82_FR_42101 82 FR 41931 - Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

82 FR 41931 - Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 170 (September 5, 2017)

Page Range41931-41933
FR Document2017-18641

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Italy. The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41931-41933]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-475-837]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy: Preliminary 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to 
producers and exporters of carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) 
from Italy. The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through 
December 31, 2016.

DATES: Applicable September 5, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Bordas or John Corrigan, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3813 or (202) 482-7438, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 
703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The Department 
published the notice of initiation of this investigation on April 26, 
2017.\1\ On June 5, 2017, the Department postponed the preliminary 
determination of this investigation and the revised deadline is now 
August 25, 2017.\2\ For a complete description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and 
is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic 
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.
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    \1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy and Turkey: 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 82 FR 19213 (April 
26, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy and the 
Republic of Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of 
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 82 FR 25771 (June 5, 2017).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of the Countervailing Duty Investigation 
of Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is wire rod from Italy. 
For

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a complete description of the scope of this investigation, see Appendix 
I.

Scope Comments

    In accordance with the preamble to the Department's regulations,\4\ 
the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise 
issues regarding product coverage, (i.e., scope).\5\ Certain interested 
parties commented on the scope of the investigation as it appeared in 
the Initiation Notice as well as additional language proposed by the 
Department. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal 
responses submitted to the record for this preliminary determination, 
and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely 
received, see the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum.\6\ The 
Department is not preliminarily modifying the scope language as it 
appeared in the Initiation Notice. See scope in Appendix I.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
    \5\ See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 19214.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from 
Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, South 
Africa, Spain, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab 
Emirates, and the United Kingdom: Scope Comments Decision Memorandum 
for the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated August 7, 2017 
(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with 
section 701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, the Department preliminarily determines that there is 
a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that 
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\7\
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    \7\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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    The Department notes that, in making these findings, it relied, in 
part, on facts available and, because it finds that one or more 
respondents did not act to the best of their ability to respond to the 
Department's requests for information, it drew an adverse inference 
where appropriate in selecting from among the facts otherwise 
available.\8\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise 
Available and Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \8\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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All-Others Rate

    Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in the 
preliminary determination, the Department shall determine an estimated 
all-others rate for companies not individually examined. This rate 
shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated 
subsidy rates established for those companies individually examined, 
excluding any zero and de minimis rates and any rates based entirely 
under section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, the Department 
preliminarily assigned a rate based entirely on facts available to 
Ferriera Valsider S.p.A. (Ferriera Valsider). Therefore, the only rate 
that is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise 
available, is the rate calculated for Ferriere Nord S.p.A. (Ferriere 
Nord). Consequently, the rate calculated for Ferriere Nord is also 
assigned as the rate for all-other producers and exporters.

Preliminary Determination

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist:
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    \9\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, the 
Department has found the following companies to be cross-owned with 
Ferriere Nord: FIN FER S.p.A.; Acciaierie di Verona S.p.A.; and SIAT 
S.p.A.

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                                                                Subsidy
                           Company                               rate
                                                               (percent)
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Ferriere Nord S.p.A.\9\.....................................        1.70
Ferriera Valsider S.p.A.....................................       44.18
All-Others..................................................        1.70
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise as described in 
the scope of the investigation section entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), 
the Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the 
rates indicated above.

Disclosure

    The Department intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties in this preliminary determination 
within five days of its public announcement, or if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of this notice in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, the Department intends 
to verify the information relied upon in making its final 
determination.

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven 
days after the date on which the last verification report is issued in 
this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline 
date for case briefs.\10\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation 
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the 
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list 
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the 
Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.

International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, the Department will 
notify the International Trade Commission (ITC) of its determination. 
If the final determination is affirmative, the ITC will determine 
before the later of 120 days after the date of this preliminary 
determination or 45 days after the final determination.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).


