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1With respect to the antidumping duty orders on 

certain stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from 

Mexico and Italy, the Department is conducting full 

sunset reviews. 

Steelworkers) (collectively, ‘‘domestic 

interested parties’’), within the deadline 

specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). 

The domestic interested parties claimed 

interested party status under sections 

771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act, as a 

domestic producer of stainless steel 

plate in coils in the United States and 

a certified union representing workers 

in the domestic industry producing 

stainless steel plate in coils in the 

United States. 

The Department received an adequate 

substantive response collectively from 

the domestic interested parties within 

the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(3)(i). However, the 

Department did not receive a 

substantive response from any 

government or respondent interested 

party to this proceeding. As a result, 

pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 

the Department conducted an expedited 

review of the CVD order. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the CVD 

order consists of stainless steel plate 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 plate products are 

flat-rolled products, 254 mm or over in 

width and 4.75 mm or more in 

thickness, in coils, and annealed or 

otherwise heat treated and pickled or 

otherwise descaled. The subject plate 

may also be further processed (e.g., 

cold-rolled, polished, etc.) provided that 

it maintains the specified dimensions of 

plate following such processing. 

Excluded from the scope of the order 

are the following: (1) Plate not in coils, 

(2) plate that is not annealed or 

otherwise heat treated and pickled or 

otherwise descaled, (3) sheet and strip, 

and (4) flat bars. The merchandise 

subject to the order is currently 

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States 

(‘‘HTSUS’’) at subheadings: 

7219.11.00.30, 7219.11.00.60, 

7219.12.00.05, 7219.12.00.20, 

7219.12.00.25, 7219.12.00.50, 

7219.12.00.55, 7219.12.00.65, 

7219.12.00.70, 7219.12.00.80, 

7219.31.00.10, 7219.90.00.10, 

7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 

7219.90.00.60, 7219.90.00.80, 

7220.11.00.00, 7220.20.10.10, 

7220.20.10.15, 7220.20.10.60, 

7220.20.10.80, 7220.20.60.05, 

7220.20.60.10, 7220.20.60.15, 

7220.20.60.60, 7220.20.60.80, 

7220.90.00.10, 7220.90.00.15, 

7220.90.00.60, and 7220.90.00.80. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of the order is dispositive. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this review are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum (‘‘Decision 

Memorandum’’) from Susan H. 

Kuhbach, Acting Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Import Administration, 

dated September 30, 2010, which is 

hereby adopted by this notice. 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 

the Central Records Unit, located in 

room 7046 of the main Commerce 

building. The issues include the 

likelihood of continuation or recurrence 

of a countervailable subsidy, the net 

countervailable subsidy likely to 

prevail, and the nature of the subsidy. 

In addition, a complete version of the 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the Web at http:// 

ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and 

electronic version of the Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Final Results of Review 

The Department determines that 

revocation of the CVD order would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of a countervailable subsidy 

at the following weighted-average 

percentage rates: 

Manufacturers/exporters/ 

producers 

Weightedaverage 

subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Columbus Stainless .................. 3.95 

All Others .................................. 3.95 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’) 

of their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction 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 the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing the 

results and notice in accordance with 

sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: September 30, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–825, A–588–845, A–580–834, A–583– 

831] 

Certain Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 

in Coils From Germany, Japan, the 

Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Final 

Results of the Expedited Second 

Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping 

Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 2, 2010, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) initiated second sunset 

reviews of the antidumping duty orders 

on certain stainless steel sheet and strip 

in coils from Germany, Italy, Japan, the 

Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and 

Taiwan, pursuant to section 751(c) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act). The Department has conducted 

expedited (120-day) sunset reviews for 

the Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan 

antidumping duty orders pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).1 As a result 

of these sunset reviews, the Department 

finds that revocation of the antidumping 

duty orders would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Cordell or Angelica Mendoza, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–0408, or (202) 

482–3019, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background 

On June 2, 2010, the Department 

published the notice of initiation of the 

second sunset reviews of the 

antidumping duty orders on certain 

stainless steel sheet and strip in coils 

from Japan, Germany, Italy, Korea, 

Taiwan, and Mexico, pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Act. See Initiation 

of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 75 FR 


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

Engineering Company. 

30777 (June 2, 2010) (Notice of 

Initiation). 

The Department received a notice of 

intent to participate from the AK Steel 

Corporation; Allegheny Ludlum 

Corporation; North American Stainless; 

the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 

Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial Service Workers International 

Union; United Auto Workers Local 

3303; and United Auto Workers Local 

4104 (collectively, ‘‘petitioners’’ or 

‘‘domestic interested parties’’) within the 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i). The petitioners claimed 

domestic interested party status under 

sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act 

stating that they are either producers in 

the United States of a domestic like 

product or certified unions which are 

representative of an industry engaged in 

the manufacture, production, or 

wholesale in the United States of a 

domestic like product. 

The Department received adequate 

substantive responses to the Notice of 

Initiation from the domestic interested 

parties within the 30-day deadline 

specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We 

received no substantive responses from 

respondent interested parties with 

respect to the antidumping duty orders 

on certain stainless steel sheet and strip 

in coils from Germany, Japan, Korea and 

Taiwan. As a result, pursuant to section 

751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department 

conducted expedited (120-day) sunset 

reviews of the antidumping duty orders 

on certain stainless steel sheet and strip 

in coils from Germany, Japan, Korea, 

and Taiwan. 

