1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid From the People's Republic of China; Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan; Hydrofluorocarbon Blends From the People's Republic of China; Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic of China: Opening of Scope Segments and Opportunity To Comment, 13952-13955 [2018-06607]
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Dated: March 27, 2018.
James M. Sullivan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services,
International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2018–06737 Filed 3–29–18; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–045, C–570–046, A–588–873, A–570–
028, A–570–914, C–570–915]
1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1Diphosphonic Acid From the People’s
Republic of China; Cold-Rolled Steel
Flat Products From Japan;
Hydrofluorocarbon Blends From the
People’s Republic of China; LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
From the People’s Republic of China:
Opening of Scope Segments and
Opportunity To Comment
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) received information from
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) relating to the antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders on 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1Diphosphonic Acid (HEDP) from the
People’s Republic of China (China); the
AD order on cold-rolled steel from
Japan; the AD order on
hydrofluorocarbon blends (HFCs) from
China; and the AD and CVD orders on
light-walled rectangular pipe and tube
from China. Commerce is providing
notice that it is opening scope segments
in each proceeding in order to place this
information on the record of the
respective cases, and provide an
opportunity for interested parties to
comment.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Applicable April 2, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Omar Qureshi at (202) 482–5307
(HEDP), Trisha Tran at (202) 482–4852
(cold-rolled steel), Andrew Medley at
(202) 482–4987 (HFCs), or Celeste Chen
at (202) 482–0890 (light-walled
rectangular pipe and tube), AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement & Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
AD and CVD orders on HEDP from
China: Commerce received information
from CBP regarding an entry into the
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United States of powdered HEDP.
Commerce opened a segment entitled
‘‘Powdered HEDP,’’ in order to place
this information on the record.
AD order on certain cold-rolled steel
from Japan: Commerce received
information from CBP regarding entries
into the United States of certain
products that closely resemble
merchandise subject to this order that
have a manganese content of greater
than 2.5 percent. Commerce opened a
segment entitled ‘‘Manganese Content,’’
in order to place this information on the
record.
AD order on HFCs from China:
Commerce received information from
CBP regarding entries into the United
States of certain products that closely
resemble merchandise subject this
order. Commerce opened a segment
entitled ‘‘Certain R–32/R–125 Blends,’’
in order to place this information on the
record.
AD and CVD orders on light-walled
rectangular pipe and tube from China:
Commerce received information from
CBP regarding entries into the United
States of certain products that closely
resemble merchandise subject to these
orders that have a vanadium content
greater than 0.15 percent. Commerce
opened a segment entitled ‘‘Vanadium
Content’’ in order to place this
information on the record.
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Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is hereby notifying
interested parties that it has received the
information discussed above and
intends to provide interested parties
with the opportunity to submit
comments, and, if appropriate, new
factual information. Parties are invited
to submit factual information and/or
comment on these materials no later
than April 20, 2018.
Parties are also hereby notified that
this is the only notice that Commerce
intends to publish in the Federal
Register concerning this request for
comments. Therefore, interested parties
that wish to submit factual information
and/or comments must submit their
letters of appearance as discussed
below. Further, any party desiring
access to business proprietary
information (BPI) must file an
application on the respective
proceeding segment for access to BPI
under Administrative Protective Order
(APO), as discussed below.
Scope of the Orders
The scope of the relevant AD and
CVD orders may be found in the
Appendices to this document as
follows:
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Appendix I: Scope of the AD and CVD
Orders on HEDP from China (A–570–
045 and C–570–046)
Appendix II: Scope of the AD Order on
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Japan (A–588–873)
Appendix III: Scope of the AD Order on
HFCs from China (A–570–028)
Appendix IV: Scope of the AD and CVD
Orders on Light-Walled Rectangular
Pipe and Tube from China (A–570–
914 and C–570–915).
Filing Requirements
All submissions to Commerce must be
filed electronically using Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping Duty
and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).1
An electronically filed document must
be received successfully in its entirety
by the time and date it is due.
Documents exempted from the
electronic submission requirements
must be filed manually (i.e., in paper
form) with Enforcement and
Compliance’s APO/Dockets Unit, Room
18022, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230, and stamped
with the date of receipt by the
applicable deadlines.
