82 FR 1700 - Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 4 (January 6, 2017)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 4 (January 6, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-00037 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 1700-1702] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-00037] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-533-820] Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On September 7, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from India. We received no comments or requests for a hearing. Therefore, for the final results, we continue to find that Ispat Industries Ltd. (Ispat), JSW Steel Ltd. (JSW), JSW Ispat Steel Ltd. (JSW Ispat), and Tata Steel Ltd. (Tata) had no shipments of the subject merchandise, and, therefore, no reviewable transactions, during the period of review (POR). DATES: Effective January 6, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon or Eric Greynolds, AD/ CVD Operations Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482- 1167 and (202) 482-6071, respectively. Background On September 7, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary Results.\1\ The POR is December 1, 2014, through November 30, 2015. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no comments from any party. The Department conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 61664 (September 7, 2016) (Preliminary Results). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Order For purposes of this order, the products covered are certain hot- rolled carbon steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with [[Page 1701]] plastics or other non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively superimposed layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 1250 mm, and of a thickness of not less than 4.0 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this order. Specifically included in the scope of this order are vacuum- degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) steels, high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate for motor lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low-carbon steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium or niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and aluminum. Steel products included in the scope of this order, regardless of definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), are products in which: (i) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (ii) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (iii) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated: 1.80 percent of manganese, or 2.25 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of tungsten, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 percent of zirconium All products that meet the physical and chemical description provided above are within the scope of this order unless otherwise excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside or specifically excluded from the scope of this order:Alloy hot-rolled carbon steel products in which at least one of the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including, e.g., American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, A506). Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI) grades of series 2300 and higher. Ball bearings steels, as defined in the HTSUS. Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS. Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 2.25 percent. ASTM specifications A710 and A736. United States Steel (USS) Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500). All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507). Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have assumed the character of articles or products classified outside chapter 72 of the HTSUS. The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable in the HTSUS at subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel covered by this order, including: Vacuum-degassed fully stabilized; high-strength low-alloy; and the substrate for motor lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written description of the merchandise subject to this proceeding is dispositive. Final Determination of No Shipments As noted above, the Department received no comments concerning the Preliminary Results on the record of this segment of the proceeding. As there are no changes from, or comments on, the Preliminary Results, the Department finds that there is no reason to modify its analysis. Thus, we continue to find that Ispat, JSW, JSW Ispat, and Tata had no shipments of the subject merchandise, and, therefore, no reviewable transactions, during the POR. Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register notice. For further details of the issues addressed in this proceeding, see the Preliminary Results and the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, titled ``Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015,'' dated August 19, 2016 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). The Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at: http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assessment Rates Upon issuance of the final results of this administrative review, the Department shall determine, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review. The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on May 6, 2003.\3\ If applicable, this clarification will apply to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced or exported by Ispat, JSW, JSW Ispat, and Tata, for which these companies did not know that its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate these un-reviewed entries at the all others rate established in the less-than fair-value (LTFV) investigation, as amended, which is 38.72 percent,\4\ if there is no [[Page 1702]] rate for the intermediary company(ies) involved in the transaction. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice). \4\ See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India, 66 FR 60194 (December 3, 2001) (Amended Final Determination). \5\ See Assessment Policy Notice for a full discussion of this clarification. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash Deposit Requirements The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the final results of this administrative review for all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for respondents noted above, which claimed no shipments, will remain unchanged from the rates assigned to the companies in the most recently completed review of the companies; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this administrative review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company- specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 38.72 percent, the all- others rate established in the Amended Final Determination. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. Notification to Importers This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties. Administrative Protective Order This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation, which is subject to sanction. We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h). Dated: December 30, 2016. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2017-00037 Filed 1-5-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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injury to an industry in the United Scope of the CVD Order DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.7 Brazil International Trade Administration
Scopes of the AD Orders The products covered by this order [A–533–820]
are certain heavy iron construction
Brazil castings, which are defined for purposes Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
The merchandise covered by the order of this proceeding as manhole covers, Products From India: Final Results of
consists of certain iron construction rings and frames; catch basin grates and Antidumping Duty Administrative
castings from Brazil, limited to manhole frames; and cleanout covers and frames. Review; 2014–2015
covers, rings, and frames, catch basin Such castings are used for drainage or AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
grates and frames, cleanout covers and access purposes for public utility, water International Trade Administration,
frames used for drainage or access and sanitary systems. These articles Department of Commerce.
