80 FR 79562 - Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 245 (December 22, 2015)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 245 (December 22, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-32218 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 79562-79564] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-32218] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-533-866] Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers/exporters of certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold- rolled steel) from India. The period of investigation is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. We invite interested parties to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Effective Date: December 22, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Kearney or Trisha Tran, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0167 and (202) 482-4852, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are cold-rolled steel flat products from India. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix II. Methodology The Department is conducting this countervailing duty (CVD) investigation in accordance with section 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\1\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov and it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the [[Page 79563]] Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistance Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from India,'' dated concurrently with this notice (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alignment As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final CVD determination in this investigation with the final determination in the companion antidumping duty (AD) investigation of cold-rolled steel from India based on a request made by Petitioners.\3\ Consequently, the final CVD determination will be issued on the same date as the final AD determination, which is currently scheduled to be issued no later than May 8, 2016,\4\ unless postponed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ AK Steel Corporation, ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics Inc., and the United States Steel Corporation (collectively, Petitioners). \4\ The current deadline for the final AD determination, May 8, 2016, is a Sunday. Pursuant to Department practice, the signature date will be the next business day, which is Monday, May 9, 2016. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Determination and Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we calculated a CVD rate for each individually investigated producer/ exporter of the subject merchandise. We preliminarily determine that countervailable subsides are being provided with respect to the manufacture, production, or exportation of the subject merchandise. We preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy rates to be: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subsidy Company rate (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JSW Steel Limited and JSW Steel Coated Products Limited.... 4.45 All Others................................................. 4.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In accordance with sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we are directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of all entries of cold-rolled steel from India that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, and to require a cash deposit for such entries of merchandise in the amounts indicated above. In accordance with sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for companies not investigated, we apply an ``all-others'' rate, which is normally calculated by weighting the subsidy rates of the individual companies selected as respondents by those companies' exports of the subject merchandise to the United States. Under section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, the all-others rate should exclude zero and de minimis rates calculated for the exporters and producers individually investigated. Because we individually investigated only one producer/ exporter, we have applied the rate calculated for that producer/ exporter as the ``all-others'' rate. Verification As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, we intend to verify the information submitted by the respondent prior to making our final determination. International Trade Commission Notification In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, we will notify the International Trade Commission (ITC) of our determination. In addition, we are making available to the ITC all non-privileged and non- proprietary information relating to this investigation. We will allow the ITC access to all privileged and business proprietary information in our files, provided the ITC confirms that it will not disclose such information, either publicly or under an administrative protective order, without the written consent of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. In accordance with section 705(b)(2) of the Act, if our final determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination within 45 days after the Department makes its final determination. Disclosure and Public Comment The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations performed in connection with this preliminary determination within five days of its public announcement.\5\ Interested parties may submit case briefs and rebuttal briefs, as well as request a hearing.\6\ For a schedule of the deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b). \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)-(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c). Dated: December 15, 2015. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope Comments IV. Scope of the Investigation V. Alignment VI. Injury Test VII. Subsidies Valuation VIII. Analysis of Programs IX. Calculation of the All-Others Rate X. ITC Notification XI. Disclosure and Public Comment XII. Verification XIII. Conclusion Appendix II Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are certain cold- rolled (cold-reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non- metallic substances. The products covered do not include those that are clad, plated, or coated with metal. The products covered include coils that have a width or other lateral measurement (``width'') of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the thickness. The products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness. The products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or other shape and include products of either rectangular or non- rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been ``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced above: (1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions set forth above, and (2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product (e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross- section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape, etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies. Steel products included in the scope of this investigation 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 [[Page 79564]] the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:2.50 percent of manganese, or 3.30 percent of silicon, or 1.50 percent of copper, or 1.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 2.00 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or 0.30 percent of vanadium, or 0.30 percent of zirconium Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope regardless of levels of boron and titanium. For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial- free (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor lamination steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS). 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. Motor lamination steels contain micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered whether or not they are high tensile strength or high elongation steels. Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled steel that has been further processed in a third country, including but not limited to annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the cold-rolled steel. All products that meet the written physical description, and in which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted element levels listed above, are within the scope of this investigation unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the scope of this investigation: Ball bearing steels; \1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than 1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of molybdenum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tool steels; \2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silico-manganese steel; \3\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as defined in the final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain- Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and Poland.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 42,501, 42,503 (Dep't of Commerce, July 22, 2014). This determination defines grain-oriented electrical steel as ``a flat- rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight lengths.'' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as defined in the antidumping orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in Non- Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741-42 (Dep't of Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES as ``cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products, whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core loss is substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the plane of the material. The term `substantially equal' means that the cross grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation coating may be applied.'' The products subject to this investigation are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8015, 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The products subject to the investigation may also enter under the following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000. The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the investigation is dispositive. [FR Doc. 2015-32218 Filed 12-21-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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Public Comment Cash Deposit Requirements rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled
Interested parties are invited to Effective upon publication of the final steel) from India. The period of
comment on this preliminary rescission rescission of the new shipper review of investigation is January 1, 2014, through
and submit written arguments or case Changxing, the Department will instruct December 31, 2014. We invite interested
briefs within 30 days after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to parties to comment on this preliminary
publication of this notice in the Federal discontinue the option of posting a bond determination.
