Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 52 / Monday, March 19, 2007 / Notices 12767 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of our review we 

preliminarily find that a weighted–

average dumping margin of 0.00 percent 

exists for SWG for the period March 1, 

2005, through February 28, 2006. 

The Department will disclose 

calculations performed within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

An interested party may request a 

hearing within 30 days of publication. 

See 19 CFR 351.310(c). Any hearing, if 

requested, will be held 37 days after the 

date of publication, or the first business 

day thereafter, unless the Department 

alters the date pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.310(d). 

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs or written comments no later than 

30 days after the date of publication of 

these preliminary results of new shipper 

review. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to 

written comments, limited to issues 

raised in the case briefs and comments, 

may be filed no later than 5 days after 

the date of submission of case briefs and 

written comments. Parties who submit 

argument in these proceedings are 

requested to submit with the argument 

(1) a statement of the issue, (2) a brief 

summary of the argument, and (3) a 

table of authorities. Further, parties 

submitting written comments should 

provide the Department with an 

additional copy of the public version of 

any such comments on diskette. The 

Department will issue final results of 

this new shipper review, including the 

results of our analysis of the issues 

raised in any such written comments or 

at a hearing, within 90 days of 

publication of these preliminary results. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results of 

this review, the Department shall 

determine, and CBP shall assess, 

antidumping duties on all appropriate 

entries. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(1), for the U.S. sale made by 

the respondent for which they have 

reported the importer of record and 

entered value, we have calculated an 

importer–specific assessment rate based 

on the ratio of the total amount of 

antidumping duties calculated for the 

examined sales to the total entered 

value of the U.S. sale. To determine 

whether the duty assessment rates were 

de minimis, in accordance with the 

requirement set forth in 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(2), we calculated an 

importer–specific ad valorem rate based 

on the reported entered value. Where 

the assessment rate is above de minimis, 

we will instruct CBP to assess duties on 

all entries of subject merchandise by 

that importer. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate without regard to antidumping 

duties any entries for which the 

assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less 

than 0.50 percent). 

The Department clarified its 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on 

May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This 

clarification will apply to entries of 

subject merchandise during the period 

of review produced by reviewed 

companies for which these companies 

did not know their merchandise was 

destined for the United States. In such 

instances, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate unreviewed entries at the all–

others rate if there is no rate for the 

intermediate company(ies) involved in 

the transaction. For a full discussion of 

this clarification, see Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit rate will 

be effective upon publication of the 

final results of this new shipper review 

for shipments of stainless steel bar from 

Germany entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the publication date, as provided by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. For 

subject merchandise produced and 

exported by SWG, the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established in the final 

results of this review, except if the rate 

is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, 

de minimis, the cash deposit rate will be 

zero. This cash deposit requirement, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f) 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 the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act. 

Dated: March 12, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–4944 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–835] 

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 

from the Republic of Korea: Final 

Results of Countervailing Duty 

Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On December 19, 2006, the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) published in the Federal 

Register its preliminary results of the 

changed circumstances review of the 

countervailing duty (‘‘CVD’’) order on 

stainless steel sheet and strip in coils 

(‘‘SSSS’’) from the Republic of Korea 

(‘‘Korea’’). See Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review: Stainless Steel 

Sheet and Strip in Coils from the 

Republic of Korea, 71 FR 75937 

(December 19, 2006) (‘‘Preliminary 

Results’’). The Department preliminarily 

determined that: (1) Hyundai Steel 

Company (‘‘Hyundai’’) is the successor–

in-interest to INI Steel Company (‘‘INI’’), 

formerly Inchon Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.; 

and (2) upon publication of these final 

results of this review, INI’s current CVD 

cash deposit rate shall be applied to 

entries of subject merchandise made by 

Hyundai. We did not receive any 

comments on our preliminary results 

and have made no revisions to those 

results. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Preeti Tolani, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 3, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 

4014, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone (202) 482–0395. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by this order 

are certain stainless steel sheet and strip 

in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel 

containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or 

less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more 

of chromium, with or without other 

elements. The subject sheet and strip is 

a flat–rolled product in coils that is 

greater than 9.5 mm in width and less 

than 4.75 mm in thickness, and that is 

annealed or otherwise heat treated and 

pickled or otherwise descaled. The 

subject sheet and strip may also be 

further processed (e.g., cold–rolled, 

polished, aluminized, coated, etc.) 

provided that it maintains the specific 


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1 Due to changes to the HTSUS numbers in 2001, 

7219.13.0030, 7219.13.0050, 7219.13.0070, and 

7219.13.0080 are now 7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051, 

7219.13.0071, and 7219.13.0081, respectively. 

