Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 49953-49956 [2016-17941]
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steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered
whether or not they are high tensile strength
or high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled
steel that has been further processed in a
third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting,
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the investigation if performed in the
country of manufacture of the cold-rolled
steel.
All products that meet the written physical
description, and in which the chemistry
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the
scope of this investigation unless specifically
excluded. The following products are outside
of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this investigation:
• Ball bearing steels; 8
• Tool steels; 9
• Silico-manganese steel; 10
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (‘‘GOES’’)
as defined in the final determination of the
U.S. Department of Commerce in GrainOriented Electrical Steel from Germany,
Japan, and Poland.11
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels
(‘‘NOES’’), as defined in the antidumping
orders issued by the U.S. Department of
8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany,
Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR
42,501, 42,503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014)
(‘‘Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany,
Japan, and Poland’’). This determination defines
grain-oriented electrical steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy
steel product containing by weight at least 0.6
percent but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not
more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 1.0
percent of aluminum, and no other element in an
amount that would give the steel the characteristics
of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight
lengths.’’
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Commerce in Non-Oriented Electrical Steel
from the People’s Republic of China,
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea,
Sweden, and Taiwan.12
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under item numbers: 7209.15.0000,
7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520,
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090,
7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and
7226.92.8050. The products subject to the
investigation may also enter under the
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000,
7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080,
7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020,
7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065,
7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000,
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,
7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000,
7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015,
7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000,
and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the investigation is dispositive.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
12 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 79 FR 71,741, 71,741–42 (Dep’t of
Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014) (‘‘Non-Oriented Electrical
Steel from the People’s Republic of China,
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan’’). The orders define NOES as ‘‘coldrolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products, whether or
not in coils, regardless of width, having an actual
thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core
loss is substantially equal in any direction of
magnetization in the plane of the material. The term
‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
coating may be applied.’’
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–881]
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the Republic of Korea: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) determines that
certain cold-rolled steel flat products
(‘‘cold-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’’). The final
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins are listed below in the ‘‘Final
Determination’’ section of this notice.
The period of investigation (‘‘POI’’) is
July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.
DATES: Effective July 29, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Cho or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–5075 or (202) 482–
0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
The Department published the
preliminary determination on March 7,
2016.1 A summary of the events that
occurred since the Department
published the Preliminary
Determination, as well as a full
discussion of the issues raised by parties
for this final determination, may be
found in the Final Issues and Decision
Memorandum.2
Also, as explained in the
memorandum from the Acting Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, the Department exercised
1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the Republic of Korea: Affirmative
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Postponement of Final
Determination, 81 FR 11757 (March 7, 2016)
(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for
the Final Affirmative Determination in the
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain ColdRolled Steel Products from the Republic of Korea,’’
(Final Issues and Decision Memorandum), dated
concurrently with this determination and hereby
adopted by this notice.
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its authority to toll all administrative
deadlines due to the recent closure of
the Federal Government.3 As a
consequence, all deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been
extended by four business days. The
revised deadline for the final
determination is now July 20, 2016.
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is cold-rolled steel from
the Republic of Korea. For a complete
description of the scope of this
investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the
Investigation,’’ in Appendix II of this
notice.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the Preliminary
Scope Determination,4 the Department
set aside a period of time for parties to
address scope issues in case briefs or
other written comments on scope issues.
For a summary of the product
coverage comments and rebuttal
responses submitted to the records of
the cold-rolled steel investigations, and
accompanying discussion and analysis
of all comments timely received, see the
Final Scope Decision Memorandum.5
The Final Scope Decision Memorandum
is incorporated by, and hereby adopted
by, this notice.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties in this
investigation are addressed in the Final
Issues and Decision Memorandum,
which is hereby adopted by this notice.6
A list of the issues raised is attached to
this notice as Appendix I. The Final
Issues and 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 it is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B–8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the Final
Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed and electronic versions of
the Final Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, in January, March, and April 2016,
the Department verified the sales and
cost data reported by the mandatory
respondents Hyundai Steel Company
and POSCO,7 pursuant to section 782(i)
of the Act. We used standard
verification procedures, including an
examination of relevant accounting and
production records, and original source
documents provided by respondents.
