Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Korea: Final Results of Expedited Five-Year (“Sunset”) Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 27438-27439 [2012-11221]
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Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3124 or (202) 482–
1785, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 1, 2011, the Department
of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’)
published a notice announcing the
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the countervailing duty order
on lightweight thermal paper from the
People’s Republic of China for the
period of January 1, 2010, through
December 31, 2010. See Antidumping or
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 76
FR 67413 (November 1, 2011). On
November 30, 2011, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.213(b), the Department
received a timely request from Appleton
Papers, Inc., the petitioner, to conduct
an administrative review of Guandong
Guanhao High-Tech Co., Ltd.
(‘‘Guanhao’’).
On December 30, 2011, the
Department published a notice of
initiation of a countervailing duty
administrative review of Guanhao. See
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in
Part, 76 FR 82268 (December 30, 2011).
Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review, in whole or in part, if the party
that requested the review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of
the requested review. On March 29,
2012, the petitioner withdrew its
request for review within the 90-day
period. No other party requested a
review of Guanhao. Therefore, pursuant
in response to the petitioner’s timely
withdrawal request, the Department is
rescinding this administrative review.
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Assessment
The Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
to assess countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries. For Guanhao,
countervailing duties shall be assessed
at rates equal to the cash deposit rate in
effect on the date of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department
intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of this notice of rescission
of administrative review.
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Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice serves as a final reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 sanctionable violation.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: May 3, 2012.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary or Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–580–818]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon
Steel Flat Products From Korea: Final
Results of Expedited Five-Year
(‘‘Sunset’’) Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On January 3, 2012, the
Department of Commerce (‘‘the
Department’’) published in the Federal
Register the notice of initiation of the
third five-year sunset review of the
countervailing duty order on certain
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat
products (‘‘CORE’’) from the Republic of
Korea (‘‘Korea’’), pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’). See Initiation of
Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 77 FR 85
(January 3, 2012) (‘‘Third Sunset
Review’’. On the basis of a notice of
intent to participate and an adequate
substantive response filed on behalf of
domestic interested parties, and an
inadequate response from respondent
interested parties (in this case, no
response), the Department has
conducted an expedited sunset review
of this order pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As a result of this
sunset review, the Department finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty
order is likely to lead to continuation or
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recurrence of a countervailable subsidy
at the level indicated in the ‘‘Final
Results of Review’’ section of this
notice.
DATES: Effective Date: May 10, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–2209.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The countervailing duty order on
CORE from Korea was published in the
Federal Register on August 17, 1993.
See Countervailing Duty Orders and
Amendments to Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determinations:
Certain Steel Products from Korea, 58
FR 43752 (August 17, 1993). On January
3, 2012, the Department initiated the
third sunset review of the
countervailing duty order on CORE from
Korea, pursuant to section 751(c) of the
Act. See Third Sunset Review. The
Department received notices of intent to
participate from ArcelorMittal USA,
LLC, Nucor Corporation, and United
States Steel Corporation (collectively,
‘‘domestic interested parties’’), within
the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i). Domestic interested
parties claimed interested party status
under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as
U.S. producers engaged in the
manufacture, production, or wholesale
of CORE in the United States.
The Department received a complete
substantive response from the domestic
interested parties within the 30-day
deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i). However, the
Department did not receive a
substantive response from any
respondent interested party to this
proceeding. As a result, pursuant to
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the
Department conducted an expedited
review of the order.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
includes flat-rolled carbon steel
products, of rectangular shape, either
clad, plated, or coated with corrosionresistant metals such as zinc, aluminum,
or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or ironbased alloys, whether or not corrugated
or painted, varnished or coated with
plastics or other nonmetallic substances
in addition to the metallic coating, in
coils (whether or not in successively
superimposed layers) and of a width of
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0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths
which, if of a thickness less than 4.75
millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch
or greater and which measures at least
10 times the thickness or if of a
thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more
are of a width which exceeds 150
millimeters and measures at least twice
the thickness, as currently classifiable in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) under item
numbers 7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000,
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000,
7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000,
7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000,
7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000,
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000,
7217.12.1000, 7217.13.1000,
7217.19.1000, 7217.19.5000,
7217.22.5000, 7217.23.5000,
7217.29.1000, 7217.29.5000,
7217.32.5000, 7217.33.5000,
7217.39.1000, and 7217.39.5000.
