Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Netherlands: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Negative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, 53421-53424 [2016-19371]
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VIII. Recommendation
Appendix II—Scope of the Investigation
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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 8 or countervailing duty 9 orders
on Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality
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
8 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).
9 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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• 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; 10
• Ball bearing steels; 11
10 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.
11 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)
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• Tool steels; 12 and
• Silico-manganese steels; 13
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[International Trade Administration
[A–421–813]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the Netherlands: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Negative Final
Determination of Critical
Circumstances
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
12 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
the following combinations of elements in the
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi)
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
5.5 percent tungsten.
13 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
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The Department of Commerce
(the Department) determines that
imports of 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). The period of
investigation (POI) is July 1, 2014,
through June 30, 2015. The final
dumping margins of sales at LTFV are
listed in the ‘‘Final Determination’’
section of this notice.
DATES: Effective August 12, 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:
SUMMARY:
Background
On March 22, 2016, the Department
published the Preliminary
Determination of this antidumping duty
(AD) investigation.1 The following
events occurred since the Preliminary
Determination was issued. In June 2016,
AK Steel Corporation (one of the
petitioners) 2 and Tata Steel IJmuiden
B.V. (TSIJ) submitted case briefs 3 and
rebuttal briefs.4 A hearing was held on
June 24, 2016.
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are certain hot-rolled steel
flat products from the Netherlands. For
a complete description of the scope of
this investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the
Investigation,’’ in Appendix I of this
notice.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum,5 the Department set
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1 See
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, 81 FR 15225
(March 22, 2016) (Preliminary Determination).
2 AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel), ArcelorMittal
USA LLC, Nucor Corporation, SSAB Enterprises,
LLC, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel
Corporation (collectively, the petitioners).
3 See Letter from AK Steel Corporation, ‘‘Certain
Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From The
Netherlands: Petitioner’s Case Brief’’ (June 9, 2016);
and Letter from TSIJ, ‘‘Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products From The Netherlands: Case Brief of Tata
Steel IJmuiden BV’’ (June 9, 2016).
4 See Letter from AK Steel Corporation ‘‘Certain
Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From The
Netherlands: Petitioner’s Rebuttal Brief’’ (June 20,
2016).
5 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, ‘‘Certain Hot-
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aside a period of time for parties to
address scope issues in case briefs or
other written comments on scope issues.
In the Preliminary Determination, we
did not modify the scope language as it
appeared in the Initiation Notice.6 No
interested parties submitted scope
comments in case or rebuttal briefs;
therefore, the scope of this investigation
remains unchanged for this final
determination.
Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties in this
investigation are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is
hereby adopted by this notice.7 A list of
the issues raised is attached to this
notice as Appendix II. The 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Internet at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed and electronic versions of
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
are identical in content.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
in March and April 2016, the
Department verified the sales and cost
Rolled Steel Products From Australia, Brazil, Japan,
the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, and
the United Kingdom: Scope Comments Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations’’
dated March 14, 2016 (Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum).
6 See Preliminary Determination and
accompanying Memorandum from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, entitled ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from the Netherlands’’ at page 4. See
also 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, 54262 (September 9,
2015) (Initiation Notice).
7 See Memorandum from Deputy Assistant
Secretary Christian Marsh to Acting Assistant
Secretary Ronald K. Lorentzen entitled, ‘‘Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative
Determination in the Less than Fair Value
Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Netherlands,’’ dated concurrently
with this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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data reported by the mandatory
respondent. We used standard
verification procedures, including an
examination of relevant accounting and
production records, and original source
documents provided by TSIJ.8
Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, pre-verification
corrections, and our findings at
verification, we made certain changes to
the margin calculations for TSIJ. For a
discussion of these changes, see the
‘‘Margin Calculations’’ and
‘‘Comparisons to Fair Value’’ sections of
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
We have also revised the all-others rate
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 or de minimis margins, and
margins determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act. The Department
calculated a company-specific rate for
TSIJ 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 TSIJ as
the estimated weighted-average
dumping margin assigned to all other
producers and exporters of the
merchandise under consideration.
Final Determination
The Department determines that the
final weighted-average dumping
margins are as follows:
Exporter/Producer
Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V. ...........
All-Others ....................................
Weightedaverage
margin
(percent)
3.73
3.73
Final Negative Determination of
Critical Circumstances
On December 9, 2015, the Department
preliminarily found that critical
8 See Memorandum to the File entitled
‘‘Verification of the Sales Response of Tata Steel
IJmuiden B.V. in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Netherlands,’’ dated April 13,
2016, and Memorandum to the File entitled
‘‘Verification of the Cost Response of Tata Steel
IJmuiden BV in the Investigation of Certain HotRolled Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands,’’
dated June 1, 2016.