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    Dated: August 25, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I--Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation are certain hot-
rolled products of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of 
approximately round cross section, less than 19.00 mm in actual 
solid cross-sectional diameter. Specifically excluded are steel 
products possessing the above-noted physical characteristics and 
meeting the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool steel; (c) high-nickel 
steel; (d) ball bearing steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing bars and 
rods. Also excluded are free cutting steel (also known as free 
machining steel) products (i.e., products that contain by weight one 
more of the following elements: 0.1 percent or more of lead, 0.05 
percent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of sulfur, more 
than 0.04 percent of phosphorous, more than 0.05 percent of 
selenium, or more than 0.01 percent of tellurium). All products 
meeting the physical description of subject merchandise that are not 
specifically excluded are included in this scope.
    The products under investigation are currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 
7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 7213.99.0030, 
7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 
7227.90.6030, and 7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products entered under 
subheadings 7213.99.0090 and 7227.90.6090 of the HTSUS also may be 
included in this scope if they meet the physical description of 
subject merchandise above. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.

Appendix II--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope Comments
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Respondent Selection
VI. Injury Test
VII. Subsidies Valuation
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. ITC Notification
XI. Disclosure and Public Comment
XII. Verification
XIII. Conclusion

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                                                  issues raised in case briefs, may be                    diameter. Specifically excluded are steel             subsidies are being provided to
                                                  submitted no later than five days after                 products possessing the above-noted physical          producers and exporters of carbon and
                                                  the deadline date for case briefs.9                     characteristics and meeting the Harmonized            alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from
                                                                                                          Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
                                                  Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and                                                                          Italy. The period of investigation is
                                                                                                          definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool
                                                  (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or               steel; (c) high-nickel steel; (d) ball bearing        January 1, 2016, through December 31,
                                                  rebuttal briefs in this investigation are               steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing bars and           2016.
                                                  encouraged to submit with each                          rods. Also excluded are free cutting steel            DATES: Applicable September 5, 2017.
                                                  argument: (1) A statement of the issue;                 (also known as free machining steel)                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  (2) a brief summary of the argument;                    products (i.e. , products that contain by             Yasmin Bordas or John Corrigan, AD/
                                                  and (3) a table of authorities.                         weight oneor more of the following elements:
                                                                                                                                                                CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement
                                                     Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                       0.1 percent or more of lead, 0.05 percent or
                                                                                                          more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of              and Compliance, International Trade
                                                  interested parties who wish to request a                                                                      Administration, U.S. Department of
                                                                                                          sulfur, more than 0.04 percent of
                                                  hearing, limited to issues raised in the                phosphorous, more than 0.05 percent of                Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                                  case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a                 selenium, or more than 0.01 percent of                NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
                                                  written request to the Assistant                        tellurium). All products meeting the physical         (202) 482–3813 or (202) 482–7438,
                                                  Secretary for Enforcement and                           description of subject merchandise that are           respectively.
                                                  Compliance, U.S. Department of                          not specifically excluded are included in this
                                                                                                          scope.                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  Commerce within 30 days after the date
                                                  of publication of this notice. Requests                    The products under investigation are               Background
                                                                                                          currently classifiable under subheadings
                                                  should contain the party’s name,                                                                                 This preliminary determination is
                                                                                                          7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020,
                                                  address, and telephone number, the                      7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000,             made in accordance with section 703(b)
                                                  number of participants, whether any                     7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080,             of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
                                                  participant is a foreign national, and a                7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030,             (the Act). The Department published the
                                                  list of the issues to be discussed. If a                and 7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products               notice of initiation of this investigation
                                                  request for a hearing is made, the                      entered under subheadings 7213.99.0090 and            on April 26, 2017.1 On June 5, 2017, the
                                                  Department intends to hold the hearing                  7227.90.6090 of the HTSUS also may be
                                                                                                                                                                Department postponed the preliminary
                                                  at the U.S. Department of Commerce,                     included in this scope if they meet the
                                                                                                          physical description of subject merchandise           determination of this investigation and
                                                  1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,                                                                                 the revised deadline is now August 25,
                                                                                                          above. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
                                                  Washington, DC 20230, at a time and                     provided for convenience and customs                  2017.2 For a complete description of the
                                                  date to be determined. Parties should                   purposes, the written description of the              events that followed the initiation of