Use of Adverse Facts Available
In making this final determination,
the Department relied, in part, on facts
available and, because Hyundai Steel
Company did not act to the best of its
ability in responding to the
Department’s requests for information,
we drew an adverse inference where
appropriate in selecting from among the
facts otherwise available.8 For further
information, see the accompanying
Final Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Changes to the Margin Calculations
Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our analysis of the
comments received and our findings at
verification, we made certain changes to
the margin calculations for Hyundai
Steel Company and POSCO. For a
discussion of these changes, see the
Final Issues and Decision
Memorandum. We have also revised the
all-others rate.
All-Others Rate
Consistent with sections
735(c)(1)(B)(i)(II) and 735(c)(5) of the
Act, the Department also calculated an
estimated 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. Where the rates for
investigated companies are zero or de
minimis, or based entirely on facts
otherwise available, section 735(c)(5)(B)
of the Act instructs the Department to
establish an ‘‘all others’’ rate using ‘‘any
reasonable method.’’
In this investigation, we calculated
weighted-average dumping margins for
Hyundai Steel Company and POSCO,
that are above de minimis and which are
not based entirely on total facts
available. We calculated the all-others
rate using a simple average of the
dumping margins calculated for the
mandatory respondents.9
Final Determination Margins
The Department determines that the
following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist:
Weighted-average
dumping margins
(percent)
Exporter/manufacturer
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Hyundai Steel Company ..........................................................................................................................
POSCO and Daewoo International Corporation .....................................................................................
All Others .................................................................................................................................................
3 See Memorandum to the File from Ron
Lorentzen, Acting A/S for Enforcement &
Compliance, ‘‘Tolling of Administrative Deadlines
As a Result of the Government Closure During
Snowstorm Jonas,’’ dated January 27, 2016.
4 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Certain ColdRolled Steel Products From Brazil, the People’s
Republic of China, India, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United
Kingdom: Scope Comments Decision Memorandum
for the Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated
February 29, 2016 (‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum’’).
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5 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Final Scope
Comments Decision Memorandum,’’ dated May 16,
2016 (Final Scope Decision Memorandum).
6 See Final Issues and Decision Memorandum.
7 We are continuing to collapse the mandatory
respondent Daewoo International Corporation
(DWI) and POSCO, and henceforward refer to the
collapsed entity as ‘‘POSCO’’. See Preliminary
Determination, 81 FR at 11758.
8 See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
9 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
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6.32
20.33
Cash deposit rate
(percent)
34.33
0.00
20.33
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).
As complete publicly ranged sales data was
unavailable, we based the all-others rate on a
simple average of the two calculated margins.
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to parties in
this proceeding the calculations
performed for this final determination
within five days of the date of public
announcement of our final
determination, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B) of the
Act, the Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
continue to suspend liquidation of all
entries of cold-rolled steel from Korea,
which were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
March 7, 2016 (the date of publication
of the affirmative Preliminary
Determination).
Where the product under
investigation is also subject to a
concurrent countervailing duty
investigation, we instruct CBP to require
a cash deposit less the amount of the
countervailing duty determined to
constitute any export subsidies. Because
of the affirmative final determination in
the countervailing duty investigation,
suspension of liquidation will be
ordered in that investigation, and so
long as suspension of liquidation
continues under this antidumping duty
investigation, the cash deposit rates for
this antidumping duty investigation will
be the rates identified in the cash
deposit rate column in the rate chart,
above. In the event that a countervailing
duty order is issued and suspension of
liquidation continues in the companion
countervailing duty investigation on
cold-rolled steel from the Korea, the
Department will continue to instruct
CBP to require cash deposits adjusted by
the amount of export subsidies, as
appropriate. These adjustments are
reflected in the final column of the rate
chart, above.
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International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, we will notify the ITC of the
final affirmative determination of sales
at LTFV. Because the final
determination in this proceeding is
affirmative, in accordance with section
735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make
its final determination as to whether the
domestic industry in the United States
is materially injured, or threatened with
material injury, by reason of imports of
cold-rolled steel from Korea no later
than 45 days after our final
determination. If the ITC determines
that material injury or threat of material
injury does not exist, the proceeding
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will be terminated and all cash deposits
will be refunded. If the ITC determines
that such injury does exist, the
Department will issue an antidumping
duty order directing CBP to assess, upon
further instruction by the Department,
antidumping duties on all imports of the
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation.
14. Repacking Cost for Further
Manufactured Merchandise
15. Reporting of Inland Freight,
Warehousing Services, International
Freight, and Other Services Provided by
an Affiliated Company
16. 2013 Financial Statements
17. Certain Home Market Customers
18. CEP Offset
19. Other Issues
20. Other Cost Issues
VII. Recommendation
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders (‘‘APOs’’)
Appendix II
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to APO of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
notification of the return or destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to
judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and the terms of an APO is
a violation subject to sanction.