Scope of the Orders 

For purposes of the orders, the 

products covered 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 dimensions of sheet and 

strip following such processing. The 

merchandise subject to the orders is 

currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTS) at subheadings: 7219.13.00.31, 

7219.13.00.51, 7219.13.00.71, 

7219.13.00.81, 7219.14.00.30, 

7219.14.00.65, 7219.14.00.90, 

7219.32.00.05, 7219.32.00.20, 

7219.32.00.25, 7219.32.00.35, 

7219.32.00.36, 7219.32.00.38, 

7219.32.00.42, 7219.32.00.44, 

7219.33.00.05, 7219.33.00.20, 

7219.33.00.25, 7219.33.00.35, 

7219.33.00.36, 7219.33.00.38, 

7219.33.00.42, 7219.33.00.44, 

7219.34.00.05, 7219.34.00.20, 

7219.34.00.25, 7219.34.00.30, 

7219.34.00.35, 7219.35.00.05, 

7219.35.00.15, 7219.35.00.30, 

7219.35.00.35, 7219.90.00.10, 

7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 

7219.90.00.60, 7219.90.00.80, 

7220.12.10.00, 7220.12.50.00, 

7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15, 

7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80, 

7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10, 

7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60, 

7220.20.60.80, 7220.20.70.05, 

7220.20.70.10, 7220.20.70.15, 

7220.20.70.60, 7220.20.70.80, 

7220.20.80.00, 7220.20.90.30, 

7220.20.90.60, 7220.90.00.10, 

7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, 

7220.90.00.80. 

Although the HTS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the Department’s written 

description of the merchandise subject 

to the orders is dispositive. Excluded 

from the scope of the orders 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 HTS, ‘‘Additional 

U.S. Note’’ 1(d). Flapper valve steel is 

also excluded from the scope of the 

order. This product 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 the orders. 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 the orders. 

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 the 

orders. This product is defined as a nonmagnetic stainless steel manufactured to 


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

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

5This list of uses is illustrative and provided for 

descriptive purposes only. 

6 ‘‘GIN4 Mo,’’ ‘‘GIN5’’ and ‘‘GIN6’’ are the 

proprietary grades of Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. 

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 precipitationhardenable stainless steel is also 

excluded from the scope of the orders. 

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

Finally, three specialty stainless steels 

typically used in certain industrial 

blades and surgical and medical 

instruments are also excluded from the 

scope of the orders. 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.’’ 6 Also excluded from 

the orders is a permanent magnet ironchromium-cobalt stainless steel strip 

containing, by weight, 13 percent 

chromium, 6 percent cobalt, 71 percent 

iron, 6 percent nickel and 4 percent 

molybdenum. The product is supplied 

in widths up to 1.27 cm (12.7 mm), 

inclusive, with a thickness between 45 

and 75 microns, inclusive. This product 

exhibits magnetic remanence between 

400 and 780 nWb, and coercivity of 

between 60 and 100 oersteds. This 

product is currently supplied under the 

trade name ‘‘SemiVac 90.’’ 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in these sunset 

reviews are addressed in the ‘‘Issues and 

Decision Memorandum for the Final 

Results of Expedited Second Sunset 

Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 

Orders on Certain Stainless Steel Sheet 

and Strip in Coils from Germany, Japan, 

the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan’’ 

from Susan H. Kuhbach, Acting Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Import Administration 

(Decision Memo), which is hereby 

adopted by, and issued concurrently 

with, this notice. The issues discussed 

in the Decision Memo are the likelihood 

of continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and the magnitude of the 

margins likely to prevail if the orders 

were revoked. Parties can find a 

complete discussion of all issues raised 

in these reviews and the corresponding 

recommendations in this public 

memorandum which is on file in the 

Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the 

main Department building. In addition, 

a complete version of the Decision 

Memo can be accessed directly on the 

Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The 

paper copy and electronic version of the 

Decision Memo are identical in content. 

Final Results of Reviews 

We determine that revocation of the 

antidumping duty orders on certain 

stainless steel sheet and strip in coils 

from Germany, Japan, Korea, and 

Taiwan would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

at the following weighted-average 

percentage margins: 

Manufacturers/exporters/ 

producers 

Weightedaverage 

margin 

(percent) 

Germany: 

TKN ......................................... 13.48. 

All-Others Rate ....................... 13.48. 

Japan: 

Kawasaki Steel Corporation/ 

JFE Steel Corporation.

40.18. 

Nippon Steel Corporation ....... 57.87. 

Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. ............ 57.87. 

Nippon Yakin Kogyo ............... 57.87. 

Nippon Metal Industries .......... 57.87. 

All-Others Rate ....................... 40.18. 

Korea: 

POSCO ................................... 2.49. 

Taihan ..................................... 58.79. 

Daiyang (DMC) ....................... 5.44. 

All-Others Rate ....................... 2.49. 

Taiwan: 

Tung Mung/Ta Chen ............... 15.40. 

Tung Mung .............................. Excluded. 

YUSCO/Ta Chen .................... 36.44. 

YUSCO ................................... 21.10. 

All-Others Rate ....................... 12.61. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice also serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective orders (APO) 

of their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Timely notification of the return or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective orders 

is hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

We are issuing and publishing the 

results and notice in accordance with 

sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act. 

Dated: September 30, 2010. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

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