81 FR 67960 - Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil and the Republic of Korea: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations and Countervailing Duty Orders
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 191 (October 3, 2016)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 191 (October 3, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 67960-67962] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-23835] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-351-846, C-580-884] Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil and the Republic of Korea: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations and Countervailing Duty Orders 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 countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Brazil and the Republic of Korea (Korea). In addition, the Department is amending its final affirmative determination with respect to Korea to correct the rate assigned to POSCO. DATES: Effective October 3, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Balbontin at (202) 482-6478 (Brazil); and Katie Marksberry at (202) 482-7906 (Korea); AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In accordance with section 705(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on August 4, 2016, the Department made final determinations that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of hot-rolled steel from Brazil and Korea.\1\ Pursuant to section 705(d) of the Act, the Department published the affirmative final determinations on August 12, 2016.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Pursuant to section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we have terminated the countervailing duty investigation of hot-rolled steel from Turkey because the ITC found imports subsidized by the government of Turkey to be negligible, see Letter to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from Irving Williamson, Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding antidumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning imports of certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-545-547 and 731-TA-1291-1297 (September 26, 2016) (ITC Letter). \2\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil: Final Affirmative Determination, and Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 81 FR 53416 (August 12, 2016) (Brazil CVD Final Determination); Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Affirmative Determination, 81 FR 53439 (August 12, 2016) (Korea CVD Final Determination); Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot- Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Turkey: Final Affirmative Determination, 81 FR 53433 (August 12, 2016). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On August 12, 2016, Hyundai Steel and POSCO timely filed ministerial error comments, alleging that the Department made errors in the final determination of the CVD investigation of hot-rolled steel from Korea. On August 17, 2016, Nucor Corporation (Petitioner) filed rebuttal comments. We analyzed the allegations submitted by Hyundai Steel and POSCO, and determined that one ministerial error exists, as defined by section 705(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).\3\ See ``Amendment to the Korea Final Determination'' section below for further discussion. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See Department Memorandum regarding ``Countervailing Duty Investigation: Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Response to Ministerial Error Comments filed by Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. and POSCO,'' dated August 23, 2016 (Korea Ministerial Error Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On September 26, 2016, the ITC notified the Department of its final determinations that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of subsidized imports of subject merchandise from Brazil and Korea, within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act and that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of subject merchandise from Brazil.\4\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See ITC Letter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Orders The products covered by these orders are certain hot-rolled steel flat products. For a complete description of the scope of the orders, see Appendix I. Amendment to the Korea CVD Final Determination As discussed above, after analyzing the comments received from Hyundai Steel and POSCO, we determined, in accordance with section 705(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), that we made a ministerial error with regard to certain calculations in the Korea CVD Final Determination with respect to POSCO. This amended final CVD determination corrects these errors and revises the ad valorem subsidy rate for POSCO to 58.68 percent (from 57.04 percent).\5\ There is no change to the ``all others'' rate because POSCO's rate was determined entirely under section 776 of the Act, and therefore, excluded from the ``all others'' rate calculation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ See Korea Ministerial Error Decision Memorandum. See also Department Memorandum regarding ``Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Amended Final Determination Calculation Memorandum for POSCO,'' dated August 23, 2016. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Countervailing Duty Orders In accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i), and 705(d) of the Act, the ITC has notified the Department of its final determinations that the industry in the United States producing hot-rolled steel is materially injured by reason of subsidized imports of hot-rolled steel from Brazil and Korea, and that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of subject merchandise from Brazil.\6\ Therefore, in [[Page 67961]] accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we are publishing these CVD orders. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See ITC Letter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brazil As a result of the ITC's final determinations, 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 hot-rolled steel from Brazil entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 15, 2016, the date on which the Department published its preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determinations in the Federal Register,\7\ and before May 14, 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 hot-rolled steel from Brazil made on or after May 14, 2016, and prior to the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register, are not liable for assessment of countervailing duties due to the Department's discontinuation, effective May 14, 2016, of the suspension of liquidation. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil: Preliminary Affirmative Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 81 FR 2168 (January 15, 2016) (Brazil CVD Preliminary Determination). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Korea Because the Department's preliminary determination in the Korea CVD investigation was negative, we did not instruct CBP to suspend liquidation with regard to entries of hot-rolled steel from Korea.\8\ The Department's final determination was affirmative, and therefore, we directed CBP to suspend liquidation.\9\ Therefore, with regard to Korea, we will direct CBP to assess, upon further instruction by the Department, countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of hot-rolled steel entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 12, 2016, the date on which the Department published the Korea CVD Final Determination in the Federal Register. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Negative Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 81 FR 2172 (January 15, 2016) (Korea CVD Preliminary Determination). \9\ See Korea CVD Final Determination, 81 FR at 53440. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 706 of the Act, we will direct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of hot-rolled steel from Brazil effective on the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final determinations in the Federal Register, and to continue the suspension of liquidation of hot-rolled steel from Korea, effective on the date of publication of the Department's notice of final determination in the Federal Register. We will also direct CBP 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. Critical Circumstances With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances determination on imports of hot-rolled steel from Brazil, 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 October 17, 2015 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination), but before January 15, 2016 (i.e., the date of publication of the CVD Preliminary Determination). 