Letters of Appearance and
Administrative Protective Order
Interested parties that wish to
participate in the respective segments of
the proceedings and be added to the
public service list for that segment must
file a letter of appearance in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.103(d)(1) on the record
of the appropriate segment.
Commerce placed APOs on the
respective records as follows: On
January 10, 2018, for the segments
involving light-walled rectangular pipe
and tube from China 2 and cold-rolled
steel flat products from Japan; 3 on
January 30, 2018, for the segment
1 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011), as amended in Enforcement
and Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing
System Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014) for
details of Commerce’s electronic filing
requirements, effective August 5, 2011. Information
on help using ACCESS can be found at https://
access.trade.gov/help.aspx and a handbook can be
found at https://access.trade.gov/help/
Handbook%20on%20Electronic%20Filing
%20Procedures.pdf.
2 See the Administrative Protective Order ‘‘In the
Matter of the Antidumping Duty Order on ColdRolled Steel Flat Products from Japan (A–588–873)’’
(Manganese Content), dated January 10, 2018.
3 See the Administrative Protective Order ‘‘In the
Matter of the Antidumping Duty Order on LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the
People’s Republic of China (A–570–914 and C–570–
915)’’ (Vanadium Content), dated January 10, 2018.
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involving HFCs from China; 4 and on
February 22, 2018, for the segment
involving HEDP from China.5
Commerce intends to place the business
proprietary versions of the documents
on the record of the appropriate
proceeding in ACCESS within five days
of publication of this notice.
Interested parties must submit
applications for disclosure under the
APO in accordance with the procedures
outlined in Commerce’s regulations at
19 CFR 351.305. Those procedures
apply to the respective segments of each
proceeding addressed in this notice.
Dated: March 23, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I—Scope of the AD and CVD
Orders on 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1Diphosphonic Acid From China (A–
570–045 and C–570–046)
The merchandise covered by these orders
includes all grades of aqueous acidic (nonneutralized) concentrations of HEDP, also
referred to as
hydroxyethylidenendiphosphonic acid,
hydroxyethanediphosphonic acid,
acetodiphosphonic acid, and etidronic acid.
The Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) registry
number for HEDP is 2809–21–4.
The merchandise subject to these orders is
currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at
subheading 2931.90.9043. It may also enter
under HTSUS subheadings 281.19.6090 and
2931.90.9041. While HTSUS subheadings
and the CAS registry number are provided for
convenience and customs purposes only, the
written description of the scopes of these
orders is dispositive.
Appendix II—Scope of the AD Order on
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From
Japan (A–588–873)
The products covered by this order are
certain cold-rolled (cold-reduced), flat-rolled
steel products, whether or not annealed,
painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or
other non-metallic substances. The products
covered do not include those that are clad,
plated, or coated with metal. The products
covered include coils that have a width or
other lateral measurement (width) of 12.7
mm or greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g.,
in successively superimposed layers, spirally
oscillating, etc.). The products covered also
4 See the Administrative Protective Order ‘‘In the
Matter of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the People’s
Republic of China (A–570–028)’’ (Certain R–32 R–
125 Blends), dated January 30, 2018.
5 See the Administrative Protective Order ‘‘In the
Matter of the Antidumping Duty Order on HEDP
from the People’s Republic of China (A–570–045/
C–570–046)’’ (Powdered HEDP), dated February 22,
2018.
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include products not in coils (e.g., in straight
lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and
a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that
measures at least 10 times the thickness. The
products covered also include products not
in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a
thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width
exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least
twice the thickness. The products described
above may be rectangular, square, circular, or
other shape and include products of either
rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section
where such cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,
products which have been ‘‘worked after
rolling’’ (e.g., products which have been
beveled or rounded at the edges). For
purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual
measurements vary, a product is within the
scope if application of either the nominal or
actual measurement would place it within
the scope based on the definitions set forth
above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for
a specific product (e.g., the thickness of
certain products with non-rectangular crosssection, the width of certain products with
non-rectangular shape, etc.), the
measurement at its greatest width or
thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this
order are products in which: (1) Iron
predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; (2) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and
(3) none of the elements listed below exceeds
the quantity, by weight, respectively
indicated:
Element
C
Weight % ............
