Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Netherlands: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures, 15225-15228 [2016-06457]
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(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, or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium, 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,
the substrate for 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. The substrate for motor
lamination steels contains 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 hot-rolled
steel that has been further processed in a
third country, including but not limited to
pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing,
tempering, temper rolling, skin passing,
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 hot-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:
• Universal mill plates (i.e., hot-rolled,
flat-rolled products not in coils that have
been rolled on four faces or in a closed box
pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not
exceeding 1250 mm, of a thickness not less
than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in relief);
• Products that have been cold-rolled
(cold-reduced) after hot-rolling; 21
21 For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling
operations such as a skin pass, levelling, temper
rolling or other minor rolling operations after the
hot-rolling process for purposes of surface finish,
flatness, shape control, or gauge control do not
constitute cold-rolling sufficient to meet this
exclusion.
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• Ball bearing steels; 22
• Tool steels; 23 and
• Silico-manganese steels; 24
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under item numbers: 7208.10.1500,
7208.10.3000, 7208.10.6000, 7208.25.3000,
7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030, 7208.26.0060,
7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030,
7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060,
7208.38.0015, 7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090,
7208.39.0015, 7208.39.0030, 7208.39.0090,
7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000,
7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500,
7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000, 7211.19.4500,
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560,
7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000,
7225.30.3050, 7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000,
7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030,
7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and
7226.91.8000. The products subject to the
investigation may also enter under the
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060,
7214.91.0090, 7214.99.0060, 7214.99.0075,
7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7226.99.0180,
and 7228.60.6000.
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.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Postponement of Final
Determination and Extension Of
Provisional Measures
22 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.
23 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.
24 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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V. Preliminary Determination of Critical
Circumstances
VI. Scope of the Investigation
VII. Scope Comments
VIII. Single Entity Analysis
IX. Discussion of The Methodology
X. Facts Available and Adverse Facts
Available
XI. Date Of Sale
XII. Product Comparisons
XIII. Export Price And Constructed
Export Price
XIV. Normal Value
XV. Currency Conversion
XVI. Conclusion
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–421–813]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the Netherlands: Affirmative
Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement
of Final Determination and Extension
of Provisional Measures
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) preliminarily
determines that certain hot-rolled steel
flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the
Netherlands 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 July 1, 2014,
through June 30, 2015. The estimated
weighted-average dumping margins of
sales are shown in the ‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’ section of this notice.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective: March 22, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dmitry Vladimirov, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Department published the notice
of initiation of this investigation on
September 9, 2015.1 For a complete
1 See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
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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.
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are hot-rolled steel from
the Netherlands. For a full description
of the scope of this investigation, see the
‘‘Scope of the Investigation,’’ in
Appendix I.
Scope Comments
Certain interested parties commented
on the scope of the investigation as it
appeared in the Initiation Notice. For
discussion of those comments, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Postponement of Deadline for
Preliminary Determination
The Department published the notice
of postponement of preliminary
determination of this investigation on
November 25, 2015.3 Pursuant to
sections 733(c)(1)(B)(i) and (ii) of the
Act, we postponed the preliminary
determination by 50 days.4 As a result
Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the
United Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 80 FR 54261 (September 9, 2015)
(Initiation Notice).
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 Determination in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Netherlands’’ (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with
this notice.
3 See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the
United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations of Antidumping Duty
Investigations, 80 FR 73702 (November 25, 2015).
4 Id.
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of the postponement, the deadline for
the preliminary determination of this
investigation moved to March 8, 2016.
As explained in the memorandum from
the Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, the
Department has exercised its discretion
to toll all administrative deadlines due
to the recent closure of the Federal
Government.5 All deadlines in this
investigation have been extended by
four business days.6 The revised
deadline for the preliminary
determination of this investigation is
now March 14, 2016.
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.
In addition, the Department has relied
on partial adverse facts available under
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For
a full description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary conclusions,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
All-Others Rate
Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in
the preliminary determination the
Department shall determine an
estimated all-others rate for all exporters
and producers not individually
investigated, which 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.
The Department calculated a companyspecific rate for Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V
that is not zero, de minimis or
determined entirely under section 776
of the Act. Therefore, for purposes of
determining the ‘‘all-others’’ rate and
pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the
Act, we are using the weighted-average
dumping margin calculated for Tata
Steel IJmuiden B.V as the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin
assigned to all other producers and
exporters of the merchandise under
consideration.
5 See Memorandum to the Record from Ron
Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement and
Compliance, regarding ‘‘Tolling of Administrative
Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure
During Snowstorm Jonas,’’ dated January 27, 2016.
6 Id.
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Preliminary Determination
The Department preliminarily
determines that the following weightedaverage dumping margins exist:
Exporter/producer
Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V. ........
All-Others ................................
Weightedaverage
margin
(percent)
5.07
5.07
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 hot-rolled
steel from the Netherlands 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.
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. These suspension of
liquidation instructions will remain in
effect until further notice.
