Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Russian Federation: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Negative Critical Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 79564-79567 [2015-32223]
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the quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called
wolfram), or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are
included in this scope regardless of levels of
boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF))
steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels,
motor lamination steels, Advanced High
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High
Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are
recognized as low carbon steels with microalloying levels of elements such as titanium
and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and
nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are
recognized as steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels
contain micro-alloying levels of elements
such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and
UHSS are considered high tensile strength
and high elongation steels, although AHSS
and UHSS are covered whether or not they
are high tensile strength or high elongation
steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled
steel that has been further processed in a
third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting,
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the investigation if performed in the
country of manufacture of the cold-rolled
steel.
All products that meet the written physical
description, and in which the chemistry
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the
scope of this investigation unless specifically
excluded. The following products are outside
of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this investigation:
• Ball bearing steels; 1
1 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
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• Tool steels; 2
• Silico-manganese steel; 3
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as
defined in the final determination of the
U.S. Department of Commerce in GrainOriented Electrical Steel From Germany,
Japan, and Poland.4
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as
defined in the antidumping orders issued
by the U.S. Department of Commerce in
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the
People’s Republic of China, Germany,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and
Taiwan.5
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under item numbers: 7209.15.0000,
7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520,
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
2 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
the following combinations of elements in the
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi)
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
5.5 percent tungsten.
3 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
4 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany,
Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR
42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014).
This determination defines grain-oriented electrical
steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing
by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6
percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of
carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and
no other element in an amount that would give the
steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in
coils or in straight lengths.’’
5 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–42 (Dep’t of
Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES
as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having
an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which
the core loss is substantially equal in any direction
of magnetization in the plane of the material. The
term ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
coating may be applied.’’
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7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030,
7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030,
7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8015,
7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000,
7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The
products subject to the investigation may also
enter under the following HTSUS numbers:
7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018,
7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000,
7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180,
7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the investigation is dispositive.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–821–823]
Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the Russian Federation:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination, Preliminary
Negative Critical Circumstances
Determination, and Alignment of Final
Determination With Final Antidumping
Duty Determination
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/exporters of certain coldrolled steel flat products (cold-rolled
steel) from the Russian Federation
(Russia). The period of investigation is
January 1, 2014, through December 31,
2014. We invite interested parties to
comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective Date: December 22,
2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Johnson (the NLMK Companies)
and Stephanie Moore (the Severstal
Companies), 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)
482–4793 and (202) 482–3692,
respectively.
AGENCY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are cold-rolled steel flat
products from Russia. For a complete
description of the scope of the
investigation, see Appendix II.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
in accordance with section 701 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
For each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, we preliminarily
determine 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.1 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.2 A
list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as Appendix I 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 https://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 on the Internet at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
New Subsidy Allegation
On November 4, 2015, ArcelorMittal
USA LLC, a petitioner in the
investigation,3 timely filed a new
subsidy allegation regarding a value
added tax (VAT) exemption for steel
scrap.4 The Department determined that
Petitioners did not satisfy the initiation
standard for a VAT program and,
therefore, did not initiate an
investigation of the program.5
Alignment
As noted in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, in accordance with
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final
CVD determination in this investigation
with the final determination in the
companion antidumping duty (AD)
investigation of cold-rolled steel from
Russia based on a request made by
Petitioners.6 Consequently, the final
CVD determination will be issued on
the same date as the final AD
determination, which is currently
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scheduled to be issued no later than
May 8, 2016,7 unless postponed.
Preliminary Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances
On October 30, 2015, Petitioners filed
a timely critical circumstances
allegation, pursuant to section 773(e)(1)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(1),
alleging that critical circumstances exist
with respect to imports of cold-rolled
steel from Russia.8 We preliminarily
determine that critical circumstances do
not exist for the NLMK Companies, the
Severstal Companies, and all other
producers/exporters of subject
merchandise in Russia. A discussion of
our preliminary negative determination
of critical circumstances can be found in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
at the section, ‘‘Preliminary Negative
Determination of Critical
Circumstances.’’
