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included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: January 8, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–485–803]

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel

Plate From Romania: Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: On September 7, 2000, the

Department of Commerce published the

preliminary results of administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on certain cut-to-length carbon steel

plate from Romania. This review covers

one manufacturer/exporter of the

subject merchandise. The period of

review is August 1, 1998 through July

31, 1999.

Based on our analysis of the

comments received, we have made

changes in the margin calculations.

However, these changes did not cause

the final results to differ from the

preliminary results. The final weightedaverage dumping margin for the

reviewed firms is listed below in the

section entitled ‘‘Final Results of

Review.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred

Baker or Robert James, 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) 482–2924 (Baker), (202)

482–0649 (James).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (the Tariff Act) are references

to the provisions effective January 1,

1995, the effective date of the

amendments made to the Tariff Act by

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all references to the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) regulations are to 19 CFR

part 351 (2000).

Background

On September 7, 2000, the

Department published the preliminary

results of administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on cut-to-length

carbon steel plate from Romania. See

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate

from Romania: Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review and Final Partial Recision of

Review, 65 FR 54208 (September 7,

2000). The review covers one

manufacturer, S.C. Sidex S.A. (Sidex),

and one exporter, Metalexportimport,

S.A. (MEI). The period of review (POR)

is August 1, 1998 through July 31, 1999.

We invited parties to comment on our

preliminary results of review. On

October 10, 2000, MEI/Sidex and

petitioners (Bethlehem Steel

Corporation and U.S. Steel Group, a unit

of USX Corporation) filed case briefs.

These parties filed rebuttal briefs on

October 17, 2000. This Department has

conducted this administrative review in

accordance with section 751 of the

Tariff Act.

Scope of the Review

The products covered in this review

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 coil 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 flatrolled products in straight lengths, of

rectangular shape, hot rolled, neither

clad, plated, nor coated with metal,

whether or not painted, varnished, or

coated 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

HTS under item numbers 7208.31.0000,

7208.32.0000, 7208.33.1000,

7208.33.5000, 7208.41.0000,

7208.42.0000, 7208.43.0000,

7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,

7210.90.9000, 7211.11.0000,

7211.12.0000, 7211.21.0000,

7211.22.0045, 7211.90.0000,

7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, and

7212.50.0000. Included in this review

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 bevelled or rounded at

the edges. Excluded from this review is

grade X–70 plate.

These HTS item numbers are

provided for convenience and customs

purposes. The written description

remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the case and

rebuttal briefs by parties to this

administrative review are addressed in

the ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum’’

(Decision Memorandum) from Joseph

Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary,

Import Administration, to Troy Cribb,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration, dated the same date as

publication of this notice, which is

hereby adopted by this notice. A list of

the issues which parties have raised and

to which we have responded, all of

which are in the Decision

Memorandum, is attached to this notice

as an Appendix. Parties can find a

complete discussion of all issues raised

in this review and the corresponding

recommendations in this public

memorandum which is on file in room

B–099 of the Department of Commerce

building. In addition, a complete

version of the Decision Memorandum

can be accessed directly on the Web at

www.ia.ita.gov. The paper copy and

electronic version of the Decision

Memorandum are identical in content.

Change in the Preliminary Results

Based on our analysis of comments

received, we have made certain changes

in the margin calculations. We have also

corrected certain programming and

clerical errors in our preliminary

results, where applicable. These

changes are discussed in the relevant

section of the Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of Review

We determine that a margin of zero

percent exists for sales of subject

merchandise by MEI for the period

August 1, 1998 through July 31, 1999.

The Department shall instruct the U.S.

Customs Service to liquidate all

appropriate entries without regard to

antidumping duties. The Department

will also instruct Customs to end the

suspension of liquidation for all entries

of subject merchandise produced by

Sidex and exported by MEI entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after August 1, 1998,

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and will instruct Customs to release any

cash deposits or bonds posted. If

applicable, the Department will further

instruct Customs to refund with interest

any cash deposits on entries made after

July 31, 1998.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of final results of

administrative review for all shipments

of cut-to-length carbon steel plate from

Romania entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after

the date of publication, as provided by

section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: (1)

For the reviewed companies the

Department shall require no deposit of

estimated antidumping duties; (2) for

previously reviewed or investigate

companies not listed above, the cash

deposit 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 less-than-fairvalue (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) the cash

deposit rate for all other manufacturers

or exporters will continue to be 75.04

percent. This is the ‘‘All Others’’ rate

from the LTFV investigation. (See Final

Determination of Sales at Less Than

Fair Value: Certain Cut-to-Length

Carbon Steel Plate from Romania, 58 FR

37209 (July 9, 1993)).

These deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also serves as a final

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.

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. Timely

notification of return/destruction of

APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested.

Failure to comply with the regulations

and terms of an APO is a sanctionable

violation.

We are issuing and publishing this

administrative review and notice in

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and

777(i) of the Tariff Act.

Dated: January 5, 2001.

Troy H. Cribb,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix

Comments and Responses.

1. Rescinding the Review.

2. Barter Transactions.

3. Factor Valuation.

4. Overhead.

5. Use of Inflator.

6. Application of Inflator to Labor Costs.

7. Circumstance-of-Sale Adjustments.

8. Facts Available.

9. Ministerial Errors.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–835]

Oil Country Tubular Goods From

Japan: Extension of Time Limit for

Final Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit

for final results of administrative

review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Samantha Denenberg or Mark Hoadley,

AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–1386 or (202) 482–

0666, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

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 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

In addition, unless otherwise indicated,

all citations to the Departments’s

regulations are to the current

regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351

(1999).

Background

On August 26, 1999, the Department

of Commerce (the Department) received

a request from Dril-Quip Inc. (Dril-Quip)

for an administrative review of the

following parties: Hallmark Tubulars

Ltd. (Hallmark), Itochu Corp. (Itochu),

Itochu Project Management Corp. (IPM),

and Nippon Steel Corp. (Nippon)

regarding the antidumping duty order

on oil country tubular goods from Japan.

On August 31, 1999, petitioner and

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (SMI)

requested that the Department conduct

an administrative review of SMI. On

October 1, 1999, the Department

published a notice of initiation of this

administrative review, covering the

period of August 1, 1998 through July

31, 1999 (64 FR 53318). On September

11, 2000, the Department published its

preliminary results of this

administrative review (65 FR 54838).

Extension of Time Limits for Final

Results

Because of the complexities

enumerated in the Memorandum from

Barbara E. Tillman to Joseph A.

Spetrini, Extension of Time Limit for the

Administrative Review of Oil Country

Tubular Goods from Japan, dated

January 3, 2001, it is not practical to

complete this review within the time

limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A)

of the Act.

Therefore, in accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department

is extending the time limit for the final

results of review from January 9, 2001

to February 8, 2001.

Dated: January 3, 2001.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–856, A–580–846, A–469–810]

Notice of Preliminary Determinations

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

Stainless Steel Angle From Japan,

Korea, and Spain

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jarrod Goldfeder (Japan) at (202) 482–