0.90–1.05
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Flatness of less than 5 mm of
nominal strip width.
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi)
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
5.5 percent tungsten.
8 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
containing by weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
9 See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from
Germany, Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 79 FR 42501, 42503 (July 22, 2014)
(Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany,
Japan, and Poland). This determination defines
grain-oriented electrical steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy
steel product containing by weight at least 0.6
percent but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not
more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 1.0
percent of aluminum, and no other element in an
amount that would give the steel the characteristics
of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight
lengths.’’
10 See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the
People’s Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the
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• Microstructure: Completely free from
decarburization. Carbides are spheroidal and
fine within 1% to 4% (area percentage) and
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Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled
steel that has been further processed in a
third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching, and/or slitting,
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the order if performed in the country
of manufacture of the cold-rolled steel.
All products that meet the written physical
description, and in which the chemistry
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the
scope of this order unless specifically
excluded. The following products are outside
of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this order:
• Ball bearing steels; 6
• Tool steels; 7
• Silico-manganese steel; 8
• Grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) as
defined in the final determination of the U.S.
Department of Commerce in Grain-Oriented
Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and
Poland.9
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES),
as defined in the antidumping orders issued
by the U.S. Department of Commerce in NonOriented Electrical Steel from the People’s
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.10
Also excluded from the scope of this order
is ultra-tempered automotive steel, which is
hardened, tempered, surface polished, and
meets the following specifications:
• Thickness: less than or equal to 1.0 mm;
• Width: less than or equal to 330 mm;
• Chemical composition:
P
0.30–0.50
Width of 150 to
330 mm.
Flatness of less than 0.2% of
nominal strip width.
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Mn
0.15–0.35
6 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) Not
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
7 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
the following combinations of elements in the
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) More
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon
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2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten (also called
wolfram), or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are
included in this scope regardless of levels of
boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF))
steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels,
motor lamination steels, Advanced High
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High
Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are
recognized as low carbon steels with microalloying levels of elements such as titanium
and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and
nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are
recognized as steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels
contain micro-alloying levels of elements
such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and
UHSS are considered high tensile strength
and high elongation steels, although AHSS
and UHSS are covered whether or not they
are high tensile strength or high elongation
steels.
Si
• Physical properties:
Width less than
or equal to 150
mm.
•
•
•
•
•
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are undissolved in the uniform tempered
martensite;
• Surface roughness: less than or equal to
0.80 to mm Rz;
• Non-metallic inclusion:
Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741–
71742 (December 3, 2014) (Non-Oriented Electrical
Steel from the People’s Republic of China,
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan). The orders define NOES as ‘‘coldrolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products, whether or
not in coils, regardless of width, having an actual
thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core
loss is substantially equal in any direction of
magnetization in the plane of the material. The term
‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
coating may be applied.’’
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Æ Sulfide inclusion less than or equal to
0.04% (area percentage);
Æ Oxide inclusion less than or equal to
0.05% (area percentage); and
• The mill test certificate must
demonstrate that the steel is proprietary
grade ‘‘PK’’ and specify the following:
Æ The exact tensile strength, which must
be greater than or equal to 1600 N/mm2;
• The exact hardness, which must be
greater than or equal to 465 Vickers hardness
number;
• The exact elongation, which must be
between 2.5% and 9.5%; and
• Certified as having residual compressive
stress within a range of 100 to 400 N/mm2.
