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Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-toLength Plate From Brazil, South Africa,
and the Republic of Turkey:
Antidumping Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Department) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
the Department is issuing antidumping
duty orders on certain carbon and alloy
steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate)
from Brazil, South Africa, and the
Republic of Turkey (Turkey).
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective January 26, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Kennedy at (202) 482–7883
(Brazil); Julia Hancock or Susan
Pulongbarit at (202) 482–1394 or (202)
482–4031, respectively (South Africa);
or Dmitry Vladimirov at (202) 482–0665
(Turkey); AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230.
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Background
In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on December 5, 2016, the
Department published its affirmative
final determinations in the less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigations of CTL
plate from Brazil, South Africa, and
Turkey.1 On January 19, 2017, the ITC
notified the Department of its
affirmative determination that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by
reason of the LTFV imports of CTL plate
from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey,
and of its determination that critical
circumstances do not exist with respect
to imports of subject merchandise from
Brazil and Turkey that are subject to the
Department’s affirmative critical
circumstances findings.2
Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders
is CTL plate. For a complete description
for the scope of the Brazil and Turkey
orders, see Appendix I of this notice.
For a complete description for the scope
of the South Africa order, see Appendix
II of this notice.3
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Antidumping Duty Orders
On January 19, 2017, in accordance
with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC
notified the Department of its final
determinations in these investigations,
in which it found that an industry in the
1 See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-toLength Plate From Brazil, South Africa, and the
Republic of Turkey: Affirmative Final
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Affirmative Final Determinations of Critical
Circumstances for Brazil and the Republic of
Turkey, 81 FR 87544 (December 5, 2016) (Final
Determinations).
2 See Letter to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from
Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Chairman of the
International Trade Commission, entitled,
‘‘Notification of International Trade Commission’’,
dated January 19, 2017 (ITC Letter).
3 Due to the possibility of overlapping coverage
between the scopes of the CTL Plate antidumping
duty orders for Brazil and Turkey and pre-existing
antidumping duty orders on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Brazil and Turkey, the
scopes of these CTL Plate antidumping orders
specifically exclude any such overlapping products.
See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the
United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the
Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 (October 3,
2016). With respect to South Africa, there is no preexisting antidumping order which could result in
overlapping coverage. As a result, the scope of the
South African CTL Plate antidumping duty order
does not contain the exclusion contained in the
scopes of the Brazil and Turkey CTL Plate
antidumping duty orders.
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United States is materially injured by
reason of imports of CTL plate from
Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey, and
that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of subject
merchandise from Brazil and Turkey
that are subject to the Department’s
affirmative critical circumstances
findings.4 Therefore, in accordance with
section 735(c)(2) of the Act, the
Department is issuing these
antidumping duty orders. Because the
ITC determined that imports of CTL
plate from Brazil, South Africa, and
Turkey are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from Brazil, South Africa,
and Turkey, entered or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, are subject
to the assessment of antidumping
duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by the Department,
antidumping duties equal to the amount
by which the normal value of the
merchandise exceeds the export price
(or constructed export price) of the
merchandise, for all relevant entries of
CTL plate from Brazil, South Africa, and
Turkey. Antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of CTL
plate from Brazil, South Africa, and
Turkey entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
September 22, 2016, the date of
publication of the Preliminary
Determinations,5 but will not include
entries occurring after the expiration of
the provisional measures period and
before publication of the ITC’s final
injury determination as further
described below.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct
CBP to continue to suspend liquidation
on all relevant entries of CTL plate from
Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey. These
instructions suspending liquidation will
remain in effect until further notice.
We will also instruct CBP to require
cash deposits equal to the amounts as
indicated below. Accordingly, effective
on the date of publication of the ITC’s
final affirmative determinations, CBP
will require, at the same time as
importers would normally deposit
estimated duties on this subject
4 See
ITC Letter.
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-toLength Plate from Brazil, South Africa, and the
Republic of Turkey: Affirmative Preliminary
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 81
FR 65337 (September 22, 2016) (Preliminary
Determinations).
5 See
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merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins listed below.6 The relevant ‘‘allothers’’ rate applies to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
instructions issued pursuant to an
affirmative preliminary determination
may not remain in effect for more than
four months, except where exporters
representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise
request the Department to extend that
four-month period to no more than six
months. Exporters representing a
significant portion of exports of the
subject merchandise did not request the
Department to extend the four-month
period for prevision measures and,
accordingly, the Department did not
extend the four-month period to six
months. In the underlying investigation,
the Department published the
Preliminary Determinations on
September 22, 2016. Therefore, the fourmonth period beginning on the date of
the publication of the Preliminary
Determinations ended on January 20,
2017. Furthermore, section 737(b) of the
Act states that definitive duties are to
begin on the date of publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
will instruct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of CTL plate from Brazil, South
Africa, and Turkey entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption after January 20, 2017, the
date the provisional measures expired,
until and through the day preceding the
date of publication of the ITC’s final
injury determination in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation will
resume on the date of publication of the
ITC’s final determination in the Federal
Register.
Critical Circumstances
With regard to the ITC’s negative
critical circumstances determination on
imports of CTL plate from Brazil and
Turkey, we will instruct CBP to lift
suspension and to refund any cash
deposits made to secure the payment of
estimated antidumping duties with
respect to CTL plate from Brazil and
Turkey entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
June 24, 2016 (i.e., 90 days prior to the
date of publication of the Preliminary
Determinations), but before September
6 See
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22, 2016 (i.e., the date of publication of
the Preliminary Determinations).
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The weighted-average dumping duty
percentages are as follows:
BRAZIL
Exporter/producer
Companhia Siderurgica
Nacional ............................
