81 FR 11751 - Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 44 (March 7, 2016)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 44 (March 7, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-05001 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 11751-11754] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-05001] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-570-029] Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the People's Republic of China (the PRC) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation is January 1, 2015, through June 30, 2015. The estimated weighted-average dumping margin is shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. We invite interested parties to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Effective March 7, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Hoefke or Robert James, 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) 482-4947 or (202) 482-0679, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department published the notice of initiation of this investigation on August 24, 2015.\1\ For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum that is dated concurrently with this determination and is hereby adopted by this notice.\2\ A list of topics included 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 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 found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and electronic version of Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, the People's Republic of China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 51198 (August 24, 2015) (Initiation Notice). \2\ See Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 11752]] Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are cold-rolled steel flat products from the PRC. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix II. Scope Comments In accordance with the preamble to the Department's regulations,\3\ the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., ``scope'').\4\ Certain interested parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice, as well as additional language proposed by the Department. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this preliminary determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum.\5\ The Department is preliminarily not modifying the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). \4\ See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 51199. \5\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Products From Brazil, the People's Republic of China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom: Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated concurrently with this preliminary determination. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Methodology The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 731 of the Act. Because none of the potential respondents in this investigation submitted separate rate applications, they are considered to be part of the PRC-wide entity. Further, the PRC-wide entity did not provide necessary quantity-and-value data the Department requested. Therefore, in making this preliminary determination, the Department relied on facts available and, because respondents failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of their ability to respond to the Department's requests for information, we drew an adverse inference in selecting a rate from among the facts otherwise available.\6\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences'' in the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances On October 30, 2015, Petitioners filed a timely critical circumstances allegation, pursuant to section 703(e)(1) and 733(e)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, alleging that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of certain cold-rolled steel flat products from the PRC.\7\ We preliminarily determine, on the basis of adverse facts available, that critical circumstances exist for PRC-wide entity. A discussion of our determination can be found in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the section, ``Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances.'' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See Letter from Petitioners, dated October 30, 2015. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Determination ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dumping Company rate (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRC-Wide Entity............................................ 265.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, we will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of all entries of cold-rolled steel from the PRC as described in the scope of the investigation section entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides that, given an affirmative determination of critical circumstance, any suspension of liquidation shall apply to unliquidated entries of merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the later of (a) the date which is 90 days before the date on which the suspension of liquidation was first ordered, or (b) the date on which notice of initiation of investigation was published. Accordingly, for the PRC- wide entity, in accordance with section 733(e)(2)(A) of the Act, the suspension of liquidation shall apply to unliquidated entries of merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date which is 90 days before the publication of this notice. We will also instruct CBP, pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), to require a cash deposit equal to the margins indicated in the chart above.\8\ The suspension of liquidation will remain in effect until further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 (October 3, 2011). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- With respect to the PRC-wide entity, we find that export subsidies constitute 66.03 percent \9\ of the preliminarily calculated countervailing duty rate in the concurrent countervailing duty investigation, and thus, we will offset the PRC-wide rate of 265.79 by countervailing duty rate attributable to export subsidies (i.e., 66.03 percent) to calculate the cash deposit rate for this LTFV investigation. Accordingly, the cash deposit rate will be 199.76 percent. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ The following programs were initiated on as export specific in the concurrent countervailing duty investigation were initiated on: Export Loans; Preferential Lending to Cold-Rolled Steel Producers and Exporters Classified As ``Honorable Enterprises''; Preferential Income Tax Subsidies for Foreign Invested Enterprises-- Export Oriented FIEs; Programs to Rebate Antidumping Legal Fees; Export Assistance Grants; Subsidies for Development of Famous Export Brands and China World Top Brands; Sub-Central Government Programs to Promote Famous Export Brands and China World Top Brands; Export Interest Subsidies; Export Seller's Credits; Export Buyer's Credits; Export Credit Insurance Subsidies; Export Credit Guarantees''. See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil, India, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 80 FR 51206 (August 24, 2015), see also 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, 80 FR 79562 (December 22, 2015) and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 11-15 and Appendix 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclosure and Public Comment We will disclose the calculations performed to interested parties in this proceeding within five days of the date of announcement of this preliminary determination in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30 days after the publication of this preliminary determination in the Federal Register.\10\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline date for case briefs.\11\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(b)(2)(c)(i). \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309, see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\12\ This summary should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 11753]] Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so in writing within 30 days after the publication of this preliminary determination in the Federal Register.