This determination and notice are
issued and published pursuant to
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 20, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues
and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
VI. Discussion of the Issues
General Comments
1. Differential Pricing
Company-Specific Comments
POSCO
2. International Freight and Domestic
Brokerage and Handling Expenses
3. Loading and Foreign Inland Freight
Expenses
4. Quality Product Characteristic
5. Yield Loss
6. General and Administrative Expenses
7. Home Market Gross Unit Price Field
8. Inclusion of Warehousing Expense in
Freight Revenue Cap Calculations
9. CEP Offset
10. Affiliated Party Purchases Cost
Adjustment
Hyundai Steel
11. Whether or not to apply total adverse
facts available to Hyundai Steel
12. Control Numbers and Prime/Non-Prime
Designation
13. U.S. Sales and Further Manufacturing
Costs
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation
are certain cold-rolled (cold-reduced), flatrolled steel products, whether or not
annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other non-metallic substances.
The products covered do not include those
that are clad, plated, or coated with metal.
The products covered include coils that have
a width or other lateral measurement
(‘‘width’’) of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless
of form of coil (e.g., in successively
superimposed layers, spirally oscillating,
etc.). The products covered also include
products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths)
of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width
that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures
at least 10 times the thickness. The products
covered also include products not in coils
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75
mm or more and a width exceeding 150 mm
and measuring at least twice the thickness.
The products described above may be
rectangular, square, circular, or other shape
and include products of either rectangular or
non-rectangular cross-section where such
cross-section is achieved subsequent to the
rolling process, i.e., products which have
been ‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products
which have been beveled or rounded at the
edges). For purposes of the width and
thickness requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual
measurements vary, a product is within the
scope if application of either the nominal or
actual measurement would place it within
the scope based on the definitions set forth
above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for
a specific product (e.g., the thickness of
certain products with non-rectangular crosssection, the width of certain products with
non-rectangular shape, etc.), the
measurement at its greatest width or
thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this
investigation are products in which: (1) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; (2) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and
(3) none of the elements listed below exceeds
the quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
• 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
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• 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called
wolfram), or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are
included in this scope regardless of levels of
boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF))
steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels,
motor lamination steels, Advanced High
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High
Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are
recognized as low carbon steels with microalloying levels of elements such as titanium
and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and
nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are
recognized as steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels
contain micro-alloying levels of elements
such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and
UHSS are considered high tensile strength
and high elongation steels, although AHSS
and UHSS are covered whether or not they
are high tensile strength or high elongation
steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled
steel that has been further processed in a
third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting,
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the investigation if performed in the
country of manufacture of the cold-rolled
steel.
All products that meet the written physical
description, and in which the chemistry
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the
scope of this investigation unless specifically
excluded. The following products are outside
of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this investigation:
• Ball bearing steels; 10
• Tool steels; 11
10 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.
11 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
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• Silico-manganese steel; 12
• Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as
defined in the final determination of the U.S.
Department of Commerce in Grain-Oriented
Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and
Poland.13
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES),
as defined in the antidumping orders issued
by the U.S. Department of Commerce in NonOriented Electrical Steel From the People’s
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.14
The products subject to this investigation
are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
under item numbers: 7209.15.0000,
7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520,
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090,
7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and
7226.92.8050. The products subject to the
investigation may also enter under the
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000,
7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080,
7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020,
7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065,
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.
12 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.
13 Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany,
Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR
42501, 42503 (Dep’t of Commerce, July 22, 2014).
This determination defines grain-oriented electrical
steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing
by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6
percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of
carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and
no other element in an amount that would give the
steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in
coils or in straight lengths.’’
14 Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People’s
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741–42 (Dep’t of
Commerce, Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES
as ‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having
an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which
the core loss is substantially equal in any direction
of magnetization in the plane of the material. The
term ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
coating may be applied.’’
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7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000,
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,
7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000,
7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015,
7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000,
and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the investigation is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-881]
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of
Korea: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') determines
that certain cold-rolled steel flat products (``cold-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''). The final
estimated weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the
``Final Determination'' section of this notice. The period of
investigation (``POI'') is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.