Usinas Siderurgicas de
Minas Gerais SA ...............
All Others ..............................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margins
(percent)
74.52
74.52
74.52
SOUTH AFRICA
Exporter/producer
Evraz Highveld Steel and
Vanadium Corp. ................
All Others ..............................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margins
(percent)
94.14
87.72
TURKEY
Exporter/producer
˘
Eregli Demir ve Celik
¸
Fabrikalari T.A.S. ..............
¸
All Others ..............................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margins
(percent)
50.00
42.02
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty orders with respect to
CTL plate from Brazil, South Africa, and
Turkey pursuant to section 736(a) of the
Act. Interested parties can find a list of
antidumping duty orders currently in
effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are issued and published
in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: January 26, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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Appendix I
Scope of the Orders for Brazil and Turkey
The products covered by these orders are
certain carbon and alloy steel hot-rolled or
forged flat plate products not in coils,
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated
with plastics or other non-metallic
substances (cut-to-length plate). Subject
merchandise includes plate that is produced
by being cut-to-length from coils or from
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other discrete length plate and plate that is
rolled or forged into a discrete length. The
products covered include (1) Universal mill
plates (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, which are not in coils and without
patterns in relief), and (2) hot-rolled or forged
flat steel products of a thickness of 4.75 mm
or more and of a width which exceeds 150
mm and measures at least twice the
thickness, and which are not in coils,
whether or not with patterns in relief. The
covered products described above may be
rectangular, square, circular or other shapes
and include products of either rectangular or
non-rectangular cross-section where such
non-rectangular cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,
products which have been ‘‘worked after
rolling,’’ (e.g., products which have been
beveled or rounded at the edges).
For purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above, the following
rules apply:
(1) Except where otherwise stated where
the nominal and actual thickness or width
measurements vary, a product from a given
subject country 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 product is already covered by an
order existing on that specific country (i.e.,
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic of
Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Amended
Final Affirmative Antidumping
Determinations for Australia, the Republic of
Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962
(October 3, 2016)); 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
these orders are products in which: (1) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; and (2) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less by weight.
Subject merchandise includes cut-to-length
plate that has been further processed in the
subject country or a third country, including
but not limited to pickling, oiling, levelling,
annealing, tempering, temper rolling, skin
passing, painting, varnishing, trimming,
cutting, punching, beveling, and/or slitting,
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of these orders if performed in the
country of manufacture of the cut-to-length
plate.
All products that meet the written physical
description, are within the scope of these
orders unless specifically excluded or
covered by the scope of an existing order.
The following products are outside of, and/
or specifically excluded from, the scope of
these orders:
(1) Products clad, plated, or coated with
metal, whether or not painted, varnished or
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coated with plastic or other non-metallic
substances;
(2) military grade armor plate certified to
one of the following specifications or to a
specification that references and incorporates
one of the following specifications:
• MIL–A–12560,
• MIL–DTL–12560H,
• MIL–DTL–12560J,
• MIL–DTL–12560K,
• MIL–DTL–32332,
• MIL–A–46100D,
• MIL–DTL–46100–E,
• MIL–46177C,
• MIL–S–16216K Grade HY80,
• MIL–S–16216K Grade HY100,
• MIL–S–24645A HSLA–80;
• MIL–S–24645A HSLA–100,
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Grade HY80,
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Grade HY100,
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Grade HSLA80,
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Grade HSLA100,
and
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Mod. Grade
HSLA115,
except that any cut-to-length plate certified to
one of the above specifications, or to a
military grade armor specification that
references and incorporates one of the above
specifications, will not be excluded from the
scope if it is also dual- or multiple-certified
to any other non-armor specification that
otherwise would fall within the scope of
these orders;
(3) stainless steel plate, containing 10.5
percent or more of chromium by weight and
not more than 1.2 percent of carbon by
weight;
(4) CTL plate meeting the requirements of
ASTM A–829, Grade E 4340 that are over 305
mm in actual thickness;
(5) Alloy forged and rolled CTL plate
greater than or equal to 152.4 mm in actual
thickness meeting each of the following
requirements:
(a) Electric furnace melted, ladle refined &
vacuum degassed and having a chemical
composition (expressed in weight
percentages):
• Carbon 0.23–0.28,
• Silicon 0.05–0.20,
• Manganese 1.20–1.60,
• Nickel not greater than 1.0,
• Sulfur not greater than 0.007,
• Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
• Chromium 1.0–2.5,
• Molybdenum 0.35–0.80,
• Boron 0.002–0.004,
• Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
• Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
• Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm;
(b) With a Brinell hardness measured in all
parts of the product including mid thickness
falling within one of the following ranges:
(i) 270–300 HBW,
(ii) 290–320 HBW, or
(iii) 320–350HBW;
(c) Having cleanliness in accordance with
ASTM E45 method A (Thin and Heavy): A
not exceeding 1.5, B not exceeding 1.0, C not
exceeding 0.5, D not exceeding 1.5; and
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578–S9
ultrasonic testing requirements with
acceptance criteria 2 mm flat bottom hole;
(6) Alloy forged and rolled steel CTL plate
over 407 mm in actual thickness and meeting
the following requirements:
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(a) Made from Electric Arc Furnace melted,
Ladle refined & vacuum degassed, alloy steel
with the following chemical composition
(expressed in weight percentages):
• Carbon 0.23–0.28,
• Silicon 0.05–0.15,
• Manganese 1.20–1.50,
• Nickel not greater than 0.4,