Also excluded from the scope of this order
is certain cold-rolled flat-rolled steel meeting
the requirements of ASTM A424 Type 1 and
having each of the following characteristics:
• Continuous annealed cold-reduced steel
in coils with a thickness of between 0.30 mm
and 0.36 mm that is in widths either from
875 mm to 940 mm or from 1,168 to 1,232
mm;
• a chemical composition, by weight, of:
Æ Not more than 0.004% carbon;
Æ not more than 0.010% aluminum;
Æ 0.006%–0.010% nitrogen;
Æ 0.012%–0.030% boron;
Æ 0.010%–0.025% oxygen;
Æ less than 0.002% of titanium;
Æ less than 0.002% by weight of
vanadium;
Æ less than 0.002% by weight of niobium;
Æ less than 0.002% by weight of antimony;
• a yield strength of from 179.3 MPa to
344.7 MPa;
• a tensile strength of from 303.7 MPa to
413.7 MPa;
• a percent of elongation of from 28% to
46% on a standard ASTM sample with a 5.08
mm gauge length;
• a product shape of flat after annealing,
with flat defined as less than or equal to 1
I unit with no coil set as set forth in ASTM
A568, Appendix X5 (alternate methods for
expressing flatness).
The products subject to this order are
currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030,
7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091,
7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070,
7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, 7209.18.1560,
7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580,
7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000,
7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500,
7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500,
7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6090,
7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500,
7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000,
7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000,
7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The
products subject to the order may also enter
under the following HTSUS numbers:
7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018,
7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000,
7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180,
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7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000. The HTSUS
subheadings above are provided for
convenience and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection purposes only. The written
description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Appendix III—Scope of the AD Order
on HFCs From China (A–570–028)
The products subject to this order are HFC
blends. HFC blends covered by the scope are
R–404A, a zeotropic mixture consisting of 52
percent 1,1,1 Trifluoroethane, 44 percent
Pentafluoroethane, and 4 percent 1,1,1,2Tetrafluoroethane; R–407A, a zeotropic
mixture of 20 percent Difluoromethane, 40
percent Pentafluoroethane, and 40 percent
1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane; R–407C, a
zeotropic mixture of 23 percent
Difluoromethane, 25 percent
Pentafluoroethane, and 52 percent 1,1,1,2Tetrafluoroethane; R–410A, a zeotropic
mixture of 50 percent Difluoromethane and
50 percent Pentafluoroethane; and R–507A,
an azeotropic mixture of 50 percent
Pentafluoroethane and 50 percent 1,1,1Trifluoroethane also known as R–507. The
foregoing percentages are nominal
percentages by weight. Actual percentages of
single component refrigerants by weight may
vary by plus or minus two percent points
from the nominal percentage identified
above.11
Any blend that includes an HFC
component other than R–32, R–125, R–143a,
or R–134a is excluded from the scope of this
order.
Excluded from this order are blends of
refrigerant chemicals that include products
other than HFCs, such as blends including
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs),
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs),
hydrocarbons (HCs), or hydrofluoroolefins
(HFOs).
Also excluded from this order are patented
HFC blends, including, but not limited to,
ISCEON® blends, including MO99TM (R–
438A), MO79 (R–422A), MO59 (R–417A),
MO49PlusTM (R–437A) and MO29TM (R–4
22D), Genetron® PerformaxTM LT (R–407F),
Choice® R– 421A, and Choice® R–421B.
HFC blends covered by the scope of this
order are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) at subheadings 3824.78.0020
and 3824.78.0050. Although the HTSUS
11 R–404A is sold under various trade names,
including Forane® 404A, Genetron® 404A,
Solkane® 404A, Klea® 404A, and Suva®404A. R–
407A is sold under various trade names, including
Forane® 407A, Solkane® 407A, Klea®407A, and
Suva®407A. R–407C is sold under various trade
names, including Forane® 407C, Genetron® 407C,
Solkane® 407C, Klea® 407C and Suva® 407C. R–
410A is sold under various trade names, including
EcoFluor R410, Forane® 410A, Genetron® R410A
and AZ–20, Solkane® 410A, Klea® 410A, Suva®
410A, and Puron®. R–507A is sold under various
trade names, including Forane® 507, Solkane® 507,
Klea®507, Genetron®AZ–50, and Suva®507. R–32 is
sold under various trade names, including
Solkane®32, Forane®32, and Klea®32. R–125 is sold
under various trade names, including Solkane®125,
Klea®125, Genetron®125, and Forane®125. R–143a
is sold under various trade names, including
Solkane®143a, Genetron®143a, and Forane®125.
