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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–588–846] 

Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled CarbonQuality Steel Products From Japan: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On March 9, 2009, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published in the Federal 

Register the preliminary results of the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on Certain HotRolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel 

Products (hot-rolled steel) from Japan. 

See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled 

Carbon-Quality Steel Products from 

Japan: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty, 74 FR 10019 (March 

9, 2009) (Preliminary Results). The 

administrative review covered JFE Steel 

Corporation (JFE), Nippon Steel 

Corporation (Nippon), and Kobe Steel, 

Ltd. (Kobe) for the period of review 

(POR) June 1, 2007 through May 31, 

2008. We provided interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on the 

preliminary results of the review. 

Because no interested parties provided 

comments on the preliminary results, 

we have made no changes to the 

dumping margins set forth in the 

preliminary results of this 

administrative review. For the margins 

applicable to each respondent, see the 

‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: June 11, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martha Douthit, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 6, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–5050. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 9, 2009, the Department 

published in the Federal Register the 

preliminary results of the administrative 

review of the antidumping duty order 

on hot-rolled steel from Japan. See 

Preliminary Results. No interested 

parties filed comments in response to 

the Department’s invitation to comment 

in the preliminary results. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order consists of certain hot-rolled flatrolled carbon-quality steel products of a 

rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch 

or greater, neither clad, plated, nor 

coated with metal and whether or not 

painted, varnished, or coated with 

plastics or other non-metallic 

substances, in coils (whether or not in 

successively superimposed layers) 

regardless of thickness, and in straight 

lengths, of a thickness less than 4.75 

mm and of a width measuring at least 

10 times the thickness. Universal mill 

plate (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on 

four faces or in a closed box pass, of a 

width exceeding 150 mm but not 

exceeding 1250 mm and of a thickness 

of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and 

without patterns in relief) of a thickness 

not less than 4.0 mm is not included 

within the scope of this order. 

Specifically included in this scope are 

vacuum degassed, fully stabilized 

(commonly referred to as interstitial-free 

(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy 

(HSLA) steels, and the substrate for 

motor lamination steels. IF steels are 

recognized as low carbon steels with 

micro-alloying levels of elements such 

as titanium and/or niobium added to 

stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. 

HSLA steels are recognized as steels 

with micro-alloying levels of elements 

such as chromium, copper, niobium, 

titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. 

The substrate for motor lamination 

steels contains micro-alloying levels of 

elements such as silicon and aluminum. 

Steel products to be included in the 

scope of this investigation, regardless of 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) definitions, are 

products in which: (1) Iron 

predominates, by weight, over each of 

the other contained elements; (2) the 

carbon content is 2 percent or less, by 

weight; and (3) none of the elements 

listed below exceeds the quantity, by 

weight, respectively indicated: 

1.80 percent of manganese, or 

1.50 percent of silicon, or 

1.00 percent of copper, or 

0.50 percent of aluminum, or 

1.25 percent of chromium, or 

0.30 percent of cobalt, or 

0.40 percent of lead, or 

1.25 percent of nickel, or 

0.30 percent of tungsten, or 

0.012 percent of boron, or 

0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 

0.10 percent of niobium, or 

0.41 percent of titanium, or 

0.15 percent of vanadium, or 

0.15 percent of zirconium. 

All products that meet the physical 

and chemical description provided 

above are within the scope of this order 

unless otherwise excluded. The 

following products, by way of example, 

are outside and/or specifically excluded 

from the scope of this order: 

• Alloy hot-rolled steel products in 

which at least one of the chemical 

elements exceeds those listed above 

(including e.g., ASTM specifications 

A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506). 

• SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and 

higher. 

• Ball bearing steels, as defined in the 

HTSUS. 

• Tool steels, as defined in the 

HTSUS. 

• Silico-manganese (as defined in the 

HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel with 

a silicon level exceeding 1.50 percent. 

• ASTM specifications A710 and 

A736. 

• USS abrasion-resistant steels (USS 

AR 400, USS AR 500). 

