[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39345-39349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14379]
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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.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with 751(b) of the Tarriff Act of 1930 (``the
Act'') and section 351.216(b) of the Department of Commerce's (``the
Department'') regulations, Mitsubishi International Steel Inc.
(``MISI'') 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 products known as diffusion-
annealed nickel plant and next generation diffusion-annealed nickel
plate described below. Domestic producers of the like product have
affirmatively expressed no interest in continuation of the order with
respect to these particular products. In response to MISI's request,
the Department is initiating a changed circumstances review 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: June 7, 2002.
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, by the Uruguay
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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 May 6, 2002, MISI requested that the Department revoke in part
the antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel
flat products from Japan. Specifically, MISI requested that the
Department revoke the order with respect to imports meeting the
following specifications: (1) diffusion annealed, non-alloy nickel-
plated carbon products, with a substrate of cold-rolled battery grade
sheet (``CRBG'') with both sides of the CRBG initially electrolytically
plated with pure, unalloyed nickel and subsequently annealed to create
a diffusion between the nickel and iron substrate, with the nickel
plated coating having a thickness of 0-5 microns per side with one side
equaling at least 2 microns; and with the nickel carbon sheet having a
thickness of from 0.004 (0.10mm) to 0.030
(0.762mm) and conforming to the following chemical specifications (%):
C [le] 0.08; Mn [le] 0.45; P [le] 0.02; S [le] 0.02; Al [le] 0.15; and
Si [le] 0.10; and the following physical specifications: Tensile = 65
KSI maximum; Yield = 32-55 KSI; Elongation = 18% minimum (aim 34%);
Hardness = 85-150 Vickers; Grain Type = Equiaxed or Pancake; Grain Size
(ASTM) = 7-12; Delta r value = aim less than 0.2; Lankford
value = [ge] 1.2.; and (2) next generation diffusion-annealed nickel
plate meeting the following specifications: (a) Nickel-graphite plated,
diffusion annealed, tin-nickel plated carbon products, with a natural
composition mixture of nickel and graphite electrolytically plated to
the top side of diffusion annealed tin-nickel plated carbon steel strip
with a cold rolled or tin mill black plate base metal conforming to
chemical requirements based on AISI 1006; having both sides of the cold
rolled substrate electrolytically plated with natural nickel, with the
top side of the nickel plated strip electrolytically plated with tin
and then annealed to create a diffusion between the nickel and tin
layers in which a nickel-tin alloy is created, and an additional layer
of mixture of natural nickel and graphite then electrolytically plated
on the top side of the strip of the nickel-tin alloy; having a coating
thickness: top side: nickel-graphite, tin-nickel layer [ge] 1.0
micrometers; tin layer only [ge] 0.05 micrometers, nickel-graphite
layer only 0.2 micrometers, and bottom side: nickel layer
[ge] 1.0 micrometers; (b) nickel-graphite, diffusion annealed, nickel
plated carbon products, having a natural composition mixture of nickel
and graphite electrolytically plated to the top side of diffusion
annealed nickel plated steel strip with a cold rolled or tin mill black
plate base metal conforming to chemical requirements based on AISI
1006; with both sides of the cold rolled base metal initially
electrolytically plated with natural nickel, and the material then
annealed to create a diffusion between the nickel and the iron
substrate; with an additional layer of natural nickel-graphite then
electrolytically plated on the top side of the strip of the nickel
plated steel strip; with the nickel-graphite, nickel plated material
sufficiently ductile and adherent to the substrate to permit forming
without cracking, flaking, peeling, or any other evidence of
separation; having a coating thickness: top side: nickel-graphite, tin-
nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; nickel-graphite layer [ge] 0.5
micrometers; bottom side: nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; (c)
diffusion annealed nickel-graphite plated products, which are cold-
rolled or tin mill black plate base metal conforming to the chemical
requirements based on AISI 1006; having the bottom side of the base
metal first electrolytically plated with natural nickel, and the top
side of the strip then plated with a nickel-graphite composition; with
the strip then annealed to create a diffusion of the nickel-graphite
and the iron substrate on the bottom side; with the nickel-graphite and
nickel plated material sufficiently ductile and adherent to the
substrate to permit forming without cracking, flaking, peeling, or any
other evidence of separation; having coating thickness: top side:
nickel-graphite layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; bottom side: nickel layer
[ge] 1.0 micrometers; (d) nickel-phosphorous plated diffusion annealed
nickel plated carbon product, having a natural composition mixture of
nickel and phosphorus electrolytically plated to the top side of a
