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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–821–809]
Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled CarbonQuality Steel Products From the
Russian Federation: Final Results of
the Expedited Sunset Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
Effective September 8, 2016.
As a result of this sunset
review, the Department of Commerce
(the Department) finds that revocation
of the antidumping duty order on
certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbonquality steel products (hot-rolled steel)
from the Russian Federation (Russia)
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of dumping at the rates
identified in the ‘‘Final Results of
Review’’ section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Dena
Crossland, AD/CVD Operations, Offices
VII and VI, respectively, Enforcement
and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–5255 and (202)
482–3362, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
SUMMARY:
Background
The Department published the
antidumping duty order on hot-rolled
steel from Russia on December 24,
2014.1 On May 2, 2016, the Department
initiated a sunset review of the Russia
Order in accordance with section 751(c)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).2 On May 16, 2016, and May
17, 2016, the Department received
notices of intent to participate from
United States Steel Corporation, SSAB
Enterprises LLC, Steel Dynamics, Inc.,
ArcelorMittal USA, LLC, AK Steel
Corporation, and Nucor Corporation
(collectively, domestic interested
parties), within the deadline specified
in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). Domestic
interested parties are manufacturers of a
domestic like product in the United
States and, accordingly, are domestic
interested parties pursuant to section
771(9)(C) of the Act.
On June 1, 2016, the Department
received an adequate substantive
response to the notice of initiation from
domestic interested parties within the
30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i). The Department did
not receive any responses from the
respondent interested parties, i.e., hotrolled steel producers and exporters
from Russia. On the basis of the notices
of intent to participate and adequate
substantive responses filed by the
domestic interested parties and no
response from any respondent
interested party, the Department
conducted an expedited sunset review
of the Russia Order pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C).
Scope of the Order
For the purposes of this order, ‘‘hotrolled steel’’ means certain hot-rolled
flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products
of a rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5
inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor
coated with metal and whether or not
painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other non-metallic
substances, in coils (whether or not in
successively superimposed layers)
regardless of thickness, and in straight
lengths, of a thickness less than 4.75
mm and of a width measuring at least
10 times the thickness.
Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled
products rolled on four faces or in a
closed box pass, of a width exceeding
150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm
and of a thickness of not less than 4
mm, not in coils and without patterns
in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0
mm is not included within the scope of
this order.
Specifically included in this scope are
vacuum degassed, fully stabilized
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy
(HSLA) steels, and the substrate for
motor lamination steels. IF steels are
recognized as low carbon steels with
micro-alloying levels of elements such
as titanium and/or niobium added to
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements.
HSLA steels are recognized as steels
with micro-alloying levels of elements
such as chromium, copper, niobium,
titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum.
The substrate for motor lamination
steels contains micro-alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the
scope of this order, regardless of
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) definitions, 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: 1.80
percent of manganese, or 1.50 percent of
silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or
0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25
percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of
cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25
percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of
tungsten, or 0.012 percent of boron, or
0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10
percent of niobium, or 0.41 percent of
titanium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium,
or 0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical
and chemical description provided
above are within the scope of this order
unless otherwise excluded. The
following products, by way of example,
are outside and/or specifically excluded
from the scope of this order:
—Alloy hot-rolled steel products in
which at least one of the chemical
elements exceeds those listed above
(including e.g., ASTM specifications
A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506).
—SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and
higher.
—Ball bearing steels, as defined in the
HTSUS.
—Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
—Silico-manganese (as defined in the
HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel with
a silicon level exceeding 1.50 percent.
—ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
—USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS
AR 400, USS AR 500).
—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the
following chemical, physical and
mechanical specifications:
Mn
P
S
Si
Cr
Cu
0.10–0.14% .......
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C
0.90% Max ......
0.025% Max ....
0.005% Max ....
0.30–0.50% .....
0.50–.70% .......
0.20–0.40% .....
Ni
0.20% Max.
Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063–0.198 inches; Yield Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000–88,000
psi.
1 See Termination of the Suspension Agreement
on Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel
Products From the Russian Federation, Rescission
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of 2013–2014 Administrative Review, and Issuance
of Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 77455
(December 24, 2014) (Russia Order).
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2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 81
FR 26209 (May 2, 2016).
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—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the
following chemical, physical and
mechanical specifications:
C
Mn
P
S
0.10–0.16% ..
0.70%–0.90%
0.25%Max ....
Si
0.006% Max
Cr
Cu
Ni
0.30–0.50%
0.50–0.70% ..
0.25% Max ...
Mo
0.20% Max
0.21% Max.
Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi
Aim.
—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the
following chemical, physical and
mechanical specifications:
C
0.10–0.14%
Mn
P
S
Si
Cr
Cu
Ni
V
(wt.)
Cb
1.30–1.80%
0.025% Max
0.005% Max
0.30–0.50%
0.50–0.70%
0.20–0.40%
0.20% Max.
0.10 Max ...
0.08% Max.
Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi
Aim.
—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the
following chemical, physical and
mechanical specifications:
C
0.15% Max.
Mn
1.40%
Max.
P
0.025%
Max.
S
Si
Cu
Ni
Nb
0.50%
Max.
0.010%
Max.
Cr
1.00%
Max.
0.50%
Max.
0.20%
Max.
0.005%
Nax.
Ca
Treated ..
A1
0.001–
0.07%.
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Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 70,000 psi minimum for thicknesses ≤ 0.148 inches and 65,000
psi minimum for thicknesses >0.148 inches; Tensile Strength = 80,000 psi minimum.
—Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phasehardened, primarily with a ferriticmartensitic microstructure, contains
0.9 percent up to and including 1.5
percent silicon by weight, further
characterized by either (i) tensile
strength between 540 N/mm2 and 640
N/mm2 and an elongation percentage
26 percent for thicknesses of 2 mm
and above, or (ii) a tensile strength
between 590 N/mm2 and 690 N/mm2
and an elongation percentage 25
percent for thicknesses of 2 mm and
above.
—Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE
grade 1050, in coils, with an inclusion
rating of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E
45, Method A, with excellent surface
quality and chemistry restrictions as
follows:
—0.012 percent maximum phosphorus,
0.015 percent maximum sulfur, and
0.20 percent maximum residuals
including 0.15 percent maximum
chromium.
—Grade ASTM A570–50 hot-rolled steel
sheet in coils or cut lengths, width of
74 inches (nominal, within ASTM
tolerances), thickness of 11 gauge
(0.119 inch nominal), mill edge and
skin passed, with a minimum copper
content of 0.20 percent.
The covered merchandise is classified
in the HTSUS at subheadings:
7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00,
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7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00,
7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30,
7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30,
7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30,
7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30,
7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15,
7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90,
7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30,
7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30,
7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00,
7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00,
7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00,
7211.14.00.30, 7211.14.00.90,
7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00,
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00,
7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30,
7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00,
7212.50.00.00. Certain hot-rolled flatrolled carbon-quality steel covered
include: Vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and
the substrate for motor lamination steel
may also enter under the following tariff
numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00,
7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90,
7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00,
7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and
7226.99.00.00. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
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written description of the scope of this
order is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
The issues discussed in the Decision
Memorandum 3 are the likelihood of
continuation or recurrence of dumping,
and the magnitude of the margins of
dumping likely to prevail if this order
was revoked. Parties can find a
complete discussion of all issues raised
in this review and the corresponding
recommendations in the Decision
Memorandum which is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit in Room B8024 of the
main Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the Internet at https://trade.gov/
enforcement/. The signed Decision
Memorandum and electronic versions of
3 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain
Hot-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Flat Products from
the Russian Federation; Final Results,’’ dated
concurrently with this notice (Decision
Memorandum).
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the Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Background
Each year during the anniversary
month of the publication of an
antidumping or countervailing duty
Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3)
order, finding, or suspended
of the Act, we determine that revocation investigation, an interested party, as
of the Russia Order would be likely to
defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff
lead to continuation or recurrence of
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
dumping at weighted average margins
may request, in accordance with 19 CFR
up to the following:
351.213, that the Department of
Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) conduct
Weightedan administrative review of that
average
Exporter/producer
antidumping or countervailing duty
margin
(percent)
order, finding, or suspended
investigation.
JSC Severstal .......................
73.59
All deadlines for the submission of
Russia-Wide Rate .................
184.56 comments or actions by the Department
discussed below refer to the number of
Administrative Protective Order
calendar days from the applicable
starting date.
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
Respondent Selection
administrative protective order (APO) of
In the event the Department limits the
their responsibility concerning the
number of respondents for individual
return or destruction of proprietary
examination for administrative reviews
information disclosed under APO in
initiated pursuant to requests made for
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
the orders identified below, the
Timely notification of the return of
Department intends to select
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is respondents based on U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) data for U.S.
hereby requested. Failure to comply
imports during the period of review. We
with the regulations and terms of an
intend to release the CBP data under
APO is a violation which is subject to
Administrative Protective Order
sanction.
