Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation and Notice of Amended Final Determination of Investigation, 6129-6131 [2019-03240]
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review of the activity is warranted at
this time. The production activity
described in the notification was
authorized, subject to the FTZ Act and
the FTZ Board’s regulations, including
Section 400.14.
Dated: February 19, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Foreign-Trade Zone 40—Cleveland,
Ohio, Application for Subzone
Expansion, Swagelok Company,
Ravenna, Ohio
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by
the Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port
Authority, grantee of FTZ 40, requesting
an expansion of Subzone 40I on behalf
of Swagelok Company (Swagelok). The
application was submitted pursuant to
the provisions of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–
81u), and the regulations of the FTZ
Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally
docketed on February 19, 2019.
Subzone 40I currently consists of the
following sites: Site 1 (70 acres) 29500
Solon Rd & 29495 FA Lennon Dr.,
Solon, Cuyahoga County; Site 2 (13.3
acres) 31400 Aurora Rd., Solon,
Cuyahoga County; Site 3 (5 acres) 29500
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Site 4 (7.82 acres) 26651 & 26653 Curtiss
Wright Parkway, Willoughby Hills,
Cuyahoga County; Site 5 (16.8 acres)
318,348, & 358 Bishop Rd., Highland
Heights, Cuyahoga County; Site 6 (23.95
acres) 6050, 6060, & 6100 Cochran Rd.,
Solon, Cuyahoga County; Site 7 (3 acres)
29900 Solon Industrial Parkway, Solon,
Cuyahoga County; Site 8 (5 acres) 32550
Old South Miles Rd., Solon, Cuyahoga
County; and, Site 9 (9.5 acres) 15400
Foltz Parkway, Strongsville, Cuyahoga
County.
The proposed expanded subzone
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In accordance with the FTZ Board’s
regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to
review the application and make
recommendations to the Executive
Secretary.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
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Secretary at the address below. The
closing period for their receipt is April
8, 2019. Rebuttal comments in response
to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period to
April 22, 2019.
A copy of the application will be
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Office of the Executive Secretary,
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Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ
Board’s website, which is accessible via
www.trade.gov/ftz.
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Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202)
482–0473.
Dated: February 19, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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closing period for their receipt is April
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April 22, 2019.
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For further information, contact
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Dated: February 19, 2019.
Andrew McGilvray,
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International Trade Administration
[A–583–856]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
From Taiwan: Notice of Court Decision
Not in Harmony With Final
Determination of Antidumping Duty
Investigation and Notice of Amended
Final Determination of Investigation
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 20, 2018, the
United States Court of International
Trade (Court) issued a final judgment in
Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd. et al.
v. United States, Consol. Court No. 16–
00138; Slip Op. 18–175 (CIT Dec. 20,
2018), sustaining the Department of
Commerce’s (Commerce) remand results
for the final determination of the
antidumping investigation of certain
corrosion-resistant steel products
(CORE) from Taiwan, covering the
period of investigation (POI) April 1,
2014, through March 31, 2015.
Commerce is notifying the public that
the Court has made a final judgment
that is not in harmony with Commerce’s
amended final determination of the
antidumping investigation, and that
AGENCY:
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Commerce is amending the final
determination.
DATES:
Applicable December 30, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shanah Lee, AD/CVD Operations Office
III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6386.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 2, 2016, Commerce published
its Final Determination, and on July 25,
2016, Commerce published its
Amended Final Determination and
Order concerning the antidumping
investigation of CORE from Taiwan.1
The plaintiffs in this litigation,
consisting of the two-mandatory
respondents, Prosperity Tieh Enterprise
Co., Ltd. (Prosperity) and Yieh Phui
Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Phui) timely
filed complaints with the Court
challenging certain aspects of
Commerce’s investigation. The
petitioners in the investigation, AK
Steel Corporation, Nucor Corporation,
Steel Dynamics, Inc., California Steel
Industries, Inc., ArcelorMittal USA LLC,
and United States Steel Corporation
intervened as defendant-intervenors.
