80 FR 79569 - Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil: 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)
| Page Range | 79569-79571 | |
| FR Document | 2015-32221 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 79569-79571] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-32221] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-351-844] Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil: 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 (Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from Brazil. 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: Nicholas Czajkowski or Lana Nigro, AD/ CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 1395 or (202) 482-1779, respectively. Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil. 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 (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. 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 [[Page 79570]] 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In making this preliminary determination, the Department relied, in part, on facts otherwise available.\2\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available'' in the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ 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 companion antidumping duty (AD) investigation of cold-rolled steel from Brazil 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). See letter from Petitioners, ``Countervailing Duty Investigations of Certain Cold- Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, India, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation-- Petitioners' Request to Align Final Determinations in Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Investigations,'' dated December 14, 2015 (Petitioners' Request for Alignment). \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 respondent company. Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states that, for companies not individually investigated, we will determine an ``all others'' rate equal to the weighted-average countervailable subsidy rates established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis countervailable subsidy rates, and any rates determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. Consistent with the Department's practice, we normally calculate the all others rate based on the weighted average of the mandatory respondents' calculated subsidy rates.\5\ In this case however, the two mandatory respondents have the same rate. Therefore, it is unnecessary to calculate an all others rate that is the weighted average of the mandatory respondents' rates. The all others rate is the rate calculated for both mandatory respondents. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ See, e.g., Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination, and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, in Part, 80 FR 34888 (June 18, 2015). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy rates to be: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subsidy rate Company (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN).................... 7.42 Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas)..... 7.42 All Others.............................................. 7.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In accordance with sections 703(d)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act, we are directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of all entries of cold-rolled steel from Brazil 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. 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)(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.\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. Calculation of the All Others Rate XI. ITC Notification XII. Disclosure and Public Comment XIII. Verification XIV. 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) [[Page 79571]] 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 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 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. 2015-32221 Filed 12-21-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
![Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 245 / Tuesday, December 22, 2015 / Notices 79569
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.
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
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.
VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Dec 21, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/80_FR_79814/page/1.svg)
![Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 245 / Tuesday, December 22, 2015 / Notices 79571
of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width are high tensile strength or high elongation Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and
that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures steels. Taiwan.12
at least 10 times the thickness. The products Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled The products subject to this investigation
covered also include products not in coils steel that has been further processed in a are currently classified in the Harmonized
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 third country, including but not limited to Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
mm or more and a width exceeding 150 mm annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, under item numbers: 7209.15.0000,
and measuring at least twice the thickness. trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
The products described above may be or any other processing that would not 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
rectangular, square, circular, or other shape otherwise remove the merchandise from the 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
and include products of either rectangular or scope of the investigation if performed in the 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520,
non-rectangular cross-section where such country of manufacture of the cold-rolled 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,
cross-section is achieved subsequent to the steel. 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
rolling process, i.e., products which have All products that meet the written physical 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
been ‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products description, and in which the chemistry 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
which have been beveled or rounded at the quantities do not exceed any one of the noted 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
edges). For purposes of the width and element levels listed above, are within the 7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030,
thickness requirements referenced above: scope of this investigation unless specifically 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030,
(1) Where the nominal and actual excluded. The following products are outside 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
measurements vary, a product is within the of and/or specifically excluded from the 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8015,
scope if application of either the nominal or scope of this investigation: 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000,
actual measurement would place it within • Ball bearing steels; 8 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The
the scope based on the definitions set forth products subject to the investigation may also
• Tool steels; 9
above, and enter under the following HTSUS numbers:
• Silico-manganese steel; 10
(2) where the width and thickness vary for 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as
a specific product (e.g., the thickness of 7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018,
defined in the final determination of the
certain products with non-rectangular cross- 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain- 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000,
section, the width of certain products with
Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
non-rectangular shape, etc.), the
Japan, and Poland.11 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
measurement at its greatest width or
thickness applies. • Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
Steel products included in the scope of this defined in the antidumping orders issued 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180,
investigation are products in which: (1) Iron by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
predominates, by weight, over each of the Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the 7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
other contained elements; (2) the carbon People’s Republic of China, Germany, The HTSUS subheadings above are
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
(3) none of the elements listed below exceeds 8 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which purposes only. The written description of the
the quantity, by weight, respectively contain, in addition to iron, each of the following scope of the investigation is dispositive.
indicated: elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; [FR Doc. 2015–32221 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am]
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
• 1.50 percent of copper, or percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)
National Institute of Standards and
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and Technology
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
• 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called molybdenum.
wolfram), or
Visiting Committee on Advanced
9 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or Technology
the following combinations of elements in the
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
columbium), or than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
and Technology, Department of
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
• 0.30 percent of zirconium and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent Commerce.
Unless specifically excluded, products are
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
included in this scope regardless of levels of or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
boron and titanium. chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, 12 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s
For example, specifically included in this molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–42 (Dep’t of
steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, 5.5 percent tungsten. Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES
10 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
motor lamination steels, Advanced High as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which
Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or the core loss is substantially equal in any direction
recognized as low carbon steels with micro- more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. of magnetization in the plane of the material. The
alloying levels of elements such as titanium 11 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, term ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
recognized as steels with micro-alloying Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
levels of elements such as chromium, copper, 42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014). does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and This determination defines grain-oriented electrical of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,
by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
contain micro-alloying levels of elements
percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of 1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
UHSS are considered high tensile strength no other element in an amount that would give the not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
and high elongation steels, although AHSS steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
and UHSS are covered whether or not they coils or in straight lengths.’’ coating may be applied.’’
VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:21 Dec 21, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/80_FR_79814/page/3.svg)
Document Created: 2015-12-22 02:31:13
Document Modified: 2015-12-22 02:31:13
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Contact | Nicholas Czajkowski or Lana Nigro, AD/ CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 1395 or (202) 482-1779, respectively. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 79569 |
2024 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR