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CERTAIN CIRCULAR WELDED CARBONQUALITY STEEL PIPE

Producer/manufacturer/exporter

Weightedaverage

margin

(percent)

Baosteel International ............... 0

Tianjin Shuang Jie .................... 16.65

WeiFang ................................... 0

Tai Feng Qiao ........................... 16.65

ZhuHai ...................................... 16.65

Pangang International .............. 16.65

Jinzhou ..................................... 16.65

Walsall ...................................... 16.65

PRC-Wide ................................. 36.42

International Trade Commission

Notification

In accordance with section 733(f) of

the Act, we have notified the ITC of our

determination of sales at LTFV. If our

final determination is affirmative, the

ITC will determine before the later of

120 days after the date of this

preliminary determination or 45 days

after our final determination whether

the domestic industry in the United

States is materially injured, or

threatened with material injury, by

reason of imports, or sales (or the

likelihood of sales) for importation, of

the subject merchandise.

Public Comment

Case briefs or other written comments

may be submitted to the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration no

later than fifty days after the date of

publication of this notice, and rebuttal

briefs, limited to issues raised in case

briefs, no later than fifty-five days after

the date of publication of this

preliminary determination. See 19 CFR

351.309(c)(1)(i); 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). A

list of authorities used and an executive

summary of issues should accompany

any briefs submitted to the Department.

This summary should be limited to five

pages total, including footnotes. In

accordance with section 774 of the Act,

we will hold a public hearing, if

requested, to afford interested parties an

opportunity to comment on arguments

raised in case or rebuttal briefs.

Tentatively, any hearing will be held

fifty-seven days after publication of this

notice at the U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230,

at a time and location to be determined.

Parties should confirm by telephone the

date, time, and location of the hearing

two days before the scheduled date.

Interested parties who wish to request a

hearing, or to participate if one is

requested, must submit a written

request to the Assistant Secretary for

Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Room 1870, within 30

days of the date of publication of this

notice. See 19 CFR 351.310(c). Requests

should contain: (1) The party’s name,

address, and telephone number; (2) the

number of participants; and (3) a list of

the issues to be discussed. At the

hearing, each party may make an

affirmative presentation only on issues

raised in that party’s case brief, and may

make rebuttal presentations only on

arguments included in that party’s

rebuttal brief. See 19 CFR 351.310(c).

If this investigation proceeds

normally, we will make our final

determination no later than 75 days

after the date of the preliminary

determination.

This determination is issued and

published in accordance with sections

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

Dated: December 20, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–588–824]

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon

Steel Flat Products From Japan: Notice

of Initiation and Preliminary Results of

Changed Circumstances Review of the

Antidumping Order, and Intent To

Revoke Order in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of initiation and

preliminary results of changed

circumstances antidumping duty

review, and intent to revoke order in

part.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 19 CFR

351.216(b), Dana Glacier Daido

America, LLC (‘‘Dana’’) filed a request

for a changed circumstances review of

the antidumping order on certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products from Japan with respect to the

carbon steel flat products described

below. Domestic producers of the like

product have affirmatively expressed no

interest in continuation of the order

with respect to these particular carbon

steel flat products. In response to Dana’s

request, the Department of Commerce

(‘‘the Department’’) is initiating a

changed circumstances review with

respect to this request and issuing a

notice of intent to revoke in part the

antidumping duty order on certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products from Japan. Interested parties

are invited to comment on these

preliminary results.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine Bertrand, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–3207.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

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, as

amended (‘‘the Act’’), by the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act. In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to

the regulations as codified at 19 CFR

Part 351 (2001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 21, 2001, Dana

requested that the Department revoke in

part the antidumping duty order on

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products from Japan. Specifically,

Dana requested that the Department

revoke the order with respect to imports

meeting the following specifications:

carbon steel coil or strip, measuring a

minimum of and including 1.10 mm to

a maximum of and including 4.90 mm

in overall thickness, a minimum of and

including 76.00 mm to a maximum of

and including 250.00 mm in overall

width, with a low carbon steel back

comprised of: carbon under 0.10%,

manganese under 0.40%, phosphorous

under 0.04%, sulfur under 0.05%, and

silicon under 0.05%; clad with

aluminum alloy comprised of: under

2.51% copper, under 15.10% tin, and

remainder aluminum as listed on the

mill specification sheet. Dana is an

importer of the products in question.