On January 23, 2018, the Court
remanded three aspects of Commerce’s
findings, in Prosperity Tieh I.2 First, the
Court held that Commerce’s
determination to deny Yieh Phui’s and
Synn Industrial Co., Ltd.’s post-sale
rebate adjustments ‘‘violated its own
regulations,’’ and remanded to
Commerce to ‘‘correct this error.’’ 3
Second, the Court remanded
Commerce’s determination to collapse
Prosperity, Yieh Phui, and Synn
pursuant to its analysis under 19 CFR
351.401(f), because ‘‘the collapsing
decision was based on erroneous
findings of fact.’’ 4 Third, the Court
remanded Commerce’s application of
partial adverse facts available to
1 Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
Taiwan: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, in Part, 81 FR 35313 (June
2, 2016), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (IDM) (Final Determination), as
amended by Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of
China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan:
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
Determination for India and Taiwan, and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25,
2016) (Amended Final Determination and Order).
2 See Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd. et al. v.
United States, Consol. Court No. 16–00138; Slip
Op. 18–5, at 2, 31–32 (CIT January 23, 2018)
(Prosperity Tieh I).
3 Id. at 6–15.
4 Id. at 15–20.
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Prosperity based on Commerce’s finding
that Prosperity misclassified certain of
its products in reporting sales in the
databases by placing these products in
the wrong yield strength category.5 The
Court held that, in reporting its yield
strength, ‘‘Prosperity complied with the
instructions as Commerce wrote
them.’’ 6 The Court ruled that
‘‘Commerce may not use facts otherwise
available as a substitute for information
that is now on the administrative record
of the investigation, but indicated that
‘‘the type of corrective action is a matter
for Commerce to decide’’ as to this
remanded issue.7
In its Final Results Redetermination,
Commerce: (1) Granted, under protest,
downward price adjustments to the
home market sales price equal to the
amount of Yieh Phui’s post-sale rebates
granted to the company’s home market
customers; (2) continued to treat
Prosperity, Yieh Phui, and Synn as a
single-entity consistent with 19 CFR
351.401(f); and (3) revised, under
protest, the Yieh Phui/Prosperity/Synn
entity’s weighted-average dumping
margin by using Prosperity’s reported
yield strength data.8 After accounting
for all such changes and issues in the
Final Results Redetermination, the
resulting antidumping margin for the
Yieh Phui/Prosperity/Synn entity is
3.66 percent.9 On December 20, 2018,
the Court sustained the Final Results
Redetermination, in Prosperity II.10
Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken,11 as
clarified by Diamond Sawblades,12 the
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
(Federal Circuit) held that, pursuant to
section 516A of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (Act), Commerce must
publish a notice of a court decision that
is not ‘‘in harmony’’ with a Commerce
determination and must suspend
liquidation of entries pending a
‘‘conclusive’’ court decision.13 The
Court’s December 20, 2018, judgment
5 Id.
at 20–31.
6 Id. at 28.
7 Id. at 30–31.
8 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
to Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd. et al. v.
United States, Consol. Court No. 16–00138; Slip.
Op. 18–5, dated May 23, 2018 (Final Results
Redetermination).
9 Id. at 31.
10 See Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd. et al.
v. United States, Consol. Court No. 16–00138, Slip.
Op. 18–175 (CIT December 20, 2018) (Prosperity II)
(this opinion was made public on February 11,
2019).
11 See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337
(Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken).
12 See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v.
United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
(Diamond Sawblades).
13 See sections 516A(c) and (e) of the Act.
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constitutes a final decision of the Court
that is not in harmony with Commerce’s
Final Determination and Amended
Final Determination and Order. As
such, Commerce has published this
notice in fulfillment of the publication
requirement of Timken.
Amended Final Determination and
Amended Order
Because there is now a final court
decision, Commerce is amending the
Final Determination and Amended
Final Determination and Order with
respect to the weighted-average
dumping margin for the Yieh Phui/
Prosperity/Synn entity. Furthermore, in
the Amended Final Determination and
Order, and in accordance with section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for companies
not individually investigated, we
applied an ‘‘all-others’’ rate of 10.34
percent.14 This rate was determined
based on assigning the Yieh Phui/
Prosperity/Synn entity’s rate as the allothers rate.15 As noted above, the Yieh
Phui/Prosperity/Synn’s amended
weighted-average dumping margin is
now 3.66 percent. Therefore, for
purposes of this amended Final
Determination, Commerce will instruct
CBP that the all-others rate is to be
amended to 3.66 percent.16
Accordingly, the revised weightedaverage dumping margin for the
collapsed Yieh Phui/Prosperity/Synn
entity and for all-others is as follows:
Producer
Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co.,
Ltd., Yieh Phui Enterprise Co.,
Ltd., and Synn Industrial Co.,
Ltd ...........................................
