82_FR_16222 82 FR 16160 - Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order

82 FR 16160 - Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)

Page Range16160-16162
FR Document2017-06488

Based on the affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip from the People's Republic of China.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-042]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's Republic of 
China: Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: Based on the affirmative final determinations by the 
Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade 
Commission (ITC), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order 
on stainless

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steel sheet and strip from the People's Republic of China.

DATES: Effective April 3, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Wallace; AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-6251.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on February 8, 
2017, the Department published its final determination in the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, including the determination of 
critical circumstances, with respect to imports of stainless steel 
sheet and strip (stainless sheet and strip) from the People's Republic 
of China (PRC).\1\ On March 24, 2017, pursuant to section 735(d) of the 
Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that an 
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of LTFV 
imports of subject merchandise from the PRC within the meaning of 
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, and its determination that critical 
circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of subject 
merchandise from the PRC.\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip from the People's Republic of China: Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination 
of Critical Circumstances 82 FR 9716 (February 8, 2017).
    \2\ See Letter to Ronald Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from Rhonda K. 
Schmidtlein, Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, 
regarding stainless steel sheet and strip from the People's Republic 
of China (March 24, 2017). See also Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 
from China, Investigation Nos. 701-TA-557 and 731-TA-1312 (Final), 
USITC Publication 4676 (March 2017).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is stainless sheet and strip. For 
a complete description of the scope of the order, see Appendix I.

Antidumping Duty Order

    As stated above, on March 24, 2017, in accordance with sections 
735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department 
of its final determination in its investigation, in which it found that 
the industry in the United States producing stainless sheet and strip 
is materially injured by reason of imports of stainless sheet and strip 
from the PRC, and 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 findings. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are publishing this 
antidumping duty order.
    As a result of the ITC's final determination, in accordance with 
section 736(a) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by the 
Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal 
value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or constructed 
export price) of the merchandise adjusted for certain countervailable 
(CVD) subsidies, for all relevant entries of stainless sheet and strip. 
Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of 
stainless sheet and strip from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after September 19, 2016, the date on 
which the Department published its preliminary less-than-fair-value 
determination in the Federal Register,\3\ but will not include entries 
occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures period and 
before publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination 
as further described below.
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    \3\ See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 
Critical Circumstances, 81 FR 64135 (September 19, 2016) (AD 
Preliminary Determination).
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(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 except where exporters representing a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request the Department 
to extend that four-month period to no more than six months. At the 
request of mandatory respondent, Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co., 
Ltd. (Taigang), who accounts for a significant proportion of stainless 
sheet and strip from the PRC, we extended the four-month period to no 
more than six months in this case.\4\ The Department published the AD 
Preliminary Determination for this investigation on September 19, 2016. 
Therefore, the six-month period beginning on the date of publication of 
the preliminary determination ended on March 18, 2017. Furthermore, 
section 737(b) of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on 
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
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    \4\ See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the People's 
Republic of China: Postponement of Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value Investigation, 81 FR 72776 (October 21, 2016).
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of stainless sheet and strip from the PRC, 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 
18, 2017, the date the provisional measures expired, until and through 
the day preceding the date of the ITC's final injury determination in 
the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date 
of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal 
Register.

Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department 
will direct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation on all 
relevant entries of stainless sheet and strip from the PRC. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    The Department will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits 
equal to the amount as indicated below, which are adjusted for certain 
countervailable subsidies, as described below. Accordingly, effective 
on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury 
determinations, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this subject merchandise, a cash 
deposit equal to the cash deposit rates listed below.\5\ The relevant 
PRC-wide entity rates apply to all producers or exporters not 
specifically listed. For the purpose of determining cash deposit rates, 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins for imports of subject 
merchandise from the PRC have been adjusted, as appropriate, for export 
subsidies found in the final determination of the countervailing duty 
investigation of this merchandise imported from the PRC.\6\ In 
addition, the estimated weighted-average dumping margins were also 
adjusted, where appropriate, for estimated domestic subsidy pass-
through.\7\
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    \5\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
    \6\ See section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act.
    \7\ See section 777A(f) of the Act.

