Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From India: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 63-67 [2015-32758]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From Pakistan: Postponement of
Preliminary Determination in
Countervailing Duty Investigation
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: January 4, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kaitlin Wojnar, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3857.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Department initiated the investigation.
However, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.205(e), if a petitioner makes a
timely request for an extension, section
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act allows the
Department to postpone the preliminary
determination until no later than 130
days after the date on which the
Department initiated the investigation.
Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), a petitioner
must submit a request for postponement
25 days or more before the scheduled
date of the preliminary determination
and must state the reason for the
request. The Department will grant the
request unless it finds compelling
reasons to deny the request.2
On December 18, 2015, the petitioners
in this investigation, Bull Moose Tube
Company, EXLTUBE, Wheatland Tube,
and Western Tube & Conduit
(collectively, Petitioners) submitted a
timely request, pursuant to section
703(c)(l)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.205(e), to postpone the preliminary
determination.3
The record does not present any
compelling reasons to deny Petitioners’
request. Therefore, in accordance with
section 703(c)(l)(A) of the Act, the
Department is hereby postponing the
due date for the preliminary
determination in this investigation to no
later than 130 days after the day on
which the investigation was initiated.
As a result, the deadline for completion
of the preliminary determination is now
March 28, 2015.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l).
Dated: December 24, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Background
On November 17, 2015, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) initiated a countervailing
duty (CVD) investigation of circular
welded carbon-quality steel pipe from
Pakistan.1 Currently, the preliminary
determination is due no later than
January 21, 2016.
Postponement of the Preliminary
Determination
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), requires the
Department to issue the preliminary
determination in a CVD investigation
within 65 days of the date on which the
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–863]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products From India: Affirmative
Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
2 See
19 CFR 351.205(e).
Letter from Petitioners, ‘‘Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Pakistan: Request to
Extend the Preliminary Determination,’’ December
18, 2015.
3 See
1 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
from Pakistan: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigation, 80 FR 73704 (November 25, 2015).
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The Department of Commerce
(the ‘‘Department’’) preliminarily
determines that certain corrosionresistant steel products (‘‘corrosionresistant steel’’) from India are being, or
are likely to be, sold in the United States
at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’), as
provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’).
The period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is
April 1, 2014, through March 31, 2015.
The estimated weighted-average
dumping margins of sales at LTFV are
shown in the ‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’ section of this notice.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective date: January 4, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexis Polovina or Ryan Mullen, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3927 or (202) 482–
5260, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The Department published the notice
of initiation of this investigation on June
30, 2015.1 For a complete description of
the events that followed the initiation of
this investigation, see the memorandum
that is dated concurrently with this
determination and hereby adopted by
this notice.2 A list of topics included 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
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1 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from Italy, India, the People’s Republic of China,
the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Initiation of
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 37228
(June 30, 2015) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
2 See Memorandum from Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance ‘‘Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in
the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India’’
(‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’), dated
concurrently with this notice.
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Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and 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 found at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is corrosion-resistant steel
from India. For a full description of the
scope of this investigation, see the
‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ in
Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the preamble to
the Department’s regulations,3 the
Initiation Notice set aside a period of
time for parties to raise issues regarding
product coverage (i.e., ‘‘scope’’).4
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.5 The
Department is preliminarily modifying
the scope language as it appeared in the
Initiation Notice to clarify that
corrosion-resistant steel which is further
processed in a third country is covered
by the scope of the investigation. See
‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ in
3 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
4 See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 37229.
5 See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the
People’s Republic of China, India, Italy, the
Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Scope Comments
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determinations,’’ dated concurrently with this
preliminary determination.
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Appendix I, which includes the
additional clarifying language.