DATES: Effective July 29, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Cho or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5075 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the preliminary determination on March 7,
2016.\1\ A summary of the events that occurred since the Department
published the Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion
of the issues raised by parties for this final determination, may be
found in the Final Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the
Republic of Korea: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 81 FR
11757 (March 7, 2016) (Preliminary Determination) and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative
Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Cold-
Rolled Steel Products from the Republic of Korea,'' (Final Issues
and Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with this determination
and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Also, as explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised
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its authority to toll all administrative deadlines due to the recent
closure of the Federal Government.\3\ As a consequence, all deadlines
in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by four business
days. The revised deadline for the final determination is now July 20,
2016.
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\3\ See Memorandum to the File from Ron Lorentzen, Acting A/S
for Enforcement & Compliance, ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines
As a Result of the Government Closure During Snowstorm Jonas,''
dated January 27, 2016.
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is cold-rolled steel from
the Republic of Korea. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in Appendix II
of this notice.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the Preliminary Scope Determination,\4\ the
Department set aside a period of time for parties to address scope
issues in case briefs or other written comments on scope issues.
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\4\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Products From Brazil, the People's
Republic of China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian
Federation, and the United Kingdom: Scope Comments Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated February 29,
2016 (``Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum'').
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For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal
responses submitted to the records of the cold-rolled steel
investigations, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all
comments timely received, see the Final Scope Decision Memorandum.\5\
The Final Scope Decision Memorandum is incorporated by, and hereby
adopted by, this notice.
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\5\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Final Scope Comments Decision Memorandum,'' dated May 16, 2016
(Final Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in
this investigation are addressed in the Final Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\6\ A list of the
issues raised is attached to this notice as Appendix I. The Final
Issues and 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
it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B-8024
of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete
version of the Final Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and
electronic versions of the Final Issues and Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
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\6\ See Final Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, in January, March, and
April 2016, the Department verified the sales and cost data reported by
the mandatory respondents Hyundai Steel Company and POSCO,\7\ pursuant
to section 782(i) of the Act. We used standard verification procedures,
including an examination of relevant accounting and production records,
and original source documents provided by respondents.
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\7\ We are continuing to collapse the mandatory respondent
Daewoo International Corporation (DWI) and POSCO, and henceforward
refer to the collapsed entity as ``POSCO''. See Preliminary
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Use of Adverse Facts Available
In making this final determination, the Department relied, in part,
on facts available and, because Hyundai Steel Company did not act to
the best of its ability in responding to the Department's requests for
information, we drew an adverse inference where appropriate in
selecting from among the facts otherwise available.\8\ For further
information, see the accompanying Final Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\8\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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Changes to the Margin Calculations Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our analysis of the comments received and our findings at
verification, we made certain changes to the margin calculations for
Hyundai Steel Company and POSCO. For a discussion of these changes, see
the Final Issues and Decision Memorandum. We have also revised the all-
others rate.
All-Others Rate
Consistent with sections 735(c)(1)(B)(i)(II) and 735(c)(5) of the
Act, the Department also calculated an estimated 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. Where the rates for investigated companies are zero or de minimis,
or based entirely on facts otherwise available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of
the Act instructs the Department to establish an ``all others'' rate
using ``any reasonable method.''
In this investigation, we calculated weighted-average dumping
margins for Hyundai Steel Company and POSCO, that are above de minimis
and which are not based entirely on total facts available. We
calculated the all-others rate using a simple average of the dumping
margins calculated for the mandatory respondents.\9\
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\9\ 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). As complete publicly ranged sales data was
unavailable, we based the all-others rate on a simple average of the
two calculated margins.
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Final Determination Margins
The Department determines that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margins exist:
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Weighted-average
Exporter/manufacturer dumping margins Cash deposit rate
(percent) (percent)
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Hyundai Steel Company........... 34.33 34.33
POSCO and Daewoo International 6.32 0.00
Corporation....................
All Others...................... 20.33 20.33
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to parties in this proceeding the
calculations performed for this final determination within five days of
the date of public announcement of our final determination, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to
suspend liquidation of all entries of cold-rolled steel from Korea,
which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after March 7, 2016 (the date of publication of the affirmative
Preliminary Determination).
Where the product under investigation is also subject to a
concurrent countervailing duty investigation, we instruct CBP to
require a cash deposit less the amount of the countervailing duty
determined to constitute any export subsidies. Because of the
affirmative final determination in the countervailing duty
investigation, suspension of liquidation will be ordered in that
investigation, and so long as suspension of liquidation continues under
this antidumping duty investigation, the cash deposit rates for this
antidumping duty investigation will be the rates identified in the cash
deposit rate column in the rate chart, above. In the event that a
countervailing duty order is issued and suspension of liquidation
continues in the companion countervailing duty investigation on cold-
rolled steel from the Korea, the Department will continue to instruct
CBP to require cash deposits adjusted by the amount of export
subsidies, as appropriate. These adjustments are reflected in the final
column of the rate chart, above.