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                                                                                     Weighted-
                                                                                      average      Cash deposit
                   Exporter                                 Producer                  dumping           (%)
                                                                                    margin (%)
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Taiyuan Ridetaixing Precision Stainless Steel   Taiyuan Ridetaixing Precision              63.86           45.26
 Incorporated Co., Ltd.                          Stainless Steel Incorporated
                                                 Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd..  Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless              63.86           45.26
                                                 Steel Co., Ltd.
PRC-Wide Entity...............................  PRC-Wide Entity.................           76.64           58.04
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Critical Circumstances

    With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances 
determination on imports of stainless sheet and strip from the PRC, we 
will instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits 
made to secure the payment of estimated antidumping duties with respect 
to entries of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after June 21, 2016 (i.e., 90 days 
prior to the date of the publication of the AD Preliminary 
Determination), but before September 19, 2016 (i.e., the date of 
publication of the AD Preliminary Determination).

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
stainless sheet and strip from the PRC, pursuant to section 736(a) of 
the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders 
currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    This order is issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: March 28, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Attachment I--Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by this order is stainless steel sheet 
and strip, whether in coils or straight lengths. Stainless steel is 
an alloy steel containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon 
and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or without other 
elements. The subject sheet and strip is a flat-rolled product with 
a width that is greater than 9.5 mm and with a thickness of 0.3048 
mm and greater but less than 4.75 mm, and that is annealed or 
otherwise heat treated, and pickled or otherwise descaled. The 
subject sheet and strip may also be further processed (e.g., cold-
rolled, annealed, tempered, polished, aluminized, coated, painted, 
varnished, trimmed, cut, punched, or slit, etc.) provided that it 
maintains the specific dimensions of sheet and strip set forth above 
following such processing. The products described include products 
regardless of 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.
    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 order 
unless specifically excluded.
    Subject merchandise includes stainless steel sheet and strip 
that has been further processed in a third country, including but 
not limited to cold-rolling, annealing, tempering, polishing, 
aluminizing, coating, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting, 
punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not 
otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the order if 
performed in the country of manufacture of the stainless steel sheet 
and strip.
    Excluded from the scope of this order are the following: (1) 
Sheet and strip that is not annealed or otherwise heat treated and 
not pickled or otherwise descaled; (2) plate (i.e., flat-rolled 
stainless steel products of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more); and (3) 
flat wire (i.e., cold-rolled sections, with a mill edge, rectangular 
in shape, of a width of not more than 9.5 mm).
    The products under order are currently classifiable under 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 
7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051, 7219.13.0071, 7219.13.0081, 
7219.14.0030, 7219.14.0065, 7219.14.0090, 7219.23.0030, 
7219.23.0060, 7219.24.0030, 7219.24.0060, 7219.32.0005, 
7219.32.0020, 7219.32.0025, 7219.32.0035, 7219.32.0036, 
7219.32.0038, 7219.32.0042, 7219.32.0044, 7219.32.0045, 
7219.32.0060, 7219.33.0005, 7219.33.0020, 7219.33.0025, 
7219.33.0035, 7219.33.0036, 7219.33.0038, 7219.33.0042, 
7219.33.0044, 7219.33.0045, 7219.33.0070, 7219.33.0080, 
7219.34.0005, 7219.34.0020, 7219.34.0025, 7219.34.0030, 
7219.34.0035, 7219.34.0050, 7219.35.0005, 7219.35.0015, 
7219.35.0030, 7219.35.0035, 7219.35.0050, 7219.90.0010, 
7219.90.0020, 7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060, 7219.90.0080, 
7220.12.1000, 7220.12.5000, 7220.20.1010, 7220.20.1015, 
7220.20.1060, 7220.20.1080, 7220.20.6005, 7220.20.6010, 
7220.20.6015, 7220.20.6060, 7220.20.6080, 7220.20.7005, 
7220.20.7010, 7220.20.7015, 7220.20.7060, 7220.20.7080, 
7220.90.0010, 7220.90.0015, 7220.90.0060, and 7220.90.0080. Although 
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the scope of this proceeding is 
dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2017-06488 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                  Filing Information                                        regulations govern the submission of                          party by the 15-day deadline, the
                                                     As a courtesy, we are making                           factual information in a segment (such                        Department will automatically revoke
                                                  information related to sunset                             as 19 CFR 351.218), these time limits                         the order without further review.6
                                                  proceedings, including copies of the                      will continue to be applied. Parties are                         If we receive an order-specific notice
                                                  pertinent statute and Department’s                        also advised to review the final rule                         of intent to participate from a domestic
                                                  regulations, the Department’s schedule                    concerning the extension of time limits                       interested party, the Department’s
                                                  for Sunset Reviews, a listing of past                     for submissions in AD/CVD                                     regulations provide that all parties
                                                  revocations and continuations, and                        proceedings, available at http://                             wishing to participate in a Sunset
                                                  current service lists, available to the                   enforcement.trade.gov/frn/2013/                               Review must file complete substantive
                                                  public on the Department’s Web site at                    1309frn/2013-22853.txt, prior to                              responses not later than 30 days after
                                                  the following address: ‘‘http://                          submitting factual information in these                       the date of publication in the Federal
                                                  enforcement.trade.gov/sunset/.’’ All                      segments.5                                                    Register of this notice of initiation. The
                                                  submissions in these Sunset Reviews                                                                                     required contents of a substantive
                                                                                                            Letters of Appearance and
                                                  must be filed in accordance with the                                                                                    response, on an order-specific basis, are
                                                                                                            Administrative Protective Orders
                                                  Department’s regulations regarding                                                                                      set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note
                                                  format, translation, and service of                          Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(d), the                         that certain information requirements
                                                  documents. These rules, including                         Department will maintain and make                             differ for respondent and domestic
                                                  electronic filing requirements via                        available a public service list for these                     parties. Also, note that the Department’s
                                                  Enforcement and Compliance’s                              proceedings. Parties wishing to                               information requirements are distinct