Included in the order are flat-rolled
products of non-rectangular crosssection where such cross-section is
achieved subsequent to the rolling
process (i.e., products which have been
‘‘worked after rolling’’)—for example,
products which have been beveled or
rounded at the edges. Excluded from the
order are flat-rolled steel products either
plated or coated with tin, lead,
chromium, chromium oxides, both tin
and lead (‘‘terne plate’’), or both
chromium and chromium oxides (‘‘tinfree steel’’), whether or not painted,
varnished or coated with plastics or
other nonmetallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating.
Excluded from the order are clad
products in straight lengths of 0.1875
inch or more in composite thickness
and of a width which exceeds 150
millimeters and measures at least twice
the thickness. Also excluded from the
order are certain clad stainless flatrolled products, which are three-layered
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flatrolled products less than 4.75
millimeters in composite thickness that
consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled
product clad on both sides with
stainless steel in a 20%–60%–20%
ratio. Although the HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written
description of the merchandise covered
by the order is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are
addressed in the Issues and Decision
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Memorandum (‘‘Decision
Memorandum’’) from Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, dated concurrently
with this notice, which is hereby
adopted by this notice. Parties can find
a complete discussion of all issues
raised in this review and the
corresponding recommendations in this
public memorandum which is on file
electronically via Import
Administration’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘IA
ACCESS’’). Access to IA ACCESS is
available in the Central Records Unit,
room 7046, of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Decision Memorandum
can be accessed directly on the Web at
https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The electronic
versions of the Decision Memorandum
in IA ACCESS and on the Web are
identical in content.
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with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1)
of the Act.
Dated: May 2, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Advisory Committee on Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Meeting
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
The Advisory Committee on
Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR
or Committee), will hold a meeting via
teleconference on Friday, June 1, 2012
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time. The
primary purpose of this meeting is to
Final Results of Review
finalize the Committee’s draft annual
The Department determines that
report to the NIST Director. Any draft
revocation of the countervailing duty
meeting materials will be posted on the
order on CORE from Korea is likely to
NEHRP Web site at https://nehrp.gov/.
lead to continuation or recurrence of
Interested members of the public will be
countervailable subsidies at the
able to participate in the meeting from
following countervailing duty rates:
remote locations by calling into a
central phone number.
Net subsidy
DATES: The ACEHR will hold a meeting
Manufacturer/exporter
margin
(percent)
via teleconference on Friday, June 1,
2012, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Eastern
Pohang Iron and Steel ComTime.
pany ..................................
0.57
ADDRESSES: Questions regarding the
Dongbu Steel Ltd. .................
0.75
Country-Wide 1 ......................
1.26 meeting should be sent to National
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
1 Union Steel Manufacturing Co. was excluded from the order on the basis of a de Director, National Institute of Standards
minimis net subsidy rate. See Certain Cold- and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive Mail
Rolled and Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Flat Products From Korea: Amended Final Af- 20899–8604. For instructions on how to
firmative Countervailing Duty Determinations
in Accordance with Decision Upon Remand, participate in the meeting, please see
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
66 FR 16656 (March 27, 2001).
of this notice.
Notification Regarding Administrative
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Protective Order
Jack Hayes, National Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Program Director,
This notice serves as the only
National Institute of Standards and
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’) Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland
of their responsibility concerning the
20899–8604. Dr. Hayes’ email address is
return or destruction of proprietary
jack.hayes@nist.gov and his phone
information disclosed under APO in
number is (301) 975–5640.