\13\ Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone number; the number of participants; and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a date, time, and location to be determined. Parties will be notified of the date, time, and location of any hearing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parties must file their case and rebuttal briefs, and any requests for a hearing, electronically using ACCESS.\14\ Electronically-filed documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due dates established above.\15\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \14\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(2)(i). \15\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Trade Commission (ITC) Notification In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we are notifying the International Trade Commission (ITC) of our preliminary determination of sales at LTFV. If our final determination is affirmative, the ITC will determine before the later of 120 days after the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days after our final determination whether these imports are materially injuring, or threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry. This determination is issued and published in accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(I) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c). Dated: February 29, 2016. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Period of Investigation IV. Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstance V. Scope of the Investigation VI. Discussion of the Methodology A. Non-Market Economy Country B. The PRC-wide Entity C. Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences VII. Adjustment Under Section 777A(F) of the Act VIII. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rate for Export Subsidies IX. Disclosure and Public Comment X. 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 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; \16\ Tool steels; \17\ Silico-manganese steel; \18\ Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as defined in the final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain- Oriented [[Page 11754]] Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and Poland.\19\ 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.\20\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \16\ 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. \17\ 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. \18\ 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. \19\ See 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.'' \20\ See 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, December 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, 7211.23.6090, 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, 7225.50.8080, 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. 2016-05001 Filed 3-4-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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Also excluded from the scope of this polished, and meets the following • Thickness: less than or equal to 1.0 mm;
investigation is ultra-tempered automotive specifications: • Width: less than or equal to 330 mm;
steel, which is hardened, tempered, surface • Chemical composition:
Element C Si Mn P S
Weight % ............................... 0.90–1.05 0.15–0.35 0.30–0.50 Less than or equal to 0.03 ... Less than or equal to 0.006.
• Physical properties: 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, Act). The period of investigation is
Flatness of less than 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, January 1, 2015, through June 30, 2015.
Width less than or 0.2% of nominal strip 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000,
equal to 150 mm width The estimated weighted-average
7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015,
7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, dumping margin is shown in the
Width of 150 to 330 Flatness of less than and 7229.90.1000. ‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of
mm. 5 mm of nominal The HTSUS subheadings above are this notice. We invite interested parties
strip width. provided for convenience and U.S. Customs to comment on this preliminary
purposes only. The written description of the determination.
• Microstructure: Completely free from scope of the investigation is dispositive.
decarburization. Carbides are spheroidal DATES: Effective March 7, 2016.
and fine within 1% to 4% (area percentage) Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
and are undissolved in the uniform in the Preliminary Decision Scott Hoefke or Robert James, AD/CVD
tempered martensite; Memorandum Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
• Surface roughness: less than or equal to
0.80 mm Rz; I. Summary Compliance, International Trade
• Non-metallic inclusion: II. Background Administration, U.S. Department of
D Sulfide inclusion less than or equal to III. Period of Investigation Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
0.04% (area percentage) IV. Scope of the Investigation Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
D Oxide inclusion less than or equal to V. Respondent Selection telephone (202) 482–4947 or (202) 482–
0.05% (area percentage); and VI. Application of Facts Available and All- 0679, respectively.
D The mill test certificate must demonstrate Others Rate
VII. Preliminary Determination of Critical SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
that the steel is proprietary grade ‘‘PK’’ and
specify the following: Circumstances
Background
D The exact tensile strength, which must be VIII. Verification
greater than or equal to 1600 N/mm2; IX. Conclusion The Department published the notice
D The exact hardness, which must be greater [FR Doc. 2016–05005 Filed 3–4–16; 8:45 am] of initiation of this investigation on
than or equal to 465 Vickers hardness BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P August 24, 2015.1 For a complete
number; description of the events that followed
D The exact elongation, which must be the initiation of this investigation, see
between 2.5% and 9.5%; and
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
D Certified as having residual compressive
stress within a range of 100 to 400 N/mm2. that is dated concurrently with this
International Trade Administration determination and is hereby adopted by
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized [A–570–029]
this notice.2 A list of topics included in
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, Antidumping Duty Investigation of is included as Appendix I to this notice.
7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, From the People’s Republic of China: is a public document and is on file
7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, electronically via Enforcement and
Affirmative Preliminary Determination
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, Compliance’s Antidumping and
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and
Preliminary Affirmative Determination Countervailing Duty Centralized
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, of Critical Circumstances Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, ACCESS is available to registered users
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, at https://access.trade.gov, and to all
7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, International Trade Administration, parties in the Central Records Unit,
7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, Department of Commerce. Room B8024 of the main Department of
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Commerce building. In addition, a
7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090, (the Department) preliminarily complete version of the Preliminary
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and
determines that certain cold-rolled steel Decision Memorandum can be found at
7226.92.8050. The products subject to the
investigation may also enter under the flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, People’s Republic of China (the PRC) are signed Preliminary Decision
7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080, being, or are likely to be, sold in the Memorandum and electronic version of
7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, United States at less than fair value Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of identical in content.