                                                  confirm by telephone the date, time, and                scope of this proceeding is dispositive.              this investigation, see the Preliminary
                                                  location of the hearing two days before                                                                       Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics
                                                  the scheduled date.                                     Appendix II
                                                                                                                                                                discussed in the Preliminary Decision
                                                                                                          List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary           Memorandum is included as Appendix
                                                  International Trade Commission                          Decision Memorandum
                                                  Notification                                                                                                  II to this notice. The Preliminary
                                                                                                          I. Summary                                            Decision Memorandum is a public
                                                     In accordance with section 703(f) of                 II. Background                                        document and is on file electronically
                                                  the Act, the Department will notify the                 III. Scope Comments                                   via Enforcement and Compliance’s
                                                  International Trade Commission (ITC) of                 IV. Scope of the Investigation                        Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
                                                  its determination. If the final                         V. Respondent Selection                               Centralized Electronic Service System
                                                  determination is affirmative, the ITC                   VI. Injury Test
                                                                                                          VII. Preliminary Determination of Critical            (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
                                                  will determine before the later of 120                                                                        registered users at http://
                                                                                                                Circumstances
                                                  days after the date of this preliminary                 VIII. Subsidies Valuation                             access.trade.gov, and is available to all
                                                  determination or 45 days after the final                IX. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and              parties in the Central Records Unit,
                                                  determination.                                                Adverse Inferences                              Room B8024 of the main Department of
                                                                                                          X. Analysis of Programs                               Commerce building. In addition, a
                                                  Notification to Interested Parties
                                                                                                          XI. ITC Notification                                  complete version of the Preliminary
                                                    This determination is issued and                      XII. Disclosure and Public Comment                    Decision Memorandum can be accessed
                                                  published pursuant to sections 703(f)                   XIII. Verification
                                                                                                                                                                directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/
                                                  and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR                        XIV. Conclusion
                                                                                                                                                                frn/. The signed and electronic versions
                                                  351.205(c).                                             [FR Doc. 2017–18640 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am]            of the Preliminary Decision
                                                    Dated: August 25, 2017.                               BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                Memorandum are identical in content.
                                                  Gary Taverman,                                                                                                Scope of the Investigation
                                                  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping              DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  and Countervailing Duty Operations,                                                                             The product covered by this
                                                  performing the non-exclusive functions and                                                                    investigation is wire rod from Italy. For
                                                                                                          International Trade Administration
                                                  duties of the Assistant Secretary for
                                                                                                                                                                   1 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy
                                                  Enforcement and Compliance.                             [C–475–837]
                                                                                                                                                                and Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
                                                  Appendix I                                              Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From                  Investigations, 82 FR 19213 (April 26, 2017)
                                                                                                                                                                (Initiation Notice).
                                                  Scope of the Investigation                              Italy: Preliminary Affirmative                           2 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy
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                                                    The merchandise covered by this                       Countervailing Duty Determination                     and the Republic of Turkey: Postponement of
                                                  investigation are certain hot-rolled products                                                                 Preliminary Determinations of Countervailing Duty
                                                                                                          AGENCY:  Enforcement and Compliance,                  Investigations, 82 FR 25771 (June 5, 2017).
                                                  of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of
                                                                                                          International Trade Administration,                      3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
                                                  approximately round cross section, less than
                                                  19.00 mm in actual solid cross-sectional                Department of Commerce.                               the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the
                                                                                                                                                                Countervailing Duty Investigation of Carbon and
                                                                                                          SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                                                                                                                                Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy,’’ dated
                                                     9 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303        (the Department) preliminarily                        concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
                                                  (for general filing requirements).                      determines that countervailable                       notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).