Preliminary Determination and
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section
703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we calculated
a CVD rate for each individuallyinvestigated producer/exporter of the
subject merchandise. We preliminarily
determine that countervailable subsidies
are being provided with respect to the
manufacture, production, or exportation
of the subject merchandise. We
preliminarily determine the
countervailable subsidy rates to be:
Company
Subsidy rate
Novolipetsk Steel OJSC, Novex Trading (Swiss) S.A., Altai-Koks OJSC, Dolomite OJSC, Stoilensky
OJSC, Studenovskaya (Stagdok) OJSC, Trading House LLC, Vtorchermet NLMK LLC, Vtorchermet
OJSC, and Vtorchermet NLMK Center LLC (collectively, the NLMK Companies).
PAO Severstal, Severstal Export GmbH, JSC Karelsky Okatysh, AO OLKON, AO Vorkutaugol, and JSC
Vtorchermet (collectively, the Severstal Companies).
All Others ......................................................................................................................................................
6.33 percent ad valorem.
0.01 percent ad valorem (de minimis).
6.33 percent ad valorem.
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In accordance with section
703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we are
directing U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to suspend liquidation of all
entries of cold-rolled steel from Russia
that are entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date of the publication of this notice
in the Federal Register and require a
cash deposit for such entries of the
merchandise in the amounts indicated
above for all companies other than the
Severstal Companies.
In accordance with sections 703(d)
and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for
companies not investigated, we apply
an ‘‘all others’’ rate, which is normally
1 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.
2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Affirmative Determination, Preliminary
Negative Critical Circumstances Determination, and
Alignment of Final Determination With Final
Antidumping Determination in the Countervailing
Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Russian Federation,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
3 In addition to ArcelorMittal USA LLC,
Petitioners in this investigation are United States
Steel Corporation, Nucor Corporation, Steel
Dynamics, Inc., California Steel Industries, and AK
Steel Corporation.
4 See Letter from ArcelorMittal USA LLC,
‘‘Petitioners’ New Subsidy Allegation,’’ dated
November 4, 2015.
5 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Decision
Memorandum on New Subsidy Allegation,’’ dated
December 15, 2015.
6 See Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Countervailing
Duty Investigations of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Brazil, India, the People’s
Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and the
Russian Federation—Petitioners’ Request to Align
Final Determinations in Countervailing and
Antidumping Duty Investigations,’’ dated December
14, 2015.
7 We note that the current deadline for the final
AD determination is May 8, 2016, which is a
Sunday. Pursuant to Department practice, the
signature date will be the next business day, which
is Monday, May 9, 2016. See Notice of Clarification:
Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ Rule for
Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant
to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533
(May 10, 2005).
8 See Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Critical
Circumstances Allegation,’’ dated October 30, 2015.
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calculated by weighting the subsidy
rates of the individual companies as
respondents by those companies’
exports of the subject merchandise to
the United States. Under section
705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, the all others
rate should exclude zero and de
minimis rates or any rates based entirely
on facts otherwise available. In this
investigation, the only rate that is not de
minimis or based entirely on facts
otherwise available is the rate calculated
for the NLMK Companies.
Consequently, the rate calculated for the
NLMK Companies is assigned as the all
others rate.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
Act, we intend to verify the information
submitted by the respondents prior to
making our final determination.
International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 703(f) of
the Act, we will notify the International
Trade Commission (ITC) of our
determination. In addition, we are
making available to the ITC all nonprivileged and non-proprietary
information relating to this
investigation. We will allow the ITC
access to all privileged and business
proprietary information in our files,
provided the ITC confirms that it will
not disclose such information, either
publicly or under an administrative
protective order, without the written
consent of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
In accordance with section 705(b)(2)
of the Act, if our final determination is
affirmative, the ITC will make its final
determination within 45 days after the
Department makes its final
determination.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with this
preliminary determination within five
days of its public announcement.9
Interested parties may submit case and
rebuttal briefs, as well as request a
hearing.10 For a schedule of the
deadlines for filing case briefs, rebuttal
briefs, and hearing requests, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
This determination is issued and
published pursuant to sections 703(f)
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.205(c).
9 See
19 CFR 351.224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(c)–(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).
10 See
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Dated: December 15, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope Comments
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Preliminary Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances
VI. Alignment
VII. Injury Test
VIII. Subsidies Valuation
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Disclosure and Public Comment
XI. Conclusion
Appendix II
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation
are certain cold-rolled (cold-reduced), flatrolled steel products, whether or not
annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other non-metallic substances.
The products covered do not include those
that are clad, plated, or coated with metal.
