit 
rates that will be applied to non-reviewed companies covered by this 
order are those established in the most recently completed 
administrative proceeding. See Certain Steel Products from France: 
Notice of Final Court Decision and Amended Final Determination of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 64 FR 67561 (December 2, 1999). 
These rates shall apply to all non-reviewed companies until a review of 
a company assigned these rates is requested.

Return of Destruction of Proprietary Information

    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 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 17, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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