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circumstances do not exist for imports
of hot-rolled steel from the
Netherlands.9 Based on the final
dumping margin we established for TSIJ
and ‘‘all others,’’ we are not modifying
our preliminary finding for the final
determination. For a complete
discussion of this issue, see the ‘‘Critical
Circumstances’’ section of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed to interested parties within
five days after the public announcement
of this final determination in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
In accordance with 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 hot-rolled
steel from the Netherlands, as described
in Appendix I of this notice, which were
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after March 22,
2016, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination of this
investigation in the Federal Register.
Further, pursuant to section
735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act, CBP shall
require a cash deposit equal to the
estimated amount by which normal
value exceeds U.S. price, as follows: (1)
For the exporter/producer listed in the
table above, the cash deposit rate will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin which the Department
determined in this final determination;
the cash deposit rate for the mandatory
respondent listed above will be equal to
the estimated weighted-average
dumping margin determined in this
final determination; (2) if the exporter is
not a firm identified in this
investigation but the producer is, then
the cash deposit rate will be equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margin established for the producer of
the subject merchandise; (3) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will be 3.73 percent, as
discussed in the ‘‘All Others Rate’’
section, above. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in
effect until further notice.
9 See Antidumping Duty Investigations of Certain
Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Australia,
Brazil, Japan, and the Netherlands and
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain HotRolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil: Preliminary
Determinations of Critical Circumstances, 80 FR
76444, 76446–47 (December 9, 2015).
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U.S. International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, we will notify the U.S.
International Trade Commission (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
hot-rolled steel from the Netherlands no
later than 45 days after our final
determination. If the ITC determines
that material injury or threat of material
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, as
discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of
Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 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.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to an administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the 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 subject to
sanction.
This determination is issued and
published pursuant to sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(l) of the Act.
Dated: August 4, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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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 10 or countervailing duty 11
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
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
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10 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).
11 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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(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; 12
• Ball bearing steels; 13
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12 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.
13 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
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• Tool steels; 14 and
• Silico-manganese steels; 15
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
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.
14 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.
15 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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List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Critical Circumstances
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Margin Calculations
VI. Comparisons to Fair Value
VII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Purchases of Raw Material
Inputs
Comment 2: G&A Expenses Ratio
Comment 3: TSIJ’s B-Slab Adjustment to
Cost of Manufacturing
VIII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–351–845]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From Brazil: Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, in Part
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) determines that certain
hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled
steel) from Brazil are being, or are likely
to be, sold in the United States at less
than fair value (LTFV). The period of
investigation (POI) is July 1, 2014,
through June 30, 2015. The final
dumping margins of sales at LTFV are
listed below in the ‘‘Final
Determination’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective August 12, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Zukowski, 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) 482–0189.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53421-53424]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[International Trade Administration
[A-421-813]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Netherlands:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Negative Final
Determination of Critical Circumstances
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that
imports of 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). The period of investigation
(POI) is July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. The final dumping margins
of sales at LTFV are listed in the ``Final Determination'' section of
this notice.
DATES: Effective August 12, 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
On March 22, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary
Determination of this antidumping duty (AD) investigation.\1\ The
following events occurred since the Preliminary Determination was
issued. In June 2016, AK Steel Corporation (one of the petitioners) \2\
and Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V. (TSIJ) submitted case briefs \3\ and
rebuttal briefs.\4\ A hearing was held on June 24, 2016.
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\1\ See 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, 81 FR 15225 (March 22, 2016) (Preliminary
Determination).
\2\ AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel), ArcelorMittal USA LLC,
Nucor Corporation, SSAB Enterprises, LLC, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and
United States Steel Corporation (collectively, the petitioners).
\3\ See Letter from AK Steel Corporation, ``Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products From The Netherlands: Petitioner's Case Brief''
(June 9, 2016); and Letter from TSIJ, ``Certain Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products From The Netherlands: Case Brief of Tata Steel
IJmuiden BV'' (June 9, 2016).
\4\ See Letter from AK Steel Corporation ``Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products From The Netherlands: Petitioner's Rebuttal
Brief'' (June 20, 2016).