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subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
Appendix IV—Scope of the AD and
CVD Orders on Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube From China
(A–570–914 and C–570–915)
The merchandise subject to these orders is
certain welded carbon quality light-walled
steel pipe and tube, of rectangular (including
square) cross section, having a wall thickness
of less than 4 mm. The term carbon-quality
steel includes both carbon steel and alloy
steel which contains only small amounts of
alloying elements. Specifically, the term
carbon-quality includes products in which
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 vanadium, or 0.15
percent of zirconium. The description of
carbon-quality is intended to identify carbonquality products within the scope. The
welded carbon-quality rectangular pipe and
tube subject to these orders is currently
classified under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7306.61.50.00 and
7306.61.70.60. While HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and Customs
purposes, our written description of the
scope of these orders is dispositive.
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13952-13955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-045, C-570-046, A-588-873, A-570-028, A-570-914, C-570-915]
1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid From the People's
Republic of China; Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Japan;
Hydrofluorocarbon Blends From the People's Republic of China; Light-
Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic of China:
Opening of Scope Segments and Opportunity To Comment
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) received information
from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) relating to the
antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 1-
Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid (HEDP) from the People's
Republic of China (China); the AD order on cold-rolled steel from
Japan; the AD order on hydrofluorocarbon blends (HFCs) from China; and
the AD and CVD orders on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from
China. Commerce is providing notice that it is opening scope segments
in each proceeding in order to place this information on the record of
the respective cases, and provide an opportunity for interested parties
to comment.
DATES: Applicable April 2, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Omar Qureshi at (202) 482-5307 (HEDP),
Trisha Tran at (202) 482-4852 (cold-rolled steel), Andrew Medley at
(202) 482-4987 (HFCs), or Celeste Chen at (202) 482-0890 (light-walled
rectangular pipe and tube), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement &
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
AD and CVD orders on HEDP from China: Commerce received information
from CBP regarding an entry into the
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United States of powdered HEDP. Commerce opened a segment entitled
``Powdered HEDP,'' in order to place this information on the record.
AD order on certain cold-rolled steel from Japan: Commerce received
information from CBP regarding entries into the United States of
certain products that closely resemble merchandise subject to this
order that have a manganese content of greater than 2.5 percent.
Commerce opened a segment entitled ``Manganese Content,'' in order to
place this information on the record.
AD order on HFCs from China: Commerce received information from CBP
regarding entries into the United States of certain products that
closely resemble merchandise subject this order. Commerce opened a
segment entitled ``Certain R-32/R-125 Blends,'' in order to place this
information on the record.
AD and CVD orders on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from
China: Commerce received information from CBP regarding entries into
the United States of certain products that closely resemble merchandise
subject to these orders that have a vanadium content greater than 0.15
percent. Commerce opened a segment entitled ``Vanadium Content'' in
order to place this information on the record.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is hereby notifying interested parties that it has
received the information discussed above and intends to provide
interested parties with the opportunity to submit comments, and, if
appropriate, new factual information. Parties are invited to submit
factual information and/or comment on these materials no later than
April 20, 2018.
Parties are also hereby notified that this is the only notice that
Commerce intends to publish in the Federal Register concerning this
request for comments. Therefore, interested parties that wish to submit
factual information and/or comments must submit their letters of
appearance as discussed below. Further, any party desiring access to
business proprietary information (BPI) must file an application on the
respective proceeding segment for access to BPI under Administrative
Protective Order (APO), as discussed below.
Scope of the Orders
The scope of the relevant AD and CVD orders may be found in the
Appendices to this document as follows:
Appendix I: Scope of the AD and CVD Orders on HEDP from China (A-570-
045 and C-570-046)
Appendix II: Scope of the AD Order on Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from Japan (A-588-873)
Appendix III: Scope of the AD Order on HFCs from China (A-570-028)
Appendix IV: Scope of the AD and CVD Orders on Light-Walled Rectangular
Pipe and Tube from China (A-570-914 and C-570-915).