Methodology
The Department is conducting this
investigation in accordance with section
731 of the Act. Export prices have been
calculated in accordance with section
772(a) of the Act. Constructed export
prices have been calculated in
accordance with section 772(b) of the
Act. Normal value (‘‘NV’’) is calculated
in accordance with section 773 of the
Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
All-Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act
provides that the estimated all-others
rate shall be an amount equal to the
weighted average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins
established for exporters and producers
individually investigated, excluding any
zero and de minimis margins, and any
margins determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act.6 Therefore, we
preliminary calculated the all-others
rate based on a weighted-average of the
dumping margins calculated for the
mandatory respondents using each
company’s publicly-ranged values for
the merchandise under consideration.7
Preliminary Determination
The Department preliminarily
determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist:
6 With two respondents, we would normally
calculate (A) a weighted-average of the dumping
margins calculated for the mandatory respondents;
(B) a simple average of the dumping margins
calculated for the mandatory respondents; and (C)
a weighted-average of the dumping margins
calculated for the mandatory respondents using
each company’s publicly-ranged values for the
merchandise under consideration. We would
compare (B) and (C) to (A) and select the rate closest
to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all other
companies. See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof
From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order
in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).
7 See Memorandum to the File, From Ryan
Mullen, International Trade Compliance Analyst,
‘‘Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India: Calculation of All-Others’ Rate in Preliminary
Determination,’’ dated concurrently with this
preliminary determination.
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Weightedaverage
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
JSW: 8, JSW Steel Ltd., JSW Coated Products Limited ...........................................................................................................................
Uttam Galva: 9, Uttam Galva Steels Limited, Uttam Value Steels Limited, Atlantis International Services Company Ltd., Uttam Galva
Steels, Netherlands, B.V., and Uttam Galva Steels (BVI) Limited ........................................................................................................
All-Others ...................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d)(2)
of the Act, we will direct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to
suspend liquidation of all entries of
corrosion-resistant steel from India 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.10
Pursuant to section 733 (d)(1)(B) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), the
Department will instruct CBP to require
a cash deposit equal to the weightedaverage amount by which the NV
exceeds U.S. price as indicated in the
chart above,11 adjusted where
8 We preliminarily find JSWSL and its whollyowned affiliated JSW Steel Coated Products Limited
(‘‘JSCPL’’), (collectively ‘‘JSW’’) are affiliated and
have met the criteria to be collapsed. See
Memorandum to the File, Through Catherine
Bertrand, Program Manager, Enforcement and
Compliance, Office V, From Alexis Polovina, Senior
International Trade Analyst, Enforcement and
Compliance, Office V, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Certain Corrosion Resistant Steel
Products from India: JSW Preliminary Affiliation
and Collapsing Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently
with this preliminary determination. Therefore, we
will assign one rate to these companies.
9 We preliminarily find Uttam Galva Steels, Ltd.
(‘‘UGSL’’) to be affiliated with these companies and
that they have met the criteria to be treated as a
single entity. For further discussion of this issue,
which includes business proprietary information,
see Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Director,
Office V, from Ryan Mullen, International Trade
Analyst, Office V, through Catherine Bertrand,
Program Manager, Office V ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Certain Corrosion Resistant Steel
Products from India: JSW Preliminary Affiliation
and Single Entity Memorandum’’ dated
concurrently with this preliminary determination.
Therefore, we will assign one rate to these
companies.
10 On October 29, 2015, we preliminarily found
that critical circumstances do not exist for imports
exported by JSW, Uttam Galva, and ‘‘all others.’’
Because we reached a preliminary negative critical
circumstances determination in this LTFV
investigation, the suspension of liquidation will not
be retroactive from effective from the date of
publication of this notice. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations of CorrosionResistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the
People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea,
and Taiwan: Preliminary Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 80 FR 68504 (November 5, 2015).
11 See Modification of Regulations Regarding the
Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional
Measures Period in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042
(October 3, 2011).
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appropriate for export subsidies,12 as
follows: (1) The rate for JSW, when
adjusted for export subsidies, is 3.91
percent; (2) the rate for Uttam Galva,
when adjusted for export subsidies, is
2.96 percent; (3) the rate for all others
producers or exporters, when adjusted
for export subsidies, is 3.11 percent.
These suspension of liquidation
instructions will remain in effect until
further notice.
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations
performed to interested parties in this
proceeding within five days of the date
of publication of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties are invited to
comment on this preliminary
determination. 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 final
verification report is issued in this
proceeding, and rebuttal briefs, limited
to issues raised in case briefs, may be
submitted no later than five days after
the deadline date for case briefs.13
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and
(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce. All documents must be filed
electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically-filed request must be
received successfully in its entirety by
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
within 30 days after the date of
12 See section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act. Unlike in
administrative reviews, the Department calculates
the adjustment for export subsidies in
investigations not in the margin calculation
program, but in the cash deposit instructions issued
to CBP. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value, and Negative
Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain
Lined Paper Products from India, 71 FR 45012
(August 8, 2006), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum at Comment 1.