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 merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subsidy Exporter/proucer from Brazil rate (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN)........................ 11.30 Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas)......... 11.09 All Others.................................................. 11.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subsidy Exporter/proucer from Korea rate (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ POSCO....................................................... 58.68 Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd...................................... 3.89 All Others.................................................. 3.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notifications to Interested Parties This notice constitutes the CVD orders with respect to hot-rolled steel from Brazil and Korea, pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of countervailing duty orders currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html. These orders are issued and published in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). Dated: September 27, 2016. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I The products covered by this order are certain hot-rolled, flat- rolled steel products, with or without patterns in relief, and whether or not annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances. The products covered do not include those that are clad, plated, or coated with metal. The products covered include coils that have a width or other lateral measurement (``width'') of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of thickness, and regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the thickness. The products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or other shape and include products of either rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieve subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been ``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced above: (1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions set forth above unless the resulting measurement makes the product covered by the existing antidumping \10\ or countervailing duty \11\ orders on Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From the Republic of Korea (A-580-836; C-580-837), and --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See Notice of Amendment of Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To- Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585 (February 10, 2000). \11\ See Notice of Amended Final Determinations: Certain Cut-to- Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From India and the Republic of Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To- Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6587 (February 10, 2000). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product (e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross- section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape, etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies. [[Page 67962]] 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, or 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.30 percent of vanadium, or 0.30 percent of zirconium. Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope regardless of levels of boron and titanium. For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial- free (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, the substrate for motor lamination steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are recognized as low carbon steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered whether or not they are high tensile strength or high elongation steels. Subject merchandise includes hot-rolled steel that has been further processed in a third country, including but not limited to pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing, tempering, temper rolling, skin passing, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the orders if performed in the country of manufacture of the hot-rolled steel. All products that meet the written physical description, and in which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted element levels listed above, are within the scope of these orders unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the scope of this order: Universal mill plates (i.e., hot-rolled, flat-rolled products not in coils that have been rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm, of a thickness not less than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in relief); Products that have been cold-rolled (cold-reduced) after hot-rolling; \12\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling operations such as a skin pass, levelling, temper rolling or other minor rolling operations after the hot-rolling process for purposes of surface finish, flatness, shape control, or gauge control do not constitute cold-rolling sufficient to meet this exclusion. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ball bearing steels; \13\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \13\ 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; \14\ and --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \14\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silico-manganese steels; \15\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \15\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The products subject to this order are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under item numbers: 7208.10.1500, 7208.10.3000, 7208.10.6000, 7208.25.3000, 7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030, 7208.26.0060, 7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030, 7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060, 7208.38.0015, 7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090, 7208.39.0015, 7208.39.0030, 7208.39.0090, 7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, 7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000, 7211.19.4500, 7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560, 7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.30.3050, 7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030, 7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and 7226.91.8000. The products subject to the order may also enter under the following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7214.99.0060, 7214.99.0075, 7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7226.99.0180, and 7228.60.6000. The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the order is dispositive. [FR Doc. 2016-23835 Filed 9-30-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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6. Catrina Purvis, Chief Privacy Officer International Trade Commission (ITC), exists, as defined by section 705(e) of
and Director of Open Government, the Department is issuing countervailing the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).3 See
Career SES duty (CVD) orders on certain hot-rolled ‘‘Amendment to the Korea Final
7. Rodney Turk, Director of Cyber steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Determination’’ section below for
Security and Chief Information Brazil and the Republic of Korea further discussion.
Security Officer, Career SES (Korea). In addition, the Department is On September 26, 2016, the ITC
Dated: September 20, 2016. amending its final affirmative notified the Department of its final
determination with respect to Korea to determinations that an industry in the
Denise A. Yaag,
correct the rate assigned to POSCO. United States is materially injured by
Director, Office of Executive Resources, Office reason of subsidized imports of subject
of Human Resources Management, Office of DATES: Effective October 3, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: merchandise from Brazil and Korea,
the Secretary/Office of the CFO/ASA,
Department of Commerce. Sergio Balbontin at (202) 482–6478 within the meaning of section
(Brazil); and Katie Marksberry at (202) 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act and that
[FR Doc. 2016–23655 Filed 9–30–16; 8:45 am]
482–7906 (Korea); AD/CVD Operations, critical circumstances do not exist with
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Enforcement and Compliance, respect to imports of subject
International Trade Administration, merchandise from Brazil.4
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Scope of the Orders
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board The products covered by these orders
DC 20230.
are certain hot-rolled steel flat products.