Scope of Review

The products covered by the

antidumping duty order include flatrolled carbon steel products, of

rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or

coated with corrosion-resistant metals

such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-,

aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys,

whether or not corrugated or painted,

varnished or coated with plastics or

other nonmetallic substances in

addition to the metallic coating, in coils

(whether or not in successively

superimposed layers) and of a width of

0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths

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which, if of a thickness less than 4.75

millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch

or greater and which measures at least

10 times the thickness or if of a

thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more

are of a width which exceeds 150

millimeters and measures at least twice

the thickness, as currently classifiable in

the HTSUS under item numbers

7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,

7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,

7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000,

7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030,

7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090,

7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000,

7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,

7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,

7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000,

7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,

7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000,

7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,

7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500,

7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560,

7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,

7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in

this order are corrosion-resistant flatrolled products of non-rectangular

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 beveled or

rounded at the edges.

Excluded from this order are flatrolled steel products either plated or

coated with tin, lead, chromium,

chromium oxides, both tin and lead

(‘‘terne plate’’), or both chromium and

chromium oxides (‘‘tin-free steel’’),

whether or not painted, varnished or

coated with plastics or other

nonmetallic substances in addition to

the metallic coating.

Also excluded from this order are clad

products in straight lengths of 0.1875

inch or more in composite thickness

and of a width which exceeds 150

millimeters and measures at least twice

the thickness.

Also excluded from this order are

certain clad stainless flat-rolled

products, which are three-layered

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flatrolled products less than 4.75

millimeters in composite thickness that

consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled

product clad on both sides with

stainless steel in a 20%–60%–20%

ratio.

Also excluded from this order are

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products meeting the following

specifications: (1) Widths ranging from

10 millimeters (0.394 inches) through

100 millimeters (3.94 inches); (2)

thicknesses, including coatings, ranging

from 0.11 millimeters (0.004 inches)

through 0.60 millimeters (0.024 inches);

and (3) a coating that is from 0.003

millimeters (0.00012 inches) through

0.005 millimeters (0.000196 inches) in

thickness and that is comprised of either

two evenly applied layers, the first layer

consisting of 99% zinc, 0.5% cobalt,

and 0.5% molybdenum, followed by a

layer consisting of chromate, or three

evenly applied layers, the first layer

consisting of 99% zinc, 0.5% cobalt,

and 0.5% molybdenum followed by a

layer consisting of chromate, and finally

a layer consisting of silicate.

Also excluded from this order are

carbon steel flat products measuring

1.84 millimeters in thickness and 43.6

millimeters or 16.1 millimeters in width

consisting of carbon steel coil (SAE

1008) clad with an aluminum alloy that

is balance aluminum, 20% tin, 1%

copper, 0.3% silicon, 0.15% nickel, less

than 1% other materials and meeting

the requirements of SAE standard 783

for Bearing and Bushing Alloys.

Also excluded from this order are

carbon steel flat products measuring

0.97 millimeters in thickness and 20

millimeters in width consisting of

carbon steel coil (SAE 1008) with a twolayer lining, the first layer consisting of

a copper-lead alloy powder that is

balance copper, 9% to 11% tin, 9% to

11% lead, less than 1% zinc, less than

1% other materials and meeting the

requirements of SAE standard 792 for

Bearing and Bushing Alloys, the second

layer consisting of 45% to 55% lead,

38% to 50% PTFE, 3% to 5%

molybdenum disulfide and less than 2%

other materials.

Also excluded from this order are

doctor blades meeting the following

specifications: carbon steel coil or strip,

plated with nickel phosphorous, having

a thickness of 0.1524 millimeters (0.006

inches), a width between 31.75

millimeters (1.25 inches) and 50.80

millimeters (2.00 inches), a core

hardness between 580 to 630 HV, a

surface hardness between 900–990 HV;

the carbon steel coil or strip consists of

the following elements identified in

percentage by weight: 0.90% to 1.05%

carbon; 0.15% to 0.35% silicon; 0.30%

to 0.50% manganese; less than or equal

to 0.03% of phosphorous; less than or

equal to 0.006% of sulfur; other

elements representing 0.24%; and the

remainder of iron.