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Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are certain hot-rolled
steel flat products from the Netherlands. For a complete description of
the scope of this investigation, see the ``Scope of the
Investigation,'' in Appendix I of this notice.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,\5\ the Department set
aside a period of time for parties to address scope issues in case
briefs or other written comments on scope issues. In the Preliminary
Determination, we did not modify the scope language as it appeared in
the Initiation Notice.\6\ No interested parties submitted scope
comments in case or rebuttal briefs; therefore, the scope of this
investigation remains unchanged for this final determination.
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\5\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
``Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products From Australia, Brazil, Japan,
the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, and the United
Kingdom: Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determinations'' dated March 14, 2016 (Preliminary Scope Decision
Memorandum).
\6\ See Preliminary Determination and accompanying Memorandum
from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled ``Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Netherlands'' at page 4. See also 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,
54262 (September 9, 2015) (Initiation Notice).
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Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in
this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum,
which is hereby adopted by this notice.\7\ A list of the issues raised
is attached to this notice as Appendix II. The 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 Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic
versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
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\7\ See Memorandum from Deputy Assistant Secretary Christian
Marsh to Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald K. Lorentzen entitled,
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative
Determination in the Less than Fair Value Investigation of Certain
Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands,'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), in March and April 2016, the Department verified the sales
and cost data reported by the mandatory respondent. We used standard
verification procedures, including an examination of relevant
accounting and production records, and original source documents
provided by TSIJ.\8\
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\8\ See Memorandum to the File entitled ``Verification of the
Sales Response of Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V. in the Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
the Netherlands,'' dated April 13, 2016, and Memorandum to the File
entitled ``Verification of the Cost Response of Tata Steel IJmuiden
BV in the Investigation of Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from the Netherlands,'' dated June 1, 2016.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
Based on our analysis of the comments received, pre-verification
corrections, and our findings at verification, we made certain changes
to the margin calculations for TSIJ. For a discussion of these changes,
see the ``Margin Calculations'' and ``Comparisons to Fair Value''
sections of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. We have also revised
the all-others rate
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 or de
minimis margins, and margins determined entirely under section 776 of
the Act. The Department calculated a company-specific rate for TSIJ
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 TSIJ as the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin assigned to all other producers and
exporters of the merchandise under consideration.
Final Determination
The Department determines that the final weighted-average dumping
margins are as follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/Producer margin
(percent)
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Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V..................................... 3.73
All-Others.................................................. 3.73
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Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances
On December 9, 2015, the Department preliminarily found that
critical
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circumstances do not exist for imports of hot-rolled steel from the
Netherlands.\9\ Based on the final dumping margin we established for
TSIJ and ``all others,'' we are not modifying our preliminary finding
for the final determination. For a complete discussion of this issue,
see the ``Critical Circumstances'' section of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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\9\ See Antidumping Duty Investigations of Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products From Australia, Brazil, Japan, and the
Netherlands and Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain Hot-
Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil: Preliminary Determinations
of Critical Circumstances, 80 FR 76444, 76446-47 (December 9, 2015).
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to interested
parties within five days after the public announcement of this final
determination in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with 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 hot-rolled steel from the
Netherlands, as described in Appendix I of this notice, which were
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March
22, 2016, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination of
this investigation in the Federal Register.
Further, pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act, CBP shall
require a cash deposit equal to the estimated amount by which normal
value exceeds U.S. price, as follows: (1) For the exporter/producer
listed in the table above, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin which the Department determined in this
final determination; the cash deposit rate for the mandatory respondent
listed above will be equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping
margin determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is
not a firm identified in this investigation but the producer is, then
the cash deposit rate will be equal to the estimated weighted-average
dumping margin established for the producer of the subject merchandise;
(3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will be
3.73 percent, as discussed in the ``All Others Rate'' section, above.
These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
U.S. International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the
U.S. International Trade Commission (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 hot-rolled
steel from the Netherlands no later than 45 days after our final
determination. If the ITC determines that material injury or threat of
material 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, as discussed
above in the ``Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation'' section. 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.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of the
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 subject to sanction.
This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections
735(d) and 777(i)(l) of the Act.
Dated: August 4, 2016.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting 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 \10\ or countervailing duty \11\
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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\10\ 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).
\11\ 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
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(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; \12\
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\12\ 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; \13\
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\13\ 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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\14\ 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; \15\
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\15\ 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Critical Circumstances
IV. Scope of the Investigation
V. Margin Calculations
VI. Comparisons to Fair Value
VII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Purchases of Raw Material Inputs
Comment 2: G&A Expenses Ratio
Comment 3: TSIJ's B-Slab Adjustment to Cost of Manufacturing
VIII. Recommendation
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