81 FR 49950 - Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Russian Federation: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 146 (July 29, 2016)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 146 (July 29, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-17938 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 146 (Friday, July 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 49950-49953] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-17938] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-821-822] Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Russian Federation: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') determines that cold-rolled steel flat products (``cold-rolled steel'') from the Russian Federation (``Russia'') are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (``LTFV''). The period of investigation (``POI'') is July 31, 2014, through June 30, 2015. The final dumping margins of sales at LTFV are listed below in the ``Final Determination'' section of this notice. DATES: Effective July 29, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita, Eve Wang or Alex Rosen, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4243, (202) 482-6231 or (202) 482-7814, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On March 8, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary Determination of this antidumping duty (``AD'') investigation and invited parties to comment.\1\ As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, in April and May 2016, the Department verified the sales and cost data reported by Severstal Export GmbH and PAO Severstal (collectively ``Severstal'') and Novex Trading (Swiss) SA and Novolipetsk Steel OJSC (collectively ``NLMK''), the two mandatory respondents in this investigation. In June 2016, ArcelorMittal USA LLC (``ArcelorMittal''), on behalf of Petitioners,\2\ Severstal, and NLMK submitted case briefs and rebuttal briefs. For a complete discussion of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Determination, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Russian Federation: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances, and Postponement of Final Determination, 81 FR 12072 (March 8, 2016) (``Preliminary Determination''). \2\ Petitioners are AK Steel Corporation, ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel Corporation. \3\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Russian Federation,'' dated concurrently with this notice (``Issues and Decision Memorandum''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are cold-rolled steel from the Russian Federation. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in Attachment II of this notice. [[Page 49951]] Scope Comments In accordance with the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,\4\ the Department set aside a period of time for parties to address scope issues in case briefs or other written comments on scope issues. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ 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 February 29, 2016 (``Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record of the cold-rolled steel investigations, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final Scope Decision Memorandum.\5\ The Final Scope Decision Memorandum is incorporated by, and hereby adopted by, this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the Final Determinations,'' dated concurrently with this notice (``Final Scope Decision Memorandum''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is incorporated by reference and hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice as Attachment I. The Issues and 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 it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B-8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination Based on our analysis of the comments received and our findings at verification, we made certain changes to the margin calculations. For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. We have also revised the all-others rate. All-Others Rate Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'') provides that the estimated all-others rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated excluding any zero or de minimis margins, and margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. In this case, because the final dumping margin calculated for NLMK is de minimis, we assigned the rate calculated for Severstal as the ``all-others'' rate in the final determination, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. Final Determination The Department determines that the final weighted-average dumping margins are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted-average margin Exporter/producer (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Severstal Export GmbH and PAO Severstal... 13.36. Novex Trading (Swiss) SA and Novolipetsk 1.04 (de minimis). Steel OJSC. All Others................................ 13.36. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclosure We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days of the publication of this notice to interested parties, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part On February 29, 2016 the Department found that critical circumstances existed for merchandise exported by Severstal and NLMK, as well as for ``all others.'' \6\ Based on the final sales data submitted by Severstal and NLMK and further analysis following the Preliminary Determination, we are modifying our findings for the final determination, in part. For the final determination, with respect to NLMK, we have determined that cold-rolled steel is not being, or is not likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV and, thus, we are issuing a negative critical circumstances determination. With respect to Severstal, our analysis of Severstal revised reported monthly data demonstrates that Severstal's shipments of cold-rolled steel during the comparison period increased less than 15 percent over the respective imports in the base period, and thus, we are issuing a negative critical circumstances determination. For all others, we relied on NLMK's reported shipment data and Severstal's revised shipment data and determined that the imports during the comparison period increased more than 15 percent over the respective imports under the same methodology as in the Preliminary Determination. Accordingly, we determine that critical circumstances did not exist with regard to NLMK's or Sevestal's imports of cold-rolled steel, but existed with regard to all others. For a complete discussion of this issue, see the ``Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part'' section of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See Preliminary Determination. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to continue to suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of cold-rolled steel from Russia as described in the ``Scope of the Investigation'' section, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 8, 2016, the date of publication in the Federal Register of the affirmative Preliminary Determination. Because of our affirmative determination of critical circumstances for ``all others,'' in accordance with section 735(a)(3) and (c)(4)(C) of the Act, suspension of liquidation of cold-rolled steel from Russia, as described in the ``Scope of the Investigation'' section, shall apply, for ``all others,'' 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 the Preliminary Determination. Because we find in this final determination that critical circumstances do not exist for Severstal, we will terminate the retroactive suspension of liquidation ordered at the Preliminary Determination and release any cash deposits that were required during that period, consistent with section 735(c)(3) of the Act. For NLMK, which includes Novex Trading (Swiss) SA and Novolipetsk Steel OJSC, because this entity's estimated weighted-average final dumping margin is de minimis, we are directing CBP to terminate suspension of liquidation of entries of cold-rolled steel produced and exported by this entity. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), the Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the weighted-average amount by which normal value exceeds U.S. price as follows: (1) For the mandatory [[Page 49952]] respondent listed above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the dumping margin which the Department determined in this final determination adjusted, as appropriate, for export subsidies found in the final determination of the companion countervailing duty investigation; \7\ (2) if the exporter is not a firm identified in this investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rates for all other producers or exporters will be 13.36 percent, as discussed in the ``All-Others Rate'' section above. The suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ In this case, although the product under investigation is also subject to a countervailing duty investigation, the Department found no countervailing duty determined to constitute an export subsidy. Therefore, we did not offset the cash deposit rates shown above for purposes of this determination. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Trade Commission Notification In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the International Trade Commission (``ITC'') of the final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because the final determination in this proceeding is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports of certain cold- rolled steel from Russia no later than 45 days after our final determination. If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, the Department will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties on all imports of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of liquidation. Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders (``APO'') This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction. This determination and this notice are issued and published pursuant to sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: July 20, 2016. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Attachment I List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Investigation IV. Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part V. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination VI. List of Comments VII. Discussion of the Issues Comment 1: Application of Adverse Facts Available (``AFA'') for Severstal Comment 2: Classification of Severstal Export's Sales through SSE Miami Comment 3: Treatment of SSE Miami's Indirect Selling Expenses in the Determination of U.S. Price Comment 4: The Use of Zeroing in Severstal's Margin Analysis Comment 5: Calculation of Severstal Export's U.S. Customs Clearance Costs Comment 6: Financial Expenses and Foreign Exchange Losses for Severstal Comment 7: Missing Costs for Severstal Comment 8: Cost for Products Sold but not Produced During the POI for Severstal Comment 9: Major Inputs for Severstal Comment 10: Financial Expense Ratio Calculation for Severstal Comment 11: Ministerial Errors for Severstal Comment 12: NLMK's Date of Sale for the U.S. Sales Comment 13: Reserve for Doubtful Debts in NLMK's Indirect Selling Expenses Comment 14: NLMK's Other Income and Expense Items Comment 15: Allocation of the Parent Company's Expenses to NLMK Comment 16: NLMK's Net Financial Expense Ratio Comment 17: Minor Corrections in NLMK's Margin Calculation VIII. Recommendation Attachment 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 [[Page 49953]] steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered whether or not they are high tensile strength or high elongation steels. Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled steel that has been further processed in a third country, including but not limited to annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the cold-rolled steel. All products that meet the written physical description, and in which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted element levels listed above, are within the scope of this investigation unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the scope of this investigation: Ball bearing steels; \8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than 1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of molybdenum. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tool steels; \9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silico-manganese steel; \10\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grain-oriented electrical steels (``GOES'') as defined in the final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland.\11\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 42,501, 42,503 (Dep't of Commerce, July 22, 2014) (``Grain- Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland''). This determination defines grain-oriented electrical steel as ``a flat- rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight lengths.'' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (``NOES''), as defined in the antidumping orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\12\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741-42 (Dep't of Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014) (``Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan''). 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. 2016-17938 Filed 7-28-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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that was being manufactured in the growth of incongruently melting and value (‘‘LTFV’’). The period of
United States at the time of order. highly evaporating materials. investigation (‘‘POI’’) is July 31, 2014,
Reasons: The fundamental capabilities Docket Number: 15–058. Applicant: through June 30, 2015. The final
of the instrument target the nanoscale UChicago Argonne, Lemont, IL 60439– dumping margins of sales at LTFV are
fabrication of complex 3-dimensional 4873. Instrument: IEX ARPES Cryo- listed below in the ‘‘Final
polymer components and systems. The Manipulator. Manufacturer: Omnivac, Determination’’ section of this notice.
instrument will be used for the Hansjoerg Ruppender, Germany. DATES: Effective July 29, 2016.