Also excluded from this order are

products meeting the following

specifications: carbon steel flat products

measuring 1.64 millimeters in thickness

and 19.5 millimeters in width consisting

of carbon steel coil (SAE 1008) with a

lining clad with an aluminum alloy that

is balance aluminum; 10 to 15% tin; 1

to 3% lead; 0.7 to 1.3% copper; 1.8 to

3.5% silicon; 0.1 to 0.7% chromium,

less than 1% other materials and

meeting the requirements of SAE

standard 783 for Bearing and Bushing

Alloys.

Also, excluded from this order are

products meeting the following

specifications: carbon steel coil or strip,

measuring 1.93 millimeters or 2.75

millimeters (0.076 inches or 0.108

inches) in thickness, 87.3 millimeters or

99 millimeters (3.437 inches or 3.900

inches) in width, with a low carbon

steel back comprised of: carbon under

8%, manganese under 0.4%,

phosphorous under 0.04%, and sulfur

under 0.05%; clad with aluminum alloy

comprised of: 0.7% copper, 12% tin,

1.7% lead, 0.3% antimony, 2.5%

silicon, 1% maximum total other

(including iron), and remainder

aluminum.

Also excluded from this order are

products meeting the following

specifications: carbon steel coil or strip,

clad with aluminum, measuring 1.75

millimeters (0.069 inches) in thickness,

89 millimeters or 94 millimeters (3.500

inches or 3.700 inches) in width, with

a low carbon steel back comprised of:

carbon under 8%, manganese under

0.4%, phosphorous under 0.04%, and

sulfur under 0.05%; clad with

aluminum alloy comprised of: 0.7%

copper, 12% tin, 1.7% lead, 2.5%

silicon, 0.3% antimony, 1% maximum

total other (including iron), and

remainder aluminum.

Also excluded from this order are

products meeting the following

specifications: carbon steel coil or strip,

measuring a minimum of and including

1.10 mm to a maximum of and

including 4.90 mm in overall thickness,

a minimum of and including 76.00 mm

to a maximum of and including 250.00

mm in overall width, with a low carbon

steel back comprised of: carbon under

0.10%, manganese under 0.40%,

phosphorous under 0.04%, sulfur under

0.05%, and silicon under 0.05%; clad

with aluminum alloy comprised of:

under 2.51% copper, under 15.10% tin,

and remainder aluminum as listed on

the mill specification sheet.

Initiation of Changed Circumstances

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review, and Intent To Revoke Order in

Part

Pursuant to sections 751(d)(1) and

782(h)(2) of the Act, the Department

may revoke an antidumping or

countervailing duty order, in whole or

in part, based on a review under section

751(b) of the Act (i.e., a changed

circumstances review) where the

Department determines that ‘‘producers

accounting for substantially all of the

production of that domestic like product

have expressed a lack of interest in

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issuance of an order.’’ Section 782(h)(2)

of the Act. See, e.g., Certain Cold-Rolled

Carbon Steel Flat Products From the

Netherlands: Initiation and Preliminary

Results of Changed Circumstances

Review, 66 FR 57415, 57416 (November

15, 2001). Section 751(b)(1) of the Act

requires a changed circumstances

review to be conducted upon receipt of

a request which shows changed

circumstances sufficient to warrant a

review. Section 351.222(g) of the

Department’s regulations provides that

the Department will conduct a changed

circumstances administrative review

under 19 CFR 351.216, and may revoke

an order (in whole or in part), if it

determines that producers accounting

for substantially all of the production of

the domestic like product to which the

order pertains have expressed a lack of

interest in the relief provided by the

order, in whole or in part, or if other

changed circumstances sufficient to

warrant revocation exist. In addition, in

the event that the Department concludes

that expedited action is warranted, 19

CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits the

Department to combine the notices of

initiation and preliminary results.