                                                  Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                       participate in any of these five-year                         from the Commission’s information
                                                  Centralized Electronic Service System                     reviews must file letters of appearance                       requirements. Consult the Department’s
                                                  (‘‘ACCESS’’), can be found at 19 CFR                      as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)). To                        regulations for information regarding
                                                  351.303.1                                                 facilitate the timely preparation of the                      the Department’s conduct of Sunset
                                                     This notice serves as a reminder that                  public service list, it is requested that                     Reviews. Consult the Department’s
                                                  any party submitting factual information                  those seeking recognition as interested                       regulations at 19 CFR part 351 for
                                                  in an AD/CVD proceeding must certify                      parties to a proceeding submit an entry                       definitions of terms and for other
                                                  to the accuracy and completeness of that                  of appearance within 10 days of the                           general information concerning
                                                  information.2 Parties are hereby                          publication of the Notice of Initiation.                      antidumping and countervailing duty
                                                  reminded that revised certification                          Because deadlines in Sunset Reviews                        proceedings at the Department.
                                                  requirements are in effect for company/                   can be very short, we urge interested                            This notice of initiation is being
                                                  government officials as well as their                     parties who want access to proprietary                        published in accordance with section
                                                  representatives in these segments.3 The                   information under administrative                              751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c).
                                                  formats for the revised certifications are                protective order (‘‘APO’’) to file an APO                       Dated: March 24, 2017.
                                                  provided at the end of the Final Rule.                    application immediately following
                                                                                                                                                                          Gary Taverman,
                                                  The Department intends to reject factual                  publication in the Federal Register of
                                                                                                            this notice of initiation. The                                Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                                  submissions if the submitting party does
                                                                                                                                                                          Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                                  not comply with the revised                               Department’s regulations on submission                        Operations.
                                                  certification requirements.                               of proprietary information and
                                                                                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2017–06490 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am]
                                                     On April 10, 2013, the Department                      eligibility to receive access to business
                                                  modified two regulations related to AD/                                                                                 BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                            proprietary information under APO can
                                                  CVD proceedings: the definition of                        be found at 19 CFR 351.304–306.
                                                  factual information (19 CFR
                                                  351.102(b)(21)), and the time limits for                  Information Required From Interested                          DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  the submission of factual information                     Parties
                                                                                                                                                                          International Trade Administration
                                                  (19 CFR 351.301).4 Parties are advised to                   Domestic interested parties, as
                                                  review the final rule, available at http://               defined in section 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F),                  [A–570–042]
                                                  enforcement.trade.gov/frn/2013/                           and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                                  1304frn/2013-08227.txt, prior to                          351.102(b), wishing to participate in a                       Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From
                                                  submitting factual information in these                   Sunset Review must respond not later                          the People’s Republic of China:
                                                  segments. To the extent that other                        than 15 days after the date of                                Antidumping Duty Order
                                                                                                            publication in the Federal Register of                        AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                    1 See also Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                                                                                            this notice of initiation by filing a notice                  International Trade Administration,
                                                  Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
                                                  Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
                                                                                                            of intent to participate. The required                        Department of Commerce.
                                                  39263 (July 6, 2011).                                     contents of the notice of intent to
                                                                                                                                                                          SUMMARY: Based on the affirmative final
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                                                    2 See section 782(b) of the Act.                        participate are set forth at 19 CFR
                                                    3 See Certification of Factual Information To           351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with the                     determinations by the Department of
                                                  Import Administration During Antidumping and              Department’s regulations, if we do not                        Commerce (the Department) and the
                                                  Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July
                                                                                                            receive a notice of intent to participate                     International Trade Commission (ITC),
                                                  17, 2013) (‘‘Final Rule’’) (amending 19 CFR                                                                             the Department is issuing an
                                                  351.303(g)).                                              from at least one domestic interested
                                                    4 See Definition of Factual Information and Time
                                                                                                                                                                          antidumping duty order on stainless
                                                  Limits for Submission of Factual Information: Final         5 See Extension of Time Limits, 78 FR 57790