Filing Requirements
All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically using
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).\1\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by the
time and date it is due. Documents exempted from the electronic
submission requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in paper form)
with Enforcement and Compliance's APO/Dockets Unit, Room 18022, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230, and stamped with the date of receipt by the applicable
deadlines.
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\1\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011), as amended in Enforcement
and Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System Name, 79 FR 69046
(November 20, 2014) for details of Commerce's electronic filing
requirements, effective August 5, 2011. Information on help using
ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx and a
handbook can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook%20on%20Electronic%20Filing%20Procedures.pdf.
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Letters of Appearance and Administrative Protective Order
Interested parties that wish to participate in the respective
segments of the proceedings and be added to the public service list for
that segment must file a letter of appearance in accordance with 19 CFR
351.103(d)(1) on the record of the appropriate segment.
Commerce placed APOs on the respective records as follows: On
January 10, 2018, for the segments involving light-walled rectangular
pipe and tube from China \2\ and cold-rolled steel flat products from
Japan; \3\ on January 30, 2018, for the segment involving HFCs from
China; \4\ and on February 22, 2018, for the segment involving HEDP
from China.\5\ Commerce intends to place the business proprietary
versions of the documents on the record of the appropriate proceeding
in ACCESS within five days of publication of this notice.
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\2\ See the Administrative Protective Order ``In the Matter of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Japan (A-588-873)'' (Manganese Content), dated January 10, 2018.
\3\ See the Administrative Protective Order ``In the Matter of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
from the People's Republic of China (A-570-914 and C-570-915)''
(Vanadium Content), dated January 10, 2018.
\4\ See the Administrative Protective Order ``In the Matter of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the
People's Republic of China (A-570-028)'' (Certain R-32 R-125
Blends), dated January 30, 2018.
\5\ See the Administrative Protective Order ``In the Matter of
the Antidumping Duty Order on HEDP from the People's Republic of
China (A-570-045/C-570-046)'' (Powdered HEDP), dated February 22,
2018.
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Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under
the APO in accordance with the procedures outlined in Commerce's
regulations at 19 CFR 351.305. Those procedures apply to the respective
segments of each proceeding addressed in this notice.
Dated: March 23, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--Scope of the AD and CVD Orders on 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-
Diphosphonic Acid From China (A-570-045 and C-570-046)
The merchandise covered by these orders includes all grades of
aqueous acidic (non-neutralized) concentrations of HEDP, also
referred to as hydroxyethylidenendiphosphonic acid,
hydroxyethanediphosphonic acid, acetodiphosphonic acid, and
etidronic acid. The Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) registry number
for HEDP is 2809-21-4.
The merchandise subject to these orders is currently classified
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at
subheading 2931.90.9043. It may also enter under HTSUS subheadings
281.19.6090 and 2931.90.9041. While HTSUS subheadings and the CAS
registry number are provided for convenience and customs purposes
only, the written description of the scopes of these orders is
dispositive.
Appendix II--Scope of the AD Order on Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From Japan (A-588-873)
The products covered by this order are certain cold-rolled
(cold-reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not annealed,
painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic
substances. The products covered do not include those that are clad,
plated, or coated with metal. The products covered include coils
that have a width or other lateral measurement (width) of 12.7 mm or
greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively
superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The products
covered also
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include products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a
thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater
and that measures at least 10 times the thickness. The products
covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in straight
lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width exceeding 150
mm and measuring at least twice the thickness. The products
described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or other shape
and include products of either rectangular or non-rectangular cross-
section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the
rolling process, i.e., products which have been ``worked after
rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or rounded at the
edges). For purposes of the width and thickness requirements
referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this order are products
in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the
quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope
regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-
free (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor
lamination steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra
High Strength Steels (UHSS). IF steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/
or niobium added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA
steels are recognized as steels with micro-alloying levels of
elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and
molybdenum. Motor lamination steels contain micro-alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered
high tensile strength and high elongation steels, although AHSS and
UHSS are covered whether or not they are high tensile strength or
high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled steel that has been
further processed in a third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting,
punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the order if
performed in the country of manufacture of the cold-rolled steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the scope of this order
unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of
and/or specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
Ball bearing steels; \6\
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\6\ Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in
addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the
amount specified: (i) Not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent
of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent of
manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv)
none, or not more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than
0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than 1.25
nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than
0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none, or not more than 0.38 percent
of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
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Tool steels; \7\
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\7\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the
following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more
than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or
(iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8
percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent,
inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less
than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent
carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
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\8\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by
weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or
more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6
percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
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Grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) as defined in
the final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain-
Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland.\9\
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\9\ See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and
Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Certain Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances,
79 FR 42501, 42503 (July 22, 2014) (Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel
from Germany, Japan, and Poland). This determination defines grain-
oriented electrical steel as ``a flat-rolled alloy steel product
containing by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6
percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more
than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that
would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in
coils or in straight lengths.''