• Hot-rolled steel coil which meets 

the following chemical, physical and 

mechanical specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni 

0.10–0.14% ........ 0.90% Max ....... 0.025% Max ..... 0.005% Max ..... 0.30–0.50% ...... 0.50–0.70% ...... 0.20–0.40% ...... 0.20% Max 

Width = 44.80 inches maximum; 

Thickness = 0.063–0.198 inches; Yield 

Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile 

Strength = 70,000–88,000 psi. 

Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the 

following chemical, physical and 

mechanical specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Mo 

0.10–0.16% ... 0.70–0.90% .. 0.025% Max 0.006% Max 0.30–0.50% .. 0.50–0.70% .. 0.25% Max ... 0.20% Max ... 0.21% Max 


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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; 

Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; 

Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; 

Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim. 

Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the 

following chemical, physical and 

mechanical specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni V (wt.) Cb 

0.10–0.14% .... 1.30–1.80% .. 0.025% Max 0.005% Max 0.30–0.50% .. 0.50–0.70% .. 0.20–0.40% .. 0.20% Max ... 0.10% Max ... 0.08% Max 

Width = 44.80 inches maximum; 

Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; 

Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; 

Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim. 

Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the 

following chemical, physical and 

mechanical specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Nb Ca Al 

0.15% Max ... 1.40% Max 0.025% Max 0.010% Max 0.50% Max 1.00% Max 0.50% Max 0.20% Max 0.005% Min Treated ....... 0.01–0.07% 

Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 

0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength 

= 70,000 psi minimum for thicknesses 

0.148 inches and 65,000 psi minimum 

for thicknesses >0.148 inches; Tensile 

Strength = 80,000 psi minimum. 

Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phasehardened, primarily with a ferriticmartensitic microstructure, contains 0.9 

percent up to and including 1.5 percent 

silicon by weight, further characterized 

by either (i) tensile strength between 

540 N/mm2 and 640 N/mm2 and an 

elongation percentage 26 percent for 

thicknesses of 2 mm and above, or (ii) 

a tensile strength between 590 N/mm2

and 690 N/mm2 and an elongation 

percentage 25 percent for thicknesses of 

2 mm and above. 

Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE 

grade 1050, in coils, with an inclusion 

rating of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E 45, 

Method A, with excellent surface 

quality and chemistry restrictions as 

follows: 0.012 percent maximum 

phosphorus, 0.015 percent maximum 

sulfur, and 0.20 percent maximum 

residuals including 0.15 percent 

maximum chromium. Grade ASTM 

A570–50 hot-rolled steel sheet in coils 

or cut lengths, width of 74 inches 

(nominal, within ASTM tolerances), 

thickness of 11 gauge (0.119 inch 

nominal), mill edge and skin passed, 

with a minimum copper content of 

0.20%. 

The merchandise subject to this order 

is classified in the HTSUS at 

subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 

7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 

7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 

7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 

7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 

7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 

7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 

7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 

7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 

7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 

7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 

7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 

7208.90.00.00, 7210.70.30.00, 

7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 

7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 

7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 

7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 

7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 

7211.19.75.90, 7212.40.10.00, 

7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. 

Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbonquality steel covered by this order, 

including: vacuum degassed, fully 

stabilized; high strength low alloy; and 

the substrate for motor lamination steel 

may also enter under the following tariff 

numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 

7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 

7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 

7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 

7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 

7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 

7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 

7226.99.00.00. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and Customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise is dispositive. 

Final Results of Review 

In the Preliminary Results, the 

Department applied adverse facts 

available to JFE, Nippon, and Kobe. See 

Preliminary Results, 74 FR 10019. 

Neither petitioners nor respondents 

filed any comments on the Department’s 

Preliminary Results. There is no new 

information on the record or evidence of 

a change in circumstances to warrant 

any changes to the antidumping margins 

determined in this Preliminary Results. 

As such, we have made no changes to 

the dumping margins applied to JFE, 

Nippon, and Kobe. 

The following dumping margins exist 

for the period June 1, 2007 through May 

31, 2008: 

Manufacturer/exporter Margin 

(percent) 

JFE Steel Corporation ................ 40.26 

Nippon Steel Corporation ........... 40.26 

Kobe Steel Ltd. ........................... 40.26 

Duty Assessment 

The Department will determine, and 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties 

on all appropriate entries, pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.212(b). We will direct CBP 

to assess the dumping rates listed above 

against all subject merchandise 

manufactured or exported by JFE, 

Nippon, and Kobe, that was entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption during the POR. The 

Department intends to issue appropriate 

assessment instructions directly to CBP 

15 days after the date of publication of 

these final results of review. 

