73 FR 98 pgs. 29109-29110 - Notice of Implementation of Determination Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act Regarding the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from Japan
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 98Pages: 29109 - 29110
Docket number: A-588-847
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-11299 Filed 5-19-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-588-847
Notice of Implementation of Determination Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act Regarding the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from Japan
AGENCY:
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:
On April 8, 2008, the U.S. Trade Representative instructed the Department of Commerce (the Department) to implement its determination under section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) regarding the investigation of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from Japan. The Department issued its final results on December 21, 2007, regarding the offsetting of dumped comparisons with non-dumped comparisons when making average-to-average comparisons of export price and normal value in the investigation challenged by Japan before the World Trade Organization in United States - Measures Relating to Zeroing and Sunset Reviews . The Department is now implementing this determination.
DATES:
The effective date of this determination is April 8, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maisha Cryor or Mark Manning, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5831, or (202) 482-5253, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 19, 2007, the Department advised interested parties that it was initiating a proceeding under section 129 of the URAA to issue a determination that would implement the findings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel in United States - Measures Relating to Zeroing and Sunset Reviews (WT/DS322) (September 20, 2006). On November 26, 2007, the Department issued its preliminary results, in which it recalculated the weighted-average dumping margins from the antidumping investigation of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from Japan1by applying the calculation methodology described in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted Average Dumping Margin During an Antidumping Investigation; Final Modification , 71 FR 77722 (December 27, 2006). The Department also invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary results. On December 3, 2007, we received a case brief from IPSCO Steel Inc. (IPSCO), a domestic interested party. We received no other case briefs. After receiving comments from IPSCO, the Department issued its final results for the section 129 determination on December 21, 2007.
Footnotes:
1 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from Japan , 64 FR 73215 (December 29, 1999).
On January 11 and 14, 2008, consistent with section 129(b)(3) of the URAA, the U.S. Trade Representative held consultations with the Department and the appropriate congressional committees with respect to this determination. On April 8, 2008, in accordance with sections 129(b)(4) and 129(c)(1)(B) of the URAA, the U.S. Trade Representative directed the Department to implement this determination.
Nature of the Proceedings
Section 129 of the URAA governs the nature and effect of determinations issued by the Department to implement findings by WTO dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body. Specifically, section 129(b)(2) provides that "notwithstanding any provision of the Tariff Act of 1930," within 180 days of a written request from the U.S. Trade Representative, the Department shall issue a determination that would render its actions not inconsistent with an adverse finding of a WTO panel or the Appellate Body. See 19 USC 3538(b)(2). The Statement of Administrative Action, URAA, H. Doc. 316, Vol. 1, 103d Cong. (1994) (SAA), variously refers to such a determination by the Department as a "new," "second," and "different" determination. See SAA at 1025, 1027. After consulting with the Department and the appropriate congressional committees, the U.S. Trade Representative may direct the Department to implement, in whole or in part, the new determination made under section 129. See 19 USC 3538(b)(4). Pursuant to section 129(c), the new determination shall apply with respect to unliquidated entries of the subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date on which the U.S. Trade Representative directs the Department to implement the new determination. See 19 USC 3538(c). The new determination is subject to judicial review separate and apart from judicial review of the Department's original determination. See 19 USC 1516a(a)(2)(B)(vii).
Analysis of Comments Received
The issues raised in the case brief submitted by an interested party to this proceeding are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of Proceeding Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Antidumping Measures on Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products from Japan from Stephen J. Claeys to David M. Spooner, dated December 21, 2007 (Issues and Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU), room B-099 of the Department of Commerce main building. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is appended to this notice.
Final Antidumping Margins
The recalculated margins, unchanged from the preliminary decision in this 129 proceeding, are as follows:
• The margin for Kawasaki Steel Corporation decreases from 10.78 percent to 9.46 percent.
• The all-others rate decreases from 10.78 percent to 9.46 percent.
On April 8, 2008, in accordance with sections 129(b)(4) and 129(c)(1)(B) of the URAA, the U.S. Trade Representative, after consulting with the Department and Congress, directed the Department to implement this determination. Therefore, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of the subject merchandise from all exporters or producers, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April 8, 2008 (the effective date). CBP shall continue to require cash deposit equal to the estimated amount by which normal value exceeds the U.S. price. The suspension of liquidation will remain in effect until further notice. The Section 129 Determination "all others" rate will be the new cash deposit rate for all exporters of subject merchandise for whom the Department has not assigned an individual rate, which is 9.46 percent.
This determination is issued and published in accordance with section 129(c)(2)(A) of the URAA.
Dated: May 13, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
Appendix I
Issued Raised in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
Comment 1: Whether Customs Instructions Should Be Clarified to Retain the Deposit Rates for Producers Whose Margins Were Not Recalculated
Comment 2: Whether the Preliminary Results Are Consistent with U.S. Law
Comment 3: Whether the Statute Equates the Dumping Margin with the Antidumping Duty Assessment
Comment 4: Whether the Department's Interpretation of the Term Dumping Margin' is Inconsistently Applied to Antidumping Investigations and Administrative Reviews
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