Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 1700-1702 [2017-00037]
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injury to an industry in the United
States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.7
Scope of the CVD Order
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Brazil
International Trade Administration
Scopes of the AD Orders
The products covered by this order
are certain heavy iron construction
castings, which are defined for purposes
of this proceeding as manhole covers,
rings and frames; catch basin grates and
frames; and cleanout covers and frames.
Such castings are used for drainage or
access purposes for public utility, water
and sanitary systems. These articles
must be of cast iron, not alloyed, and
not malleable. The merchandise is
currently classified under HTS item
number 7325.10.00. While the HTSUS
subheading is provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of this order is
dispositive.
[A–533–820]
Brazil
The merchandise covered by the order
consists of certain iron construction
castings from Brazil, limited to manhole
covers, rings, and frames, catch basin
grates and frames, cleanout covers and
frames used for drainage or access
purposes for public utility, water and
sanitary systems, classifiable as heavy
castings under Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS) item under
7325.10.0010; and to valve, service, and
meter boxes which are placed below
ground to encase water, gas, or other
valves, or water and gas meters,
classifiable as light castings under HTS
item number 7325.10.0050. The HTS
item numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes
only. The written product description
remains dispositive.
Canada
The merchandise covered by the order
consists of certain iron construction
castings from Canada, limited to
manhole covers, rings, and frames, catch
basin grates and frames, clean-out
covers, and frames used for drainage or
access purposes for public utility, water
and sanitary systems, classifiable as
heavy castings under HTS item number
7325.10.0010. The HTS item number is
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written product
description remains dispositive.
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PRC
The products covered by the order are
certain iron construction castings from
the PRC, limited to manhole covers,
rings and frames, catch basin grates and
frames, cleanout covers and drains used
for drainage or access purposes for
public utilities, water and sanitary
systems; and valve, service, and meter
boxes which are placed below ground to
encase water, gas, or other valves, or
water or gas meters. These articles must
be of cast iron, not alloyed, and not
malleable. This merchandise is
currently classifiable under the HTS
item numbers 7325.10.0010 and
7325.10.0050. The HTS item numbers
are provided for convenience and
customs purposes. The written product
description remains dispositive.
7 See Iron Construction Castings From Brazil,
Canada, and China; Determination, 81 FR 95639
(December 28, 2016). See also the letter from the
Chairman of the ITC, Irving Williamson, to Deputy
Assistant Secretary Christian Marsh, dated
December 21, 2016.
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Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determinations by
the Department and the ITC that
revocation of the AD orders and the
CVD order would likely lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and countervailable subsidies and
material injury to an industry in the
United States, pursuant to section
751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(a), the Department hereby
orders the continuation of the AD orders
on iron castings from Brazil, Canada,
and the PRC, and the CVD order on
heavy iron castings from Brazil. U.S.
Customs and Border Protection will
continue to collect cash deposits at the
rates in effect at the time of entry for all
imports of subject merchandise.
The effective date of the continuation
of the AD orders and the CVD order will
be the date of publication in the Federal
Register of this notice of continuation.
Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act,
the Department intends to initiate the
next five-year review of these orders not
later than 30 days prior to the fifth
anniversary of the effective date of this
continuation notice.
These five-year sunset reviews and
this notice are in accordance with
sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act
and published pursuant to section
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(f)(4).
Dated: December 29, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products From India: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2014–2015
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 7, 2016, the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty (AD) order on
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat
products (hot-rolled steel) from India.
We received no comments or requests
for a hearing. Therefore, for the final
results, we continue to find that Ispat
Industries Ltd. (Ispat), JSW Steel Ltd.
(JSW), JSW Ispat Steel Ltd. (JSW Ispat),
and Tata Steel Ltd. (Tata) had no
shipments of the subject merchandise,
and, therefore, no reviewable
transactions, during the period of
review (POR).
DATES: Effective January 6, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George McMahon or Eric Greynolds,
AD/CVD Operations Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–1167 and (202) 482–6071,
respectively.
AGENCY:
Background
On September 7, 2016, the
Department published the Preliminary
Results.1 The POR is December 1, 2014,
through November 30, 2015. We invited
interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. We received no
comments from any party. The
Department conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
For purposes of this order, the
products covered are certain hot-rolled
carbon steel flat 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
1 See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products From India: Notice of Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
2015, 81 FR 61664 (September 7, 2016) (Preliminary
Results).