• Sulfur not greater than 0.010,
• Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
• Chromium 1.20–1.50,
• Molybdenum 0.35–0.55,
• Boron 0.002–0.004,
• Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
• Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
• Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm;
(b) Having cleanliness in accordance with
ASTM E45 method A (Thin and Heavy): A
not exceeding 1.5, B not exceeding 1.5, C not
exceeding 1.0, D not exceeding 1.5;
(c) Having the following mechanical
properties:
(i) With a Brinell hardness not more than
237 HBW measured in all parts of the
product including mid thickness; and having
a Yield Strength of 75ksi min and UTS 95ksi
or more, Elongation of 18% or more and
Reduction of area 35% or more; having
charpy V at ¥75 degrees F in the
longitudinal direction equal or greater than
15 ft. lbs (single value) and equal or greater
than 20 ft. lbs (average of 3 specimens) and
conforming to the requirements of NACE
MR01–75; or
(ii) With a Brinell hardness not less than
240 HBW measured in all parts of the
product including mid thickness; and having
a Yield Strength of 90 ksi min and UTS 110
ksi or more, Elongation of 15% or more and
Reduction of area 30% or more; having
charpy V at ¥40 degrees F in the
longitudinal direction equal or greater than
21 ft. lbs (single value) and equal or greater
than 31 ft. lbs (average of 3 specimens);
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578–S9
ultrasonic testing requirements with
acceptance criteria 3.2 mm flat bottom hole;
and
(e) Conforming to magnetic particle
inspection in accordance with AMS 2301;
(7) Alloy forged and rolled steel CTL plate
over 407 mm in actual thickness and meeting
the following requirements:
(a) Made from Electric Arc Furnace melted,
ladle refined & vacuum degassed, alloy steel
with the following chemical composition
(expressed in weight percentages):
• Carbon 0.25–0.30,
• Silicon not greater than 0.25,
• Manganese not greater than 0.50,
• Nickel 3.0–3.5,
• Sulfur not greater than 0.010,
• Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
• Chromium 1.0–1.5,
• Molybdenum 0.6–0.9,
• Vanadium 0.08 to 0.12
• Boron 0.002–0.004,
• Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
• Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
• Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm.
(b) Having cleanliness in accordance with
ASTM E45 method A (Thin and Heavy): A
not exceeding 1.0(t) and 0.5(h), B not
exceeding 1.5(t) and 1.0(h), C not exceeding
1.0(t) and 0.5(h), and D not exceeding 1.5(t)
and 1.0(h);
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(c) Having the following mechanical
properties: A Brinell hardness not less than
350 HBW measured in all parts of the
product including mid thickness; and having
a Yield Strength of 145ksi or more and UTS
160ksi or more, Elongation of 15% or more
and Reduction of area 35% or more; having
charpy V at ¥40 degrees F in the transverse
direction equal or greater than 20 ft. lbs
(single value) and equal or greater than 25 ft.
lbs (average of 3 specimens);
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578–S9
ultrasonic testing requirements with
acceptance criteria 3.2 mm flat bottom hole;
and
(e) Conforming to magnetic particle
inspection in accordance with AMS 2301.
The products subject to these orders are
currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
item numbers: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060,
7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 7225.40.1180,
7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000,
and 7226.91.5000.
The products subject to these orders may
also enter under the following HTSUS item
numbers: 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000,
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000,
7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.4500,
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7590, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000,
7214.10.0000, 7214.30.0010, 7214.30.0080,
7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090,
7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.40.5110,
7225.40.5130, 7225.40.5160, 7225.40.7000,
7225.99.0010, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000,
7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.91.0500, 7226.91.1530, 7226.91.1560,
7226.91.2530, 7226.91.2560, 7226.91.7000,
7226.91.8000, and 7226.99.0180.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of these orders is dispositive.
Appendix II
Scope of the Order for South Africa
The products covered by this order are
certain carbon and alloy steel hot-rolled or
forged flat plate products not in coils,
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated
with plastics or other non-metallic
substances (cut-to-length plate). Subject
merchandise includes plate that is produced
by being cut-to-length from coils or from
other discrete length plate and plate that is
rolled or forged into a discrete length. The
products covered include (1) Universal mill
plates (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, which are not in coils and without
patterns in relief), and (2) hot-rolled or forged
flat steel products of a thickness of 4.75 mm
or more and of a width which exceeds 150
mm and measures at least twice the
thickness, and which are not in coils,
whether or not with patterns in relief. The
covered products described above may be
rectangular, square, circular or other shapes
and include products of either rectangular or
non-rectangular cross-section where such
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non-rectangular cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,
products which have been ‘‘worked after
rolling’’, (e.g., products which have been
beveled or rounded at the edges).
For purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above, the following
rules apply:
(1) Except where otherwise stated where
the nominal and actual thickness or width
measurements vary, a product from a given
subject country is within the scope if
application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope
based on the definitions set forth above; and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for
a specific product (e.g., the thickness of
certain products with non-rectangular crosssection, the width of certain products with
non-rectangular shape, etc.), the
measurement at its greatest width or
thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this
order are products in which: (1) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; and (2) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less by weight.
Subject merchandise includes cut-to-length
plate that has been further processed in the
subject country or a third country, including
but not limited to pickling, oiling, levelling,
annealing, tempering, temper rolling, skin
passing, painting, varnishing, trimming,
cutting, punching, beveling, and/or slitting,
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of this order if performed in the
country of manufacture of the cut-to-length
plate.
