[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64423-64424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27684]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-845]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Japan: Final 
Results of Changed Circumstance Antidumping Duty Review, and 
Determination To Revoke Order in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final results of changed circumstance antidumping duty review, 
and determination to revoke order in part.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2000.

SUMMARY: On September 13, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of 
a changed circumstances antidumping duty review and preliminary results 
of review with intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Japan (65 FR 55221). We 
are now revoking this order, in part, with regard to the following 
product: certain stainless steel lithographic sheet, as described in 
the ``Scope'' section of this notice. This partial revocation is based 
on the fact that domestic parties have expressed no further interest in 
the relief provided by the order with respect to the importation or 
sale of this certain stainless steel lithographic sheet, as so 
described.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva or James C. Doyle, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-6412 and (202) 482-0159, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to

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the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the 
amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations at 
19 CFR part 351 (April, 1999).

Background

    On August 1, 2000, the Department received a request from General 
Development Corporation and its subsidiary Printing Developments, Inc. 
(PDI) for a changed circumstance review and an intent to revoke, in 
part, the antidumping duty (AD) order with respect to specific 
stainless steel lithographic sheet. The Department received a letter on 
August 15, 2000, from petitioners Allegheny Ludlum, AK Steel 
Corporation (formerly Armco, Inc.), J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., North 
American Stainless, the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, 
the Butler-Armco Independent Union, and the Zanesville Armco 
Independent Union, expressing no opposition to the request of General 
Development Corporation and its subsidiary PDI for revocation, in part, 
of the order pursuant to a changed circumstances review with respect to 
the subject merchandise defined in the Scope of the Review section 
below. Petitioners confirm that they have no objection to the 
retroactive application of the exclusion to the entries made from the 
date of the preliminary determination in the antidumping investigation, 
January 4, 1999, forward.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222 (g)(1)(i) we preliminarily determined 
that petitioners' affirmative statement of no interest constituted 
changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review and partial 
revocation of the order. Consequently, on September 13, 2000, the 
Department published an initiation of a changed circumstances review 
and preliminary results of review with an intent to revoke the order in 
part (65 FR 55221).
    The merchandise under review is currently classifiable under 
subheading 7220.20.70 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
is dispositive.

Scope of Changed Circumstance Review

    The products covered by this exclusion request and changed 
circumstances review are certain stainless steel lithographic sheet. 
This sheet is made of 304-grade stainless steel and must satisfy each 
of the following fifteen specifications. The sheet must (1) Have an 
ultimate tensile strength of minimum 75 KSI; (2) a yield strength of 
minimum 30 KSI; (3) a minimum elongation of 40 percent; (4) a coil 
weight of 4000-6000 lbs.; (5) a width tolerance of -0/+0.0625 inch; and 
(6) a gauge tolerance of +/-0.001 inch. With regard to flatness, (7) 
the wave height and wave length dimensions must correspond to both edge 
wave and center buckle conditions; (8) the maximum wave height shall 
not exceed 0.75 percent of the wave length or 3 mm (0.118 inch), 
whichever is less; and (9) the wave length shall not be less than 100 
mm (3.937 inch). With regard to the surface, (10) the surface roughness 
must be RMS (RA) 4-8; (11) the surface must be degreased and no oil 
will be applied during the slitting operation; (12) the surface finish 
shall be free from all visual cosmetic surface variations or stains in 
spot or streak form that affect the performance of the material; (13) 
no annealing border is acceptable; (14) the surface finish shall be 
free from all defects in raised or depression nature (e.g., scratches, 
gouges, pimples, dimples, etc.) exceeding 15 microns in size and with 
regard to dimensions; and (15) the thickness will be .0145+/-.001 and 
the widths will be either 38", 38.25", or 43.5" and the thickness for 
39" material will be .0118 +/-.001 inches.

Comments

    In the preliminary results, we provided parties the opportunity to 
comment (65 FR 55221). We did not receive any comments from the 
interested parties.

Final Results of Review and Partial Revocation of the Antidumping 
Duty Order

    The affirmative statement of no interest by petitioners concerning 
the stainless steel lithographic sheet and the fact that no interested 
parties objected to or otherwise commented on our preliminary results 
of review, constitute changed circumstances sufficient to warrant 
partial revocation of the order. Therefore, the Department is partially 
revoking the order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils with 
respect to the product described above, in accordance with sections 
751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i).
    The Department will instruct the Customs Service (Customs) to 
proceed with liquidation, without regard to antidumping duties, of any 
unliquidated entries of stainless steel lithographic sheet, as 
specifically described in the ``Scope of Changed Circumstance Review'' 
section above, and entered, or withdrawn from the warehouse, for 
consumption on or after January 4, 1999. The Department will further 
instruct Customs to refund with interest any estimated duties collected 
with respect to unliquidated entries of stainless steel lithographic 
sheets entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of the final results of this changed 
circumstances review, in accordance with section 778 of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.222(g)(4).
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protection orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to timely notify 
the Department in writing of the return/destruction of APO material is 
a sanctionable violation.
    This changed circumstances review, partial revocation of the 
antidumping duty order, and notice are in accordance with sections 
751(b) and (d) and 782(h) of the Act and sections 351.216, 
351.221(c)(3), and 351.222(g) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: October 19, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-27684 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]
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