purposes for public utility, water and must be of cast iron, not alloyed, and SUMMARY: On September 7, 2016, the
sanitary systems, classifiable as heavy not malleable. The merchandise is Department of Commerce (the
castings under Harmonized Tariff currently classified under HTS item Department) published the preliminary
Schedule (HTS) item under number 7325.10.00. While the HTSUS results of the administrative review of
7325.10.0010; and to valve, service, and subheading is provided for convenience the antidumping duty (AD) order on
meter boxes which are placed below
and customs purposes, the written certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat
ground to encase water, gas, or other
description of the scope of this order is products (hot-rolled steel) from India.
valves, or water and gas meters,
dispositive. We received no comments or requests
classifiable as light castings under HTS
for a hearing. Therefore, for the final
item number 7325.10.0050. The HTS Continuation of the Orders results, we continue to find that Ispat
item numbers are provided for
As a result of the determinations by Industries Ltd. (Ispat), JSW Steel Ltd.
convenience and customs purposes
the Department and the ITC that (JSW), JSW Ispat Steel Ltd. (JSW Ispat),
only. The written product description
revocation of the AD orders and the and Tata Steel Ltd. (Tata) had no
remains dispositive.
shipments of the subject merchandise,
CVD order would likely lead to a
Canada and, therefore, no reviewable
continuation or recurrence of dumping
The merchandise covered by the order transactions, during the period of
and countervailable subsidies and
consists of certain iron construction review (POR).
material injury to an industry in the
castings from Canada, limited to DATES: Effective January 6, 2017.
United States, pursuant to section
manhole covers, rings, and frames, catch 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
basin grates and frames, clean-out 351.218(a), the Department hereby George McMahon or Eric Greynolds,
covers, and frames used for drainage or orders the continuation of the AD orders AD/CVD Operations Office III,
access purposes for public utility, water on iron castings from Brazil, Canada, Enforcement and Compliance,
and sanitary systems, classifiable as and the PRC, and the CVD order on International Trade Administration,
heavy castings under HTS item number U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
heavy iron castings from Brazil. U.S.
7325.10.0010. The HTS item number is Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Customs and Border Protection will
provided for convenience and customs Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
continue to collect cash deposits at the 482–1167 and (202) 482–6071,
purposes only. The written product
description remains dispositive. rates in effect at the time of entry for all respectively.
imports of subject merchandise.
PRC Background
The effective date of the continuation
The products covered by the order are of the AD orders and the CVD order will On September 7, 2016, the
certain iron construction castings from be the date of publication in the Federal Department published the Preliminary
the PRC, limited to manhole covers, Register of this notice of continuation. Results.1 The POR is December 1, 2014,
rings and frames, catch basin grates and Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, through November 30, 2015. We invited
frames, cleanout covers and drains used the Department intends to initiate the interested parties to comment on the
for drainage or access purposes for next five-year review of these orders not Preliminary Results. We received no
public utilities, water and sanitary later than 30 days prior to the fifth comments from any party. The
systems; and valve, service, and meter anniversary of the effective date of this Department conducted this
boxes which are placed below ground to continuation notice. administrative review in accordance
encase water, gas, or other valves, or with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act
water or gas meters. These articles must These five-year sunset reviews and of 1930, as amended (the Act).
be of cast iron, not alloyed, and not this notice are in accordance with
sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act Scope of the Order
malleable. This merchandise is
currently classifiable under the HTS and published pursuant to section For purposes of this order, the
item numbers 7325.10.0010 and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR products covered are certain hot-rolled
7325.10.0050. The HTS item numbers 351.218(f)(4). carbon steel flat products of a
are provided for convenience and rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch
Dated: December 29, 2016.
customs purposes. The written product or greater, neither clad, plated, nor
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Paul Piquado, coated with metal and whether or not
description remains dispositive.
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and painted, varnished, or coated with
7 See Iron Construction Castings From Brazil, Compliance.
Canada, and China; Determination, 81 FR 95639 [FR Doc. 2017–00028 Filed 1–5–17; 8:45 am] 1 See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
(December 28, 2016). See also the letter from the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Products From India: Notice of Preliminary Results
Chairman of the ITC, Irving Williamson, to Deputy of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
Assistant Secretary Christian Marsh, dated 2015, 81 FR 61664 (September 7, 2016) (Preliminary
December 21, 2016. Results).