All products that meet the written physical
description, are within the scope of this order
unless specifically excluded or covered by
the scope of an existing order. The following
products are outside of, and/or specifically
excluded from, the scope of this order:
(1) Products clad, plated, or coated with
metal, whether or not painted, varnished or
coated with plastic or other non-metallic
substances;
(2) military grade armor plate certified to
one of the following specifications or to a
specification that references and incorporates
one of the following specifications:
• MIL–A–12560,
• MIL–DTL–12560H,
• MIL–DTL–12560J,
• MIL–DTL–12560K,
• MIL–DTL–32332,
• MIL–A–46100D,
• MIL–DTL–46100–E,
• MIL–46177C,
• MIL–S–16216K Grade HY80,
• MIL–S–16216K Grade HY100,
• MIL–S–24645A HSLA–80;
• MIL–S–24645A HSLA–100,
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Grade HY80,
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Grade HY100,
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Grade HSLA80,
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Grade HSLA100,
and
• T9074–BD–GIB–010/0300 Mod. Grade
HSLA115,
except that any cut-to-length plate certified to
one of the above specifications, or to a
military grade armor specification that
references and incorporates one of the above
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specifications, will not be excluded from the
scope if it is also dual- or multiple-certified
to any other non-armor specification that
otherwise would fall within the scope of this
order;
(3) stainless steel plate, containing 10.5
percent or more of chromium by weight and
not more than 1.2 percent of carbon by
weight;
(4) CTL plate meeting the requirements of
ASTM A–829, Grade E 4340 that are over 305
mm in actual thickness;
(5) Alloy forged and rolled CTL plate
greater than or equal to 152.4 mm in actual
thickness meeting each of the following
requirements:
(a) Electric furnace melted, ladle refined &
vacuum degassed and having a chemical
composition (expressed in weight
percentages):
• Carbon 0.23–0.28,
• Silicon 0.05–0.20,
• Manganese 1.20–1.60,
• Nickel not greater than 1.0,
• Sulfur not greater than 0.007,
• Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
• Chromium 1.0–2.5,
• Molybdenum 0.35–0.80,
• Boron 0.002–0.004,
• Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
• Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
• Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm;
(b) With a Brinell hardness measured in all
parts of the product including mid thickness
falling within one of the following ranges:
(i) 270–300 HBW,
(ii) 290–320 HBW, or
(iii) 320–350 HBW;
(c) Having cleanliness in accordance with
ASTM E45 method A (Thin and Heavy): A
not exceeding 1.5, B not exceeding 1.0, C not
exceeding 0.5, D not exceeding 1.5; and
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578–S9
ultrasonic testing requirements with
acceptance criteria 2 mm flat bottom hole;
(6) Alloy forged and rolled steel CTL plate
over 407 mm in actual thickness and meeting
the following requirements:
(a) Made from Electric Arc Furnace melted,
Ladle refined & vacuum degassed, alloy steel
with the following chemical composition
(expressed in weight percentages):
• Carbon 0.23–0.28,
• Silicon 0.05–0.15,
• Manganese 1.20–1.50,
• Nickel not greater than 0.4,
• Sulfur not greater than 0.010,
• Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
• Chromium 1.20–1.50,
• Molybdenum 0.35–0.55,
• Boron 0.002–0.004,
• Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
• Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
• Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm;
(b) Having cleanliness in accordance with
ASTM E45 method A (Thin and Heavy): A
not exceeding 1.5, B not exceeding 1.5, C not
exceeding 1.0, D not exceeding 1.5;
(c) Having the following mechanical
properties:
(i) With a Brinell hardness not more than
237 HBW measured in all parts of the
product including mid thickness; and having
a Yield Strength of 75ksi min and UTS 95ksi
or more, Elongation of 18% or more and
Reduction of area 35% or more; having
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charpy V at ¥75 degrees F in the
longitudinal direction equal or greater than
15 ft. lbs (single value) and equal or greater
than 20 ft. lbs (average of 3 specimens) and
conforming to the requirements of NACE
MR01–75; or
(ii) With a Brinell hardness not less than
240 HBW measured in all parts of the
product including mid thickness; and having
a Yield Strength of 90 ksi min and UTS 110
ksi or more, Elongation of 15% or more and
Reduction of area 30% or more; having
charpy V at ¥40 degrees F in the
longitudinal direction equal or greater than
21 ft. lbs (single value) and equal or greater
than 31 ft. lbs (average of 3 specimens);
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578–S9
ultrasonic testing requirements with
acceptance criteria 3.2 mm flat bottom hole;
and
(e) Conforming to magnetic particle
inspection in accordance with AMS 2301;
(7) Alloy forged and rolled steel CTL plate
over 407 mm in actual thickness and meeting
the following requirements:
(a) Made from Electric Arc Furnace melted,
ladle refined & vacuum degassed, alloy steel
with the following chemical composition
(expressed in weight percentages):
• Carbon 0.25–0.30,
• Silicon not greater than 0.25,
• Manganese not greater than 0.50,
• Nickel 3.0–3.5,
• Sulfur not greater than 0.010,
• Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
• Chromium 1.0–1.5,
• Molybdenum 0.6–0.9,
• Vanadium 0.08 to 0.12
• Boron 0.002–0.004,
• Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
• Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
• Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm.
(b) Having cleanliness in accordance with
ASTM E45 method A (Thin and Heavy): A
not exceeding 1.0(t) and 0.5(h), B not
exceeding 1.5(t) and 1.0(h), C not exceeding
1.0(t) and 0.5(h), and D not exceeding 1.5(t)
and 1.0(h);
(c) Having the following mechanical
properties: A Brinell hardness not less than
350 HBW measured in all parts of the
product including mid thickness; and having
a Yield Strength of 145ksi or more and UTS
160ksi or more, Elongation of 15% or more
and Reduction of area 35% or more; having
charpy V at ¥40 degrees F in the transverse
direction equal or greater than 20 ft. lbs
(single value) and equal or greater than 25 ft.
lbs (average of 3 specimens);
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578–S9
ultrasonic testing requirements with
acceptance criteria 3.2 mm flat bottom hole;
and
(e) Conforming to magnetic particle
inspection in accordance with AMS 2301.
