81_FR_46095 81 FR 45960 - Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order

81 FR 45960 - Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 135 (July 14, 2016)

Page Range45960-45962
FR Document2016-16794

Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Department is issuing a countervailing duty order on certain cold- rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-030]


Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People's 
Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
the Department is issuing a countervailing duty order on certain cold-
rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC).

DATES: Effective Date: July 14, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Bordas at (202) 482-3813 or 
John Corrigan at (202) 482-7438, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 24, 2016, the Department published its final determination 
in the countervailing duty investigation of cold-rolled steel from the 
PRC.\1\ On July 7, 2016, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination pursuant to section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and section 705(d) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act), that an industry in the 
United States is materially injured by reason of subsidized imports of 
cold-rolled steel from the PRC, and its determination pursuant to 
section 705(b)(4)(A) of the Act that critical circumstances do not 
exist with respect to imports of subject merchandise from the PRC that 
are subject to the Department's affirmative critical circumstances 
finding, in part.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the 
People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination and Final Partial Affirmative Critical Circumstances 
Determination, 81 FR 32729 (May 26, 2016) (Final Determination).
    \2\ See Letter to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from Irving A Williamson, 
Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding 
certain cold-rolled steel flat products from China and Japan (July 
7, 2016) (ITC Letter). See also Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from 
China and Japan (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-541 and 731-TA-1284 and 
1286 (Final), USITC Publication 4619, July 2016) (Final).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order 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 order 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

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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 order:
     Ball bearing steels; \3\
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    \3\ 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.
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     Tool steels; \4\
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    \4\ 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.
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     Silico-manganese steel; \5\
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    \5\ 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.
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     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.\6\
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    \6\ 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 42501, 42503 (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.''
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     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.\7\
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    \7\ 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 71741, 71741-42 (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.''
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    The products subject to this order 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 this order may also enter under the 
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 
7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, 
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, 
and 7229.90.1000.
    The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the 
order is dispositive.

Countervailing Duty Order

    In accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act, 
the ITC has notified the Department of its final determination in this 
investigation, in which it found that imports of certain cold-rolled 
steel flat products from the PRC are materially injuring a U.S. 
industry.\8\ Therefore, in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the 
Act, we are publishing this countervailing duty order.
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    \8\ See ITC Letter.
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    In accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, the Department will 
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 
instruction by the Department, countervailing duties on unliquidated 
entries of cold-rolled steel from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after December 22, 2015, the date on 
which the Department published its preliminary countervailing duty 
determinations in the Federal Register,\9\ and before April 20, 2016, 
the date on which the Department instructed CBP to discontinue the 
suspension of liquidation in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act. 
Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to a preliminary determination may not remain in effect for 
more than four months. Therefore, entries of cold-rolled steel made on 
or after April 20, 2016, and prior to the date of publication of the 
ITC's final determination in the Federal Register are not liable for 
the assessment of countervailing duties due to the Department's 
discontinuation, effective April 20, 2016, of the suspension of 
liquidation.
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    \9\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled 
Steel Flat Products From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination, Preliminary Partial Affirmative Critical 
Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination 
With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 80 FR 79558 (December 22, 
2015) (Preliminary Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 706 of the Act, the Department will 
direct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of cold-rolled 
steel from the PRC, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's 
notice of final determination in the Federal Register, and to assess, 
upon further instruction by the Department pursuant to section 
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of the 
subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable 
subsidy rates for the subject merchandise. On or after the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determinations in the Federal 
Register, CBP must require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this

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merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Subsidy
                      Exporter/producer                          rate
                                                               (percent)
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Angang Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd.............................      256.44
Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Special Steel Co., Ltd.........      256.44
Qian'an Golden Point Trading Co., Ltd.......................      256.44
All-Others..................................................      256.44
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Critical Circumstances

    With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances 
determination on imports of cold-rolled steel from the PRC, we will 
instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to 
secure the payment of estimated countervailing duties with respect to 
entries of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after September 23, 2015 (i.e., 90 
days prior to the date of the publication of the CVD Preliminary 
Determination), but before December 22, 2015 (i.e., the date of 
publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination).

