81 FR 2166 - Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Negative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 10 (January 15, 2016)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 10 (January 15, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-00749 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 2166-2168] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-00749] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-489-827] Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Negative Countervailing Duty 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 and exporters of certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey). 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: January 15, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle or Gene Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482- 0176, or (202) 482-3586, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are hot-rolled steel products from Turkey. 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 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 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 version are identical in content. Alignment As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,\1\ 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 2167]] companion AD investigation of hot-rolled steel from Turkey based on a request made by Petitioners. 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 22, 2016, unless postponed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Department Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Negative Countervailing Duty Determination: Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Turkey,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 preliminary determination. We preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy rates to be: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subsidy Company rate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S................................... * 0.38 Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari T.A.S..................... * 0.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Percent (de minimis). Because we preliminarily determine that the CVD rates in this investigation are de minimis, we will not direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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)(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.\2\ Interested parties may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well as request a hearing.\3\ For a schedule of the deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b). \3\ 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: January 8, 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. Scope Comments IV. Scope of the Investigation V. Alignment VI. Injury Test VII. Subsidies Valuation VIII. Benchmarks and Discount Rates 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 hot- rolled, flat-rolled steel products, with or without patterns in relief, and 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 thickness, and 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 of 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 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 achieve 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 unless the resulting measurement makes the product covered by the existing antidumping \4\ or countervailing duty \5\ orders on Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From the Republic of Korea (A-580-836; C-580-837), and --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ Notice of Amendment of Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585 (February 10, 2000). \5\ Notice of Amended Final Determinations: Certain Cut-to- Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From India and the Republic of Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To- Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6587 (February 10, 2000). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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, or 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, 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, the substrate for 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. The substrate for motor lamination steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and [[Page 2168]] 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 hot-rolled steel that has been further processed in a third country, including but not limited to pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing, tempering, temper rolling, skin passing, 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 hot-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: Universal mill plates (i.e., hot-rolled, flat-rolled products not in coils that have been rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm, of a thickness not less than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in relief); Products that have been cold-rolled (cold-reduced) after hot-rolling; \6\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling operations such as a skin pass, levelling, temper rolling or other minor rolling operations after the hot-rolling process for purposes of surface finish, flatness, shape control, or gauge control do not constitute cold-rolling sufficient to meet this exclusion. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ball bearing steels; \7\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ 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; \8\ and --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ 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 steels; \9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The products subject to this investigation are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7208.10.1500, 7208.10.3000, 7208.10.6000, 7208.25.3000, 7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030, 7208.26.0060, 7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030, 7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060, 7208.38.0015, 7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090, 7208.39.0015, 7208.39.0030, 7208.39.0090, 7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, 7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000, 7211.19.4500, 7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560, 7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.30.3050, 7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030, 7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and 7226.91.8000. The products subject to the investigation may also enter under the following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7214.99.0060, 7214.99.0075, 7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7226.99.0180, and 7228.60.6000. The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs and Border Protection purposes only. The written description of the scope of the investigation is dispositive. [FR Doc. 2016-00749 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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Second, that no person may, directly Pejman Mahmood Kosarayanifard, Turkey (Turkey). The period of
or indirectly, do any of the following: Mahmoud Amini, Kerman Aviation, investigation is January 1, 2014, through
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf Sirjanco Trading LLC, Ali Eslamian, December 31, 2014. We invite interested
of a Denied Person any item subject to Mahan Air General Trading LLC, Skyco parties to comment on this preliminary
the EAR; (UK) Ltd., Equipco (UK) Ltd., Mehdi determination.
B. Take any action that facilitates the Bahrami, Sky Blue Bird Group, and/or DATES: Effective Date: January 15, 2016.
acquisition or attempted acquisition by Issam Shammout may, at any time, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
a Denied Person of the ownership, appeal their inclusion as a related Emily Halle or Gene Calvert, AD/CVD
possession, or control of any item person by filing a full written statement Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
subject to the EAR that has been or will in support of the appeal with the Office Compliance, International Trade
be exported from the United States, of the Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Administration, U.S. Department of
including financing or other support Coast Guard ALJ Docketing Center, 40 Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
activities related to a transaction South Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
whereby a Denied Person acquires or 21202–4022. telephone (202) 482–0176, or (202) 482–
attempts to acquire such ownership, In accordance with the provisions of 3586, respectively.
