Clad Steel Plate From Japan: Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Order, 64811 [2018-27332]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 64811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27332]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-838]


Clad Steel Plate From Japan: Continuation of the Antidumping Duty 
Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that 
revocation of the antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from Japan 
would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is 
publishing a notice of continuation of the antidumping duty order.

DATES: Applicable December 18, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  David Crespo, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 2, 1996, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on 
clad steel plate from Japan.\1\ On January 2, 2018, Commerce initiated 
and the ITC instituted the fourth sunset review of the antidumping duty 
order on clad steel plate from Japan, pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ As a result of its review, 
Commerce determined that revocation of the antidumping duty order on 
clad steel plate from Japan would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and, therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude 
of the margins likely to prevail should the order be revoked.\3\ On 
December 12, 2018, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty 
order on clad steel plate from Japan would likely lead to a 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.\4\
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Order: Clad Steel Plate from 
Japan, 61 FR 34421 (July 2, 1996).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 83 FR 100 
(January 2, 2018) (Sunset Initiation) and Clad Steel Plate from 
Japan; Institution of a Five-Year Review, 83 FR 148 (January 2, 
2018).
    \3\ See Clad Steel Plate from Japan: Final Results of the 
Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 
22008 (May 11, 2018), and accompanying decision memorandum.
    \4\ See Clad Steel Plate from Japan, 83 FR 63904 (December 12, 
2018); see also Clad Steel Plate from Japan (Inv. No. 731-TA-739 
(Fourth Review), USITC Publication 4851, December 2018).
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order is all clad \5\ steel plate of a width of 
600 millimeters (mm) or more and a composite thickness of 4.5 mm or 
more. Clad steel plate is a rectangular finished steel mill product 
consisting of a layer of cladding material (usually stainless steel or 
nickel) which is metallurgically bonded to a base or backing of ferrous 
metal (usually carbon or low alloy steel) where the latter predominates 
by weight.
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    \5\ Cladding is the association of layers of metals of different 
colors or natures by molecular interpenetration of the surfaces in 
contact. This limited diffusion is characteristic of clad products 
and differentiates them from products metalized in other manners 
(e.g., by normal electroplating). The various cladding processes 
include pouring molten cladding metal onto the basic metal followed 
by rolling; simple hot-rolling of the cladding metal to ensure 
efficient welding to the basic metal; any other method of deposition 
of superimposing of the cladding metal followed by any mechanical or 
thermal process to ensure welding (e.g., electrocladding), in which 
the cladding metal (nickel, chromium, etc.) is applied to the basic 
metal by electroplating, molecular interpenetration of the surfaces 
in contact then being obtained by heat treatment at the appropriate 
temperature with subsequent cold rolling. See Harmonized Commodity 
Description and Coding System Explanatory Notes, Chapter 72, General 
Note (IV)(C)(2)(e).
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    Stainless clad steel plate is manufactured to American Society for 
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A263 (400 series stainless 
types) and A264 (300 series stainless types). Nickel and nickel-base 
alloy clad steel plate is manufactured to ASTM specification A265. 
These specifications are illustrative but not necessarily all-
inclusive.
    Clad steel plate within the scope of the order is classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
7210.90.10.00. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of the order is dispositive.

Continuation of the Order

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from Japan 
would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
material injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to 
section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation 
of the antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from Japan. U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect antidumping duty 
cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all 
imports of subject merchandise. The effective date of the continuation 
of the order will be the date of publication in the Federal Register of 
this notice of continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, 
Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year review of the order not 
later than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date 
of continuation.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective 
order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO which 
may be subject to sanctions.
    This five-year sunset review and this notice are in accordance with 
section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: December 12, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-27332 Filed 12-17-18; 8:45 am]
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