diffusion annealed nickel plated steel strip with a cold rolled or tin
mill black plate base metal conforming to the chemical requirements
based on AISI 1006; with both sides of the base metal initially
electrolytically plated with natural nickel, and the material then
annealed to create a diffusion of the nickel and iron substrate;
another layer of the natural nickel-phosphorous then electrolytically
plated on the top side of the nickel plated steel strip; with the
nickel-phosphorous, nickel plated material sufficiently ductile and
adherent to the substrate to permit forming without cracking, flaking,
peeling or any other evidence of separation; having a coating
thickness: top side: nickel-phosphorous, nickel layer [ge] 1.0
micrometers; nickel-phosphorous layer [ge] 0.1 micrometers; bottom
side: nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; (e) diffusion annealed, tin-
nickel plated products, electrolytically plated with natural nickel to
the top side of a diffusion annealed tin-nickel plated cold rolled or
tin mill black plate base metal conforming to the chemical requirements
based on AISI 1006; with both sides of the cold rolled strip initially
electrolytically plated with natural nickel, with the top side of the
nickel plated strip electrolytically plated with tin and then annealed
to create a diffusion between the nickel and tin layers in which a
nickel-tin alloy is created, and an additional layer of natural nickel
then electrolytically plated on the top side of the strip of the
nickel-tin alloy; sufficiently ductile and adherent to the substrate to
permit forming without cracking, flaking, peeling or any other evidence
of separation; having coating thickness: top side: nickel-tin-nickel
combination layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; tin layer only [ge] 0.05
micrometers; bottom side: nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; and (f)
tin mill products for battery containers, tin and nickel plated on a
cold rolled or tin mill black plate base metal conforming to chemical
requirements based on AISI 1006; having both sides of the cold rolled
substrate electrolytically plated with natural nickel; then annealed to
create a diffusion of the nickel and iron substrate; then an additional
layer of natural tin electrolytically plated on the top side; and again
annealed to create a diffusion of the tin and nickel alloys; with the
tin-nickel, nickel plated material sufficiently ductile and adherent to
the substrate to permit forming without cracking, flaking, peeling or
any other evidence of separation; having a coating thickness: top side:
nickel-tin layer [ge] 1 micrometer; tin layer alone [ge] 0.05
micrometers; bottom side: nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometer.
Scope of Review
The products covered by the antidumping duty order include flat-
rolled 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
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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 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 flat-rolled 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 flat-rolled 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 flat-rolled 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 two-layer 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 1.10mm 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.
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
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Department determines that ``producers accounting for substantially all
of the production of that domestic like product have expressed a lack
of interest in 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;
National Steel Corporation; and United States Steel Corporation
(``Domestic Producers''), no further interest exists in continuing the
order with respect to certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat
products meeting the following specifications: (1) Diffusion annealed,
non-alloy nickel-plated carbon products, with a substrate of cold-
rolled battery grade sheet (``CRBG'') with both sides of the CRBG
initially electrolytically plated with pure, unalloyed nickel and
subsequently annealed to create a diffusion between the nickel and iron
substrate, with the nickel plated coating having a thickness of 0-5
microns per side with one side equaling at least 2 microns; and with
the nickel carbon sheet having a thickness of from 0.004'' (0.10mm) to
0.030'' (0.762mm) and conforming to the following chemical
specifications (%): C [le] 0.08; Mn [le] 0.45; P [le] 0.02; S [le]
0.02; Al [le] 0.15; and Si [le] 0.10; and the following physical
specifications: Tensile = 65 KSI maximum; Yield = 32-55 KSI; Elongation
= 18% minimum (aim 34%); Hardness = 85-150 Vickers; Grain Type =
Equiaxed or Pancake; Grain Size (ASTM) = 7-12; Delta r value = aim less
than 0.2; Lankford value = [ge] 1.2.; and (2) next
generation diffusion-annealed nickel plate meeting the following
specifications: (a) Nickel-graphite plated, diffusion annealed, tin-
nickel plated carbon products, with a natural composition mixture of
nickel and graphite electrolytically plated to the top side of
diffusion annealed tin-nickel plated carbon steel strip with a cold
rolled or tin mill black plate base metal conforming to chemical
requirements based on AISI 1006; having both sides of the cold rolled
substrate electrolytically plated with natural nickel, with the top
side of the nickel plated strip electrolytically plated with tin and
then annealed to create a diffusion between the nickel and tin layers