characterization and optimization of Intended Use: See notice at 81 FR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
fabrication resolution and precision for 32724–25, May 24, 2016. Comments: Laurel LaCivita, Eve Wang or Alex
specific applications and device and None received. Decision: Approved. We Rosen, AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
system level characterization of know of no instruments of equivalent Enforcement and Compliance,
components manufactured using the scientific value to the foreign International Trade Administration,
nanoscribe tool. It will be used to instruments described below, for such U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
perform research into the nanoscale purposes as this is intended to be used, Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
patterning of photoactive polymer that was being manufactured in the Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
materials, including epoxy-based United States at the time of order. 482–4243, (202) 482–6231 or (202) 482–
photoresists. Unique features of this Reasons: The instrument will be used to 7814, respectively.
instrument include two photon cool and position single crystal and thin SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
polymerization of various UV-curable film samples in an angle-resolved
photoresists, two photon exposure of photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) Background
common positive tone photoresists, and chamber. ARPES is used to map the On March 8, 2016, the Department
the highest resolution available for a 3D electronic band structure of material. published the Preliminary
printer. Samples include high-temperature Determination of this antidumping duty
Docket Number: 15–055. Applicant: superconductors, graphene, and other (‘‘AD’’) investigation and invited parties
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ low dimensional materials, metals and to comment.1 As provided in section
08854. Instrument: Opitcal Floating complex oxides. The instrument’s 782(i) of the Act, in April and May
Zone Furnace. Manufacturer: Crystal unique features include ultra-high 2016, the Department verified the sales
Systems Cooperation, Japan. Intended vacuum compatible, six-axes of motion and cost data reported by Severstal
Use: See notice at 81 FR 32724, May 24, with a specified range x: +/¥10mm, Export GmbH and PAO Severstal
2016. Comments: None received. 1mm, +/¥0.05mm, y: +/¥10mm, 1mm, +/ (collectively ‘‘Severstal’’) and Novex
Decision: Approved. We know of no ¥0.05mm, z: 300mm, 1mm, +/¥0.05mm, Trading (Swiss) SA and Novolipetsk
instruments of equivalent scientific polar rotation: 360 degrees, 0.005 Steel OJSC (collectively ‘‘NLMK’’), the
value to the foreign instruments degrees, 0.0001 degrees, flip rotation: two mandatory respondents in this
described below, for such purposes as ¥15/+60 degrees, .1 degree, 0.05 investigation. In June 2016,
this is intended to be used, that was degrees, azimuthal rotation: +/¥90 ArcelorMittal USA LLC
being manufactured in the United States degrees, .1 degree, 0.05 degrees, a low (‘‘ArcelorMittal’’), on behalf of
at the time of order. Reasons: The base temperature of 5.5K and high Petitioners,2 Severstal, and NLMK
instrument will be used to grow high vibrational stability (motion at the submitted case briefs and rebuttal briefs.
quality bulk single crystals of a variety sample <500 nm). For a complete discussion of the events
of complex quantum materials that occurred since the Preliminary
Dated: July 22, 2016.
including multiferroics, ferroelectrics Determination, see the Issues and
Gregory W. Campbell,
and low-symmetry magnets. Research Decision Memorandum.3
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office,
projects will include the duality Enforcement and Compliance. Scope of the Investigation
between FR and PUA states in [FR Doc. 2016–18016 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am] The products covered by this
hexagonal manganites, the duality BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P investigation are cold-rolled steel from
between Ising triangular the Russian Federation. For a complete
antiferromagnetism and improper description of the scope of this
ferroelectricity in hexagonal systems, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the
the domains and domain walls in other Investigation,’’ in Attachment II of this
polar or chiral magnets, the domains International Trade Administration notice.
and domain walls in new hybrid
improper ferroelectrics, the domains [A–821–822]
1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
and domain walls in metastable phases Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products the Russian Federation: Affirmative Preliminary
at the phase boundaries, and magnetic Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
From the Russian Federation: Final Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical
skyrmion in non-centrosymmetric Determination of Sales at Less Than Circumstances, and Postponement of Final
magnets. The instrument is equipped Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination, 81 FR 12072 (March 8, 2016)
with 5 high power (1000 W in total) Determination of Critical
(‘‘Preliminary Determination’’).