The products covered include coils that have
a width or other lateral measurement
(‘‘width’’) of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless
of form of coil (e.g., in successively
superimposed layers, spirally oscillating,
etc.). The products covered also include
products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths)
of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width
that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures
at least 10 times the thickness. The products
covered also include products not in coils
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75
mm or more and a width exceeding 150 mm
and measuring at least twice the thickness.
The products described above may be
rectangular, square, circular, or other shape
and include products of either rectangular or
non-rectangular cross-section where such
cross-section is achieved subsequent to the
rolling process, i.e., products which have
been ‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products
which have been beveled or rounded at the
edges). For purposes of the width and
thickness requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual
measurements vary, a product is within the
scope if application of either the nominal or
actual measurement would place it within
the scope based on the definitions set forth
above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for
a specific product (e.g., the thickness of
certain products with non-rectangular crosssection, the width of certain products with
non-rectangular shape, etc.), the
measurement at its greatest width or
thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this
investigation are products in which: (1) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; (2) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and
(3) none of the elements listed below exceeds
the quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
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2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten (also called
wolfram), or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are
included in this scope regardless of levels of
boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF))
steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels,
motor lamination steels, Advanced High
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High
Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are
recognized as low carbon steels with microalloying levels of elements such as titanium
and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and
nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are
recognized as steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels
contain micro-alloying levels of elements
such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and
UHSS are considered high tensile strength
and high elongation steels, although AHSS
and UHSS are covered whether or not they
are high tensile strength or high elongation
steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled
steel that has been further processed in a
third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting,
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the investigation if performed in the
country of manufacture of the cold-rolled
steel.
All products that meet the written physical
description, and in which the chemistry
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the
scope of these investigation unless
specifically excluded. The following
products are outside of and/or specifically
excluded from the scope of these
investigation:
• Ball bearing steels; 11
• Tool steels; 12
11 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
12 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
the following combinations of elements in the
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• Silico-manganese steel; 13
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as
defined in the final determination of the
U.S. Department of Commerce in GrainOriented Electrical Steel From Germany,
Japan, and Poland.14
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as
defined in the antidumping orders issued
by the U.S. Department of Commerce in
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the
People’s Republic of China, Germany,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and
Taiwan.15
The products subject to these investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under item numbers: 7209.15.0000,
7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520,
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi)
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
5.5 percent tungsten.
13 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
14 See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From
Germany, Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 79 FR 42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of
Commerce, July 22, 2014). This determination
defines grain-oriented electrical steel as ‘‘a flatrolled alloy steel product containing by weight at
least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 percent of
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not
more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other
element in an amount that would give the steel the
characteristics of another alloy steel, in coils or in
straight lengths.’’
15 See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the
People’s Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–
42 (Dep’t of Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders
define NOES as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel
products, whether or not in coils, regardless of
width, having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or
more, in which the core loss is substantially equal
in any direction of magnetization in the plane of the
material. The term ‘substantially equal’ means that
the cross grain direction of core loss is no more than
1.5 times the straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling
direction) of core loss. NOES has a magnetic
permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when
tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10
Oersteds) along (i.e., parallel to) the rolling
direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES
contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of
silicon but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more
than 0.08 percent of carbon, and not more than 1.5
percent of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide
coating, to which an insulation coating may be
applied.’’
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:21 Dec 21, 2015
Jkt 238001
7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030,
7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030,
7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8015,
7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000,
7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The
products subject to the investigation may also
enter under the following HTSUS numbers:
7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018,
7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000,
7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180,
7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the investigation is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–580–882]
Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Negative Determination
and Alignment of Final Determination
With Final Antidumping Duty
Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) preliminarily
determines that de minimis
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers/exporters of
certain cold-rolled steel flat products
(cold-rolled steel) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea). The period of
investigation is January 1, 2014, through
December 31, 2014. We invite interested
parties to comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective Date: December 22,
2015.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yasmin Bordas or Emily Maloof, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–3813 or (202) 482–
5649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are certain cold-rolled
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steel flat products from Korea. For a
complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix II.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation
in accordance with section 701 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
For each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, we preliminarily
determine 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.1 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.2 A
list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as Appendix I 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 https://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 https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
In making this preliminary
determination, the Department relied, in
part, on facts otherwise available.3 For
further information, see ‘‘Use of Facts
Otherwise Available’’ in the
accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Alignment
As noted in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, in accordance with
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(4), we are aligning the final
CVD determination in this investigation
with the final determination in the
1 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.
