80 FR 79567 - Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Negative 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)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 79567-79569] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-32222] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-580-882] Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Negative 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 de minimis countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers/exporters of certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). 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: Yasmin Bordas or Emily Maloof, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3813 or (202) 482-5649, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are certain cold-rolled steel flat products from Korea. 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 http://access.trade.gov, and 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 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 Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary of Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Negative Determination: Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In making this preliminary determination, the Department relied, in part, on facts otherwise available.\3\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available'' in the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See section 776(a) of the Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 79568]] companion antidumping duty (AD) investigation of cold-rolled steel from Korea based on a request made by Petitioners.\4\ 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,\5\ unless postponed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ AK Steel Corporation, ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics Inc., and the United States Steel Corporation (collectively, Petitioners). \5\ 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 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 de minimis countervailable subsides are being provided with respect to the manufacture, production or exportation of the subject merchandise, and, thus, this preliminary determination is negative. Consistent with section 703(b)(4)(A) of the Act, we have disregarded de minimis rates. Consistent with section 703(d) of the Act, we have not calculated an all-others rate because we have not reached an affirmative preliminarily determination. We preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy rates to be: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subsidy rate Company (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ POSCO and Daewoo International Corporation.............. 0.18 Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd.................................. 0.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ De minimis. Because we preliminarily determine that the CVD rates in this investigation are de minimis, at this time, we will not direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise. Verification As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, we intend to verify the information submitted by the respondents 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)(3) of the Act, if our final determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination within 75 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.\6\ Interested parties may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well as request a hearing.\7\ For a schedule of the deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b). \7\ 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. Use of Facts Otherwise Available VIII. Subsidies Valuation IX. Analysis of Programs X. Disclosure and Public Comment XI. 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 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 [[Page 79569]] 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; \8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ 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; \9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ 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; \10\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ 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.\11\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ 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.\12\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ 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 these investigations 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 investigations 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 customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the investigation is dispositive. [FR Doc. 2015-32222 Filed 12-21-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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• Silico-manganese steel; 13 7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030, steel flat products from Korea. For a
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, complete description of the scope of this
defined in the final determination of the 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, investigation, see Appendix II.
U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain- 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8015,
Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, Methodology
Japan, and Poland.14 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as
The Department is conducting this
products subject to the investigation may also
defined in the antidumping orders issued enter under the following HTSUS numbers:
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, in accordance with section 701 of the
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the 7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
People’s Republic of China, Germany, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, For each of the subsidy programs found
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, countervailable, we preliminarily
Taiwan.15 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
The products subject to these investigation 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
are currently classified in the Harmonized 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, that gives rise to a benefit to the
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180, recipient, and that the subsidy is
under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, specific.1 For a full description of the
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, The HTSUS subheadings above are
methodology underlying our
7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, provided for convenience and U.S. Customs preliminary conclusions, see the
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, purposes only. The written description of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.2 A
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, scope of the investigation is dispositive. list of topics discussed in the
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, [FR Doc. 2015–32223 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]
included as Appendix I to this notice.
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
is a public document and is on file
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE electronically via Enforcement and
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent Compliance’s Antidumping and
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon International Trade Administration Countervailing Duty Centralized
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon [C–580–882] ACCESS is available to registered users
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive, Countervailing Duty Investigation of at http://access.trade.gov, and is
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products available to all parties in the Central
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) From the Republic of Korea:
Department of Commerce building. In
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than Preliminary Negative Determination
5.5 percent tungsten. addition, a complete version of the
and Alignment of Final Determination
13 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
With Final Antidumping Duty
containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent be accessed directly at http://
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than Determination
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
14 See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From International Trade Administration, the electronic versions of the
Germany, Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations Department of Commerce. Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final identical in content.
Affirmative Determination of Critical
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) preliminarily In making this preliminary
Circumstances, 79 FR 42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of
Commerce, July 22, 2014). This determination determines that de minimis determination, the Department relied, in
defines grain-oriented electrical steel as ‘‘a flat- countervailable subsidies are being part, on facts otherwise available.3 For
rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at
provided to producers/exporters of further information, see ‘‘Use of Facts
least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 percent of Otherwise Available’’ in the
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not certain cold-rolled steel flat products
more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other (cold-rolled steel) from the Republic of accompanying Preliminary Decision
element in an amount that would give the steel the Korea (Korea). The period of Memorandum.
characteristics of another alloy steel, in coils or in
straight lengths.’’ investigation is January 1, 2014, through Alignment
15 See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the December 31, 2014. We invite interested As noted in the Preliminary Decision
People’s Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the parties to comment on this preliminary Memorandum, in accordance with
Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: determination.
Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741– section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
42 (Dep’t of Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders DATES: Effective Date: December 22, 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final
define NOES as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel 2015. CVD determination in this investigation
products, whether or not in coils, regardless of
width, having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: with the final determination in the
more, in which the core loss is substantially equal Yasmin Bordas or Emily Maloof, AD/
in any direction of magnetization in the plane of the 1 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement
material. The term ‘substantially equal’ means that regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
the cross grain direction of core loss is no more than
and Compliance, International Trade of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
1.5 times the straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling Administration, U.S. Department of the Act regarding specificity.
direction) of core loss. NOES has a magnetic Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Oersteds) along (i.e., parallel to) the rolling
telephone (202) 482–3813 or (202) 482– Assistant Secretary of Enforcement and
direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES 5649, respectively. Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Preliminary Negative Determination: Countervailing
silicon but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat
than 0.08 percent of carbon, and not more than 1.5 Scope of the Investigation Products from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated
percent of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
coating, to which an insulation coating may be The products covered by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
applied.’’ investigation are certain cold-rolled 3 See section 776(a) of the Act.
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such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and by the U.S. Department of Commerce in DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
UHSS are considered high tensile strength Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the
and high elongation steels, although AHSS People’s Republic of China, Germany, International Trade Administration
and UHSS are covered whether or not they Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and
are high tensile strength or high elongation [C–351–844]
Taiwan.12
steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled The products subject to these Countervailing Duty Investigation of
steel that has been further processed in a investigations are currently classified in the Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
third country, including but not limited to Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United From Brazil: Preliminary Affirmative
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, States (HTSUS) under item numbers: Determination and Alignment of Final
trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, Determination With Final Antidumping
or any other processing that would not 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030,
otherwise remove the merchandise from the Duty Determination
7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091,
scope of the investigation if performed in the AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
country of manufacture of the cold-rolled 7209.18.1530, 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510,
7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, International Trade Administration,
steel.
All products that meet the written physical 7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, Department of Commerce.
description, and in which the chemistry 7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, (Department) preliminarily determines
element levels listed above, are within the 7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, that countervailable subsidies are being
scope of this investigation unless specifically 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085, provided to producers and exporters of
excluded. The following products are outside 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, certain cold-rolled steel flat products
of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this investigation:
7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, (cold-rolled steel) from Brazil. The
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, period of investigation is January 1,
• Ball bearing steels; 8
7225.50.8015, 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 2014, through December 31, 2014. We
• Tool steels; 9
• Silico-manganese steel; 10 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and invite interested parties to comment on
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as 7226.92.8050. this preliminary determination.
defined in the final determination of the U.S. The products subject to the investigations DATES: Effective Date: December 22,
Department of Commerce in Grain-Oriented may also enter under the following HTSUS 2015.
Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000,
Poland.11 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, Nicholas Czajkowski or Lana Nigro, AD/
defined in the antidumping orders issued 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement
7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, and Compliance, International Trade
8 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which
7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, Administration, U.S. Department of
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) not 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090,
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent 7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, telephone: (202) 482–1395 or (202) 482–
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, and 1779, respectively.
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor 7229.90.1000. Scope of the Investigation
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than The HTSUS subheadings above are
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) provided for convenience and customs The products covered by this
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) purposes only. The written description of the investigation are cold-rolled steel flat
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and products from Brazil. For a complete
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of scope of the investigation is dispositive.
molybdenum. description of the scope of this
[FR Doc. 2015–32222 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]
9 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain investigation, see Appendix II.
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the following combinations of elements in the
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) more Methodology
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent The Department is conducting this
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon in accordance with section 701 of the
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; 12 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act).
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive, Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of For each of the subsidy programs found
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon countervailable, we preliminarily
Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–42 (Dep’t of
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
5.5 percent tungsten. that gives rise to a benefit to the
10 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having
containing by weight: (i) not more than 0.7 percent an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which recipient, and that the subsidy is
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than the core loss is substantially equal in any direction specific.1 For a full description of the
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or of magnetization in the plane of the material. The methodology underlying our
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. term ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain preliminary conclusions, see the
11 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
list of topics discussed in the
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014). of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., included as Appendix I to this notice.
This determination defines grain-oriented electrical parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing
by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than is a public document and is on file
percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of 1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and 1 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
no other element in an amount that would give the not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
coils or in straight lengths.’’ coating may be applied.’’ the Act regarding specificity.
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