The products subject to this order are
currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
item numbers: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060,
7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 7225.40.1180,
7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000,
and 7226.91.5000.
The products subject to this order may also
enter under the following HTSUS item
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numbers: 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000,
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000,
7211.19.1500, 7211.19.2000, 7211.19.4500,
7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7590, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000,
7214.10.0000, 7214.30.0010, 7214.30.0080,
7214.91.0015, 7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090,
7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.40.5110,
7225.40.5130, 7225.40.5160, 7225.40.7000,
7225.99.0010, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000,
7226.11.9060, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.91.0500, 7226.91.1530, 7226.91.1560,
7226.91.2530, 7226.91.2560, 7226.91.7000,
7226.91.8000, and 7226.99.0180.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of this order is dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF191
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Ad Hoc Groundfish Electronic
Monitoring Technical Advisory
Committee and Groundfish Electronic
Monitoring Policy Advisory Committee
(GEM Committees) will hold a joint
work session, which is open to the
public.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Wednesday, February 22, 2017, from 9
a.m. until 5 p.m. (Pacific Standard
Time) or when business for the day has
been completed.
ADDRESSES: The work session will be
held at the Radisson Hotel Portland
Airport; Concourse Meeting Room, 6233
NE 78th Court, Portland, OR 97218;
telephone: (503) 251–2000.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brett Wiedoff, Staff Officer, Pacific
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary purpose of the work session is
to discuss development of an impact
analysis for the Pacific Council’s
adopted alternatives for an electronic
monitoring program for bottom trawl
and midwater trawl vessels that target
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[Notices]
[Pages 8911-8915]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-847, A-791-822, A-489-828]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From Brazil,
South Africa, and the Republic of Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), the
Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on certain carbon and
alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from Brazil, South Africa,
and the Republic of Turkey (Turkey).
DATES: Effective January 26, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Kennedy at (202) 482-7883
(Brazil); Julia Hancock or Susan Pulongbarit at (202) 482-1394 or (202)
482-4031, respectively (South Africa); or Dmitry Vladimirov at (202)
482-0665 (Turkey); AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on December 5,
2016, the Department published its affirmative final determinations in
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of CTL plate from
Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey.\1\ On January 19, 2017, the ITC
notified the Department of its affirmative determination that an
industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of the LTFV imports of
CTL plate from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey, and of its
determination that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to
imports of subject merchandise from Brazil and Turkey that are subject
to the Department's affirmative critical circumstances findings.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From
Brazil, South Africa, and the Republic of Turkey: Affirmative Final
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative
Final Determinations of Critical Circumstances for Brazil and the
Republic of Turkey, 81 FR 87544 (December 5, 2016) (Final
Determinations).
\2\ See Letter to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, from Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Chairman
of the International Trade Commission, entitled, ``Notification of
International Trade Commission'', dated January 19, 2017 (ITC
Letter).
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is CTL plate. For a complete
description for the scope of the Brazil and Turkey orders, see Appendix
I of this notice. For a complete description for the scope of the South
Africa order, see Appendix II of this notice.\3\
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\3\ Due to the possibility of overlapping coverage between the
scopes of the CTL Plate antidumping duty orders for Brazil and
Turkey and pre-existing antidumping duty orders on Certain Hot-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil and Turkey, the scopes of
these CTL Plate antidumping orders specifically exclude any such
overlapping products. See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Amended
Final Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the
Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 81 FR 67962 (October 3, 2016). With respect to South Africa,
there is no pre-existing antidumping order which could result in
overlapping coverage. As a result, the scope of the South African
CTL Plate antidumping duty order does not contain the exclusion
contained in the scopes of the Brazil and Turkey CTL Plate
antidumping duty orders.
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Antidumping Duty Orders
On January 19, 2017, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified the Department of its final determinations in these
investigations, in which it found that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reason of imports of CTL plate from Brazil,
South Africa, and Turkey, and that critical circumstances do not exist
with respect to imports of subject merchandise from Brazil and Turkey
that are subject to the Department's affirmative critical circumstances
findings.\4\ Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the
Act, the Department is issuing these antidumping duty orders. Because
the ITC determined that imports of CTL plate from Brazil, South Africa,
and Turkey are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated
entries of such merchandise from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the
merchandise, for all relevant entries of CTL plate from Brazil, South
Africa, and Turkey. Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated
entries of CTL plate from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 22,
2016, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determinations,\5\ but
will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final
injury determination as further described below.
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\5\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from
Brazil, South Africa, and the Republic of Turkey: Affirmative
Preliminary Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 81 FR
65337 (September 22, 2016) (Preliminary Determinations).
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all relevant entries
of CTL plate from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the
amounts as indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication of the ITC's final affirmative determinations, CBP will
require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated
duties on this subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins listed below.\6\ The
relevant ``all-others'' rate applies to all producers or exporters not
specifically listed.
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Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six
months. Exporters representing a significant portion of exports of the
subject merchandise did not request the Department to extend the four-
month period for prevision measures and, accordingly, the Department
did not extend the four-month period to six months. In the underlying
investigation, the Department published the Preliminary Determinations
on September 22, 2016. Therefore, the four-month period beginning on
the date of the publication of the Preliminary Determinations ended on
January 20, 2017. Furthermore, section 737(b) of the Act states that
definitive duties are to begin on the date of publication of the ITC's
final injury determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of CTL plate from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after January 20,
2017, the date the provisional measures expired, until and through the
day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will
resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in
the Federal Register.
Critical Circumstances
With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances
determination on imports of CTL plate from Brazil and Turkey, we will
instruct CBP to lift suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to
secure the payment of estimated antidumping duties with respect to CTL
plate from Brazil and Turkey entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after June 24, 2016 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date
of publication of the Preliminary Determinations), but before September
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22, 2016 (i.e., the date of publication of the Preliminary
Determinations).