13 See 19 CFR 351.309.
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publication of this notice.14 Requests
should contain the party’s name,
address, and telephone number, the
number of participants, 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, 14th Street
and 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.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, we intend to verify information
relied upon in making our final
determination.
Postponement of Final Determination
and Extension of Provisional Measures
Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides
that a final determination may be
postponed until not later than 135 days
after the date of the publication of the
preliminary determination if, in the
event of an affirmative preliminary
determination, a request for such
postponement is made by exporters who
account for a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise, or in
the event of a negative preliminary
determination, a request for such
postponement is made by Petitioners. 19
CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that requests
by respondents for postponement of a
final antidumping determination be
accompanied by a request for extension
of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to a period not more than
six months in duration.
On December 2, 2015, and December
3, 2015, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(b)
and (e), JSW and Uttam Galva requested
that, contingent upon an affirmative
preliminary determination of sales at
LTFV for the respondents, the
Department postpone the final
determination and that provisional
measures be extended to a period not to
exceed six months.15
14 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from
JSW ‘‘Request for Postponement of Final
Determination’’ (December 2, 2015); see also Letter
15 See
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In accordance with section
735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our
preliminary determination is
affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters
account for a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise; and
(3) no compelling reasons for denial
exist, we are postponing the final
determination and extending the
provisional measures from a four-month
period to a period not greater than six
months. Accordingly, we will make our
final determination no later than 135
days after the date of publication of this
preliminary determination, pursuant to
section 735(a)(2) of the Act.16
International Trade Commission
(‘‘ITC’’) Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of
the Act, we are notifying the ITC of our
affirmative preliminary determination of
sales at LTFV. If our 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 our final determination
whether these imports are materially
injuring, or threaten material injury to,
the U.S. industry.
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with sections
733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: December 21, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by the scope are
certain flat-rolled steel products, 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, laminated, or coated with plastics
or other non-metallic substances in addition
to the metal coating. The products covered
include coils that have a 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 4.75 mm or more than 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
to the Secretary of Commerce from Uttam Galva
‘‘Request for Postponement of Final Determination’’
(December 3, 2015).
16 See also 19 CFR 351.210(e).
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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 for
above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for
a specific period (e.g., the thickness of certain
products with non-rectangular cross-section,
the width of certain products with nonrectangular shape, etc.), the measurement at
its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope in
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; (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
• 1.25 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 interstitial-free (‘‘IF’’))
steels and high strength low alloy (‘‘HSLA’’)
steels. 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.
Furthermore, this scope also includes
Advanced High Strength Steels (‘‘AHSS’’)
and Ultra High Strength Steels (‘‘UHSS’’),
both of which are considered high tensile
strength and high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise also includes
corrosion-resistant 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 investigations if performed
in the country of manufacture of the in-scope
corrosion resistant 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
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scope of this investigation unless specifically
excluded. The following products are outside
of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this investigation:
• 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
non-metallic substances in addition to the
metallic coating;
• Clad products in straight lengths of
4.7625 mm or more in composite thickness
and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and
measure at least twice the thickness; and
• Certain clad stainless flat-rolled
products, which are three-layered corrosionresistant steel flat-rolled steel products less
than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that
consist of a flat-rolled steel product clad on
both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%20% ratio.
The products subject to the investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) under item numbers:
7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000,
7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095,
7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030,
7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000,
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030,
7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000,
and 7212.60.0000.
The products subject to the investigation
may also enter under the following HTSUS
item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000,
7215.90.3000, 7215.20.1500, 7217.30.1530,
7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.91.0000,
7225.92.0000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110,
7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the investigation is dispositive.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Critical
Circumstances
V. Scope of the Investigation
VI. All-Others Rate
VII. Affiliation and Collapsing
VIII. Discussion of Methodology
A. Determination of the Comparison
Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
IX. Date of Sale
X. Product Comparisons
XI. Export Price and Constructed Export
Price
XII. Normal Value
A. Comparison Market Viability
B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test
C. Level of Trade
D. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Calculation of COP
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2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
E. Calculation of NV Based on ComparisonMarket Prices
XIII. Currency Conversion
XIV. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for
Export Subsidies in Companion
Countervailing Duty Investigation
XV. Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity To Request
Administrative Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
482–4735.