                                                  Rule, 78 FR 21246 (April 10, 2013).                       (September 20, 2013).                                           6 See   19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii).



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                                                  steel sheet and strip from the People’s                 circumstances findings. Therefore, in                 publication of the ITC’s final injury
                                                  Republic of China.                                      accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the              determination.
                                                  DATES: Effective April 3, 2017.                         Act, we are publishing this antidumping                  Therefore, in accordance with section
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        duty order.                                           733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
                                                  Kathryn Wallace; AD/CVD Operations,                        As a result of the ITC’s final                     will instruct CBP to terminate the
                                                  Enforcement and Compliance,                             determination, in accordance with                     suspension of liquidation and to
                                                  International Trade Administration,                     section 736(a) of the Act, the                        liquidate, without regard to
                                                  U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401                       Department will direct U.S. Customs                   antidumping duties, unliquidated
                                                  Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,                    and Border Protection (CBP) to assess,                entries of stainless sheet and strip from
                                                  DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6251.                    upon further instruction by the                       the PRC, entered, or withdrawn from
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                          Department, antidumping duties equal                  warehouse, for consumption on or after
                                                                                                          to the amount by which the normal                     March 18, 2017, the date the provisional
                                                  Background                                              value of the merchandise exceeds the                  measures expired, until and through the
                                                     In accordance with sections 735(d)                   export price (or constructed export                   day preceding the date of the ITC’s final
                                                  and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,                price) of the merchandise adjusted for                injury determination in the Federal
                                                  as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR                        certain countervailable (CVD) subsidies,              Register. Suspension of liquidation will
                                                  351.210(c), on February 8, 2017, the                    for all relevant entries of stainless sheet           resume on the date of publication of the
                                                  Department published its final                          and strip. Antidumping duties will be                 ITC’s final determination in the Federal
                                                  determination in the less-than-fair-value               assessed on unliquidated entries of                   Register.
                                                  (LTFV) investigation, including the                     stainless sheet and strip from the PRC
                                                  determination of critical circumstances,                entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                 Suspension of Liquidation
                                                  with respect to imports of stainless steel              for consumption on or after September
                                                                                                                                                                   In accordance with section
                                                  sheet and strip (stainless sheet and                    19, 2016, the date on which the
                                                                                                                                                                735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department
                                                  strip) from the People’s Republic of                    Department published its preliminary
                                                                                                                                                                will direct CBP to reinstitute the
                                                  China (PRC).1 On March 24, 2017,                        less-than-fair-value determination in the
                                                                                                                                                                suspension of liquidation on all relevant
                                                  pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act,                  Federal Register,3 but will not include
                                                                                                                                                                entries of stainless sheet and strip from
                                                  the ITC notified the Department of its                  entries occurring after the expiration of
                                                                                                                                                                the PRC. These instructions suspending
                                                  final determination that an industry in                 the provisional measures period and
                                                                                                                                                                liquidation will remain in effect until
                                                  the United States is materially injured                 before publication of the ITC’s final
                                                                                                                                                                further notice.
                                                  by reason of LTFV imports of subject                    affirmative injury determination as
                                                  merchandise from the PRC within the                     further described below.                                 The Department will also instruct
                                                  meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the                                                                     CBP to require cash deposits equal to
                                                                                                          Provisional Measures                                  the amount as indicated below, which