All-Others ....................................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
3.66
3.66
Cash Deposit Requirements
Since the Final Determination,
Commerce has established a new cash
deposit rate for Prosperity and Yieh
Phui/Synn.17 Therefore, this amended
final determination does not change the
14 See Amended Final Determination and Order,
81 FR at 48391; Final Determination, 81 FR at
35314.
15 See Final Determination, 81 FR at 35314.
16 See United States Steel Corp. v. United States,
Slip Op. 18–139, at 8 (CIT October 17, 2018).
17 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2016–2017, 83 FR 64527
(December 17, 2018) (First Administrative Review
Final Results). As a result of this administrative
review, Commerce continued to treat Yieh Phui and
Synn as a single entity and determined that
Prosperity should no longer be collapsed with Yieh
Phui and Synn.
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later-established cash deposit rates for
those producers and/or exporters. For
all-other producers and/or exporters,
except for companies that subsequently
received their own rates in the first
administrative review,18 Commerce will
issue revised cash deposit instructions
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
adjusting the cash deposit rate for allother producers and/or exporters to 3.66
percent, effective December 30, 2018.
Lastly, we note that, at this time,
Commerce remains enjoined by Court
order from liquidating entries that were
produced and/or exported by Prosperity
and imported by Prosperity Tieh USA,
that were the subject of the First
Administrative Review Final Results,
and that were entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, on or after June 2,
2016, up to and including June 30, 2017.
These entries will remain enjoined
pursuant to the terms of the injunction
during the pendency of any appeals
process.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 516A(e),
751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 19, 2019.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A–580–868]
Large Residential Washers From the
Republic of Korea: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that LG
Electronics, Inc. (LGE), a producer/
exporter of large residential washers
from the Republic of Korea (Korea), did
not make sales at prices below normal
value during the February 1, 2017,
through January 31, 2018, period of
review (POR).
DATES: Applicable February 26, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Goldberger, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance,
18 Id.,
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
all large residential washers and certain
subassemblies thereof from Korea. The
products are currently classifiable under
subheadings 8450.20.0040 and
8450.20.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff
System of the United States (HTSUS).
Products subject to this order may also
enter under HTSUS subheadings
8450.11.0040, 8450.11.0080,
8450.90.2000, and 8450.90.6000.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise subject to this scope is
dispositive.3
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
As no parties submitted comments on
the Preliminary Results, we made no
changes in the final results of this
review.
International Trade Administration
AGENCY:
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC, 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 5, 2018, Commerce published
the Preliminary Results and invited
comments from interested parties.1 No
interested party submitted comments.
Commerce conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and (2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the partial
federal government closure from
December 22, 2018, through the
resumption of operations on January 28,
2019.2 If the new deadline falls on a
non-business day, in accordance with
Commerce’s practice, the deadline will
become the next business day. The
revised deadline for the final results of
this review is now April 15, 2019.
Final Results of the Review
As a result of this review, Commerce
determines that a weighted-average
dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists
for LGE for the period February 1, 2017,
through January 31, 2018.
1 See Large Residential Washers From the
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018, 83 FR 55346 (November 5, 2018) (Preliminary
Results).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the
Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’
dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by
40 days.
3 For a full descripition of the scope of the order,
see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the 2017–2018
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Large Residential Washers from the
Republic of Korea,’’ dated October 29, 2018.
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1),
Commerce determined, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review. Commerce
intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of the final results of
this administrative review.
Because we calculated a zero margin
for LGE in the final results of this
review, we intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate without regard to antidumping
duties all shipments of subject
merchandise manufactured and
exported by LGE, entered or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption,
during the POR. In accordance with
Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’
practice, for entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced
by LGE for which it did not know that
the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate those entries at the all-others
rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.4
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for merchandise produced
and/or exported by LGE will be zero; (2)
for previously reviewed or investigated
companies not covered by this review,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate published for
the most recent period; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the less-thanfair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recent period for the manufacturer of
the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 11.80
percent, the all-others rate established
in the LTFV investigation.5 These
4 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) for a full discussion of this
practice.