Register, unless otherwise notified by or security in lieu of a cash deposit for DATES: Effective Date: December 22,
the Department.5 Rebuttal briefs, limited entries of subject merchandise from 2015.
to issues raised in the case briefs, may Changxing.13 Because we did not FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
be filed not later than five days after the calculate a dumping margin for Kearney or Trisha Tran, AD/CVD
date for filing case briefs.6 Parties who Changxing or grant Changxing a Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
submit case or rebuttal briefs are separate rate in this new shipper review, Compliance, International Trade
requested to submit with each we preliminarily find that Changxing Administration, U.S. Department of
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; continues to be part of the PRC-wide Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
(2) a brief summary of the argument; entity. The cash deposit rate for the Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
and (3) a table of authorities.7 Case and PRC-wide entity is 92.84 percent. These telephone (202) 482–0167 and (202)
rebuttal briefs should be filed using cash deposit requirements shall remain 482–4852, respectively.
Enforcement and Compliance’s in effect until further notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Notification to Importers
Centralized Electronic Service System Scope of the Investigation
(ACCESS), which is available to This notice also serves as a
The products covered by this
registered users at http:// preliminary reminder to importers of
investigation are cold-rolled steel flat
access.trade.gov, and in the Central their responsibility under 19 CFR
products from India. For a complete
Records Unit, Room B0824 of the main 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
description of the scope of this
Department of Commerce building.8 regarding the reimbursement of
investigation, see Appendix II.
Any interested party may request a antidumping duties prior to liquidation
hearing within 30 days after the day of of the relevant entries during this Methodology
publication of this notice.9 Hearing review period. Failure to comply with The Department is conducting this
requests should contain the following this requirement could result in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
information: (1) The party’s name, Department’s presumption that in accordance with section 701 of the
address, and telephone number; (2) the reimbursement of antidumping duties Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
number of participants; and (3) a list of occurred and the subsequent assessment For each of the subsidy programs found
issues to be discussed.10 Issues raised in of double antidumping duties. countervailable, we preliminarily
the hearing will be limited to those This new shipper review and notice
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
raised in case briefs. If a request for a are in accordance with sections
financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
hearing is made, parties will be notified 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i) of the Act and 19
that gives rise to a benefit to the
of the date and time for the hearing to CFR 351.214(f)(3).
recipient, and that the subsidy is
be held at the U.S. Department of Dated: December 15, 2015. specific.1 For a full description of the
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Paul Piquado, methodology underlying our
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.11 Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and preliminary conclusions, see the
We intend to issue the final results of Compliance. Preliminary Decision Memorandum.2 A
this new shipper review, including the [FR Doc. 2015–32161 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] list of topics discussed in the
results of our analysis of issues raised in BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
any case briefs, within 90 days after the included as Appendix I to this notice.