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                                                  a complete description of the scope of                  for companies not individually                        the information relied upon in making
                                                  this investigation, see Appendix I.                     examined. This rate shall be an amount                its final determination.
                                                                                                          equal to the weighted average of the
                                                  Scope Comments                                                                                                Public Comment
                                                                                                          estimated subsidy rates established for
                                                    In accordance with the preamble to                    those companies individually
                                                  the Department’s regulations,4 the                                                                                    Case briefs or other written comments
                                                                                                          examined, excluding any zero and de                        may be submitted to the Assistant
                                                  Initiation Notice set aside a period of                 minimis rates and any rates based
                                                  time for parties to raise issues regarding                                                                         Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                                                                          entirely under section 776 of the Act. In
                                                  product coverage, (i.e., scope).5 Certain                                                                          Compliance no later than seven days
                                                                                                          this investigation, the Department
                                                  interested parties commented on the                                                                                after the date on which the last
                                                                                                          preliminarily assigned a rate based
                                                  scope of the investigation as it appeared                                                                          verification report is issued in this
                                                                                                          entirely on facts available to Ferriera
                                                  in the Initiation Notice as well as                     Valsider S.p.A. (Ferriera Valsider).                       investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
                                                  additional language proposed by the                     Therefore, the only rate that is not zero,                 issues raised in case briefs, may be
                                                  Department. For a summary of the                        de minimis, or based entirely on facts                     submitted no later than five days after
                                                  product coverage comments and                           otherwise available, is the rate                           the deadline date for case briefs.10
                                                  rebuttal responses submitted to the                     calculated for Ferriere Nord S.p.A.                        Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and
                                                  record for this preliminary                             (Ferriere Nord). Consequently, the rate                    (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or
                                                  determination, and accompanying                         calculated for Ferriere Nord is also                       rebuttal briefs in this investigation are
                                                  discussion and analysis of all comments                 assigned as the rate for all-other                         encouraged to submit with each
                                                  timely received, see the Preliminary                    producers and exporters.                                   argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
                                                  Scope Decision Memorandum.6 The                                                                                    (2) a brief summary of the argument;
                                                  Department is not preliminarily                         Preliminary Determination
                                                                                                                                                                     and (3) a table of authorities.
                                                  modifying the scope language as it
                                                                                                             The Department preliminarily                               Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
                                                  appeared in the Initiation Notice. See
                                                                                                          determines that the following estimated interested parties who wish to request a
                                                  scope in Appendix I.
                                                                                                          countervailable subsidy rates exist:                       hearing, limited to issues raised in the
                                                  Methodology                                                                                                        case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
                                                                                                                                                           Subsidy
                                                    The Department is conducting this                                  Company                              rate     written request to the Assistant
                                                  investigation in accordance with section                                                                (percent)  Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                  701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy                                                                            Compliance, U.S. Department of
                                                  programs found countervailable, the                     Ferriere Nord S.p.A.9 ..................              1.70 Commerce, within 30 days after the date
                                                  Department preliminarily determines                     Ferriera Valsider S.p.A ...............              44.18
                                                                                                                                                                     of publication of this notice. Requests
                                                  that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial              All-Others ....................................       1.70
                                                                                                                                                                     should contain the party’s name,
                                                  contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that                                                                              address, and telephone number, the
                                                  gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,               Suspension of Liquidation
                                                                                                                                                                     number of participants, whether any
                                                  and that the subsidy is specific.7                         In accordance with section
                                                    The Department notes that, in making                                                                             participant is a foreign national, and a
                                                                                                          703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the                    list of the issues to be discussed. If a
                                                  these findings, it relied, in part, on facts
                                                                                                          Department will direct U.S. Customs                        request for a hearing is made, the
                                                  available and, because it finds that one
                                                                                                          and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend Department intends to hold the hearing
                                                  or more respondents did not act to the
                                                                                                          liquidation of entries of subject                          at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
                                                  best of their ability to respond to the
                                                                                                          merchandise as described in the scope                      1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                  Department’s requests for information, it
                                                                                                          of the investigation section entered, or                   Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
                                                  drew an adverse inference where
                                                  appropriate in selecting from among the                 withdrawn from warehouse, for                              date to be determined. Parties should
                                                  facts otherwise available.8 For further                 consumption on or after the date of                        confirm by telephone the date, time, and
                                                  information, see ‘‘Use of Facts                         publication of this notice in the Federal location of the hearing two days before
                                                  Otherwise Available and Adverse                         Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR
                                                                                                                                                                     the scheduled date.
                                                  Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision                351.205(d), the Department will instruct
                                                  Memorandum.                                             CBP to require a cash deposit equal to                     International Trade Commission
                                                                                                          the rates indicated above.                                 Notification
                                                  All-Others Rate
                                                                                                          Disclosure                                               In accordance with section 703(f) of
                                                    Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of
                                                  the Act provide that in the preliminary                    The Department intends to disclose                 the Act, the Department will notify the
                                                  determination, the Department shall                     its calculations and analysis performed               International Trade Commission (ITC) of
                                                  determine an estimated all-others rate                  to interested parties in this preliminary             its determination. If the final
                                                                                                          determination within five days of its                 determination is affirmative, the ITC
                                                    4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,      public announcement, or if there is no                will determine before the later of 120
                                                  Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).          public announcement, within five days                 days after the date of this preliminary
                                                    5 See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 19214.
                                                    6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy Steel
                                                                                                          of the date of this notice in accordance              determination or 45 days after the final
                                                  Wire Rod from Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea,
                                                                                                          with 19 CFR 351.224(b).                               determination.
                                                  the Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, the        Verification
                                                  Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab
                                                                                                                                                                Notification to Interested Parties
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                                                  Emirates, and the United Kingdom: Scope                  As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
                                                  Comments Decision Memorandum for the                                                                            This determination is issued and
                                                  Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated August 7, 2017      Act, the Department intends to verify                 published pursuant to sections 703(f)
                                                  (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum).                                                                      and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
                                                    7 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act             9 As discussed in the Preliminary Decision
                                                  regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
                                                                                                                                                                351.205(c).
                                                                                                          Memorandum, the Department has found the
                                                  of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of    following companies to be cross-owned with
                                                  the Act regarding specificity.                          Ferriere Nord: FIN FER S.p.A.; Acciaierie di Verona      10 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303
                                                    8 See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.             S.p.A.; and SIAT S.p.A.                               (for general filing requirements).