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rate for the intermediary company(ies) responsibility concerning the return or ADDRESSES: Comments on the
involved in the transaction. These cash destruction of proprietary information application should be addressed to Jolie
deposit requirements, when imposed, disclosed under APO in accordance Harrison, Chief, Permits and
shall remain in effect until further with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which Conservation Division, Office of
notice.5 continues to govern business Protected Resources, National Marine
Cash Deposit Requirements proprietary information in this segment Fisheries Service. 1315 East-West
of the proceeding. Timely written Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
The following cash deposit notification of the return/destruction of 3225 and electronic comments should
requirements will be effective upon APO materials or conversion to judicial be sent ITP.McCue@noaa.gov.
publication of the final results of this protective order is hereby requested. Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
administrative review for all shipments Failure to comply with the regulations for comments sent by any other method,
of subject merchandise entered, or and terms of an APO is a violation, to any other address or individual, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for which is subject to sanction. received after the end of the comment
consumption on or after the publication We are issuing and publishing this period. Comments sent via email,
of the final results of this administrative notice in accordance with sections including all attachments, must not
review, as provided by section 751(a)(2) 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 exceed a 25-megabyte file size.
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for CFR 351.213(h). Attachments to electronic comments
respondents noted above, which will be accepted in Microsoft Word or
claimed no shipments, will remain Dated: December 30, 2016.
Paul Piquado, Excel or Adobe PDF file formats only.
unchanged from the rates assigned to All comments received are a part of the
the companies in the most recently Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance. public record and will generally be
completed review of the companies; (2) posted to http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/
for merchandise exported by [FR Doc. 2017–00037 Filed 1–5–17; 8:45 am]
permits/military.htm without change.
manufacturers or exporters not covered BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
All personal identifying information (for
in this administrative review but example, name, address, etc.)
covered in a prior segment of the voluntarily submitted by the commenter
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
may be publicly accessible. Do not
continue to be the company-specific rate submit confidential business
published for the most recently National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration information or otherwise sensitive or
completed segment of this proceeding;
protected information.
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered RIN 0648–XF024
in this review, a prior review, or the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
original investigation, but the Taking and Importing Marine Laura McCue, Office of Protected
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
will be the rate established for the most Incidental to Long Range Strike SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
recently completed segment of this Weapons Systems Evaluations
Availability
proceeding for the manufacturer of the Program
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash An electronic copy of the 86 FWS’s
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries application may be obtained online at:
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
or exporters will continue to be 38.72
percent, the all-others rate established Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), incidental/military.htm. In case of
in the Amended Final Determination. Commerce. problems accessing the document,
These cash deposit requirements, when ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for please call the contact listed above.
imposed, shall remain in effect until Letter of Authorization; request for
comments and information. Background
further notice.
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
Notification to Importers SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
This notice serves as a final reminder from the United States Air Force the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
to importers of their responsibility (USAF), 86 Fighter Weapons Squadron upon request, the incidental, but not
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a (86 FWS) for authorization to take intentional, taking of small numbers of
certificate regarding the reimbursement marine mammals incidental to marine mammals of a species or
of antidumping and/or countervailing conducting munitions testing for their population stock, by U.S. citizens who
duties prior to liquidation of the Long Range Strike Weapons Systems engage in a specified activity (other than
relevant entries during this POR. Failure Evaluation Program (LRS WSEP) over commercial fishing) within a specified
to comply with this requirement could the course of five years, from September geographical region if certain findings
result in the Department’s presumption 1, 2017 through August 31, 2022. are made and either regulations are
that reimbursement of antidumping Pursuant to regulations implementing issued or, if the taking is limited to
and/or countervailing duties occurred the Marine Mammal Protection Act harassment, a notice of a proposed
and the subsequent assessment of (MMPA), NMFS is announcing receipt authorization is provided to the public
doubled antidumping duties. of the 86 FWS’s request for the for review.
development and implementation of An authorization for incidental
Administrative Protective Order regulations governing the incidental takings for marine mammals shall be
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
This notice also serves as a reminder taking of marine mammals and inviting granted if NMFS finds that the taking
to parties subject to administrative information, suggestions, and comments will have a negligible impact on the
protective order (APO) of their on the 86 FWS’s application and species or stock(s), will not have an
request. unmitigable adverse impact on the
(December 3, 2001) (Amended Final
Determination). DATES: Comments and information must availability of the species or stock(s) for
5 See Assessment Policy Notice for a full be received no later than February 6, subsistence uses (where relevant), and if
discussion of this clarification. 2017. the permissible methods of taking and
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