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Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as defined in
the antidumping orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China,
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\10\
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\10\ See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741-71742
(December 3, 2014) (Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan). The orders define NOES as ``cold-rolled, flat-rolled,
alloy steel products, whether or not in coils, regardless of width,
having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core
loss is substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the
plane of the material. The term `substantially equal' means that the
cross grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss.
NOES has a magnetic permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla
when tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along
(i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800
value). NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of silicon
but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of
carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a
surface oxide coating, to which an insulation coating may be
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Also excluded from the scope of this order is ultra-tempered
automotive steel, which is hardened, tempered, surface polished, and
meets the following specifications:
Thickness: less than or equal to 1.0 mm;
Width: less than or equal to 330 mm;
Chemical composition:
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Element C Si Mn P S
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Weight %..................... 0.90-1.05 0.15-0.35 0.30-0.50 Less than or Less than or
equal to 0.03. equal to
0.006.
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Physical properties:
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Width less than or equal to 150 mm........ Flatness of less than 0.2%
of nominal strip width.
Width of 150 to 330 mm.................... Flatness of less than 5 mm
of nominal strip width.
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Microstructure: Completely free from decarburization.
Carbides are spheroidal and fine within 1% to 4% (area percentage)
and are undissolved in the uniform tempered martensite;
Surface roughness: less than or equal to 0.80 to
[micro]m Rz;
Non-metallic inclusion:
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[cir] Sulfide inclusion less than or equal to 0.04% (area
percentage);
[cir] Oxide inclusion less than or equal to 0.05% (area
percentage); and
The mill test certificate must demonstrate that the
steel is proprietary grade ``PK'' and specify the following:
[cir] The exact tensile strength, which must be greater than or
equal to 1600 N/mm2;
The exact hardness, which must be greater than or equal
to 465 Vickers hardness number;
The exact elongation, which must be between 2.5% and
9.5%; and
Certified as having residual compressive stress within
a range of 100 to 400 N/mm2.
Also excluded from the scope of this order is certain cold-
rolled flat-rolled steel meeting the requirements of ASTM A424 Type
1 and having each of the following characteristics:
Continuous annealed cold-reduced steel in coils with a
thickness of between 0.30 mm and 0.36 mm that is in widths either
from 875 mm to 940 mm or from 1,168 to 1,232 mm;
a chemical composition, by weight, of:
[cir] Not more than 0.004% carbon;
[cir] not more than 0.010% aluminum;
[cir] 0.006%-0.010% nitrogen;
[cir] 0.012%-0.030% boron;
[cir] 0.010%-0.025% oxygen;
[cir] less than 0.002% of titanium;
[cir] less than 0.002% by weight of vanadium;
[cir] less than 0.002% by weight of niobium;
[cir] less than 0.002% by weight of antimony;
a yield strength of from 179.3 MPa to 344.7 MPa;
a tensile strength of from 303.7 MPa to 413.7 MPa;
a percent of elongation of from 28% to 46% on a
standard ASTM sample with a 5.08 mm gauge length;
a product shape of flat after annealing, with flat
defined as less than or equal to 1 I unit with no coil set as set
forth in ASTM A568, Appendix X5 (alternate methods for expressing
flatness).