possession or control; Section 766.24(d) of the EAR, BIS may SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
C. Take any action to acquire from or seek renewal of this Order by filing a
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted written request not later than 20 days Scope of the Investigation
acquisition from a Denied Person of any before the expiration date. A renewal The products covered by this
item subject to the EAR that has been request may be opposed by Mahan investigation are hot-rolled steel
exported from the United States; Airways, Al Naser Airlines, Ali products from Turkey. For a complete
D. Obtain from a Denied Person in the
Abdullah Alhay, and/or Bahar Safwa description of the scope of this
United States any item subject to the
General Trading as provided in Section investigation, see Appendix II.
EAR with knowledge or reason to know
766.24(d), by filing a written submission
that the item will be, or is intended to Methodology
with the Assistant Secretary of
be, exported from the United States; or The Department is conducting this
Commerce for Export Enforcement,
E. Engage in any transaction to service countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
which must be received not later than
any item subject to the EAR that has in accordance with section 701 of the
seven days before the expiration date of
been or will be exported from the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
the Order.
United States and which is owned, For a full description of the
A copy of this Order shall be provided
possessed or controlled by a Denied methodology underlying our
to Mahan Airways, Al Naser Airlines,
Person, or service any item, of whatever preliminary conclusions, see the
Ali Abdullah Alhay, and Bahar Safwa
origin, that is owned, possessed or Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A
General Trading and each related
controlled by a Denied Person if such list of topics discussed in the
person, and shall be published in the
service involves the use of any item Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
Federal Register. This Order is effective
subject to the EAR that has been or will included as Appendix I to this notice.
immediately and shall remain in effect
be exported from the United States. For The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
for 180 days.
purposes of this paragraph, servicing is a public document and is on file
means installation, maintenance, repair, Dated: January 7, 2016.
electronically via Enforcement and
modification or testing. David W. Mills, Compliance’s Antidumping and
Third, that, after notice and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Countervailing Duty Centralized
opportunity for comment as provided in Enforcement. Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
section 766.23 of the EAR, any other [FR Doc. 2016–00760 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am] ACCESS is available to registered users
person, firm, corporation, or business BILLING CODE P at http://access.trade.gov, and is
organization related to a Denied Person available to all parties in the Central
by affiliation, ownership, control, or Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
position of responsibility in the conduct DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Department of Commerce building. In
of trade or related services may also be addition, a complete version of the
made subject to the provisions of this International Trade Administration
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
Order. [C–489–827] be accessed directly at http://
Fourth, that this Order does not enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
prohibit any export, reexport, or other Countervailing Duty Investigation of Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
transaction subject to the EAR where the Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products the electronic version are identical in
only items involved that are subject to From the Republic of Turkey: content.
the EAR are the foreign-produced direct Preliminary Negative Countervailing
product of U.S.-origin technology. Duty Determination and Alignment of Alignment
In accordance with the provisions of Final Determination With Final As noted in the Preliminary Decision
Sections 766.24(e) of the EAR, Mahan Antidumping Duty Determination Memorandum,1 in accordance with
Airways, Al Naser Airlines, Ali section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
Abdullah Alhay, and/or Bahar Safwa AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final
General Trading may, at any time, International Trade Administration, CVD determination in this investigation
Department of Commerce.
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appeal this Order by filing a full written with the final determination in the
statement in support of the appeal with SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
the Office of the Administrative Law (the Department) preliminarily 1 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Decision
Judge, U.S. Coast Guard ALJ Docketing determines that de minimis Memorandum for the Preliminary Negative
Center, 40 South Gay Street, Baltimore, countervailable subsidies are being Countervailing Duty Determination: Countervailing
Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Maryland 21202–4022. In accordance provided to producers and exporters of Products from the Republic of Turkey,’’ dated
with the provisions of Sections certain hot-rolled steel flat products concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
766.23(c)(2) and 766.24(e)(3) of the EAR, (hot-rolled steel) from the Republic of notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered 7208.10.3000, 7208.10.6000, 7208.25.3000, Scope of the Investigation
high tensile strength and high elongation 7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030, 7208.26.0060,
steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered 7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030, The products covered by this
whether or not they are high tensile strength 7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060, investigation are hot-rolled steel flat
or high elongation steels. 7208.38.0015, 7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090, products from Brazil. For a complete
Subject merchandise includes hot-rolled 7208.39.0015, 7208.39.0030, 7208.39.0090, description of the scope of this
steel that has been further processed in a 7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, investigation, see Appendix II.