In accordance with sections 751(d)(1)

and 782(h)(2) of the Act, and 19 CFR

351.216 and 351.222(g), based on

affirmative statements by domestic

producers of the like product,

Bethlehem Steel Corporation; LTV Steel

Company, Inc.; National Steel

Corporation; and U.S. Steel Group LLC

(‘‘Domestic Producers’’), no further

interest exists in continuing the order

with respect to certain corrosionresistant carbon steel flat products

meeting the following specifications:

carbon steel coil or strip, measuring a

minimum of and including 1.10mm to

a maximum of and including 4.90mm in

overall thickness, a minimum of and

including 76.00mm to a maximum of

and including 250.00mm in overall

width, with a low carbon steel back

comprised of: carbon under 0.10%,

manganese under 0.40%, phosphorous

under 0.04%, sulfur under 0.05%, and

silicon under 0.05%; clad with

aluminum alloy comprised of: under

2.51% copper, under 15.10% tin, and

remainder aluminum as listed on the

mill specification sheet. See Domestic

Producers’ November 29, 2001 letter to

the Department. Therefore, we are

initiating this changed circumstances

administrative review.

Furthermore, because domestic

producers have expressed a lack of

interest, we determine that expedited

action is warranted, and we

preliminarily determine that continued

application of the order with respect to

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products falling within the

description above is no longer of

interest to domestic interested parties.

Because we have concluded that

expedited action is warranted, we are

combining these notices of initiation

and preliminary results. Therefore, we

are hereby notifying the public of our

intent to revoke in part the antidumping

duty order with respect to imports of

certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel

flat products meeting the abovementioned specifications from Japan.

If the final revocation in part occurs,

we intend to instruct the U.S. Customs

Service (‘‘Customs’’) to liquidate

without regard to antidumping duties,

as applicable, and to refund any

estimated antidumping duties collected

for all unliquidated entries of certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products meeting the specifications

indicated above, not subject to final

results of administrative review as of the

date of publication in the Federal

Register of the final results of this

changed circumstances review in

accordance with 19 CFR 351.222. We

will also instruct Customs to pay

interest on such refunds in accordance

with section 778 of the Act. The current

requirement for a cash deposit of

estimated antidumping duties on certain

corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat

products meeting the above

specifications will continue unless and

until we publish a final determination

to revoke in part.

Public Comment

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

Parties who submit argument in this

proceeding are requested to submit with

the argument (1) a statement of the

issue, and (2) a brief summary of the

argument. Parties to the proceedings

may request a hearing within 14 days of

publication. Any hearing, if requested,

will be held no later than two days after

the deadline for the submission of

rebuttal briefs, or the first workday

thereafter. Case briefs may be submitted

by interested parties not later than 14

days after the date of publication of this

notice. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals to

written comments, limited to the issues

raised in those comments, may be filed

not later than five days after the

deadline for submission of case briefs.

All written comments shall be

submitted in accordance with 19 CFR

351.303 and shall be served on all

interested parties on the Department’s

service list in accordance with 19 CFR

351.303. Persons interested in attending

the hearing should contact the

Department for the date and time of the

hearing.

This notice is published in

accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the

Act and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.222.

Dated: December 20, 2001.

Faryar Shirzad,

Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–868]

Notice of Postponement of Final

Antidumping Duty Determination:

Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From

the People’s Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Helen Kramer or John Drury at (202)

482–0405 and (202) 482–0195,

respectively, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

Background

This investigation was initiated on

May 17, 2001. See Initiation of

Antidumping Duty Investigation:

Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from

the People’s Republic of China, 66 FR

28728 (May 24, 2001). The period of

investigation (POI) is October 1, 2000

through March 31, 2001. On December

3, 2001, the Department published its

preliminary determination. See Notice

of Preliminary Determination of Sales at

Less Than Fair Value: Folding Metal

Tables and Chairs from the People’s

Republic of China, 66 FR 60185.

Postponement of Final Determination

and Extension of Provisional Measures

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides

that a final determination may be

postponed until not later than 135 days

after the date of the publication of the

preliminary determination if, in the

event of an affirmative determination, a

request for such postponement is made

by exporters who account for a

significant proportion of exports of the

subject merchandise, or in the event of

a negative preliminary determination, a

request for such postponement is made

by the petitioner. On December 3, 2001,

the petitioner, Meco Corporation,

requested a 60-day postponement of the

final determination to allow sufficient