2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Negative Determination: Countervailing
Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
3 See section 776(a) of the Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79564-79567]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-821-823]
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel
Flat Products From the Russian Federation: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary Negative Critical
Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With
Final Antidumping 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/exporters of certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-
rolled steel) from the Russian Federation (Russia). The period of
investigation is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. We invite
interested parties to comment on this preliminary determination.
DATES: Effective Date: December 22, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson (the NLMK Companies)
and Stephanie Moore (the Severstal Companies), 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-
4793 and (202) 482-3692, respectively.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are cold-rolled steel
flat products from Russia. For a complete description of the scope of
the investigation, see Appendix II.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this countervailing duty (CVD)
investigation in accordance with section 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, we preliminarily determine 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.\1\ For a
full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\ A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
Appendix I 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
https://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 on the Internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Affirmative Determination,
Preliminary Negative Critical Circumstances Determination, and
Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Russian Federation,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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New Subsidy Allegation
On November 4, 2015, ArcelorMittal USA LLC, a petitioner in the
investigation,\3\ timely filed a new subsidy allegation regarding a
value added tax (VAT) exemption for steel scrap.\4\ The Department
determined that Petitioners did not satisfy the initiation standard for
a VAT program and, therefore, did not initiate an investigation of the
program.\5\
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\3\ In addition to ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Petitioners in this
investigation are United States Steel Corporation, Nucor
Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., California Steel Industries, and
AK Steel Corporation.
\4\ See Letter from ArcelorMittal USA LLC, ``Petitioners' New
Subsidy Allegation,'' dated November 4, 2015.
\5\ See Department Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum on New
Subsidy Allegation,'' dated December 15, 2015.
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Alignment
As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, in accordance with
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), we are aligning
the final CVD determination in this investigation with the final
determination in the companion antidumping duty (AD) investigation of
cold-rolled steel from Russia based on a request made by
Petitioners.\6\ Consequently, the final CVD determination will be
issued on the same date as the final AD determination, which is
currently scheduled to be issued no later than May 8, 2016,\7\ unless
postponed.
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\6\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Countervailing Duty
Investigations of Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Brazil, India, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of
Korea, and the Russian Federation--Petitioners' Request to Align
Final Determinations in Countervailing and Antidumping Duty
Investigations,'' dated December 14, 2015.
\7\ We note that the current deadline for the final AD
determination is May 8, 2016, which is a Sunday. Pursuant to
Department practice, the signature date will be the next business
day, which is Monday, May 9, 2016. See Notice of Clarification:
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As
Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances
On October 30, 2015, Petitioners filed a timely critical
circumstances allegation, pursuant to section 773(e)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.206(c)(1), alleging that critical circumstances exist with
respect to imports of cold-rolled steel from Russia.\8\ We
preliminarily determine that critical circumstances do not exist for
the NLMK Companies, the Severstal Companies, and all other producers/
exporters of subject merchandise in Russia. A discussion of our
preliminary negative determination of critical circumstances can be
found in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the section,
``Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances.''
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\8\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Critical Circumstances
Allegation,'' dated October 30, 2015.
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Preliminary Determination and Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, we
calculated a CVD rate for each individually-investigated producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise. We preliminarily determine that
countervailable subsidies are being provided with respect to the
manufacture, production, or exportation of the subject merchandise. We
preliminarily determine the countervailable subsidy rates to be:
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Company Subsidy rate
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Novolipetsk Steel OJSC, Novex Trading (Swiss) 6.33 percent ad
S.A., Altai-Koks OJSC, Dolomite OJSC, valorem.
Stoilensky OJSC, Studenovskaya (Stagdok) OJSC,
Trading House LLC, Vtorchermet NLMK LLC,
Vtorchermet OJSC, and Vtorchermet NLMK Center
LLC (collectively, the NLMK Companies).
PAO Severstal, Severstal Export GmbH, JSC 0.01 percent ad
Karelsky Okatysh, AO OLKON, AO Vorkutaugol, and valorem (de minimis).
JSC Vtorchermet (collectively, the Severstal
Companies).
All Others...................................... 6.33 percent ad
valorem.