2 ‘‘Arnokrome III’’ is a trademark of the Arnold 

Engineering Company. 

3 ‘‘Gilphy 36’’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A. 

4 ‘‘Durphynox 17’’ is a trademark of Imphy, S.A. 

dimensions of sheet and strip following 

such processing. 

The merchandise subject to this order 

is classified in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States 

(‘‘HTSUS’’) at subheadings: 

7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051, 

7219.13.0071, 7219.1300.811, 

7219.14.0030, 7219.14.0065, 

7219.14.0090, 7219.32.0005, 

7219.32.0020, 7219.32.0025, 

7219.32.0035, 7219.32.0036, 

7219.32.0038, 7219.32.0042, 

7219.32.0044, 7219.33.0005, 

7219.33.0020, 7219.33.0025, 

7219.33.0035, 7219.33.0036, 

7219.33.0038, 7219.33.0042, 

7219.33.0044, 7219.34.0005, 

7219.34.0020, 7219.34.0025, 

7219.34.0030, 7219.34.0035, 

7219.35.0005, 7219.35.0015, 

7219.35.0030, 7219.35.0035, 

7219.90.0010, 7219.90.0020, 

7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060, 

7219.90.0080, 7220.12.1000, 

7220.12.5000, 7220.20.1010, 

7220.20.1015, 7220.20.1060, 

7220.20.1080, 7220.20.6005, 

7220.20.6010, 7220.20.6015, 

7220.20.6060, 7220.20.6080, 

7220.20.7005, 7220.20.7010, 

7220.20.7015, 7220.20.7060, 

7220.20.7080, 7220.20.8000, 

7220.20.9030, 7220.20.9060, 

7220.90.0010, 7220.90.0015, 

7220.90.0060, and 7220.90.0080. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the Department’s written 

description of the merchandise subject 

to this order is dispositive. 

Excluded from the scope of this order 

are the following: (1) Sheet and strip 

that is not annealed or otherwise heat 

treated and pickled or otherwise 

descaled, (2) sheet and strip that is cut 

to length, (3) plate (i.e., flat–rolled 

stainless steel products of a thickness of 

4.75 mm or more), (4) flat wire (i.e., 

cold–rolled sections, with a prepared 

edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of 

not more than 9.5 mm), and (5) razor 

blade steel. Razor blade steel is a flat–

rolled product of stainless steel, not 

further worked than cold–rolled (cold–

reduced), in coils, of a width of not 

more than 23 mm and a thickness of 

0.266 mm or less, containing, by weight, 

12.5 to 14.5 percent chromium, and 

certified at the time of entry to be used 

in the manufacture of razor blades. See 

Chapter 72 of the HTSUS, ‘‘Additional 

U.S. Note’’ 1(d). 

The Department has determined that 

certain additional specialty stainless 

steel products are also excluded from 

the scope of this order. These excluded 

products are described below. 

Flapper valve steel is excluded from 

the scope of this order. Flapper valve 

steel is defined as stainless steel strip in 

coils containing, by weight, between 

0.37 and 0.43 percent carbon, between 

1.15 and 1.35 percent molybdenum, and 

between 0.20 and 0.80 percent 

manganese. This steel also contains, by 

weight, phosphorus of 0.025 percent or 

less, silicon of between 0.20 and 0.50 

percent, and sulfur of 0.020 percent or 

less. The product is manufactured by 

means of vacuum arc remelting, with 

inclusion controls for sulphide of no 

more than 0.04 percent and for oxide of 

no more than 0.05 percent. Flapper 

valve steel has a tensile strength of 

between 210 and 300 ksi, yield strength 

of between 170 and 270 ksi, plus or 

minus 8 ksi, and a hardness (Hv) of 

between 460 and 590. Flapper valve 

steel is most commonly used to produce 

specialty flapper valves in compressors. 

Also excluded is a product referred to 

as suspension foil, a specialty steel 

product used in the manufacture of 

suspension assemblies for computer 

disk drives. Suspension foil is described 

as 302/304 grade or 202 grade stainless 

steel of a thickness between 14 and 127 

microns, with a thickness tolerance of 

plus–or-minus 2.01 microns, and 

surface glossiness of 200 to 700 percent 

Gs. Suspension foil must be supplied in 

coil widths of not more than 407 mm, 

and with a mass of 225 kg or less. Roll 

marks may only be visible on one side, 

with no scratches of measurable depth. 

The material must exhibit residual 

stresses of 2 mm maximum deflection, 

and flatness of 1.6 mm over 685 mm 

length. 