2 Petitioners are AK Steel Corporation,
continuous wavelength laser diodes as a Circumstances, in Part ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Nucor Corporation, Steel
heating source. Five lasers ensure Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel
temperature homogeneity along the AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Corporation.
azimuthal direction around the crystal International Trade Administration,
ebenthall on DSK5MVXVN1PROD with NOTICES
3 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
rod to be greater than 95%. The Department of Commerce. Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
maximum temperature gradient along SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
the growth direction is greater than 150 (‘‘Department’’) determines that cold- Compliance, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for
degrees Celsius/mm. Crystal growth can rolled steel flat products (‘‘cold-rolled the Final Determination in the Antidumping Duty
go from extremely stable and slow steel’’) from the Russian Federation Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Russian Federation,’’ dated
growth to very rapid quenching mode, (‘‘Russia’’) are being, or are likely to be, concurrently with this notice (‘‘Issues and Decision
0.01 to 300 mm/h. This enables the sold in the United States at less than fair Memorandum’’).
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steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered Commerce in Non-Oriented Electrical Steel DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
whether or not they are high tensile strength from the People’s Republic of China,
or high elongation steels. Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, International Trade Administration
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled Sweden, and Taiwan.12
steel that has been further processed in a The products subject to this investigation [A–580–881]
third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, are currently classified in the Harmonized
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
From the Republic of Korea: Final
or any other processing that would not under item numbers: 7209.15.0000,
7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
Determination of Sales at Less Than
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the investigation if performed in the 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
Fair Value
country of manufacture of the cold-rolled 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
steel. 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520,
All products that meet the written physical
International Trade Administration,
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, Department of Commerce.
description, and in which the chemistry
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
element levels listed above, are within the 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
(‘‘the Department’’) determines that
scope of this investigation unless specifically 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
certain cold-rolled steel flat products
excluded. The following products are outside 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
(‘‘cold-rolled steel’’) from the Republic
of and/or specifically excluded from the 7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090,
7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,
of Korea (Korea) are being, or are likely
scope of this investigation:
• Ball bearing steels; 8 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
to be, sold in the United States at less
• Tool steels; 9 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’). The final
• Silico-manganese steel; 10 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and estimated weighted-average dumping
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (‘‘GOES’’) 7226.92.8050. The products subject to the margins are listed below in the ‘‘Final
as defined in the final determination of the Determination’’ section of this notice.
investigation may also enter under the
U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain- The period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is
Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000,
7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080, July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.
Japan, and Poland.11
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, DATES: Effective July 29, 2016.
(‘‘NOES’’), as defined in the antidumping 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
orders issued by the U.S. Department of 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, Victoria Cho or Robert James, AD/CVD
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
8 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, Compliance, International Trade
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000,
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not
Administration, U.S. Department of
7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 and 7229.90.1000. telephone: (202) 482–5075 or (202) 482–
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03 The HTSUS subheadings above are
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
0649, respectively.
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) purposes only. The written description of the
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) scope of the investigation is dispositive. Background
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and [FR Doc. 2016–17938 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am]
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of The Department published the
molybdenum. BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P preliminary determination on March 7,
9 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain 2016.1 A summary of the events that
the following combinations of elements in the occurred since the Department
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
published the Preliminary
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon Determination, as well as a full
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
12 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s
discussion of the issues raised by parties
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon for this final determination, may be
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
found in the Final Issues and Decision
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–42 (Dep’t of Memorandum.2
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014) (‘‘Non-Oriented Electrical Also, as explained in the
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) Steel from the People’s Republic of China, memorandum from the Acting Assistant
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
5.5 percent tungsten.
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, Secretary for Enforcement and
and Taiwan’’). The orders define NOES as ‘‘cold- Compliance, the Department exercised
10 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products, whether or
containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent
not in coils, regardless of width, having an actual
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than 1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core From the Republic of Korea: Affirmative
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. loss is substantially equal in any direction of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than
11 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, magnetization in the plane of the material. The term Fair Value and Postponement of Final
Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain Determination, 81 FR 11757 (March 7, 2016)
Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the (Preliminary Determination) and accompanying
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014) core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that 2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
(‘‘Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
ebenthall on DSK5MVXVN1PROD with NOTICES
Japan, and Poland’’). This determination defines of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
grain-oriented electrical steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 Compliance, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
percent but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not the Final Affirmative Determination in the
more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 1.0 1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-
percent of aluminum, and no other element in an silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and Rolled Steel Products from the Republic of Korea,’’
amount that would give the steel the characteristics not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has (Final Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated
of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation concurrently with this determination and hereby
lengths.’’ coating may be applied.’’ adopted by this notice.
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| Dates | Effective July 29, 2016. | |
| Contact | Laurel LaCivita, Eve Wang or Alex Rosen, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4243, (202) 482-6231 or (202) 482-7814, respectively. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 49950 |
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