The products subject to this order are currently classified in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060,
7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060,
7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, 7209.18.1560,
7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020,
7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500,
7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030,
7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090,
7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080,
7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050. The
products subject to the order may also enter under the following
HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020,
7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090,
7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,
7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000. The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
purposes only. The written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Appendix III--Scope of the AD Order on HFCs From China (A-570-028)
The products subject to this order are HFC blends. HFC blends
covered by the scope are R-404A, a zeotropic mixture consisting of
52 percent 1,1,1 Trifluoroethane, 44 percent Pentafluoroethane, and
4 percent 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane; R-407A, a zeotropic mixture of
20 percent Difluoromethane, 40 percent Pentafluoroethane, and 40
percent 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane; R-407C, a zeotropic mixture of 23
percent Difluoromethane, 25 percent Pentafluoroethane, and 52
percent 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane; R-410A, a zeotropic mixture of 50
percent Difluoromethane and 50 percent Pentafluoroethane; and R-
507A, an azeotropic mixture of 50 percent Pentafluoroethane and 50
percent 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane also known as R-507. The foregoing
percentages are nominal percentages by weight. Actual percentages of
single component refrigerants by weight may vary by plus or minus
two percent points from the nominal percentage identified above.\11\
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\11\ R-404A is sold under various trade names, including
Forane[supreg] 404A, Genetron[supreg] 404A, Solkane[supreg] 404A,
Klea[supreg] 404A, and Suva[supreg]404A. R-407A is sold under
various trade names, including Forane[supreg] 407A, Solkane[supreg]
407A, Klea[supreg]407A, and Suva[supreg]407A. R-407C is sold under
various trade names, including Forane[supreg] 407C, Genetron[supreg]
407C, Solkane[supreg] 407C, Klea[supreg] 407C and Suva[supreg] 407C.
R- 410A is sold under various trade names, including EcoFluor R410,
Forane[supreg] 410A, Genetron[supreg] R410A and AZ-20,
Solkane[supreg] 410A, Klea[supreg] 410A, Suva[supreg] 410A, and
Puron[supreg]. R-507A is sold under various trade names, including
Forane[supreg] 507, Solkane[supreg] 507, Klea[supreg]507,
Genetron[supreg]AZ-50, and Suva[supreg]507. R-32 is sold under
various trade names, including Solkane[supreg]32, Forane[supreg]32,
and Klea[supreg]32. R-125 is sold under various trade names,
including Solkane[supreg]125, Klea[supreg]125, Genetron[supreg]125,
and Forane[supreg]125. R-143a is sold under various trade names,
including Solkane[supreg]143a, Genetron[supreg]143a, and
Forane[supreg]125.
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Any blend that includes an HFC component other than R-32, R-125,
R-143a, or R-134a is excluded from the scope of this order.
Excluded from this order are blends of refrigerant chemicals
that include products other than HFCs, such as blends including
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs),
hydrocarbons (HCs), or hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs).
Also excluded from this order are patented HFC blends,
including, but not limited to, ISCEON[supreg] blends, including
MO99TM (R-438A), MO79 (R-422A), MO59 (R-417A), MO49PlusTM (R-437A)
and MO29TM (R-4 22D), Genetron[supreg] PerformaxTM LT (R-407F),
Choice[supreg] R- 421A, and Choice[supreg] R-421B.
HFC blends covered by the scope of this order are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) at subheadings 3824.78.0020 and 3824.78.0050. Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description of the scope is dispositive.
Appendix IV--Scope of the AD and CVD Orders on Light-Walled Rectangular
Pipe and Tube From China (A-570-914 and C-570-915)
The merchandise subject to these orders is certain welded carbon
quality light-walled steel pipe and tube, of rectangular (including
square) cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 4 mm.
The term carbon-quality steel includes both carbon steel and alloy
steel which contains only small amounts of alloying elements.
Specifically, the term carbon-quality includes products in which
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 vanadium, or 0.15 percent of zirconium. The
description of carbon-quality is intended to identify carbon-quality
products within the scope. The welded carbon-quality rectangular
pipe and tube subject to these orders is currently classified under
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7306.61.50.00 and 7306.61.70.60. While HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and Customs purposes, our written
description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2018-06607 Filed 3-30-18; 8:45 am]
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