[B–40–2016] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For a complete description of the scope
Background of the orders, see Appendix I.
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 133—Quad-
Cities, Iowa/Illinois; Authorization of In accordance with section 705(a) of Amendment to the Korea CVD Final
Production Activity; Deere & Company, the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Determination
Subzone 133F, (Construction and Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on August As discussed above, after analyzing
Forestry Equipment), Dubuque, Iowa 4, 2016, the Department made final the comments received from Hyundai
determinations that countervailable Steel and POSCO, we determined, in
On May 26, 2016, Deere & Company subsidies are being provided to accordance with section 705(e) of the
submitted a notification of proposed producers and exporters of hot-rolled Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f), that we
production activity to the Foreign-Trade steel from Brazil and Korea.1 Pursuant made a ministerial error with regard to
Zones (FTZ) Board for its facility within to section 705(d) of the Act, the certain calculations in the Korea CVD
Subzone 133F, in Dubuque, Iowa. Department published the affirmative Final Determination with respect to
The notification was processed in final determinations on August 12, POSCO. This amended final CVD
accordance with the regulations of the 2016.2 determination corrects these errors and
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including On August 12, 2016, Hyundai Steel revises the ad valorem subsidy rate for
notice in the Federal Register inviting and POSCO timely filed ministerial POSCO to 58.68 percent (from 57.04
public comment (81 FR 39890, June 20, error comments, alleging that the percent).5 There is no change to the ‘‘all
2016). The FTZ Board has determined Department made errors in the final others’’ rate because POSCO’s rate was
that no further review of the activity is determination of the CVD investigation determined entirely under section 776
warranted at this time. The production of hot-rolled steel from Korea. On of the Act, and therefore, excluded from
activity described in the notification is August 17, 2016, Nucor Corporation the ‘‘all others’’ rate calculation.
authorized, subject to the FTZ Act and (Petitioner) filed rebuttal comments. We
the Board’s regulations, including analyzed the allegations submitted by Countervailing Duty Orders
Section 400.14. Hyundai Steel and POSCO, and In accordance with sections
Dated: September 23, 2016.
determined that one ministerial error 705(b)(1)(A)(i), and 705(d) of the Act,
Andrew McGilvray, the ITC has notified the Department of
1 Pursuant to section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we have
Executive Secretary. its final determinations that the industry
terminated the countervailing duty investigation of
hot-rolled steel from Turkey because the ITC found in the United States producing hot-
[FR Doc. 2016–23827 Filed 9–30–16; 8:45 am]
imports subsidized by the government of Turkey to rolled steel is materially injured by
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P be negligible, see Letter to Christian Marsh, Deputy reason of subsidized imports of hot-
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement rolled steel from Brazil and Korea, and
and Compliance, from Irving Williamson, Chairman
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE of the U.S. International Trade Commission, that critical circumstances do not exist
regarding antidumping and countervailing duty with respect to imports of subject
investigations concerning imports of certain hot- merchandise from Brazil.6 Therefore, in
International Trade Administration rolled steel flat products from Australia, Brazil,
[C–351–846, C–580–884] Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the
3 See Department Memorandum regarding
United Kingdom (Investigation Nos. 701–TA–545–
547 and 731–TA–1291–1297 (September 26, 2016) ‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation: Certain Hot-
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products (ITC Letter). Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of
From Brazil and the Republic of Korea: 2 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Korea: Response to Ministerial Error Comments
Amended Final Affirmative Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil: Final filed by Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. and POSCO,’’ dated
Affirmative Determination, and Final August 23, 2016 (Korea Ministerial Error Decision
Countervailing Duty Determinations Memorandum).
Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 81
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and Countervailing Duty Orders FR 53416 (August 12, 2016) (Brazil CVD Final
4 See ITC Letter.
5 See Korea Ministerial Error Decision
Determination); Countervailing Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Memorandum. See also Department Memorandum
International Trade Administration, Republic of Korea: Final Affirmative Determination, regarding ‘‘Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Department of Commerce. 81 FR 53439 (August 12, 2016) (Korea CVD Final Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Determination); Countervailing Duty Investigation Republic of Korea: Amended Final Determination
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final Calculation Memorandum for POSCO,’’ dated
of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the
determinations by the Department of Republic of Turkey: Final Affirmative August 23, 2016.
Commerce (the Department) and the Determination, 81 FR 53433 (August 12, 2016). 6 See ITC Letter.