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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 of 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 4.0 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 the scope of
this order 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 or niobium
(also commonly referred to as
columbium), or both, added to stabilize
carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA
steels are recognized as steels with
micro-alloying levels of elements such
as chromium, copper, niobium,
vanadium, and molybdenum. The
substrate for motor lamination steels
contains micro-alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products included in the scope
of this order, regardless of definitions in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), are products in
which: (i) Iron predominates, by weight,
over each of the other contained
elements; (ii) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight; and (iii) none
of the elements listed below exceeds the
quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
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1.80 percent of manganese, or
2.25 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
0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium, 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 or specifically excluded
from the scope of this order:
• Alloy hot-rolled carbon steel
products in which at least one of the
chemical elements exceeds those listed
above (including, e.g., American Society
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for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517,
A506).
• Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE)/American Iron & Steel Institute
(AISI) grades of series 2300 and higher.
• Ball bearings 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 2.25 percent.
• ASTM specifications A710 and
A736.
• United States Steel (USS) Abrasionresistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR
500).
• All products (proprietary or
otherwise) based on an alloy ASTM
specification (sample specifications:
ASTM A506, A507).
• Non-rectangular shapes, not in
coils, which are the result of having
been processed by cutting or stamping
and which have assumed the character
of articles or products classified outside
chapter 72 of the HTSUS.
The merchandise subject to this order
is currently classifiable 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, 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, and 7211.19.75.90.
Certain hot-rolled carbon steel covered
by this order, including: Vacuumdegassed 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. Subject merchandise
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00,
7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and
7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
Department’s written description of the
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merchandise subject to this proceeding
is dispositive.
Final Determination of No Shipments
As noted above, the Department
received no comments concerning the
Preliminary Results on the record of this
segment of the proceeding. As there are
no changes from, or comments on, the
Preliminary Results, the Department
finds that there is no reason to modify
its analysis. Thus, we continue to find
that Ispat, JSW, JSW Ispat, and Tata had
no shipments of the subject
merchandise, and, therefore, no
reviewable transactions, during the
POR. Accordingly, no decision
memorandum accompanies this Federal
Register notice. For further details of the
issues addressed in this proceeding, see
the Preliminary Results and the
accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.2
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of
this administrative review, the
Department shall determine, and
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries, in accordance with
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.212. The Department intends
to issue assessment instructions to CBP
15 days after publication of the final
results of this review.
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003.3 If applicable, this
clarification will apply to all entries of
subject merchandise during the POR
produced or exported by Ispat, JSW,
JSW Ispat, and Tata, for which these
companies did not know that its
merchandise was destined for the
United States. In such instances, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate these unreviewed entries at the all others rate
established in the less-than fair-value
(LTFV) investigation, as amended,
which is 38.72 percent,4 if there is no
2 See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
titled ‘‘Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from India: Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014–2015,’’ dated August
19, 2016 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at: https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html.
3 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment Policy Notice).
4 See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel Flat Products From India, 66 FR 60194
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rate for the intermediary company(ies)
involved in the transaction. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.5
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
of the final results of this administrative
review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for
respondents noted above, which
claimed no shipments, will remain
unchanged from the rates assigned to
the companies in the most recently
completed review of the companies; (2)
for merchandise exported by
manufacturers or exporters not covered
in this administrative review but
covered in a prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding;
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, a prior review, or the
original investigation, but the
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the manufacturer of the
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 38.72
percent, the all-others rate established
in the Amended Final Determination.
These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could
result in the Department’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
and/or countervailing duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of
doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
(December 3, 2001) (Amended Final
Determination).
5 See Assessment Policy Notice for a full
discussion of this clarification.
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responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return/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.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: December 30, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Long Range Strike
Weapons Systems Evaluations
Program
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
Letter of Authorization; request for
comments and information.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from the United States Air Force
(USAF), 86 Fighter Weapons Squadron
(86 FWS) for authorization to take
marine mammals incidental to
conducting munitions testing for their
Long Range Strike Weapons Systems
Evaluation Program (LRS WSEP) over
the course of five years, from September
1, 2017 through August 31, 2022.
Pursuant to regulations implementing
the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), NMFS is announcing receipt
of the 86 FWS’s request for the
development and implementation of
regulations governing the incidental
taking of marine mammals and inviting
information, suggestions, and comments
on the 86 FWS’s application and
request.
SUMMARY:
Comments and information must
be received no later than February 6,
2017.
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Comments on the
application should be addressed to Jolie
Harrison, Chief, Permits and
Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service. 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
3225 and electronic comments should
be sent ITP.McCue@noaa.gov.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. Comments sent via email,
including all attachments, must not
exceed a 25-megabyte file size.