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The weighted-average dumping duty percentages are as follows:
Brazil
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margins
(percent)
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Companhia Siderurgica Nacional.......................... 74.52
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA.................. 74.52
All Others.............................................. 74.52
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South Africa
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margins
(percent)
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Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corp.................. 94.14
All Others.............................................. 87.72
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Turkey
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margins
(percent)
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Ere[gbreve]li Demir ve [Ccedil]elik Fabrikalari 50.00
T.A.[Scedil]...........................................
All Others.............................................. 42.02
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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to
CTL plate from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey pursuant to section
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping
duty orders currently in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are issued and published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: January 26, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Orders for Brazil and Turkey
The products covered by these orders are certain carbon and
alloy steel hot-rolled or forged flat plate products not in coils,
whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other
non-metallic substances (cut-to-length plate). Subject merchandise
includes plate that is produced by being cut-to-length from coils or
from other discrete length plate and plate that is rolled or forged
into a discrete length. The products covered include (1) Universal
mill plates (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, which are not in coils
and without patterns in relief), and (2) hot-rolled or forged flat
steel products of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and of a width
which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness, and
which are not in coils, whether or not with patterns in relief. The
covered products described above may be rectangular, square,
circular or other shapes and include products of either rectangular
or non-rectangular cross-section where such non-rectangular cross-
section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,
products which have been ``worked after rolling,'' (e.g., products
which have been beveled or rounded at the edges).
For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced
above, the following rules apply:
(1) Except where otherwise stated where the nominal and actual
thickness or width measurements vary, a product from a given subject
country 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 product is already covered by
an order existing on that specific country (i.e., Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the United
Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for
Australia, the Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 (October 3, 2016)); and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of these orders are
products in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of
the other contained elements; and (2) the carbon content is 2
percent or less by weight.
Subject merchandise includes cut-to-length plate that has been
further processed in the subject country or a third country,
including but not limited to pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing,
tempering, temper rolling, skin passing, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching, beveling, and/or slitting, or any other
processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of these orders if performed in the country of manufacture of
the cut-to-length plate.
All products that meet the written physical description, are
within the scope of these orders unless specifically excluded or
covered by the scope of an existing order. The following products
are outside of, and/or specifically excluded from, the scope of
these orders:
(1) Products clad, plated, or coated with metal, whether or not
painted, varnished or coated with plastic or other non-metallic
substances;
(2) military grade armor plate certified to one of the following
specifications or to a specification that references and
incorporates one of the following specifications:
MIL-A-12560,
MIL-DTL-12560H,
MIL-DTL-12560J,
MIL-DTL-12560K,
MIL-DTL-32332,
MIL-A-46100D,
MIL-DTL-46100-E,
MIL-46177C,
MIL-S-16216K Grade HY80,
MIL-S-16216K Grade HY100,
MIL-S-24645A HSLA-80;
MIL-S-24645A HSLA-100,
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Grade HY80,
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Grade HY100,
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Grade HSLA80,
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Grade HSLA100, and
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Mod. Grade HSLA115,
except that any cut-to-length plate certified to one of the above
specifications, or to a military grade armor specification that
references and incorporates one of the above specifications, will
not be excluded from the scope if it is also dual- or multiple-
certified to any other non-armor specification that otherwise would
fall within the scope of these orders;
(3) stainless steel plate, containing 10.5 percent or more of
chromium by weight and not more than 1.2 percent of carbon by
weight;
(4) CTL plate meeting the requirements of ASTM A-829, Grade E
4340 that are over 305 mm in actual thickness;
(5) Alloy forged and rolled CTL plate greater than or equal to
152.4 mm in actual thickness meeting each of the following
requirements:
(a) Electric furnace melted, ladle refined & vacuum degassed and
having a chemical composition (expressed in weight percentages):
Carbon 0.23-0.28,
Silicon 0.05-0.20,
Manganese 1.20-1.60,
Nickel not greater than 1.0,
Sulfur not greater than 0.007,
Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
Chromium 1.0-2.5,
Molybdenum 0.35-0.80,
Boron 0.002-0.004,
Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm;
(b) With a Brinell hardness measured in all parts of the product
including mid thickness falling within one of the following ranges:
(i) 270-300 HBW,
(ii) 290-320 HBW, or
(iii) 320-350HBW;
(c) Having cleanliness in accordance with ASTM E45 method A
(Thin and Heavy): A not exceeding 1.5, B not exceeding 1.0, C not
exceeding 0.5, D not exceeding 1.5; and
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578-S9 ultrasonic testing requirements
with acceptance criteria 2 mm flat bottom hole;
(6) Alloy forged and rolled steel CTL plate over 407 mm in
actual thickness and meeting the following requirements:
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(a) Made from Electric Arc Furnace melted, Ladle refined &
vacuum degassed, alloy steel with the following chemical composition
(expressed in weight percentages):
Carbon 0.23-0.28,
Silicon 0.05-0.15,
Manganese 1.20-1.50,
Nickel not greater than 0.4,
Sulfur not greater than 0.010,
Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
Chromium 1.20-1.50,
Molybdenum 0.35-0.55,
Boron 0.002-0.004,
Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm;
(b) Having cleanliness in accordance with ASTM E45 method A
(Thin and Heavy): A not exceeding 1.5, B not exceeding 1.5, C not
exceeding 1.0, D not exceeding 1.5;
(c) Having the following mechanical properties:
(i) With a Brinell hardness not more than 237 HBW measured in
all parts of the product including mid thickness; and having a Yield
Strength of 75ksi min and UTS 95ksi or more, Elongation of 18% or
more and Reduction of area 35% or more; having charpy V at -75
degrees F in the longitudinal direction equal or greater than 15 ft.