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Steel products included in the scope of this • Ball bearing steels; 13 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
order are products in which: (1) Iron • Tool steels; 14 and
predominates, by weight, over each of the • Silico-manganese steels; 15 International Trade Administration
other contained elements; (2) the carbon The products subject to this order are
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff
(3) none of the elements listed below exceeds [A–602–809, A–351–845, A–588–874, A–580–
Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) 883, A–421–813, A–489–826, A–412–825]
the quantity, by weight, respectively
under item numbers: 7208.10.1500,
indicated:
7208.10.3000, 7208.10.6000, 7208.25.3000, Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030, 7208.26.0060, From Australia, Brazil, Japan, the
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or 7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030, Republic of Korea, the Netherlands,
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or 7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060, the Republic of Turkey, and the United
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or 7208.38.0015, 7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090, Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 7208.39.0015, 7208.39.0030, 7208.39.0090, Antidumping Determinations for
• 0.40 percent of lead, or 7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000, Australia, the Republic of Korea, and
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or 7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, the Republic of Turkey and
• 0.30 percent of tungsten, or 7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500,
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or Antidumping Duty Orders
7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000, 7211.19.4500,
• 0.10 percent of niobium, or 7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560,
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, International Trade Administration,
• 0.30 percent of zirconium.
7225.30.3050, 7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000, Department of Commerce.
Unless specifically excluded, products are 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030,
included in this scope regardless of levels of 7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
boron and titanium. determinations by the Department of
7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and
For example, specifically included in this Commerce (the Department) and the
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized 7226.91.8000. The products subject to the
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) order may also enter under the following International Trade Commission (the
steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, ITC), the Department is issuing
the substrate for motor lamination steels, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, antidumping duty orders on certain hot-
Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and 7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled
Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels 7214.91.0090, 7214.99.0060, 7214.99.0075, steel) from Australia, Brazil, Japan, the
are recognized as low carbon steels with 7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7226.99.0180, Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the
micro-alloying levels of elements such as and 7228.60.6000. Republic of Turkey, and the United
titanium and/or niobium added to stabilize The HTSUS subheadings above are Kingdom. In addition, the Department is
carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
are recognized as steels with micro-alloying
amending its final determinations of
purposes only. The written description of the sales at less-than-fair-value (LTFV) from
levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and scope of the order is dispositive. Australia, the Republic of Korea, and
molybdenum. The substrate for motor [FR Doc. 2016–23835 Filed 9–30–16; 8:45 am] the Republic of Turkey, as a result of
lamination steels contains micro-alloying BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P ministerial errors.
levels of elements such as silicon and
aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered DATES: Effective October 3, 2016.
rolling or other minor rolling operations after the
high tensile strength and high elongation FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
hot-rolling process for purposes of surface finish,
steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered flatness, shape control, or gauge control do not Frances Veith at (202) 482–4295
whether or not they are high tensile strength constitute cold-rolling sufficient to meet this (Australia); Peter Zukowski at (202)
or high elongation steels. exclusion. 482–0189 (Brazil); Myrna Lobo at (202)
Subject merchandise includes hot-rolled 13 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which
steel that has been further processed in a contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
482–2371 (Japan); Matthew Renkey at
third country, including but not limited to elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not (202) 482–2312 (the Republic of Korea
pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing, less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon; (Korea)); Dmitry Vladimirov at (202)
tempering, temper rolling, skin passing, (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent 482–0665, (the Netherlands); Toni Page
painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
at (202) 482–1398 (the Republic of
punching, and/or slitting, or any other Turkey (Turkey)); and Catherine Cartsos
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
processing that would not otherwise remove more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than at (202) 482–1757 (the United
the merchandise from the scope of the orders 1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) Kingdom), AD/CVD Operations,
if performed in the country of manufacture none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
of the hot-rolled steel. none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
All products that meet the written physical (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of Department of Commerce, 1401
description, and in which the chemistry molybdenum. Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted 14 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
DC 20230.
element levels listed above, are within the the following combinations of elements in the
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
scope of these orders unless specifically
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
excluded. The following products are outside Background
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
of and/or specifically excluded from the and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
scope of this order: chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon In accordance with sections 735(a)
• Universal mill plates (i.e., hot-rolled, and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese; and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
flat-rolled products not in coils that have or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
been rolled on four faces or in a closed box chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive, 351.210(c), on August 4, 2016, the
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) Department made affirmative final
exceeding 1250 mm, of a thickness not less
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than determinations in the LTFV
than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in relief);
• Products that have been cold-rolled
5.5 percent tungsten. investigations of certain hot-rolled steel
15 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
(cold-reduced) after hot-rolling; 12 flat from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea,
containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than
the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United
12 For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or Kingdom. Pursuant to section 735(d) of
operations such as a skin pass, levelling, temper more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon. the Act, the Department published the
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Dates | Effective October 3, 2016. | |
| Contact | Sergio Balbontin at (202) 482-6478 (Brazil); and Katie Marksberry at (202) 482-7906 (Korea); AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 67960 |
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