Attachments to electronic comments
will be accepted in Microsoft Word or
Excel or Adobe PDF file formats only.
All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be
posted to https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/
permits/military.htm without change.
All personal identifying information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura McCue, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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An electronic copy of the 86 FWS’s
application may be obtained online at:
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental/military.htm. In case of
problems accessing the document,
please call the contact listed above.
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals of a species or
population stock, by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings for marine mammals shall be
granted if NMFS finds that the taking
will have a negligible impact on the
species or stock(s), will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
subsistence uses (where relevant), and if
the permissible methods of taking and
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-820]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 7, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain hot-rolled carbon
steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from India. We received no
comments or requests for a hearing. Therefore, for the final results,
we continue to find that Ispat Industries Ltd. (Ispat), JSW Steel Ltd.
(JSW), JSW Ispat Steel Ltd. (JSW Ispat), and Tata Steel Ltd. (Tata) had
no shipments of the subject merchandise, and, therefore, no reviewable
transactions, during the period of review (POR).
DATES: Effective January 6, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon or Eric Greynolds, AD/
CVD Operations Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1167 and (202) 482-6071, respectively.
Background
On September 7, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary
Results.\1\ The POR is December 1, 2014, through November 30, 2015. We
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We
received no comments from any party. The Department conducted this
administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From
India: Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 61664 (September 7, 2016)
(Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order
For purposes of this order, the products covered are certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat 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
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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 of 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 4.0 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 the scope of this order 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 or
niobium (also commonly referred to as columbium), or both, added to
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The substrate for motor lamination
steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and
aluminum.
Steel products included in the scope of this order, regardless of
definitions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS), are products in which: (i) Iron predominates, by weight, over
each of the other contained elements; (ii) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight; and (iii) none of the elements listed below
exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
1.80 percent of manganese, or
2.25 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
0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium, 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 or
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
Alloy hot-rolled carbon steel products in which at least
one of the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including,
e.g., American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications
A543, A387, A514, A517, A506).
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/American Iron &
Steel Institute (AISI) grades of series 2300 and higher.
Ball bearings 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 2.25 percent.
ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
United States Steel (USS) Abrasion-resistant steels (USS
AR 400, USS AR 500).
All products (proprietary or otherwise) based on an alloy
ASTM specification (sample specifications: ASTM A506, A507).
Non-rectangular shapes, not in coils, which are the result
of having been processed by cutting or stamping and which have assumed
the character of articles or products classified outside chapter 72 of
the HTSUS.
The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable 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, 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, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel
covered by this order, including: 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. Subject merchandise may also enter
under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7212.40.10.00,
7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the Department's written
description of the merchandise subject to this proceeding is
dispositive.
Final Determination of No Shipments
As noted above, the Department received no comments concerning the
Preliminary Results on the record of this segment of the proceeding. As
there are no changes from, or comments on, the Preliminary Results, the
Department finds that there is no reason to modify its analysis. Thus,
we continue to find that Ispat, JSW, JSW Ispat, and Tata had no
shipments of the subject merchandise, and, therefore, no reviewable
transactions, during the POR. Accordingly, no decision memorandum
accompanies this Federal Register notice. For further details of the
issues addressed in this proceeding, see the Preliminary Results and
the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\2\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, titled
``Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India: Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014-2015,'' dated August 19, 2016
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly at: https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of this administrative review,
the Department shall determine, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries, in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212. The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after publication of the final results of this review.
The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003.\3\ If applicable, this clarification will apply to all
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced or exported by
Ispat, JSW, JSW Ispat, and Tata, for which these companies did not know
that its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate these un-reviewed entries
at the all others rate established in the less-than fair-value (LTFV)
investigation, as amended, which is 38.72 percent,\4\ if there is no
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rate for the intermediary company(ies) involved in the transaction.
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.\5\
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\3\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003)
(Assessment Policy Notice).
\4\ See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India, 66 FR 60194
(December 3, 2001) (Amended Final Determination).
\5\ See Assessment Policy Notice for a full discussion of this
clarification.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the
Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for respondents noted above, which
claimed no shipments, will remain unchanged from the rates assigned to
the companies in the most recently completed review of the companies;
(2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered
in this administrative review but covered in a prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 38.72 percent, the all-
others rate established in the Amended Final Determination. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure
to comply with this requirement could result in the Department's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a 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(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: December 30, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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