Cash Deposit Requirement 

The following cash deposit rates will 

be effective with respect to all 

shipments of hot-rolled steel from Japan 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication date of these final results, as 

provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the 

Act: (1) For JFE, Nippon, and Kobe, the 

cash deposit rate shall be 40.26 percent; 

(2) for previously reviewed or 

investigated companies not listed above, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the company-specific rate established 

for the most recent period; (3) if the 

exporter is not a firm covered in this 

review, a prior review, or the LTFV 

investigation, but the manufacturer is, 

the cash deposit rate will continue to be 

the rate established for the most recent 

period for the manufacturer of the 

subject merchandise; and (4) if neither 

the exporter nor the manufacturer is a 

firm covered by this review, a prior 

review, or the LTFV investigation, the 

cash deposit rate shall be the all others 

rate established in the section 129 

redetermination of the LTFV 

investigation, which is 22.92 percent. 

See Notice of Determination Under 

Section 129 of the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act: Antidumping Measures 

on Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled 

Carbon-Quality Steel Products From 


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Japan, 67 FR 71936 (December 3, 2002). 

These deposit rates, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice 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. 

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective orders (APOs) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305. 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 terms of an APO is a violation that 

is subject to sanction. 

These final results of administrative 

review and this notice are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

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

Dated: June 2, 2009. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–13623 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–909] 

Certain Steel Nails From the People’s 

Republic of China: Extension of Time 

Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 

New Shipper Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Lord, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–7524. 

Background 

The notice announcing the 

antidumping duty order on certain steel 

nails from the People’s Republic of 

China (‘‘PRC’’) was published in the 

Federal Register on August 1, 2008. See 

Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 

Certain Steel Nails From the People’s 

Republic of China, 73 FR 44961 (August 

1, 2008) (‘‘Antidumping Duty Order’’). 

On February 25, 2009, we received a 

timely request for a new shipper review 

from Qingdao Denarius Manufacture 

Co., Ltd (‘‘Qingdao Denarius’’) in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c) and 

351.214(d)(2). On March 20, 2009, the 

Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) published a notice of 

initiation of a new shipper review of 

certain steel nails from the People’s 

Republic of China covering the period of 

January 23, 2008, through January 31, 

2009. See Certain Steel Nails From the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 

74 FR 11909, (March 20, 2009). The 

preliminary results are currently due no 

later than September 12, 2009. 

Statutory Time Limits 

Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘Act’’), 

provides that the Department will issue 

the preliminary results of a new shipper 

review of an antidumping duty order 

within 180 days after the day on which 

the review was initiated. See also 19 

CFR 351.214 (i)(1). The Act further 

provides that the Department may 

extend that 180–day period to 300 days 

if it determines that the case is 

extraordinarily complicated. See also 19 

CFR 351.214 (i)(2). 

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary 

Results 

The Department determines that this 

new shipper review involves 

extraordinarily complicated 

methodological issues such as the 

examination of importer information 

and the evaluation of the bona fide 

nature of the company’s sales. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.214(i)(2), the Department is 

extending the time limit for these 

preliminary results by 120 days, until 

no later than January 10, 2010. The final 

results continue to be due 90 days after 

the publication of the preliminary 

results. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: June 5, 2009. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1611] 

Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 84, 

Houston, Texas, Area 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Port of Houston 

Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade 

Zone 84, submitted an application to the 

Board for authority to expand its zone 

to include six additional sites (Sites 17, 

18, 19, 20, 21, & 22) in the Houston, 

Texas, area, adjacent to the Houston 

Customs and Border Protection port of 

entry (FTZ Docket 49–2008, filed 9/10/ 

08); 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 54556, 9/22/08), and the 

application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to expand FTZ 84 is 

approved, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.28, subject to the Board’s 

standard 2,000-acre activation limit for 

the overall general-purpose zone 

project, and further subject to a sunset 

provision that would terminate 

authority on May 31, 2014, for Sites 17, 

18, 19, 20, 21, & 22, where no activity 

has occurred under FTZ procedures 

before that date. 


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