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In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, we
are directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation
of all entries of cold-rolled steel from Russia that are entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of the
publication of this notice in the Federal Register and require a cash
deposit for such entries of the merchandise in the amounts indicated
above for all companies other than the Severstal Companies.
In accordance with sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for
companies not investigated, we apply an ``all others'' rate, which is
normally
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calculated by weighting the subsidy rates of the individual companies
as respondents by those companies' exports of the subject merchandise
to the United States. Under section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, the all
others rate should exclude zero and de minimis rates or any rates based
entirely on facts otherwise available. In this investigation, the only
rate that is not de minimis or based entirely on facts otherwise
available is the rate calculated for the NLMK Companies. Consequently,
the rate calculated for the NLMK Companies is assigned as the all
others rate.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, we intend to verify
the information submitted by the respondents prior to making our final
determination.
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, we will notify the
International Trade Commission (ITC) of our determination. In addition,
we are making available to the ITC all non-privileged and non-
proprietary information relating to this investigation. We will allow
the ITC access to all privileged and business proprietary information
in our files, provided the ITC confirms that it will not disclose such
information, either publicly or under an administrative protective
order, without the written consent of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
In accordance with section 705(b)(2) of the Act, if our final
determination is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination
within 45 days after the Department makes its final determination.
Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the
calculations performed in connection with this preliminary
determination within five days of its public announcement.\9\
Interested parties may submit case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
request a hearing.\10\ For a schedule of the deadlines for filing case
briefs, rebuttal briefs, and hearing requests, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)-(d), 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections
703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: December 15, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope Comments
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances
VI. Alignment
VII. Injury Test
VIII. Subsidies Valuation
IX. Analysis of Programs
X. Disclosure and Public Comment
XI. Conclusion
Appendix II
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are certain cold-
rolled (cold-reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not
annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-
metallic substances. The products covered do not include those that
are clad, plated, or coated with metal. The products covered include
coils that have a width or other lateral measurement (``width'') of
12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g., in
successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The
products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in
straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that
is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the
thickness. The products covered also include products not in coils
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a
width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness.
The products described above may be rectangular, square, circular,
or other shape and include products of either rectangular or non-
rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been
``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or
rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this investigation are
products in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of
the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or
less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds
the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this
scope regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-
free (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor
lamination steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra
High Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/
or niobium added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA
steels are recognized as steels with micro-alloying levels of
elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels contain micro-alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered
high tensile strength and high elongation steels, although AHSS and
UHSS are covered whether or not they are high tensile strength or
high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled steel that has been
further processed in a third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting,
punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation
if performed in the country of manufacture of the cold-rolled steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the scope of these
investigation unless specifically excluded. The following products
are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the scope of these
investigation:
Ball bearing steels; \11\
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\11\ Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in
addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the
amount specified: (i) Not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent
of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent of
manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv)
none, or not more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than
0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than 1.25
nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than
0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none, or not more than 0.38 percent
of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
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Tool steels; \12\
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\12\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the
following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more
than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or
(iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8
percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent,
inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less
than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent
carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
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Silico-manganese steel; \13\
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\13\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by
weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or
more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6
percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
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Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as defined in the
final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain-
Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and Poland.\14\
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\14\ See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan,
and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Certain Final Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 79 FR 42,501, 42,503 (Dep't of Commerce, July 22,
2014). This determination defines grain-oriented electrical steel as
``a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at least
0.6 percent but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not more than
0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and
no other element in an amount that would give the steel the
characteristics of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight
lengths.''
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Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as defined in the
antidumping orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in Non-
Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of China,
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\15\
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\15\ See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741-42 (Dep't
of Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES as ``cold-rolled,
flat-rolled, alloy steel products, whether or not in coils,
regardless of width, having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more,
in which the core loss is substantially equal in any direction of
magnetization in the plane of the material. The term `substantially
equal' means that the cross grain direction of core loss is no more
than 1.5 times the straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling
direction) of core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that does
not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent
to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of
the sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than 1.00
percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more
than 0.08 percent of carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent of
aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
coating may be applied.''
The products subject to these investigation are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030,
7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030,
7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580,
7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000,
7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500,
7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6075, 7211.23.6085,
7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030,
7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8015, 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090,
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The products subject
to the investigation may also enter under the following HTSUS
numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080,
7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061,
7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000,
7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000,
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090,
7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180,
7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, and
7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of
the investigation is dispositive.
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