AGENCY:
Background
Each year during the anniversary
month of the publication of an
antidumping or countervailing duty
order, finding, or suspended
investigation, an interested party, as
defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
may request, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213, that the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) conduct
an administrative review of that
antidumping or countervailing duty
order, finding, or suspended
investigation.
All deadlines for the submission of
comments or actions by the Department
discussed below refer to the number of
calendar days from the applicable
starting date.
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Respondent Selection
In the event the Department limits the
number of respondents for individual
examination for administrative reviews
initiated pursuant to requests made for
the orders identified below, the
Department intends to select
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respondents based on U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) data for U.S.
imports during the period of review. We
intend to release the CBP data under
Administrative Protective Order
(‘‘APO’’) to all parties having an APO
within five days of publication of the
initiation notice and to make our
decision regarding respondent selection
within 21 days of publication of the
initiation Federal Register notice.
Therefore, we encourage all parties
interested in commenting on respondent
selection to submit their APO
applications on the date of publication
of the initiation notice, or as soon
thereafter as possible. The Department
invites comments regarding the CBP
data and respondent selection within
five days of placement of the CBP data
on the record of the review.
In the event the Department decides
it is necessary to limit individual
examination of respondents and
conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, the Department finds that
determinations concerning whether
particular companies should be
‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single
entity for purposes of calculating
antidumping duty rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed
information and analysis, which often
require follow-up questions and
analysis. Accordingly, the Department
will not conduct collapsing analyses at
the respondent selection phase of this
review and will not collapse companies
at the respondent selection phase unless
there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a
previous segment of this antidumping
proceeding (i.e., investigation,
administrative review, new shipper
review or changed circumstances
review). For any company subject to this
review, if the Department determined,
or continued to treat, that company as
collapsed with others, the Department
will assume that such companies
continue to operate in the same manner
and will collapse them for respondent
selection purposes. Otherwise, the
Department will not collapse companies
for purposes of respondent selection.
Parties are requested to (a) identify
which companies subject to review
previously were collapsed, and (b)
provide a citation to the proceeding in
which they were collapsed. Further, if
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companies are requested to complete
the Quantity and Value Questionnaire
for purposes of respondent selection, in
general each company must report
volume and value data separately for
itself. Parties should not include data
for any other party, even if they believe
they should be treated as a single entity
with that other party. If a company was
collapsed with another company or
companies in the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
where the Department considered
collapsing that entity, complete quantity
and value data for that collapsed entity
must be submitted.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a
party that requests a review may
withdraw that request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
regulation provides that the Department
may extend this time if it is reasonable
to do so. In order to provide parties
additional certainty with respect to
when the Department will exercise its
discretion to extend this 90-day
deadline, interested parties are advised
that, with regard to reviews requested
on the basis of anniversary months on
or after January 2016, the Department
does not intend to extend the 90-day
deadline unless the requestor
demonstrates that an extraordinary
circumstance prevented it from
submitting a timely withdrawal request.
Determinations by the Department to
extend the 90-day deadline will be
made on a case-by-case basis.
The Department is providing this
notice on its Web site, as well as in its
‘‘Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review’’ notices, so that interested
parties will be aware of the manner in
which the Department intends to
exercise its discretion in the future.
Opportunity To Request A Review:
Not later than the last day of January
2016,1 interested parties may request
administrative review of the following
orders, findings, or suspended
investigations, with anniversary dates in
January for the following periods:
1 Or the next business day, if the deadline falls
on a weekend, federal holiday or any other day
when the Department is closed.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-863]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From India:
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Postponement of Final Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') preliminarily
determines that certain corrosion-resistant steel products
(``corrosion-resistant steel'') from India are being, or are likely to
be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (``LTFV''), as
provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''). The period of investigation (``POI'') is April 1, 2014, through
March 31, 2015. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales
at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this
notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective date: January 4, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis Polovina or Ryan Mullen, AD/CVD
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3927 or (202) 482-5260, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the notice of initiation of this
investigation on June 30, 2015.\1\ For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the
memorandum that is dated concurrently with this determination and
hereby adopted by this notice.\2\ A list of topics included 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 https://access.trade.gov,
and 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 found 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 Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy,
India, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and
Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR
37228 (June 30, 2015) (``Initiation Notice'').