                                                  Act, and its determination that critical
                                                  circumstances do not exist with respect                   Section 733(d) of the Act states that               are adjusted for certain countervailable
                                                  to imports of subject merchandise from                  the suspension of liquidation pursuant                subsidies, as described below.
                                                  the PRC.2                                               to a preliminary determination may not                Accordingly, effective on the date of
                                                                                                          remain in effect for more than four                   publication of the ITC’s final affirmative
                                                  Scope of the Order                                      months except where exporters                         injury determinations, CBP will require,
                                                    The product covered by this order is                  representing a significant proportion of              at the same time as importers would
                                                  stainless sheet and strip. For a complete               exports of the subject merchandise                    normally deposit estimated duties on
                                                  description of the scope of the order, see              request the Department to extend that                 this subject merchandise, a cash deposit
                                                  Appendix I.                                             four-month period to no more than six                 equal to the cash deposit rates listed
                                                                                                          months. At the request of mandatory                   below.5 The relevant PRC-wide entity
                                                  Antidumping Duty Order                                  respondent, Shanxi Taigang Stainless                  rates apply to all producers or exporters
                                                     As stated above, on March 24, 2017,                  Steel Co., Ltd. (Taigang), who accounts               not specifically listed. For the purpose
                                                  in accordance with sections                             for a significant proportion of stainless             of determining cash deposit rates, the
                                                  735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act, the              sheet and strip from the PRC, we                      estimated weighted-average dumping
                                                  ITC notified the Department of its final                extended the four-month period to no                  margins for imports of subject
                                                  determination in its investigation, in                  more than six months in this case.4 The               merchandise from the PRC have been
                                                  which it found that the industry in the                 Department published the AD                           adjusted, as appropriate, for export
                                                  United States producing stainless sheet                 Preliminary Determination for this                    subsidies found in the final
                                                  and strip is materially injured by reason               investigation on September 19, 2016.                  determination of the countervailing
                                                  of imports of stainless sheet and strip                 Therefore, the six-month period                       duty investigation of this merchandise
                                                  from the PRC, and that critical                         beginning on the date of publication of               imported from the PRC.6 In addition,
                                                  circumstances do not exist with respect                 the preliminary determination ended on                the estimated weighted-average
                                                  to imports of subject merchandise from                  March 18, 2017. Furthermore, section                  dumping margins were also adjusted,
                                                  the PRC that are subject to the                         737(b) of the Act states that definitive              where appropriate, for estimated
                                                  Department’s affirmative critical                       duties are to begin on the date of                    domestic subsidy pass-through.7


                                                    1 See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Stainless     Commission, regarding stainless steel sheet and       Circumstances, 81 FR 64135 (September 19, 2016)
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                                                  Steel Sheet and Strip from the People’s Republic of     strip from the People’s Republic of China (March      (AD Preliminary Determination).
                                                  China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than        24, 2017). See also Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip     4 See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the
                                                  Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of       from China, Investigation Nos. 701–TA–557 and         People’s Republic of China: Postponement of Final
                                                  Critical Circumstances 82 FR 9716 (February 8,          731–TA–1312 (Final), USITC Publication 4676
                                                                                                                                                                Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
                                                  2017).                                                  (March 2017).
                                                    2 See Letter to Ronald Lorentzen, Acting Assistant       3 See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the
                                                                                                                                                                Investigation, 81 FR 72776 (October 21, 2016).
                                                                                                                                                                  5 See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
                                                  Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and               People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
                                                                                                                                                                  6 See section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act.
                                                  Compliance, from Rhonda K. Schmidtlein,                 Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
                                                  Chairman of the U.S. International Trade                Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical       7 See section 777A(f) of the Act.