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the countervailing duty order with respect 
to cold-rolled steel from the PRC pursuant to section 706(a) of the 
Act. Interested parties may contact the Department's Central Records 
Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce Building, for copies of an 
updated list of countervailing duty orders currently in effect.
    This order is issued and published in accordance with section 
706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: July 11, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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                                                   after December 8, 2015 (i.e., 90 days                    7, 2016, the ITC notified the Department               place it within the scope based on the
                                                   prior to the date of publication of the                  of its final determination pursuant to                 definitions set forth above, and
                                                   preliminary determinations), but before                  section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and section                       (2) where the width and thickness
                                                   March 7, 2016, the publication date of                   705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                   vary for a specific product (e.g., the
                                                   the preliminary determinations.                          amended (Act), that an industry in the                 thickness of certain products with non-
                                                                                                            United States is materially injured by                 rectangular cross-section, the width of
                                                   Notification to Interested Parties                                                                              certain products with non-rectangular
                                                                                                            reason of subsidized imports of cold-
                                                      This notice constitutes the                           rolled steel from the PRC, and its                     shape, etc.), the measurement at its
                                                   antidumping duty orders with respect to                  determination pursuant to section                      greatest width or thickness applies.
                                                   certain cold-rolled steel flat products                  705(b)(4)(A) of the Act that critical                  Steel products included in the scope of
                                                   from Japan and the PRC pursuant to                       circumstances do not exist with respect                this order are products in which: (1)
                                                   section 736(a) of the Act. Interested                    to imports of subject merchandise from                 Iron predominates, by weight, over each
                                                   parties can find a list of antidumping                   the PRC that are subject to the                        of the other contained elements; (2) the
                                                   duty orders currently in effect at http://               Department’s affirmative critical                      carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
                                                   www.trade.gov/enforcement/.                              circumstances finding, in part.2                       weight; and (3) none of the elements
                                                      These orders are published in                                                                                listed below exceeds the quantity, by
                                                   accordance with section 736(a) of the                    Scope of the Order                                     weight, respectively indicated:
                                                   Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).                                  The products covered by this order                     • 2.50 percent of manganese, or
                                                     Dated: July 11, 2016.                                  are certain cold-rolled (cold-reduced),                   • 3.30 percent of silicon, or
                                                                                                            flat-rolled steel products, whether or not                • 1.50 percent of copper, or
                                                   Ronald K. Lorentzen,
                                                                                                            annealed, painted, varnished, or coated                   • 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
                                                   Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                                                                                            with plastics or other non-metallic                       • 1.25 percent of chromium, or
                                                   and Compliance.                                                                                                    • 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
                                                                                                            substances. The products covered do
                                                   [FR Doc. 2016–16798 Filed 7–13–16; 8:45 am]                                                                        • 0.40 percent of lead, or
                                                                                                            not include those that are clad, plated,
                                                   BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                                                                             • 2.00 percent of nickel, or
                                                                                                            or coated with metal. The products                        • 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called
                                                                                                            covered include coils that have a width                wolfram), or
                                                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                   or other lateral measurement (‘‘width’’)                  • 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
                                                                                                            of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form                 • 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
                                                   International Trade Administration                       of coil (e.g., in successively                         columbium), or
                                                                                                            superimposed layers, spirally                             • 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
                                                   [C–570–030]                                              oscillating, etc.). The products covered                  • 0.30 percent of zirconium.
                                                                                                            also include products not in coils (e.g.,                 Unless specifically excluded,
                                                   Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products                  in straight lengths) of a thickness less
                                                   From the People’s Republic of China:                                                                            products are included in this scope
                                                                                                            than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7                  regardless of levels of boron and
                                                   Countervailing Duty Order                                mm or greater and that measures at least               titanium.
                                                   AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                    10 times the thickness. The products                      For example, specifically included in
                                                   International Trade Administration,                      covered also include products not in                   this scope are vacuum degassed, fully
                                                   Department of Commerce.                                  coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a                 stabilized (commonly referred to as
                                                   SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final                      thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a                     interstitial-free (IF)) steels, high strength
                                                   determinations by the Department of                      width exceeding 150 mm and measuring                   low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor
                                                   Commerce (the Department) and the                        at least twice the thickness. The                      lamination steels, Advanced High
                                                   International Trade Commission (ITC),                    products described above may be                        Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High
                                                   the Department is issuing a                              rectangular, square, circular, or other                Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are
                                                   countervailing duty order on certain                     shape and include products of either                   recognized as low carbon steels with
                                                   cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-                   rectangular or non-rectangular cross-                  micro-alloying levels of elements such
                                                   rolled steel) from the People’s Republic                 section where such cross-section is                    as titanium and/or niobium added to
                                                   of China (PRC).                                          achieved subsequent to the rolling                     stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements.
                                                                                                            process, i.e., products which have been                HSLA steels are recognized as steels
                                                   DATES: Effective Date: July 14, 2016.
                                                                                                            ‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products               with micro-alloying levels of elements
                                                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         which have been beveled or rounded at                  such as chromium, copper, niobium,
                                                   Yasmin Bordas at (202) 482–3813 or                       the edges). For purposes of the width                  titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum.
                                                   John Corrigan at (202) 482–7438, AD/                     and thickness requirements referenced                  Motor lamination steels contain micro-
                                                   CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement                   above:                                                 alloying levels of elements such as
                                                   and Compliance, International Trade                         (1) Where the nominal and actual                    silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS
                                                   Administration, U.S. Department of                       measurements vary, a product is within                 are considered high tensile strength and
                                                   Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution                   the scope if application of either the                 high elongation steels, although AHSS
                                                   Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.                        nominal or actual measurement would                    and UHSS are covered whether or not
                                                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                                                                      they are high tensile strength or high
                                                   Background                                               Determination, 81 FR 32729 (May 26, 2016) (Final       elongation steels.
                                                                                                            Determination).                                           Subject merchandise includes cold-
                                                     On May 24, 2016, the Department
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                                                                                                               2 See Letter to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
                                                                                                                                                                   rolled steel that has been further
                                                   published its final determination in the                 Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and
                                                                                                                                                                   processed in a third country, including
                                                   countervailing duty investigation of                     Compliance, from Irving A Williamson, Chairman
                                                                                                            of the U.S. International Trade Commission,            but not limited to annealing, tempering,
                                                   cold-rolled steel from the PRC.1 On July                 regarding certain cold-rolled steel flat products      painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting,
                                                                                                            from China and Japan (July 7, 2016) (ITC Letter).      punching, and/or slitting, or any other
                                                     1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products          See also Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from China
                                                   From the People’s Republic of China: Final               and Japan (Investigation Nos. 701–TA–541 and
                                                                                                                                                                   processing that would not otherwise
                                                   Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and        731–TA–1284 and 1286 (Final), USITC Publication        remove the merchandise from the scope
                                                   Final Partial Affirmative Critical Circumstances         4619, July 2016) (Final).                              of the investigation if performed in the