\2\ See Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination
in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from India'' (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''),
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is corrosion-resistant
steel from India. For a full description of the scope of this
investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the preamble to the Department's regulations,\3\
the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise
issues regarding product coverage (i.e., ``scope'').\4\ 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.\5\ The Department is preliminarily modifying the scope
language as it appeared in the Initiation Notice to clarify that
corrosion-resistant steel which is further processed in a third country
is covered by the scope of the investigation. See ``Scope of the
Investigation,'' in Appendix I, which includes the additional
clarifying language.
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\3\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 62 FR 27296,
27323 (May 19, 1997).
\4\ See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 37229.
\5\ See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's
Republic of China, India, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan:
Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determinations,'' dated concurrently with this preliminary
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with
section 731 of the Act. Export prices have been calculated in
accordance with section 772(a) of the Act. Constructed export prices
have been calculated in accordance with section 772(b) of the Act.
Normal value (``NV'') is calculated in accordance with section 773 of
the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
All-Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the estimated all-
others rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters
and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de
minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776
of the Act.\6\ Therefore, we preliminary calculated the all-others rate
based on a weighted-average of the dumping margins calculated for the
mandatory respondents using each company's publicly-ranged values for
the merchandise under consideration.\7\
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\6\ With two respondents, we would normally calculate (A) a
weighted-average of the dumping margins calculated for the mandatory
respondents; (B) a simple average of the dumping margins calculated
for the mandatory respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the
dumping margins calculated for the mandatory respondents using each
company's publicly-ranged values for the merchandise under
consideration. We would compare (B) and (C) to (A) and select the
rate closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all other
companies. See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances
Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
(September 1, 2010).
\7\ See Memorandum to the File, From Ryan Mullen, International
Trade Compliance Analyst, ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from India: Calculation of All-Others' Rate in Preliminary
Determination,'' dated concurrently with this preliminary
determination.
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Preliminary Determination
The Department preliminarily determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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JSW: \8\, JSW Steel Ltd., JSW Coated Products Limited....... 6.64
Uttam Galva: \9\, Uttam Galva Steels Limited, Uttam Value 6.92
Steels Limited, Atlantis International Services Company
Ltd., Uttam Galva Steels, Netherlands, B.V., and Uttam
Galva Steels (BVI) Limited.................................
All-Others.................................................. 6.76
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, we will direct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to suspend liquidation of
all entries of corrosion-resistant steel from India 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.\10\
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\8\ We preliminarily find JSWSL and its wholly-owned affiliated
JSW Steel Coated Products Limited (``JSCPL''), (collectively
``JSW'') are affiliated and have met the criteria to be collapsed.
See Memorandum to the File, Through Catherine Bertrand, Program
Manager, Enforcement and Compliance, Office V, From Alexis Polovina,
Senior International Trade Analyst, Enforcement and Compliance,
Office V, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Corrosion
Resistant Steel Products from India: JSW Preliminary Affiliation and
Collapsing Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this preliminary
determination. Therefore, we will assign one rate to these
companies.
\9\ We preliminarily find Uttam Galva Steels, Ltd. (``UGSL'') to
be affiliated with these companies and that they have met the
criteria to be treated as a single entity. For further discussion of
this issue, which includes business proprietary information, see
Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Director, Office V, from Ryan Mullen,
International Trade Analyst, Office V, through Catherine Bertrand,
Program Manager, Office V ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Certain Corrosion Resistant Steel Products from India: JSW
Preliminary Affiliation and Single Entity Memorandum'' dated
concurrently with this preliminary determination. Therefore, we will
assign one rate to these companies.
\10\ On October 29, 2015, we preliminarily found that critical
circumstances do not exist for imports exported by JSW, Uttam Galva,
and ``all others.'' Because we reached a preliminary negative
critical circumstances determination in this LTFV investigation, the
suspension of liquidation will not be retroactive from effective
from the date of publication of this notice. See Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Investigations of Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the
Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Preliminary Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 80 FR 68504 (November 5, 2015).