Certain stainless steel foil for 

automotive catalytic converters is also 

excluded from the scope of this order. 

This stainless steel strip in coils is a 

specialty foil with a thickness of 

between 20 and 110 microns used to 

produce a metallic substrate with a 

honeycomb structure for use in 

automotive catalytic converters. The 

steel contains, by weight, carbon of no 

more than 0.030 percent, silicon of no 

more than 1.0 percent, manganese of no 

more than 1.0 percent, chromium of 

between 19 and 22 percent, aluminum 

of no less than 5.0 percent, phosphorus 

of no more than 0.045 percent, sulfur of 

no more than 0.03 percent, lanthanum 

of less than 0.002 or greater than 0.05 

percent, and total rare earth elements of 

more than 0.06 percent, with the 

balance iron. 

Permanent magnet iron–chromiumcobalt alloy stainless strip is also 

excluded from the scope of this order. 

This ductile stainless steel strip 

contains, by weight, 26 to 30 percent 

chromium, and 7 to 10 percent cobalt, 

with the remainder of iron, in widths 

228.6 mm or less, and a thickness 

between 0.127 and 1.270 mm. It exhibits 

magnetic remanence between 9,000 and 

12,000 gauss, and a coercivity of 

between 50 and 300 oersteds. This 

product is most commonly used in 

electronic sensors and is currently 

available under proprietary trade names 

such as ‘‘Arnokrome III.’’2

Certain electrical resistance alloy steel 

is also excluded from the scope of this 

order. This product is defined as a non–

magnetic stainless steel manufactured to 

American Society of Testing and 

Materials (‘‘ASTM’’) specification B344 

and containing, by weight, 36 percent 

nickel, 18 percent chromium, and 46 

percent iron, and is most notable for its 

resistance to high temperature 

corrosion. It has a melting point of 1390 

degrees Celsius and displays a creep 

rupture limit of 4 kilograms per square 

millimeter at 1000 degrees Celsius. This 

steel is most commonly used in the 

production of heating ribbons for circuit 

breakers and industrial furnaces, and in 

rheostats for railway locomotives. The 

product is currently available under 

proprietary trade names such as ‘‘Gilphy 

36.’’3

Certain martensitic precipitation–

hardenable stainless steel is also 

excluded from the scope of this order. 

This high–strength, ductile stainless 

steel product is designated under the 

Unified Numbering System (‘‘UNS’’) as 

S45500–grade steel, and contains, by 

weight, 11 to 13 percent chromium, and 

7 to 10 percent nickel. Carbon, 

manganese, silicon and molybdenum 

each comprise, by weight, 0.05 percent 

or less, with phosphorus and sulfur 

each comprising, by weight, 0.03 

percent or less. This steel has copper, 

niobium, and titanium added to achieve 

aging, and will exhibit yield strengths as 

high as 1700 Mpa and ultimate tensile 

strengths as high as 1750 Mpa after 

aging, with elongation percentages of 3 

percent or less in 50 mm. It is generally 

provided in thicknesses between 0.635 

and 0.787 mm, and in widths of 25.4 

mm. This product is most commonly 

used in the manufacture of television 

tubes and is currently available under 

proprietary trade names such as 

‘‘Durphynox 17.’’4


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5This list of uses is illustrative and provided for 

descriptive purposes only. 

Finally, three specialty stainless steels 

typically used in certain industrial 

blades and surgical and medical 

instruments are also excluded from the 

scope of this order. These include 

stainless steel strip in coils used in the 

production of textile cutting tools (e.g., 

carpet knives).5 This steel is similar to 

AISI grade 420 but containing, by 

weight, 0.5 to 0.7 percent of 

molybdenum. The steel also contains, 

by weight, carbon of between 1.0 and 

1.1 percent, sulfur of 0.020 percent or 

less, and includes between 0.20 and 

0.30 percent copper and between 0.20 

and 0.50 percent cobalt. This steel is 

sold under proprietary names such as 

‘‘GIN4 Mo.’’ The second excluded 

stainless steel strip in coils is similar to 

AISI 420–J2 and contains, by weight, 

carbon of between 0.62 and 0.70 

percent, silicon of between 0.20 and 

0.50 percent, manganese of between 

0.45 and 0.80 percent, phosphorus of no 

more than 0.025 percent and sulfur of 

no more than 0.020 percent. This steel 

has a carbide density on average of 100 

carbide particles per 100 square 

microns. An example of this product is 

‘‘GIN5’’ steel. The third specialty steel 

has a chemical composition similar to 

AISI 420 F, with carbon of between 0.37 

and 0.43 percent, molybdenum of 

between 1.15 and 1.35 percent, but 

lower manganese of between 0.20 and 

0.80 percent, phosphorus of no more 

than 0.025 percent, silicon of between 

0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of no 

more than 0.020 percent. This product 

is supplied with a hardness of more 

than Hv 500 guaranteed after customer 

processing, and is supplied as, for 

example, ‘‘GIN6’’. 