in which a nickel-tin alloy is created, and an additional layer of
mixture of natural nickel and graphite then electrolytically plated on
the top side of the strip of the nickel-tin alloy; having a coating
thickness: top side: nickel-graphite, tin-nickel layer [ge] 1.0
micrometers; tin layer only [ge] 0.05 micrometers, nickel-graphite
layer only 0.2 micrometers, and bottom side: nickel layer
[ge] 1.0 micrometers; (b) nickel-graphite, diffusion annealed, nickel
plated carbon products, having a natural composition mixture of nickel
and graphite electrolytically plated to the top side of diffusion
annealed nickel plated steel strip with a cold rolled or tin mill black
plate base metal conforming to chemical requirements based on AISI
1006; with both sides of the cold rolled base metal initially
electrolytically plated with natural nickel, and the material then
annealed to create a diffusion between the nickel and the iron
substrate; with an additional layer of natural nickel-graphite then
electrolytically plated on the top side of the strip of the nickel
plated steel strip; with the nickel-graphite, nickel plated material
sufficiently ductile and adherent to the substrate to permit forming
without cracking, flaking, peeling, or any other evidence of
separation; having a coating thickness: top side: Nickel-graphite, tin-
nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; nickel-graphite layer [ge] 0.5
micrometers; bottom side: nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; (c)
diffusion annealed nickel-graphite plated products, which are cold-
rolled or tin mill black plate base metal conforming to the chemical
requirements based on AISI 1006; having the bottom side of the base
metal first electrolytically plated with natural nickel, and the top
side of the strip then plated with a nickel-graphite composition; with
the strip then annealed to create a diffusion of the nickel-graphite
and the iron substrate on the bottom side; with the nickel-graphite and
nickel plated material sufficiently ductile and adherent to the
substrate to permit forming without cracking, flaking, peeling, or any
other evidence of separation; having coating thickness: top side:
nickel-graphite layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; bottom side: nickel layer
[ge] 1.0 micrometers; (d) nickel-phosphorous plated diffusion annealed
nickel plated carbon product, having a natural composition mixture of
nickel and phosphorus electrolytically plated to the top side of a
diffusion annealed nickel plated steel strip with a cold rolled or tin
mill black plate base metal conforming to the chemical requirements
based on AISI 1006; with both sides of the base metal initially
electrolytically plated with natural nickel, and the material then
annealed to create a diffusion of the nickel and iron substrate;
another layer of the natural nickel-phosphorous then electrolytically
plated on the top side of the nickel plated steel strip; with the
nickel-phosphorous, nickel plated material sufficiently ductile and
adherent to the substrate to permit forming without cracking, flaking,
peeling or any other evidence of separation; having a coating
thickness: top side: nickel-phosphorous, nickel layer [ge] 1.0
micrometers; nickel-phosphorous layer [ge] 0.1 micrometers; bottom side
: nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; (e) diffusion annealed, tin-nickel
plated products, electrolytically plated with natural nickel to the top
side of a diffusion annealed tin-nickel plated cold rolled or tin mill
black plate base metal conforming to the chemical requirements based on
AISI 1006; with both sides of the cold rolled strip initially
electrolytically plated with natural nickel, with the top side of the
nickel plated strip electrolytically plated with tin and then annealed
to create a diffusion between the nickel and tin layers in which a
nickel-tin alloy is created, and an additional layer of natural nickel
then electrolytically plated on the top side of the strip of the
nickel-tin alloy; sufficiently ductile and adherent to the substrate to
permit forming without cracking, flaking, peeling or any other evidence
of separation; having coating thickness: top side: nickel-tin-nickel
combination layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; tin layer only [ge] 0.05
micrometers; bottom side: nickel layer [ge] 1.0 micrometers; and (f)
tin mill products for battery containers, tin and nickel plated on a
cold rolled or tin mill black plate base metal conforming to
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chemical requirements based on AISI 1006; having both sides of the cold
rolled substrate electrolytically plated with natural nickel; then
annealed to create a diffusion of the nickel and iron substrate; then
an additional layer of natural tin electrolytically plated on the top
side; and again annealed to create a diffusion of the tin and nickel
alloys; with the tin-nickel, nickel plated material sufficiently
ductile and adherent to the substrate to permit forming without
cracking, flaking, peeling or any other evidence of separation; having
a coating thickness: top side: nickel-tin layer [ge] 1 micrometer; tin
layer alone [ge] 0.05 micrometers; bottom side: nickel layer [ge] 1.0
micrometer. See Domestic Producers' May 14, 2002, 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 above-mentioned 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: June 3, 2002.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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