lbs (single value) and equal or greater than 20 ft. lbs (average of
3 specimens) and conforming to the requirements of NACE MR01-75; or
(ii) With a Brinell hardness not less than 240 HBW measured in
all parts of the product including mid thickness; and having a Yield
Strength of 90 ksi min and UTS 110 ksi or more, Elongation of 15% or
more and Reduction of area 30% or more; having charpy V at -40
degrees F in the longitudinal direction equal or greater than 21 ft.
lbs (single value) and equal or greater than 31 ft. lbs (average of
3 specimens);
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578-S9 ultrasonic testing requirements
with acceptance criteria 3.2 mm flat bottom hole; and
(e) Conforming to magnetic particle inspection in accordance
with AMS 2301;
(7) Alloy forged and rolled steel CTL plate over 407 mm in
actual thickness and meeting the following requirements:
(a) Made from Electric Arc Furnace melted, ladle refined &
vacuum degassed, alloy steel with the following chemical composition
(expressed in weight percentages):
Carbon 0.25-0.30,
Silicon not greater than 0.25,
Manganese not greater than 0.50,
Nickel 3.0-3.5,
Sulfur not greater than 0.010,
Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
Chromium 1.0-1.5,
Molybdenum 0.6-0.9,
Vanadium 0.08 to 0.12
Boron 0.002-0.004,
Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm.
(b) Having cleanliness in accordance with ASTM E45 method A
(Thin and Heavy): A not exceeding 1.0(t) and 0.5(h), B not exceeding
1.5(t) and 1.0(h), C not exceeding 1.0(t) and 0.5(h), and D not
exceeding 1.5(t) and 1.0(h);
(c) Having the following mechanical properties: A Brinell
hardness not less than 350 HBW measured in all parts of the product
including mid thickness; and having a Yield Strength of 145ksi or
more and UTS 160ksi or more, Elongation of 15% or more and Reduction
of area 35% or more; having charpy V at -40 degrees F in the
transverse direction equal or greater than 20 ft. lbs (single value)
and equal or greater than 25 ft. lbs (average of 3 specimens);
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578-S9 ultrasonic testing requirements
with acceptance criteria 3.2 mm flat bottom hole; and
(e) Conforming to magnetic particle inspection in accordance
with AMS 2301.
The products subject to these orders are currently classified in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
item numbers: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030,
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000,
7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 7225.40.1180,
7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000, and 7226.91.5000.
The products subject to these orders may also enter under the
following HTSUS item numbers: 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000,
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.19.1500,
7211.19.2000, 7211.19.4500, 7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7590,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000,
7214.10.0000, 7214.30.0010, 7214.30.0080, 7214.91.0015,
7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000,
7225.40.5110, 7225.40.5130, 7225.40.5160, 7225.40.7000,
7225.99.0010, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9060,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.91.0500, 7226.91.1530,
7226.91.1560, 7226.91.2530, 7226.91.2560, 7226.91.7000,
7226.91.8000, and 7226.99.0180.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of these
orders is dispositive.
Appendix II
Scope of the Order for South Africa
The products covered by this order are certain carbon and alloy
steel hot-rolled or forged flat plate products not in coils, whether
or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-
metallic substances (cut-to-length plate). Subject merchandise
includes plate that is produced by being cut-to-length from coils or
from other discrete length plate and plate that is rolled or forged
into a discrete length. The products covered include (1) Universal
mill plates (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, which are not in coils
and without patterns in relief), and (2) hot-rolled or forged flat
steel products of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and of a width
which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness, and
which are not in coils, whether or not with patterns in relief. The
covered products described above may be rectangular, square,
circular or other shapes and include products of either rectangular
or non-rectangular cross-section where such non-rectangular cross-
section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,
products which have been ``worked after rolling'', (e.g., products
which have been beveled or rounded at the edges).
For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced
above, the following rules apply:
(1) Except where otherwise stated where the nominal and actual
thickness or width measurements vary, a product from a given subject
country is within the scope if application of either the nominal or
actual measurement would place it within the scope based on the
definitions set forth above; and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this order are products
in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; and (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less
by weight.
Subject merchandise includes cut-to-length plate that has been
further processed in the subject country or a third country,
including but not limited to pickling, oiling, levelling, annealing,
tempering, temper rolling, skin passing, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching, beveling, and/or slitting, or any other
processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of this order if performed in the country of manufacture of
the cut-to-length plate.