Oersteds) along (i.e., parallel to) the rolling 1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES Brazil, the People’s Republic of China, India, Japan, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Russian Enforcement and Compliance ‘‘Decision
silicon but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more Federation, and the United Kingdom: Initiation of Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in
than 0.08 percent of carbon, and not more than 1.5 Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 51198 the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain
percent of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide (August 24, 2015) (Initiation Notice). Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the People’s
coating, to which an insulation coating may be 2 See Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with and
applied.’’ Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for hereby adopted by this notice.
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Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and purposes only. The written description of the list of topics included in the
Poland.19 scope of the investigation is dispositive. Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as [FR Doc. 2016–05001 Filed 3–4–16; 8:45 am] included as Appendix II to this notice.
defined in the antidumping orders issued by
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
the U.S. Department of Commerce in Non-
Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s is a public document and is on file
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the electronically via Enforcement and
Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.20 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Compliance’s Antidumping and
The products subject to this investigation Countervailing Duty Centralized
are currently classified in the Harmonized International Trade Administration Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) ACCESS is available to registered users
under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, [A–351–843]
at https://access.trade.gov, and to all
7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products parties in the Central Records Unit,
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, From Brazil: Affirmative Preliminary Room B8024 of the main Department of
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, Determination of Sales at Less Than Commerce building. In addition, a
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, Fair Value, Postponement of Final complete version of the Preliminary
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, Determination, and Extension of Decision Memorandum can be found at
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, Provisional Measures http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, signed Preliminary Decision
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Memorandum and the electronic
7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, International Trade Administration, version of the Preliminary Decision
7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, Department of Commerce.
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, Memorandum are identical in content.
7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090, SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce On January 27, 2016, the Department
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and (the Department) preliminarily exercised its discretion to toll its
7226.92.8050. The products subject to the determines that certain cold-rolled steel administrative deadlines due to the
investigation may also enter under the flat products (cold-rolled steel) from closure of the Federal Government.
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, Brazil are being, or are likely to be, sold Thus, the deadline for this preliminary
7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080, in the United States at less than fair determination has been extended by
7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, value (LTFV), as provided in section four business days. The revised
7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065,
733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as deadline for this preliminary
7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, amended (the Act). The period of determination is February 29, 2016.3
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, investigation (POI) is July 1, 2014,
Scope of the Investigation
7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, through June 30, 2015. The estimated
7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, weighted-average dumping margins of The product covered by this
7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, sales at LTFV are shown in the investigation is cold-rolled steel from
and 7229.90.1000. ‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of Brazil. For a full description of the
The HTSUS subheadings above are this notice. Interested parties are invited scope of this investigation, see the
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs to comment on this preliminary ‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ in
determination. Appendix I.
19 See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From
Germany, Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations DATES: Effective March 7, 2016. Scope Comments
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In accordance with the preamble to
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 79 FR 42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of Hermes Pinilla or Joseph Shuler, AD/ the Department’s regulations,4 the
Commerce, July 22, 2014). This determination CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement Initiation Notice set aside a period of
defines grain-oriented electrical steel as ‘‘a flat- and Compliance, International Trade time for parties to raise issues regarding
rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at
least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 percent of
Administration, U.S. Department of product coverage (i.e., ‘‘scope’’).5
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue Certain interested parties commented on
more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: the scope of the investigation as it
element in an amount that would give the steel the (202) 482–3477 or (202) 482–1293, appeared in the Initiation Notice, as
characteristics of another alloy steel, in coils or in
straight lengths.’’
respectively. well as additional language proposed by
20 See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the Department. For a summary of the
People’s Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the product coverage comments and
Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Background rebuttal responses submitted to the
Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–
42 (Dep’t of Commerce, December 3, 2014). The The Department published the notice record for this preliminary
orders define NOES as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, of initiation of this investigation on determination, and accompanying
alloy steel products, whether or not in coils, August 24, 2015.1 For a complete discussion and analysis of all comments
regardless of width, having an actual thickness of timely received, see the Preliminary
0.20 mm or more, in which the core loss is
description of the events that followed
substantially equal in any direction of the initiation of this investigation, see
magnetization in the plane of the material. The term the memorandum that is dated Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
concurrently with this determination Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-
direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
and hereby adopted by this notice.2 A Value Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that Flat Products from Brazil’’ (Preliminary Decision
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field 1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice.
3 See Memorandum to the Record from Ron
of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., From Brazil, the People’s Republic of China, India,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement &
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom: Compliance, regarding ‘‘Tolling of Administrative
1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and FR 51198 (August 24, 2015) (Initiation Notice). During Snowstorm ‘Jonas,’ ’’ dated January 27, 2016.
2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
coating may be applied.’’ Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 5 See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 51199.
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