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                                                   country of manufacture of the cold-                         The products subject to this order are                    final determination in this investigation,
                                                   rolled steel.                                             currently classified in the Harmonized                      in which it found that imports of certain
                                                      All products that meet the written                     Tariff Schedule of the United States                        cold-rolled steel flat products from the
                                                   physical description, and in which the                    (HTSUS) under item numbers:                                 PRC are materially injuring a U.S.
                                                   chemistry quantities do not exceed any                    7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030,                                 industry.8 Therefore, in accordance with
                                                   one of the noted element levels listed                    7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,                                 section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we are
                                                   above, are within the scope of this                       7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030,                                 publishing this countervailing duty
                                                   investigation unless specifically                         7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070,                                 order.
                                                   excluded. The following products are                      7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,                                    In accordance with section 706(a) of
                                                   outside of and/or specifically excluded                   7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510,                                 the Act, the Department will direct U.S.
                                                   from the scope of this order:                             7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580,                                 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
                                                      • Ball bearing steels; 3                               7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,                                 assess, upon further instruction by the
                                                     • Tool steels; 4                                        7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000,                                 Department, countervailing duties on
                                                      • Silico-manganese steel; 5                            7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000,
                                                     • Grain-oriented electrical steels                                                                                  unliquidated entries of cold-rolled steel
                                                                                                             7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,                                 from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
                                                   (GOES) as defined in the final                            7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000,
                                                   determination of the U.S. Department of                                                                               from warehouse, for consumption on or
                                                                                                             7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500,                                 after December 22, 2015, the date on
                                                   Commerce in Grain-Oriented Electrical                     7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
                                                   Steel From Germany, Japan, and                                                                                        which the Department published its
                                                                                                             7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030,                                 preliminary countervailing duty
                                                   Poland.6                                                  7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500,
                                                     • Non-Oriented Electrical Steels                                                                                    determinations in the Federal Register,9
                                                                                                             7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,                                 and before April 20, 2016, the date on
                                                   (NOES), as defined in the antidumping                     7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
                                                   orders issued by the U.S. Department of                                                                               which the Department instructed CBP to
                                                                                                             7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000,                                 discontinue the suspension of
                                                   Commerce in Non-Oriented Electrical                       7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
                                                   Steel From the People’s Republic of                                                                                   liquidation in accordance with section
                                                                                                             7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and                             703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the
                                                   China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of                    7226.92.8050.
                                                   Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.7                                                                                           Act states that the suspension of
                                                                                                               The products subject to this order                        liquidation pursuant to a preliminary
                                                      3 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which
                                                                                                             may also enter under the following                          determination may not remain in effect
                                                   contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
                                                                                                             HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000,                                for more than four months. Therefore,
                                                   elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not       7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,                                 entries of cold-rolled steel made on or
                                                   less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon;      7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016,                                 after April 20, 2016, and prior to the
                                                   (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent        7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020,
                                                   of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03                                                                       date of publication of the ITC’s final
                                                   percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
                                                                                                             7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,                                 determination in the Federal Register
                                                   percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor         7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090,                                 are not liable for the assessment of
                                                   more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than     7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,                                 countervailing duties due to the
                                                   1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)        7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
                                                   none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)                                                                 Department’s discontinuation, effective
                                                   none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and
                                                                                                             7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000,                                 April 20, 2016, of the suspension of
                                                   (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of               7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,                                 liquidation.
                                                   molybdenum.                                               7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
                                                      4 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
                                                                                                             7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,                                 Suspension of Liquidation
                                                   the following combinations of elements in the             7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015,
                                                   quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More
                                                                                                             7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,                                    In accordance with section 706 of the
                                                   than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent                                                                    Act, the Department will direct CBP to
                                                   chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon        7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
                                                   and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent         The HTSUS subheadings above are                           reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
                                                   chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon      provided for convenience and customs                        of cold-rolled steel from the PRC,
                                                   and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
                                                                                                             purposes only. The written description                      effective on the date of publication of
                                                   or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,                                                                        the ITC’s notice of final determination
                                                   chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,       of the scope of the order is dispositive.
                                                   molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon                                                                   in the Federal Register, and to assess,
                                                   and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi)         Countervailing Duty Order                                   upon further instruction by the
                                                   not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
                                                                                                               In accordance with sections                               Department pursuant to section
                                                   5.5 percent tungsten.                                                                                                 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing
                                                      5 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels          705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act, the
                                                   containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent       ITC has notified the Department of its                      duties for each entry of the subject
                                                   of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than                                                                 merchandise in an amount based on the
                                                   1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or        Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES             net countervailable subsidy rates for the
                                                   more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.            as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,        subject merchandise. On or after the
                                                      6 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany,
                                                                                                             whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having        date of publication of the ITC’s final
                                                   Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at       an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which
                                                   Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative        the core loss is substantially equal in any direction
                                                                                                                                                                         injury determinations in the Federal
                                                   Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR            of magnetization in the plane of the material. The          Register, CBP must require, at the same
                                                   42501, 42503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014).          term ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain       time as importers would normally
                                                   This determination defines grain-oriented electrical      direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the        deposit estimated duties on this
                                                   steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing   straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES2




                                                   by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6        core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
                                                   percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of         does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field             8 See ITC Letter.
                                                   carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and        of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,           9 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain
                                                   no other element in an amount that would give the         parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,      Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People’s
                                                   steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in      B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than              Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
                                                   coils or in straight lengths.’’                           1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of        Determination, Preliminary Partial Affirmative
                                                      7 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s      silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and          Critical Circumstances Determination, and
                                                   Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of        not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has             Alignment of Final Determination With Final
                                                   Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty               a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation             Antidumping Duty Determination, 80 FR 79558
                                                   Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741–42 (Dep’t of                   coating may be applied.’’                                   (December 22, 2015) (Preliminary Determination).



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                                                   45962                                    Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 135 / Thursday, July 14, 2016 / Notices

                                                   merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the                       imports of cold-rolled steel from the                     to cold-rolled steel from the PRC
                                                   rates noted below:                                             PRC, we will instruct CBP to lift                         pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act.
                                                                                                                  suspension and to refund any cash                         Interested parties may contact the
                                                                                                         Subsidy  deposits made to secure the payment of                    Department’s Central Records Unit,
                                                              Exporter/producer                           rate    estimated countervailing duties with                      Room B8024 of the main Commerce
                                                                                                        (percent)
                                                                                                                  respect to entries of the subject                         Building, for copies of an updated list
                                                   Angang Group Hong Kong Co.,                                    merchandise entered, or withdrawn                         of countervailing duty orders currently
                                                      Ltd ...........................................      256.44 from warehouse, for consumption on or                     in effect.
                                                   Benxi Iron and Steel (Group)                                   after September 23, 2015 (i.e., 90 days                     This order is issued and published in
                                                      Special Steel Co., Ltd .............                 256.44 prior to the date of the publication of                   accordance with section 706(a) of the
                                                   Qian’an Golden Point Trading                                   the CVD Preliminary Determination),                       Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
                                                      Co., Ltd ...................................         256.44 but before December 22, 2015 (i.e., the
                                                                                                                                                                              Dated: July 11, 2016.
                                                   All-Others ....................................         256.44 date of publication of the CVD
                                                                                                                  Preliminary Determination).                               Ronald K. Lorentzen,
                                                   Critical Circumstances                                                                                                   Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
                                                                                                                      Notifications to Interested Parties                   and Compliance.
                                                     With regard to the ITC’s negative                                  This notice constitutes the                         [FR Doc. 2016–16794 Filed 7–13–16; 8:45 am]
                                                   critical circumstances determination on                            countervailing duty order with respect                BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ContactYasmin Bordas at (202) 482-3813 or John Corrigan at (202) 482-7438, 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.
FR Citation81 FR 45960 

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