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely notification of return/
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
destruction of APO materials or
Committee was established in
conversion to judicial protective order is accordance with the requirements of
hereby requested. Failure to comply
Section 103 of the NEHRP
with the regulations and the terms of an Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L.
APO is a sanctionable violation.
108–360). The Committee is composed
We are issuing and publishing these
of 12 members appointed by the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-580-818]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From
Korea: Final Results of Expedited Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On January 3, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published in the Federal Register the notice of
initiation of the third five-year sunset review of the countervailing
duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products
(``CORE'') from the Republic of Korea (``Korea''), pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). See
Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 77 FR 85 (January 3, 2012)
(``Third Sunset Review''. On the basis of a notice of intent to
participate and an adequate substantive response filed on behalf of
domestic interested parties, and an inadequate response from respondent
interested parties (in this case, no response), the Department has
conducted an expedited sunset review of this order pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B). As a result of
this sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the
countervailing duty order is likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the level indicated in the
``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: May 10, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2209.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The countervailing duty order on CORE from Korea was published in
the Federal Register on August 17, 1993. See Countervailing Duty Orders
and Amendments to Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations:
Certain Steel Products from Korea, 58 FR 43752 (August 17, 1993). On
January 3, 2012, the Department initiated the third sunset review of
the countervailing duty order on CORE from Korea, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Act. See Third Sunset Review. The Department received
notices of intent to participate from ArcelorMittal USA, LLC, Nucor
Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation (collectively,
``domestic interested parties''), within the deadline specified in 19
CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). Domestic interested parties claimed interested
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as U.S. producers
engaged in the manufacture, production, or wholesale of CORE in the
United States.
The Department received a complete substantive response from the
domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). However, the Department did not receive a
substantive response from any respondent interested party to this
proceeding. As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the Department conducted an
expedited review of the order.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order includes flat-rolled carbon
steel products, of rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or coated
with corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-,
aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated or
painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic
substances in addition to the metallic coating, in coils (whether or
not in successively superimposed layers) and of a width of
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0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths which, if of a thickness
less than 4.75 millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and
which measures at least 10 times the thickness or if of a thickness of
4.75 millimeters or more are of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters
and measures at least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under
item numbers 7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090,
7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000,
7217.12.1000, 7217.13.1000, 7217.19.1000, 7217.19.5000, 7217.22.5000,
7217.23.5000, 7217.29.1000, 7217.29.5000, 7217.32.5000, 7217.33.5000,
7217.39.1000, and 7217.39.5000. Included in the order are flat-rolled
products of non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is
achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which have
been ``worked after rolling'')--for example, products which have been
beveled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from the order are flat-
rolled steel products either plated or coated with tin, lead, chromium,
chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne plate''), or both chromium
and chromium oxides (``tin-free steel''), whether or not painted,
varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating. Excluded from the order are clad
products in straight lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in composite
thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at
least twice the thickness. Also excluded from the order are certain
clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-layered corrosion-
resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less than 4.75 millimeters
in composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled
product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the merchandise covered by the
order is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum (``Decision Memorandum'') from Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, dated concurrently with this notice, which is
hereby adopted by this notice. Parties can find a complete discussion
of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding
recommendations in this public memorandum which is on file
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA
ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is available in the Central Records
Unit, room 7046, of the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete
version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web
at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The electronic versions of the Decision
Memorandum in IA ACCESS and on the Web are identical in content.
Final Results of Review
The Department determines that revocation of the countervailing
duty order on CORE from Korea is likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following countervailing
duty rates:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net subsidy
Manufacturer/exporter margin
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pohang Iron and Steel Company........................... 0.57
Dongbu Steel Ltd........................................ 0.75
Country-Wide \1\........................................ 1.26
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\1\ Union Steel Manufacturing Co. was excluded from the order on the
basis of a de minimis net subsidy rate. See Certain Cold-Rolled and
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Korea: Amended
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations in Accordance
with Decision Upon Remand, 66 FR 16656 (March 27, 2001).
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only 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. Timely
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: May 2, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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