(‘‘APO’’) to all parties having an APO
The Department is issuing and
within five days of publication of the
publishing these final results and notice initiation notice and to make our
in accordance with sections 751(c),
decision regarding respondent selection
752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
within 21 days of publication of the
CFR 351.218.
initiation Federal Register notice.
Final Results of Review
Dated: August 30, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance/
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity To Request
Administrative Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
482–4735.
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Therefore, we encourage all parties
interested in commenting on respondent
selection to submit their APO
applications on the date of publication
of the initiation notice, or as soon
thereafter as possible. The Department
invites comments regarding the CBP
data and respondent selection within
five days of placement of the CBP data
on the record of the review.
In the event the Department decides
it is necessary to limit individual
examination of respondents and
conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
In general, the Department finds that
determinations concerning whether
particular companies should be
‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single
entity for purposes of calculating
antidumping duty rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed
information and analysis, which often
require follow-up questions and
analysis. Accordingly, the Department
will not conduct collapsing analyses at
the respondent selection phase of this
review and will not collapse companies
at the respondent selection phase unless
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there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a
previous segment of this antidumping
proceeding (i.e., investigation,
administrative review, new shipper
review or changed circumstances
review). For any company subject to this
review, if the Department determined,
or continued to treat, that company as
collapsed with others, the Department
will assume that such companies
continue to operate in the same manner
and will collapse them for respondent
selection purposes. Otherwise, the
Department will not collapse companies
for purposes of respondent selection.
Parties are requested to (a) identify
which companies subject to review
previously were collapsed, and (b)
provide a citation to the proceeding in
which they were collapsed. Further, if
companies are requested to complete
the Quantity and Value Questionnaire
for purposes of respondent selection, in
general each company must report
volume and value data separately for
itself. Parties should not include data
for any other party, even if they believe
they should be treated as a single entity
with that other party. If a company was
collapsed with another company or
companies in the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
where the Department considered
collapsing that entity, complete quantity
and value data for that collapsed entity
must be submitted.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a
party that requests a review may
withdraw that request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
regulation provides that the Department
may extend this time if it is reasonable
to do so. In order to provide parties
additional certainty with respect to
when the Department will exercise its
discretion to extend this 90-day
deadline, interested parties are advised
that, with regard to reviews requested
on the basis of anniversary months on
or after September 2016, the Department
does not intend to extend the 90-day
deadline unless the requestor
demonstrates that an extraordinary
circumstance prevented it from
submitting a timely withdrawal request.
Determinations by the Department to
extend the 90-day deadline will be
made on a case-by-case basis.
The Department is providing this
notice on its Web site, as well as in its
‘‘Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review’’ notices, so that interested
parties will be aware of the manner in
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-821-809]
Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From
the Russian Federation: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of
the Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective September 8, 2016.
SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce
(the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on
certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products (hot-
rolled steel) from the Russian Federation (Russia) would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the rates identified
in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Dena
Crossland, AD/CVD Operations, Offices VII and VI, respectively,
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5255 and (202) 482-3362, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled
steel from Russia on December 24, 2014.\1\ On May 2, 2016, the
Department initiated a sunset review of the Russia Order in accordance
with section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\
On May 16, 2016, and May 17, 2016, the Department received notices of
intent to participate from United States Steel Corporation, SSAB
Enterprises LLC, Steel Dynamics, Inc., ArcelorMittal USA, LLC, AK Steel
Corporation, and Nucor Corporation (collectively, domestic interested
parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).
Domestic interested parties are manufacturers of a domestic like
product in the United States and, accordingly, are domestic interested
parties pursuant to section 771(9)(C) of the Act.
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\1\ See Termination of the Suspension Agreement on Hot-Rolled
Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the Russian
Federation, Rescission of 2013-2014 Administrative Review, and
Issuance of Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 77455 (December 24, 2014)
(Russia Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 81 FR 26209
(May 2, 2016).
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On June 1, 2016, the Department received an adequate substantive
response to the notice of initiation from domestic interested parties
within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The
Department did not receive any responses from the respondent interested
parties, i.e., hot-rolled steel producers and exporters from Russia. On
the basis of the notices of intent to participate and adequate
substantive responses filed by the domestic interested parties and no
response from any respondent interested party, the Department conducted
an expedited sunset review of the Russia Order pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C).
Scope of the Order
For the purposes of this order, ``hot-rolled steel'' means certain
hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products of a rectangular
shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor
coated with metal and whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with
plastics or other non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in
successively superimposed layers) regardless of thickness, and in
straight lengths, of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and of a width
measuring at least 10 times the thickness.
Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four
faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not
exceeding 1250 mm and of a thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in
coils and without patterns in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0
mm is not included within the scope of this order.
Specifically included in this scope are vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) steels,
high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate for motor
lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon steels with
micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/or niobium added
to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized
as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium,
copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for
motor lamination steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such
as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the scope of this order,
regardless of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
definitions, 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: 1.80 percent
of manganese, or 1.50 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or
0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent
of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30
percent of tungsten, or 0.012 percent of boron, or 0.10 percent of
molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.41 percent of titanium, or
0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical and chemical description
provided above are within the scope of this order unless otherwise
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside and/or
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
--Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of the chemical
elements exceeds those listed above (including e.g., ASTM
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506).
--SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and higher.
--Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
--Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
--Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon electrical
steel with a silicon level exceeding 1.50 percent.
--ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
--USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
--Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical
and mechanical specifications:
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C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni
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0.10-0.14%................... 0.90% Max...... 0.025% Max...... 0.005% Max..... 0.30-0.50%...... 0.50-.70%...... 0.20-0.40%..... 0.20% Max.
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063-0.198 inches; Yield Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000-88,000 psi.
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--Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical
and mechanical specifications:
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C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Mo
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0.10-0.16%...................... 0.70%-0.90%....... 0.25%Max.......... 0.006% Max........ 0.30-0.50%........ 0.50-0.70%........ 0.25% Max......... 0.20% Max......... 0.21% Max.
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
--Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical
and mechanical specifications:
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C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni V (wt.) Cb
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0.10-0.14%.................... 1.30-1.80%...... 0.025% Max...... 0.005% Max...... 0.30-0.50%...... 0.50-0.70%...... 0.20-0.40%...... 0.20% Max....... 0.10 Max........ 0.08% Max.
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
--Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical
and mechanical specifications:
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C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Nb Ca A1
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0.15% Max....................... 1.40% Max......... 0.025% Max........ 0.010% Max........ 0.50% Max......... 1.00% Max......... 0.50% Max......... 0.20% Max......... 0.005% Nax........ Treated........... 0.001-0.07%.
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Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 70,000 psi minimum for thicknesses <= 0.148 inches and 65,000 psi minimum for thicknesses >0.148 inches; Tensile Strength = 80,000 psi minimum.
--Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phase-hardened, primarily with a
ferritic-martensitic microstructure, contains 0.9 percent up to and
including 1.5 percent silicon by weight, further characterized by
either (i) tensile strength between 540 N/mm2 and 640 N/mm2 and an
elongation percentage 26 percent for thicknesses of 2 mm and above, or
(ii) a tensile strength between 590 N/mm2 and 690 N/mm2 and an
elongation percentage 25 percent for thicknesses of 2 mm and above.
--Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE grade 1050, in coils, with an
inclusion rating of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E 45, Method A, with excellent
surface quality and chemistry restrictions as follows:
--0.012 percent maximum phosphorus, 0.015 percent maximum sulfur, and
0.20 percent maximum residuals including 0.15 percent maximum chromium.
--Grade ASTM A570-50 hot-rolled steel sheet in coils or cut lengths,
width of 74 inches (nominal, within ASTM tolerances), thickness of 11
gauge (0.119 inch nominal), mill edge and skin passed, with a minimum
copper content of 0.20 percent.
The covered merchandise is classified in the HTSUS at subheadings:
7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00,
7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30,
7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30,
7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90,
7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30,
7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00,
7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7211.14.00.90,
7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00,
7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, 7212.50.00.00. Certain hot-rolled flat-
rolled carbon-quality steel covered include: Vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers:
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
The issues discussed in the Decision Memorandum \3\ are the
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping, and the magnitude
of the margins of dumping likely to prevail if this order was revoked.
Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this
review and the corresponding recommendations in the Decision Memorandum
which is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central Records
Unit in Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on
the Internet at https://trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Decision
Memorandum and electronic versions of
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the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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\3\ See Department Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum
for the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Flat Products from the
Russian Federation; Final Results,'' dated concurrently with this
notice (Decision Memorandum).
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Final Results of Review
Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine
that revocation of the Russia Order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping at weighted average margins up to
the following:
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Weighted-
Exporter/producer average margin
(percent)
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JSC Severstal........................................... 73.59
Russia-Wide Rate........................................ 184.56
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the return of destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is
subject to sanction.
The Department is issuing and publishing these final results and
notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: August 30, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance/
[FR Doc. 2016-21652 Filed 9-7-16; 8:45 am]
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