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Pursuant to section 733 (d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d),
the Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the
weighted-average amount by which the NV exceeds U.S. price as indicated
in the chart above,\11\ adjusted where appropriate for export
subsidies,\12\ as follows: (1) The rate for JSW, when adjusted for
export subsidies, is 3.91 percent; (2) the rate for Uttam Galva, when
adjusted for export subsidies, is 2.96 percent; (3) the rate for all
others producers or exporters, when adjusted for export subsidies, is
3.11 percent. These suspension of liquidation instructions will remain
in effect until further notice.
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\11\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of
Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042
(October 3, 2011).
\12\ See section 772(c)(1)(C) of the Act. Unlike in
administrative reviews, the Department calculates the adjustment for
export subsidies in investigations not in the margin calculation
program, but in the cash deposit instructions issued to CBP. See
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and
Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Certain Lined
Paper Products from India, 71 FR 45012 (August 8, 2006), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1.
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Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations performed to interested parties
in this proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties are
invited to comment on this preliminary determination. 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 final verification report is issued in this proceeding, and
rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be
submitted no later than five days after the deadline date for case
briefs.\13\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce.
All documents must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An
electronically-filed request must be received successfully in its
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.\14\ Requests should contain the
party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of
participants, 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, 14th Street and 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.
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Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we intend to verify
information relied upon in making our final determination.
Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures
Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement
is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative
preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by
Petitioners. 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that requests by respondents
for postponement of a final antidumping determination be accompanied by
a request for extension of provisional measures from a four-month
period to a period not more than six months in duration.
On December 2, 2015, and December 3, 2015, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.210(b) and (e), JSW and Uttam Galva requested that, contingent upon
an affirmative preliminary determination of sales at LTFV for the
respondents, the Department postpone the final determination and that
provisional measures be extended to a period not to exceed six
months.\15\
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\15\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from JSW ``Request
for Postponement of Final Determination'' (December 2, 2015); see
also Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from Uttam Galva ``Request
for Postponement of Final Determination'' (December 3, 2015).
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In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our preliminary determination is
affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters account for a significant
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise; and (3) no compelling
reasons for denial exist, we are postponing the final determination and
extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period
not greater than six months. Accordingly, we will make our final
determination no later than 135 days after the date of publication of
this preliminary determination, pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the
Act.\16\
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International Trade Commission (``ITC'') Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we are notifying the
ITC of our affirmative preliminary determination of sales at LTFV. If
our 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 our final determination whether these imports are
materially injuring, or threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry.
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: December 21, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by the scope are certain flat-rolled steel
products, 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,
laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances
in addition to the metal coating. The products covered include coils
that have a 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 4.75 mm or more
than 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 for above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific period
(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 in 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; (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
1.25 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 interstitial-free
(``IF'')) steels and high strength low alloy (``HSLA'') steels. 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.
Furthermore, this scope also includes Advanced High Strength
Steels (``AHSS'') and Ultra High Strength Steels (``UHSS''), both of
which are considered high tensile strength and high elongation
steels.
Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant 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
investigations if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-
scope corrosion resistant 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:
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
non-metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating;
Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more
in composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and
measure at least twice the thickness; and
Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are
three-layered corrosion-resistant steel flat-rolled steel products
less than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-
rolled steel product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a
20%-60%-20% ratio.
The products subject to the investigation are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(``HTSUS'') under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095,
7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, and 7212.60.0000.
The products subject to the investigation may also enter under
the following HTSUS item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000,
7215.90.3000, 7215.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560,
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090,
7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110,
7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000, 7228.60.8000, and
7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the
investigation is dispositive.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Critical Circumstances
V. Scope of the Investigation
VI. All-Others Rate
VII. Affiliation and Collapsing
VIII. Discussion of Methodology
A. Determination of the Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
IX. Date of Sale
X. Product Comparisons
XI. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
XII. Normal Value
A. Comparison Market Viability
B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test
C. Level of Trade
D. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Calculation of COP
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2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
E. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison-Market Prices
XIII. Currency Conversion
XIV. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for Export Subsidies in
Companion Countervailing Duty Investigation
XV. Conclusion
[FR Doc. 2015-32758 Filed 12-31-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