date on which this preliminary The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
rescission is issued, unless the deadline DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE is a public document and is on file
for our final results is extended.12 electronically via Enforcement and
International Trade Administration Compliance’s Antidumping and
Assessment Rates
[C–533–866] Countervailing Duty Centralized
As the Department intends to rescind Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
this new shipper review, we are not Countervailing Duty Investigation of ACCESS is available to registered users
making a determination as to whether Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products at https://access.trade.gov and it is
Changxing qualifies for a separate rate. From India: Preliminary Affirmative available to all parties in the Central
Therefore, if the Department proceeds to Determination and Alignment of Final Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
a final rescission, Changxing will Determination With Final Antidumping Department of Commerce building. In
remain part of the PRC entity and, Duty Determination addition, a complete version of the
accordingly, its entries covered by this
new shipper review will be assessed at AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 1 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
the PRC-wide rate. International Trade Administration, regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
Department of Commerce. of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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5 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
6 See
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
19 CFR 351.309(d).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
(the Department) preliminarily Assistance Secretary for Antidumping and
8 See 19 CFR 351.303. determines that countervailable Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
9 See 19 CFR 351.310(c). subsidies are being provided to Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c). producers/exporters of certain cold- Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat
12 See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act; and 19 13 See section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act; 19 CFR Products from India,’’ dated concurrently with this
CFR 351.214(i). 351.214(e). notice (‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’).
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the quantity, by weight, respectively • Tool steels; 2 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
indicated: • Silico-manganese steel; 3 7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030,
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or • Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030,
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or defined in the final determination of the 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
• 1.50 percent of copper, or U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain- 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8015,
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000,
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or Japan, and Poland.4 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as products subject to the investigation may also
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
defined in the antidumping orders issued enter under the following HTSUS numbers:
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the 7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018,
• 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called People’s Republic of China, Germany,
wolfram), or 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000,
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or Taiwan.5
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
The products subject to this investigation 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
columbium), or
are currently classified in the Harmonized 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180,
• 0.30 percent of zirconium
under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
Unless specifically excluded, products are 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
included in this scope regardless of levels of 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, The HTSUS subheadings above are
boron and titanium. 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
For example, specifically included in this 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, purposes only. The written description of the
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, scope of the investigation is dispositive.
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, [FR Doc. 2015–32218 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]
motor lamination steels, Advanced High 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High
Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are 2 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
recognized as low carbon steels with micro- the following combinations of elements in the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
alloying levels of elements such as titanium quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More
and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent International Trade Administration
nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent [C–821–823]
recognized as steels with micro-alloying chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon
levels of elements such as chromium, copper, and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and Countervailing Duty Investigation of
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
contain micro-alloying levels of elements molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon From the Russian Federation:
such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
UHSS are considered high tensile strength not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than Duty Determination, Preliminary
5.5 percent tungsten.
and high elongation steels, although AHSS 3 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels Negative Critical Circumstances
and UHSS are covered whether or not they containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent Determination, and Alignment of Final
are high tensile strength or high elongation of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than Determination With Final Antidumping
steels. 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled
Duty Determination
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
steel that has been further processed in a 4 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany,
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
third country, including but not limited to Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at
International Trade Administration,
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR Department of Commerce.
trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting,
or any other processing that would not 42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014). SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
This determination defines grain-oriented electrical (the Department) preliminarily
otherwise remove the merchandise from the steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing
scope of the investigation if performed in the by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 determines that countervailable
country of manufacture of the cold-rolled percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of subsidies are being provided to
steel. carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and producers/exporters of certain cold-
All products that meet the written physical no other element in an amount that would give the
steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in
rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled
description, and in which the chemistry steel) from the Russian Federation
coils or in straight lengths.’’
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted 5 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s (Russia). The period of investigation is
element levels listed above, are within the
scope of this investigation unless specifically
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of January 1, 2014, through December 31,
Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty 2014. We invite interested parties to
excluded. The following products are outside Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–42 (Dep’t of
of and/or specifically excluded from the Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES comment on this preliminary
scope of this investigation: as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products, determination.
• Ball bearing steels; 1 whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having
an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which DATES: Effective Date: December 22,
the core loss is substantially equal in any direction 2015.
1 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which of magnetization in the plane of the material. The
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contain, in addition to iron, each of the following term ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the Kristen Johnson (the NLMK Companies)
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of and Stephanie Moore (the Severstal
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
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Companies), AD/CVD Operations, Office
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03 of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
III, Enforcement and Compliance,
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., International Trade Administration,
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) 1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
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(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation 482–4793 and (202) 482–3692,
molybdenum. coating may be applied.’’ respectively.
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