third country, including but not limited to 7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500, Methodology
tempering, temper rolling, skin passing, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000, 7211.19.4500, The Department is conducting this
painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, 7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560, countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
punching, and/or slitting, or any other 7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, in accordance with section 701 of the
processing that would not otherwise remove 7225.30.3050, 7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000,
the merchandise from the scope of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act).
7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030,
investigation if performed in the country of For each of the subsidy programs found
7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
manufacture of the hot-rolled steel. 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and countervailable, we preliminarily
All products that meet the written physical 7226.91.8000. The products subject to the determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
description, and in which the chemistry investigation may also enter under the financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, that gives rise to a benefit to the
element levels listed above, are within the 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, recipient, and that the subsidy is
scope of this investigation unless specifically 7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, specific.1 For a full description of the
excluded. The following products are outside 7214.91.0090, 7214.99.0060, 7214.99.0075, methodology underlying our
of and/or specifically excluded from the 7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7226.99.0180,
scope of this investigation:
preliminary conclusions, see the
and 7228.60.6000. Preliminary Decision Memorandum.2 A
• Universal mill plates (i.e., hot-rolled, The HTSUS subheadings above are
flat-rolled products not in coils that have list of topics discussed in the
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
been rolled on four faces or in a closed box and Border Protection purposes only. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not written description of the scope of the included as Appendix I to this notice.
exceeding 1250 mm, of a thickness not less investigation is dispositive. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in relief); is a public document and is on file
• Products that have been cold-rolled [FR Doc. 2016–00749 Filed 1–14–16; 8:45 am]
electronically via Enforcement and
(cold-reduced) after hot-rolling; 6 BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
Compliance’s Antidumping and
• Ball bearing steels; 7
• Tool steels; 8 and Countervailing Duty Centralized
• Silico-manganese steels; 9 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
The products subject to this investigation ACCESS is available to registered users
are currently classified in the Harmonized International Trade Administration at http://access.trade.gov, and is
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) available to all parties in the Central
under item numbers: 7208.10.1500, Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
[C–351–846]
Department of Commerce building. In
6 For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling
Countervailing Duty Investigation of addition, a complete version of the
operations such as a skin pass, levelling, temper Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
rolling or other minor rolling operations after the Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
hot-rolling process for purposes of surface finish, From Brazil: Preliminary Affirmative be accessed directly at http://
flatness, shape control, or gauge control do not Determination and Alignment of Final enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
constitute cold-rolling sufficient to meet this
Determination With Final Antidumping Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
exclusion. the electronic versions of the
7 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which Duty Determination
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, identical in content.
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; International Trade Administration, In making this preliminary
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent Department of Commerce. determination, the Department relied, in
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 part, on facts otherwise available.3 For
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03 SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor further information, see ‘‘Use of Facts
(the Department) preliminarily Otherwise Available’’ in the
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) determines that countervailable accompanying Preliminary Decision
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) subsidies are being provided to Memorandum.
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and producers and exporters of certain hot-
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled Alignment
molybdenum.
8 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain steel) from Brazil. The period of As noted in the Preliminary Decision
the following combinations of elements in the investigation is January 1, 2014, through Memorandum, in accordance with
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More December 31, 2014. We invite interested section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent parties to comment on this preliminary
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
determination.
1 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon DATES: Effective date: January 15, 2016.
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, the Act regarding specificity.
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Nicholas Czajkowski or Lana Nigro, AD/
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon 2 See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than and Compliance, International Trade Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
5.5 percent tungsten. Administration, U.S. Department of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations;
9 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Re: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent Determination in the Countervailing Duty
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or telephone: (202) 482–1395 or (202) 482– Products from Brazil, dated January 8, 2016.
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. 1779, respectively. 3 See section 776(a) of the Act.
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| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Dates | Effective Date: January 15, 2016. | |
| Contact | Emily Halle or Gene Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482- 0176, or (202) 482-3586, respectively. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 2166 |
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