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                                                                             Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 5, 2017 / Notices                                                      41933

                                                    Dated: August 25, 2017.                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Scope of the Order
                                                  Gary Taverman,
                                                                                                          International Trade Administration                         The products covered by the
                                                  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
                                                  and Countervailing Duty Operations,
                                                                                                                                                                  antidumping duty order are tin mill flat-
                                                                                                          [A–588–854]
                                                  performing the non-exclusive functions and                                                                      rolled products that are coated or plated
                                                  duties of the Assistant Secretary for                   Certain Tin Mill Products From Japan:                   with tin, chromium or chromium
                                                  Enforcement and Compliance.                             Final Results of the Expedited Third                    oxides. Flat-rolled steel products coated
                                                                                                          Sunset Review of the Antidumping                        with tin are known as tin plate. Flat-
                                                  Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation                                                                           rolled steel products coated with
                                                                                                          Duty Order
                                                     The merchandise covered by this                                                                              chromium or chromium oxides are
                                                  investigation are certain hot-rolled products           AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                   known as tin-free steel or electrolytic
                                                  of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of           International Trade Administration,                     chromium-coated steel. The
                                                  approximately round cross section, less than            Department of Commerce.                                 merchandise covered by the order is
                                                  19.00 mm in actual solid cross-sectional                SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset                     currently classified in the Harmonized
                                                  diameter. Specifically excluded are steel               review, the Department of Commerce                      Tariff Schedule of the United States
                                                  products possessing the above-noted physical            (the Department) finds that revocation                  (HTSUS), under HTSUS subheadings
                                                  characteristics and meeting the Harmonized              of the antidumping duty order on                        7210.11.0000, 7210.12.0000,
                                                  Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)            certain tin mill products (tin mill                     7210.50.0000, 7212.10.0000, and
                                                  definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool           products) from Japan would be likely to                 7212.50.0000 if of non-alloy steel and
                                                  steel; (c) high-nickel steel; (d) ball bearing          lead to continuation or recurrence of                   under HTSUS subheadings
                                                  steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing bars and             dumping at the levels indicated in the
                                                                                                                                                                  7225.99.0090, and 7226.99.0180 if of
                                                  rods. Also excluded are free cutting steel              ‘‘Final Results of Sunset Reviews’’
                                                                                                                                                                  alloy steel. The HTSUS subheadings are
                                                  (also known as free machining steel)                    section of this notice.
                                                                                                                                                                  provided for convenience and customs
                                                  products (i.e., products that contain by                DATES: Applicable September 5, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                  purposes. The written description of the
                                                  weight one more of the following elements:              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  0.1 percent or more of lead, 0.05 percent or
                                                                                                                                                                  scope of the order remains dispositive.2
                                                                                                          Yasmin Bordas, AD/CVD Operations,
                                                  more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of                Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance,                  Analysis of Comments Received
                                                  sulfur, more than 0.04 percent of                       International Trade Administration,
                                                  phosphorous, more than 0.05 percent of                  U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401                          All issues raised in this review,
                                                  selenium, or more than 0.01 percent of                  Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,                    including the likelihood of continuation
                                                  tellurium). All products meeting the physical           DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3813.                    or recurrence of dumping in the event
                                                  description of subject merchandise that are
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                                  of revocation and the magnitude of the
                                                  not specifically excluded are included in this                                                                  margins likely to prevail if the order
                                                  scope.                                                  Background                                              were revoked, are addressed in the
                                                     The products under investigation are                    On May 1, 2017, the Department                       accompanying Issues and Decision
                                                  currently classifiable under subheadings                published the notice of initiation of the               Memorandum, which is hereby adopted
                                                  7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020,               third sunset review of the antidumping                  by this notice. The Issues and Decision