All products that meet the written physical description, are
within the scope of this order unless specifically excluded or
covered by the scope of an existing order. The following products
are outside of, and/or specifically excluded from, the scope of this
order:
(1) Products clad, plated, or coated with metal, whether or not
painted, varnished or coated with plastic or other non-metallic
substances;
(2) military grade armor plate certified to one of the following
specifications or to a specification that references and
incorporates one of the following specifications:
MIL-A-12560,
MIL-DTL-12560H,
MIL-DTL-12560J,
MIL-DTL-12560K,
MIL-DTL-32332,
MIL-A-46100D,
MIL-DTL-46100-E,
MIL-46177C,
MIL-S-16216K Grade HY80,
MIL-S-16216K Grade HY100,
MIL-S-24645A HSLA-80;
MIL-S-24645A HSLA-100,
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Grade HY80,
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Grade HY100,
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Grade HSLA80,
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Grade HSLA100, and
T9074-BD-GIB-010/0300 Mod. Grade HSLA115,
except that any cut-to-length plate certified to one of the above
specifications, or to a military grade armor specification that
references and incorporates one of the above
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specifications, will not be excluded from the scope if it is also
dual- or multiple-certified to any other non-armor specification
that otherwise would fall within the scope of this order;
(3) stainless steel plate, containing 10.5 percent or more of
chromium by weight and not more than 1.2 percent of carbon by
weight;
(4) CTL plate meeting the requirements of ASTM A-829, Grade E
4340 that are over 305 mm in actual thickness;
(5) Alloy forged and rolled CTL plate greater than or equal to
152.4 mm in actual thickness meeting each of the following
requirements:
(a) Electric furnace melted, ladle refined & vacuum degassed and
having a chemical composition (expressed in weight percentages):
Carbon 0.23-0.28,
Silicon 0.05-0.20,
Manganese 1.20-1.60,
Nickel not greater than 1.0,
Sulfur not greater than 0.007,
Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
Chromium 1.0-2.5,
Molybdenum 0.35-0.80,
Boron 0.002-0.004,
Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm;
(b) With a Brinell hardness measured in all parts of the product
including mid thickness falling within one of the following ranges:
(i) 270-300 HBW,
(ii) 290-320 HBW, or
(iii) 320-350 HBW;
(c) Having cleanliness in accordance with ASTM E45 method A
(Thin and Heavy): A not exceeding 1.5, B not exceeding 1.0, C not
exceeding 0.5, D not exceeding 1.5; and
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578-S9 ultrasonic testing requirements
with acceptance criteria 2 mm flat bottom hole;
(6) Alloy forged and rolled steel CTL plate over 407 mm in
actual thickness and meeting the following requirements:
(a) Made from Electric Arc Furnace melted, Ladle refined &
vacuum degassed, alloy steel with the following chemical composition
(expressed in weight percentages):
Carbon 0.23-0.28,
Silicon 0.05-0.15,
Manganese 1.20-1.50,
Nickel not greater than 0.4,
Sulfur not greater than 0.010,
Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
Chromium 1.20-1.50,
Molybdenum 0.35-0.55,
Boron 0.002-0.004,
Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm;
(b) Having cleanliness in accordance with ASTM E45 method A
(Thin and Heavy): A not exceeding 1.5, B not exceeding 1.5, C not
exceeding 1.0, D not exceeding 1.5;
(c) Having the following mechanical properties:
(i) With a Brinell hardness not more than 237 HBW measured in
all parts of the product including mid thickness; and having a Yield
Strength of 75ksi min and UTS 95ksi or more, Elongation of 18% or
more and Reduction of area 35% or more; having charpy V at -75
degrees F in the longitudinal direction equal or greater than 15 ft.
lbs (single value) and equal or greater than 20 ft. lbs (average of
3 specimens) and conforming to the requirements of NACE MR01-75; or
(ii) With a Brinell hardness not less than 240 HBW measured in
all parts of the product including mid thickness; and having a Yield
Strength of 90 ksi min and UTS 110 ksi or more, Elongation of 15% or
more and Reduction of area 30% or more; having charpy V at -40
degrees F in the longitudinal direction equal or greater than 21 ft.
lbs (single value) and equal or greater than 31 ft. lbs (average of
3 specimens);
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578-S9 ultrasonic testing requirements
with acceptance criteria 3.2 mm flat bottom hole; and
(e) Conforming to magnetic particle inspection in accordance
with AMS 2301;
(7) Alloy forged and rolled steel CTL plate over 407 mm in
actual thickness and meeting the following requirements:
(a) Made from Electric Arc Furnace melted, ladle refined &
vacuum degassed, alloy steel with the following chemical composition
(expressed in weight percentages):
Carbon 0.25-0.30,
Silicon not greater than 0.25,
Manganese not greater than 0.50,
Nickel 3.0-3.5,
Sulfur not greater than 0.010,
Phosphorus not greater than 0.020,
Chromium 1.0-1.5,
Molybdenum 0.6-0.9,
Vanadium 0.08 to 0.12
Boron 0.002-0.004,
Oxygen not greater than 20 ppm,
Hydrogen not greater than 2 ppm, and
Nitrogen not greater than 60 ppm.
(b) Having cleanliness in accordance with ASTM E45 method A
(Thin and Heavy): A not exceeding 1.0(t) and 0.5(h), B not exceeding
1.5(t) and 1.0(h), C not exceeding 1.0(t) and 0.5(h), and D not
exceeding 1.5(t) and 1.0(h);
(c) Having the following mechanical properties: A Brinell
hardness not less than 350 HBW measured in all parts of the product
including mid thickness; and having a Yield Strength of 145ksi or
more and UTS 160ksi or more, Elongation of 15% or more and Reduction
of area 35% or more; having charpy V at -40 degrees F in the
transverse direction equal or greater than 20 ft. lbs (single value)
and equal or greater than 25 ft. lbs (average of 3 specimens);
(d) Conforming to ASTM A578-S9 ultrasonic testing requirements
with acceptance criteria 3.2 mm flat bottom hole; and
(e) Conforming to magnetic particle inspection in accordance
with AMS 2301.
The products subject to this order are currently classified in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
item numbers: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030,
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000,
7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 7225.40.1180,
7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000, and 7226.91.5000.
The products subject to this order may also enter under the
following HTSUS item numbers: 7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000,
7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.19.1500,
7211.19.2000, 7211.19.4500, 7211.19.6000, 7211.19.7590,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000,
7214.10.0000, 7214.30.0010, 7214.30.0080, 7214.91.0015,
7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090, 7225.11.0000, 7225.19.0000,
7225.40.5110, 7225.40.5130, 7225.40.5160, 7225.40.7000,
7225.99.0010, 7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9060,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.91.0500, 7226.91.1530,
7226.91.1560, 7226.91.2530, 7226.91.2560, 7226.91.7000,
7226.91.8000, and 7226.99.0180.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of this
order is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2017-02204 Filed 1-31-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