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                                                  16162                                  Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 62 / Monday, April 3, 2017 / Notices

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Weighted-
                                                                                                                                                                                                               average      Cash deposit
                                                                                 Exporter                                                                      Producer                                       dumping           (%)
                                                                                                                                                                                                               margin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (%)

                                                  Taiyuan Ridetaixing Precision Stainless Steel Incor-                          Taiyuan Ridetaixing Precision Stainless Steel Incor-                                63.86               45.26
                                                    porated Co., Ltd.                                                             porated Co., Ltd.
                                                  Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd ...........                      Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd ...........                            63.86               45.26
                                                  PRC-Wide Entity ...........................................................   PRC-Wide Entity ...........................................................         76.64               58.04



                                                  Critical Circumstances                                              subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,                            7220.20.1080, 7220.20.6005, 7220.20.6010,
                                                                                                                      products which have been ‘‘worked after                             7220.20.6015, 7220.20.6060, 7220.20.6080,
                                                     With regard to the ITC’s negative                                rolling’’ (e.g., products which have been                           7220.20.7005, 7220.20.7010, 7220.20.7015,
                                                  critical circumstances determination on                             beveled or rounded at the edges).                                   7220.20.7060, 7220.20.7080, 7220.90.0010,
                                                  imports of stainless sheet and strip from                              For purposes of the width and thickness                          7220.90.0015, 7220.90.0060, and
                                                  the PRC, we will instruct CBP to lift                               requirements referenced above: (1) Where the                        7220.90.0080. Although the HTSUS
                                                  suspension and to refund any cash                                   nominal and actual measurements vary, a                             subheadings are provided for convenience
                                                  deposits made to secure the payment of                              product is within the scope if application of                       and customs purposes, the written
                                                                                                                      either the nominal or actual measurement                            description of the scope of this proceeding is
                                                  estimated antidumping duties with
                                                                                                                      would place it within the scope based on the                        dispositive.
                                                  respect to entries of the subject
                                                                                                                      definitions set forth above; and (2) where the                      [FR Doc. 2017–06488 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  merchandise entered, or withdrawn                                   width and thickness vary for a specific
                                                  from warehouse, for consumption on or                               product (e.g., the thickness of certain
                                                                                                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