                                                  7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000,               duty order on tin mill products from                    Memorandum is a public document and
                                                  7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080,               Japan, pursuant to section 751(c) of the                is on file electronically via Enforcement
                                                  7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030,               Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the                     and Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                                  and 7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products                 Act).1 On May 11, 2017, the Department                  Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                                  entered under subheadings 7213.99.0090 and              received a notice of intent to participate              Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                                  7227.90.6090 of the HTSUS also may be                   in this review from ArcelorMittal USA                   ACCESS is available to registered users
                                                  included in this scope if they meet the                 LLC, and on May 15, 2017, the
                                                  physical description of subject merchandise
                                                                                                                                                                  at http://access.trade.gov, and to all
                                                                                                          Department received a notice of intent                  parties in the Central Records Unit,
                                                  above. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
                                                                                                          to participate in this review from United               Room B8024 of the main Department of
                                                  provided for convenience and customs
                                                                                                          States Steel Corporation (collectively,                 Commerce building. In addition, a
                                                  purposes, the written description of the
                                                                                                          domestic interested parties), within the                complete version of the Issues and
                                                  scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
                                                                                                          deadline specified in 19 CFR                            Decision Memorandum can be accessed
                                                  Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed                    351.218(d)(1)(i). These domestic                        directly on the Internet at http://
                                                  in the Preliminary Decision                             interested parties claimed interested                   enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
                                                  Memorandum                                              party status under section 771(9)(C) of                 Issues and Decision Memorandum and
                                                                                                          the Act, as manufacturers of a domestic                 the electronic version of the Issues and
                                                  I. Summary
                                                                                                          like product in the United States.                      Decision Memorandum are identical in
                                                  II. Background                                             On May 31, 2017, we received
                                                  III. Scope Comments                                                                                             content.
                                                                                                          complete substantive responses for this
                                                  IV. Scope of the Investigation
                                                                                                          review from the domestic interested
                                                  V. Respondent Selection                                                                                            2 A full description of the scope of the order is
                                                                                                          parties within the 30-day deadline                      contained in the memorandum to Gary Taverman,
                                                  VI. Injury Test
                                                                                                          specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
                                                  VII. Subsidies Valuation
                                                                                                          received no substantive responses from                  Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the
                                                  VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and                                                                      non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant
                                                        Adverse Inferences
                                                                                                          respondent interested parties, nor was a
                                                                                                                                                                  Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from
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                                                  IX. Analysis of Programs                                hearing requested. As a result, pursuant                James Maeder, Senior Director performing the
                                                  X. ITC Notification                                     to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19               duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for
                                                  XI. Disclosure and Public Comment                       CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the                        Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
                                                                                                          Department is conducting an expedited                   ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
                                                  XII. Verification                                                                                               Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty
                                                  XIII. Conclusion                                        (120-day) sunset review of the order.                   Order on Certain Tin Mill Products from Japan’’
                                                                                                                                                                  (Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–18641 Filed 9–1–17; 8:45 am]                1 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews,   concurrently with these results and hereby adopted
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                  82 FR 20314 (May 1, 2017).                              by this notice.



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Document Created: 2017-09-02 03:25:10
Document Modified: 2017-09-02 03:25:10
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
DatesApplicable September 5, 2017.
ContactYasmin Bordas or John Corrigan, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3813 or (202) 482-7438, respectively.
FR Citation82 FR 41931 

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