Final Results of Review 

As noted above, the Department 

received no comments concerning the 

Preliminary Results. Therefore, 

consistent with the Preliminary Results, 

we continue to find that Hyundai is the 

successor–in-interest to INI and the 

current cash deposit rate applicable to 

INI shall be applicable to entries of 

subject merchandise made by Hyundai, 

entered on or after the publication date 

of the final results of this changed 

circumstances review. As there have 

been no changes to or comments on the 

Preliminary Results, a decision 

memorandum was not required and, 

therefore, none is attached to this 

Federal Register notice. For further 

details of the issues included in this 

proceeding, see the Preliminary Results. 

Cash Deposit Rate 

The cash deposit rate shall remain in 

effect until publication of the final 

results of the next administrative review 

in which Hyundai participates. 

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(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: March 12, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–4943 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Minority Business Development 

Agency 

[Docket No. 0612243002–7057–01] 

Amendment to the Required Minimum 

Performance Ratings for Optional 

Third-Year Funding for the Miami/Ft. 

Lauderdale, Oklahoma City and 

Honolulu Minority Business Enterprise 

Centers 

AGENCY: Minority Business 

Development Agency, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On August 17, 2004, the 

Minority Business Development Agency 

(MBDA) published a Federal Register 

notice soliciting competitive 

applications for operators of the Miami/ 

Ft. Lauderdale, Oklahoma City and 

Honolulu Minority Business Enterprise 

Centers (MBECs) (formerly Minority 

Business Development Centers). No 

other MBECs were included as part of 

this competitive solicitation. The 

August 17, 2004 notice provides for a 

two-year award period, with an optional 

third-year award period available at the 

sole discretion of MBDA and the 

Department of Commerce. The notice 

also provides that only those MBECs 

achieving ‘‘outstanding’’ performance 

ratings for each of the two prior program 

years are eligible to receive funding for 

the optional third-year of the award. 

This notice amends the August 17, 

2004 notice to change the minimum 

required performance rating for the 

optional third-year award period from 

‘‘outstanding’’ to ‘‘at least 

commendable’’ for the first program 

year. The ‘‘outstanding’’ performance 

requirement for the second program 

year continues to apply. MBDA is 

making this amendment to allow the 

operators of these three MBECs to be 

eligible for a third and final year of 

continuation funding if they achieve at 

least a ‘‘commendable’’ performance 

rating for first program year and an 

‘‘outstanding’’ performance rating for 

the second program year. 

DATES: The optional third-year award 

period, if approved by the Department 

of Commerce Grants Officer, will be 

effective as of January 1, 2007 and will 

continue through December 31, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Efrain Gonzalez, Program Manager, 

Minority Business Development 

Agency, Office of Business 

Development, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room 5075, Washington, 

DC 20230. Mr. Gonzalez may be reached 

by telephone at (202) 482–1940 and by 

e-mail at egonzalez@mbda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

17, 2004, MBDA published a Federal 

Register notice (69 FR 51064) soliciting 

competitive applications for operators of 

the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Oklahoma 

City and Honolulu MBECs, which cover 

the metropolitan statistical areas of 

Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the State 

of Oklahoma and the Island of Hawaii, 

respectively. No other MBECs were 

included as part of this competitive 

solicitation. The August 17, 2004 notice 

provides for a two-year award period 

(January 1, 2005–December 31, 2006), 

with a third-year option (January 1, 

2007–December 31, 2007) available at 

the sole discretion of MBDA and the 

Department of Commerce. The August 

17, 2004 notice further provides that 

only those MBECs achieving 

‘‘outstanding’’ performance ratings for 

each of the two prior program years are 

eligible to receive funding for the 

optional third-year of the award. 

Pursuant to the August 17, 2004 notice, 

two-year awards were made to M. Gill 

and Associates (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale 

MBEC), Langston University (Oklahoma 

City MBEC) and the University of 

Hawaii (Honolulu MBEC) for the award 

period January 1, 2005–December 31, 

2006. 

MBDA has determined that it is 

necessary to amend the August 17, 2004 

notice to change the minimum required 


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