Disclosure
We intend to 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.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, we intend to verify information
relied upon in making our final
determination.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance no later than seven days
after the date on which the 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.7
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;
7 See
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(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
publication of this notice.8 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, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230, at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of
the hearing two days before the
scheduled date.
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 the
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 February 22, 2016, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.210(b) and (e), Tata Steel
IJmuiden B.V. requested that, contingent
upon an affirmative preliminary
determination of sales at LTFV, the
Department postpone the final
determination and that provisional
measures be extended to a period not to
exceed six months.9
In accordance with section
735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
8 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from
Tata Steel IJmuident B.V., ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Netherlands: Request for
Postponement of Final Determination’’ (February
22, 2016).
9 See
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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; 10
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.11
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: March 14, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation
are certain hot-rolled, flat-rolled steel
products, with or without patterns in relief,
and 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 thickness, and
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 of 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 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 achieve subsequent to the
rolling process, i.e., products which have
10 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Antidumping
Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Netherlands: Respondent
Selection,’’ dated September 29, 2015.
11 See also 19 CFR 351.210(e).
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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 unless the resulting measurement
makes the product covered by the existing
antidumping 12 or countervailing duty 13
orders on Certain Cut-To-Length CarbonQuality Steel Plate Products From the
Republic of Korea (A–580–836; C–580–837),
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:
• 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, or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium, 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,
the substrate for 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. The substrate for motor
lamination steels contains micro-alloying
12 Notice of Amendment of Final Determinations
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality
Steel Plate Products From France, India, Indonesia,
Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585
(February 10, 2000).
13 Notice of Amended Final Determinations:
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate
From India and the Republic of Korea; and Notice
of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut-ToLength Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From France,
India, Indonesia, Italy, and the Republic of Korea,
65 FR 6587 (February 10, 2000).
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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 hot-rolled
steel that has been further processed in a
third country, including but not limited to
pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing,
tempering, temper rolling, skin passing,
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 hot-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:
• Universal mill plates (i.e., hot-rolled,
flat-rolled products not in coils that have
been rolled on four faces or in a closed box
pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not
exceeding 1250 mm, of a thickness not less
than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in relief);
• Products that have been cold-rolled
(cold-reduced) after hot-rolling; 14
• Ball bearing steels; 15
• Tool steels; 16 and
• Silico-manganese steels;17
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
14 For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling
operations such as a skin pass, levelling, temper
rolling or other minor rolling operations after the
hot-rolling process for purposes of surface finish,
flatness, shape control, or gauge control do not
constitute cold-rolling sufficient to meet this
exclusion.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:34 Mar 21, 2016
Jkt 238001
under item numbers: 7208.10.1500,
7208.10.3000, 7208.10.6000, 7208.25.3000,
7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030, 7208.26.0060,
7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030,
7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060,
7208.38.0015, 7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090,
7208.39.0015, 7208.39.0030, 7208.39.0090,
7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000,
7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500,
7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000, 7211.19.4500,
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560,
7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000,
7225.30.3050, 7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000,
7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030,
7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and
7226.91.8000. The products subject to the
investigation may also enter under the
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060,
7214.91.0090, 7214.99.0060, 7214.99.0075,
7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7226.99.0180,
and 7228.60.6000.
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.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum:
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Scope Comments
VI. Critical Circumstances
VII. Application of Facts Available and Use
of Adverse Inferences
VIII. Discussion of Methodology
Comparisons to Fair Value
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
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. Conclusion
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–883]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the Republic of Korea:
Affirmative Preliminary Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Department) preliminarily determines
that certain hot-rolled steel flat products
(hot-rolled steel) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea) 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 (Act). The period of
investigation (POI) is July 1, 2014,
through June 30, 2015. The estimated
weighted-average dumping margins are
shown in the ‘‘Preliminary
Determination’’ section of this notice.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Effective: March 22, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Javier Barrientos or Matthew Renkey,
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)
482–2243 or (202) 482–2312,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Department published the notice
of initiation of this investigation on
September 9, 2015.1 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this investigation, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
that is dated concurrently with this
determination and hereby adopted by
this notice.2 A list of topics included in
1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the
United Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 80 FR 54261 (September 9, 2015)
(Initiation Notice).
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 Determination in the Less-than-FairValue Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Republic of Korea’’ (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with
this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-421-813]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Netherlands:
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily
determines that certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled
steel) from the Netherlands 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 July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. The
estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales are shown in the
``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. Interested
parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.
DATES: Effective: March 22, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the notice of initiation of this
investigation on September 9, 2015.\1\ For a complete
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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 Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia,
Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic
of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations, 80 FR 54261 (September 9, 2015) (Initiation
Notice).
\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 Determination in the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Netherlands'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum),
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are hot-rolled steel
from the Netherlands. For a full description of the scope of this
investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in Appendix I.