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the
ITC of the final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because
the final determination in this proceeding is affirmative, in
accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its
final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United
States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by
reason of imports of cold-rolled steel from Korea no later than 45 days
after our final determination. If the ITC determines that material
injury or threat of material injury does not exist, the proceeding will
be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded. If the ITC
determines that such injury does exist, the Department will issue an
antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, upon further
instruction by the Department, antidumping duties on all imports of the
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of
liquidation.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders (``APOs'')
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to APO of their
responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a violation
subject to sanction.
This determination and notice are issued and published pursuant to
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 20, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
VI. Discussion of the Issues
General Comments
1. Differential Pricing
Company-Specific Comments
POSCO
2. International Freight and Domestic Brokerage and Handling
Expenses
3. Loading and Foreign Inland Freight Expenses
4. Quality Product Characteristic
5. Yield Loss
6. General and Administrative Expenses
7. Home Market Gross Unit Price Field
8. Inclusion of Warehousing Expense in Freight Revenue Cap
Calculations
9. CEP Offset
10. Affiliated Party Purchases Cost Adjustment
Hyundai Steel
11. Whether or not to apply total adverse facts available to
Hyundai Steel
12. Control Numbers and Prime/Non-Prime Designation
13. U.S. Sales and Further Manufacturing Costs
14. Repacking Cost for Further Manufactured Merchandise
15. Reporting of Inland Freight, Warehousing Services,
International Freight, and Other Services Provided by an Affiliated
Company
16. 2013 Financial Statements
17. Certain Home Market Customers
18. CEP Offset
19. Other Issues
20. Other Cost Issues
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are certain cold-
rolled (cold-reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not
annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-
metallic substances. The products covered do not include those that
are clad, plated, or coated with metal. The products covered include
coils that have a width or other lateral measurement (``width'') of
12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g., in
successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The
products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in
straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that
is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the
thickness. The products covered also include products not in coils
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a
width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness.
The products described above may be rectangular, square, circular,
or other shape and include products of either rectangular or non-
rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been
``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or
rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this investigation are
products in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of
the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or
less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds
the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
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0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this
scope regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-
free (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor
lamination steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra
High Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/
or niobium added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA
steels are recognized as steels with micro-alloying levels of
elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels contain micro-alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered
high tensile strength and high elongation steels, although AHSS and
UHSS are covered whether or not they are high tensile strength or
high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled steel that has been
further processed in a third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting,
punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the investigation
if performed in the country of manufacture of the cold-rolled steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the scope of this
investigation unless specifically excluded. The following products
are outside of and/or specifically excluded from the scope of this
investigation:
Ball bearing steels; \10\
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\10\ 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; \11\
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\11\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the
following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more
than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or
(iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8
percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent,
inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less
than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent
carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
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Silico-manganese steel; \12\
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\12\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by
weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or
more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6
percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
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Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as defined in
the final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain-
Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and Poland.\13\
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\13\ Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and
Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Certain Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances,
79 FR 42501, 42503 (Dep't of Commerce, July 22, 2014). This
determination defines grain-oriented electrical steel as ``a flat-
rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent
but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent
of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other
element in an amount that would give the steel the characteristics
of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight lengths.''
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Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as defined in
the antidumping orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of China,
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\14\
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\14\ Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of
China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741-42 (Dep't of Commerce,
Dec. 3, 2014). The orders define NOES as ``cold-rolled, flat-rolled,
alloy steel products, whether or not in coils, regardless of width,
having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core
loss is substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the
plane of the material. The term `substantially equal' means that the
cross grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss.
NOES has a magnetic permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla
when tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along
(i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800
value). NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of silicon
but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of
carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a
surface oxide coating, to which an insulation coating may be
applied.''
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The products subject to this investigation are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030,
7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030,
7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580,
7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000,
7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500,
7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030,
7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000,
7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and
7226.92.8050. The products subject to the investigation may also
enter under the following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000,
7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018,
7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065,
7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000,
7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000,
7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040,
7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
U.S. Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of
the investigation is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2016-17941 Filed 7-28-16; 8:45 am]
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