                                                  after June 21, 2016 (i.e., 90 days prior to                         products with non-rectangular cross-section,
                                                  the date of the publication of the AD                               the width of certain products with non-
                                                  Preliminary Determination), but before                              rectangular shape, etc.), the measurement at                        DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  September 19, 2016 (i.e., the date of                               its greatest width or thickness applies.
                                                                                                                         All products that meet the written physical                      International Trade Administration
                                                  publication of the AD Preliminary
                                                                                                                      description, and in which the chemistry                             [Docket No.: 170328324–7324–01; A–570–
                                                  Determination).
                                                                                                                      quantities do not exceed any one of the noted                       053]
                                                  Notifications to Interested Parties                                 element levels listed above, are within the
                                                                                                                      scope of this order unless specifically                             Certain Aluminum Foil From the
                                                     This notice constitutes the                                      excluded.
                                                  antidumping duty order with respect to                                                                                                  People’s Republic of China: Notice of
                                                                                                                         Subject merchandise includes stainless
                                                  stainless sheet and strip from the PRC,                                                                                                 Initiation of Inquiry Into the Status of
                                                                                                                      steel sheet and strip that has been further
                                                  pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.                              processed in a third country, including but                         the People’s Republic of China as a
                                                  Interested parties can find a list of                               not limited to cold-rolling, annealing,                             Nonmarket Economy Country Under
                                                  antidumping duty orders currently in                                tempering, polishing, aluminizing, coating,                         the Antidumping and Countervailing
                                                  effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/                             painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting,                            Duty Laws
                                                                                                                      punching, and/or slitting, or any other
                                                  stats/iastats1.html.                                                                                                                    AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                                      processing that would not otherwise remove
                                                     This order is issued and published in                            the merchandise from the scope of the order                         International Trade Administration,
                                                  accordance with section 736(a) of the                               if performed in the country of manufacture                          Department of Commerce.
                                                  Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).                                          of the stainless steel sheet and strip.                             ACTION: Notice of initiation and request
                                                    Dated: March 28, 2017.                                               Excluded from the scope of this order are                        for public comment and information.
                                                  Ronald K. Lorentzen,                                                the following: (1) Sheet and strip that is not
                                                                                                                      annealed or otherwise heat treated and not                          SUMMARY:   As part of the less-than-fair-
                                                  Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement                          pickled or otherwise descaled; (2) plate (i.e.,
                                                  and Compliance.
                                                                                                                                                                                          value investigation of certain aluminum
                                                                                                                      flat-rolled stainless steel products of a                           foil from the People’s Republic of China
                                                  Attachment I—Scope of the Orders                                    thickness of 4.75 mm or more); and (3) flat
                                                                                                                                                                                          (PRC), the Department of Commerce
                                                                                                                      wire (i.e., cold-rolled sections, with a mill
                                                     The merchandise covered by this order is                         edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of not                       (Department) is initiating an inquiry
                                                  stainless steel sheet and strip, whether in                         more than 9.5 mm).                                                  into whether the PRC should continue
                                                  coils or straight lengths. Stainless steel is an                       The products under order are currently                           to be treated as a nonmarket economy
                                                  alloy steel containing, by weight, 1.2 percent                      classifiable under Harmonized Tariff                                (NME) country under the antidumping
                                                  or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more                          Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)                               and countervailing duty laws. As part of
                                                  of chromium, with or without other                                  subheadings 7219.13.0031, 7219.13.0051,                             this inquiry, the Department is seeking
                                                  elements. The subject sheet and strip is a flat-                    7219.13.0071, 7219.13.0081, 7219.14.0030,                           public comment and information with
                                                  rolled product with a width that is greater                         7219.14.0065, 7219.14.0090, 7219.23.0030,                           respect to the factors to be considered
                                                  than 9.5 mm and with a thickness of 0.3048                          7219.23.0060, 7219.24.0030, 7219.24.0060,
                                                  mm and greater but less than 4.75 mm, and                           7219.32.0005, 7219.32.0020, 7219.32.0025,                           under the Tariff Act of 1930, as
                                                  that is annealed or otherwise heat treated,                         7219.32.0035, 7219.32.0036, 7219.32.0038,                           amended (the Act).
                                                  and pickled or otherwise descaled. The                              7219.32.0042, 7219.32.0044, 7219.32.0045,                           DATES: To be assured of consideration,
                                                  subject sheet and strip may also be further                         7219.32.0060, 7219.33.0005, 7219.33.0020,                           written comments and information must
                                                  processed (e.g., cold-rolled, annealed,                             7219.33.0025, 7219.33.0035, 7219.33.0036,                           be received no later than May 3, 2017.
                                                  tempered, polished, aluminized, coated,                             7219.33.0038, 7219.33.0042, 7219.33.0044,
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES




                                                                                                                                                                                          ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                  painted, varnished, trimmed, cut, punched,                          7219.33.0045, 7219.33.0070, 7219.33.0080,
                                                  or slit, etc.) provided that it maintains the                       7219.34.0005, 7219.34.0020, 7219.34.0025,
                                                                                                                                                                                          and information by either of the
                                                  specific dimensions of sheet and strip set                          7219.34.0030, 7219.34.0035, 7219.34.0050,                           following methods:
                                                  forth above following such processing. The                          7219.35.0005, 7219.35.0015, 7219.35.0030,                             • Federal eRulemaking Portal:
                                                  products described include products                                 7219.35.0035, 7219.35.0050, 7219.90.0010,                           www.Regulations.gov. The identification
                                                  regardless of shape, and include products of                        7219.90.0020, 7219.90.0025, 7219.90.0060,                           number is ITA–2017–0002.
                                                  either rectangular or non-rectangular cross-                        7219.90.0080, 7220.12.1000, 7220.12.5000,                             • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery to
                                                  section where such cross-section is achieved                        7220.20.1010, 7220.20.1015, 7220.20.1060,                           Leah Wils-Owens, Department of


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Document Created: 2017-04-01 09:35:50
Document Modified: 2017-04-01 09:35:50
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesEffective April 3, 2017.
ContactKathryn Wallace; AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6251.
FR Citation82 FR 16160 

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