Scope Comments
Certain interested parties commented on the scope of the
investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. For discussion
of those comments, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Postponement of Deadline for Preliminary Determination
The Department published the notice of postponement of preliminary
determination of this investigation on November 25, 2015.\3\ Pursuant
to sections 733(c)(1)(B)(i) and (ii) of the Act, we postponed the
preliminary determination by 50 days.\4\ As a result of the
postponement, the deadline for the preliminary determination of this
investigation moved to March 8, 2016. As explained in the memorandum
from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, the
Department has exercised its discretion to toll all administrative
deadlines due to the recent closure of the Federal Government.\5\ All
deadlines in this investigation have been extended by four business
days.\6\ The revised deadline for the preliminary determination of this
investigation is now March 14, 2016.
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\3\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia,
Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic
of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 80 FR 73702
(November 25, 2015).
\4\ Id.
\5\ See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting A/S
for Enforcement and Compliance, regarding ``Tolling of
Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure
During Snowstorm Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016.
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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. In addition, the Department has relied on partial adverse facts
available under sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
All-Others Rate
Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that
in the preliminary determination the Department shall determine an
estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not
individually investigated, which 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. The Department calculated a
company-specific rate for Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V that is not zero, de
minimis or determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. Therefore,
for purposes of determining the ``all-others'' rate and pursuant to
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we are using the weighted-average
dumping margin calculated for Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V as the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin assigned to all other producers and
exporters of the merchandise under consideration.
Preliminary Determination
The Department preliminarily determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist:
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Weighted- average margin
Exporter/producer (percent)
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Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V.................. 5.07
All-Others............................... 5.07
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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 hot-rolled steel from the Netherlands 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.
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. These suspension of liquidation instructions will
remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure
We intend to 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.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we intend to verify
information relied upon in making our final determination.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven
days after the date on which the 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.\7\ 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;
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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.\8\ 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, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be determined. Parties
should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
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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
the 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 February 22, 2016, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(b) and (e), Tata
Steel IJmuiden B.V. requested that, contingent upon an affirmative
preliminary determination of sales at LTFV, the Department postpone the
final determination and that provisional measures be extended to a
period not to exceed six months.\9\
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\9\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from Tata Steel
IJmuident B.V., ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands: Request for
Postponement of Final Determination'' (February 22, 2016).
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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; \10\ 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.\11\
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\10\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Netherlands: Respondent Selection,'' dated
September 29, 2015.
\11\ See also 19 CFR 351.210(e).
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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: March 14, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are certain hot-
rolled, flat-rolled steel products, with or without patterns in
relief, and 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
thickness, and 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 of 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 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 achieve
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 unless the resulting measurement makes the product
covered by the existing antidumping \12\ or countervailing duty \13\
orders on Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products
From the Republic of Korea (A-580-836; C-580-837), and
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\12\ Notice of Amendment of Final Determinations of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From France, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6585
(February 10, 2000).
\13\ Notice of Amended Final Determinations: Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From India and the Republic of
Korea; and Notice of Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-
Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From France, India, Indonesia,
Italy, and the Republic of Korea, 65 FR 6587 (February 10, 2000).
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(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, or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium, 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, the
substrate for 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. The substrate for motor
lamination steels contains micro-alloying
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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 hot-rolled steel that has been
further processed in a third country, including but not limited to
pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing, tempering, temper rolling,
skin passing, 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 hot-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:
Universal mill plates (i.e., hot-rolled, flat-rolled
products not in coils that have been rolled on four faces or in a
closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250
mm, of a thickness not less than 4.0 mm, and without patterns in
relief);
Products that have been cold-rolled (cold-reduced)
after hot-rolling; \14\
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\14\ For purposes of this scope exclusion, rolling operations
such as a skin pass, levelling, temper rolling or other minor
rolling operations after the hot-rolling process for purposes of
surface finish, flatness, shape control, or gauge control do not
constitute cold-rolling sufficient to meet this exclusion.
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Ball bearing steels; \15\
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\15\ 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; \16\ and
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\16\ 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 steels;\17\
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\17\ 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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The products subject to this investigation are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7208.10.1500, 7208.10.3000,
7208.10.6000, 7208.25.3000, 7208.25.6000, 7208.26.0030,
7208.26.0060, 7208.27.0030, 7208.27.0060, 7208.36.0030,
7208.36.0060, 7208.37.0030, 7208.37.0060, 7208.38.0015,
7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090, 7208.39.0015, 7208.39.0030,
7208.39.0090, 7208.40.6030, 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000,
7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0090, 7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.3000,
7211.19.4500, 7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7530, 7211.19.7560,
7211.19.7590, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.30.3050,
7225.30.7000, 7225.40.7000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000,
7226.11.9030, 7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and 7226.91.8000. The products subject
to the investigation may also enter under the following HTSUS
numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090,
7214.99.0060, 7214.99.0075, 7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000,
7226.99.0180, and 7228.60.6000.
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.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Scope Comments
VI. Critical Circumstances
VII. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inferences
VIII. Discussion of Methodology Comparisons to Fair Value
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
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. Conclusion
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