5 See Large Residential Washers from Mexico and
the Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders,
78 FR 11148 (February 15, 2013).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-856]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Notice of Court
Decision Not in Harmony With Final Determination of Antidumping Duty
Investigation and Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On December 20, 2018, the United States Court of International
Trade (Court) issued a final judgment in Prosperity Tieh Enterprise
Co., Ltd. et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 16-00138; Slip Op.
18-175 (CIT Dec. 20, 2018), sustaining the Department of Commerce's
(Commerce) remand results for the final determination of the
antidumping investigation of certain corrosion-resistant steel products
(CORE) from Taiwan, covering the period of investigation (POI) April 1,
2014, through March 31, 2015. Commerce is notifying the public that the
Court has made a final judgment that is not in harmony with Commerce's
amended final determination of the antidumping investigation, and that
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Commerce is amending the final determination.
DATES: Applicable December 30, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanah Lee, AD/CVD Operations Office
III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6386.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 2, 2016, Commerce published its Final Determination, and on
July 25, 2016, Commerce published its Amended Final Determination and
Order concerning the antidumping investigation of CORE from Taiwan.\1\
The plaintiffs in this litigation, consisting of the two-mandatory
respondents, Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Prosperity) and Yieh
Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Yieh Phui) timely filed complaints with the
Court challenging certain aspects of Commerce's investigation. The
petitioners in the investigation, AK Steel Corporation, Nucor
Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., California Steel Industries, Inc.,
ArcelorMittal USA LLC, and United States Steel Corporation intervened
as defendant-intervenors.
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\1\ Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 81 FR
35313 (June 2, 2016), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (IDM) (Final Determination), as amended by Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the People's
Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determination for India and Taiwan, and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 2016) (Amended Final
Determination and Order).
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On January 23, 2018, the Court remanded three aspects of Commerce's
findings, in Prosperity Tieh I.\2\ First, the Court held that
Commerce's determination to deny Yieh Phui's and Synn Industrial Co.,
Ltd.'s post-sale rebate adjustments ``violated its own regulations,''
and remanded to Commerce to ``correct this error.'' \3\ Second, the
Court remanded Commerce's determination to collapse Prosperity, Yieh
Phui, and Synn pursuant to its analysis under 19 CFR 351.401(f),
because ``the collapsing decision was based on erroneous findings of
fact.'' \4\ Third, the Court remanded Commerce's application of partial
adverse facts available to Prosperity based on Commerce's finding that
Prosperity misclassified certain of its products in reporting sales in
the databases by placing these products in the wrong yield strength
category.\5\ The Court held that, in reporting its yield strength,
``Prosperity complied with the instructions as Commerce wrote them.''
\6\ The Court ruled that ``Commerce may not use facts otherwise
available as a substitute for information that is now on the
administrative record of the investigation, but indicated that ``the
type of corrective action is a matter for Commerce to decide'' as to
this remanded issue.\7\
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\2\ See Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd. et al. v. United
States, Consol. Court No. 16-00138; Slip Op. 18-5, at 2, 31-32 (CIT
January 23, 2018) (Prosperity Tieh I).
\3\ Id. at 6-15.
\4\ Id. at 15-20.
\5\ Id. at 20-31.
\6\ Id. at 28.
\7\ Id. at 30-31.
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In its Final Results Redetermination, Commerce: (1) Granted, under
protest, downward price adjustments to the home market sales price
equal to the amount of Yieh Phui's post-sale rebates granted to the
company's home market customers; (2) continued to treat Prosperity,
Yieh Phui, and Synn as a single-entity consistent with 19 CFR
351.401(f); and (3) revised, under protest, the Yieh Phui/Prosperity/
Synn entity's weighted-average dumping margin by using Prosperity's
reported yield strength data.\8\ After accounting for all such changes
and issues in the Final Results Redetermination, the resulting
antidumping margin for the Yieh Phui/Prosperity/Synn entity is 3.66
percent.\9\ On December 20, 2018, the Court sustained the Final Results
Redetermination, in Prosperity II.\10\
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\8\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Prosperity
Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd. et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No.
16-00138; Slip. Op. 18-5, dated May 23, 2018 (Final Results
Redetermination).
\9\ Id. at 31.
\10\ See Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd. et al. v. United
States, Consol. Court No. 16-00138, Slip. Op. 18-175 (CIT December
20, 2018) (Prosperity II) (this opinion was made public on February
11, 2019).
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Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken,\11\ as clarified by Diamond
Sawblades,\12\ the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal
Circuit) held that, pursuant to section 516A of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (Act), Commerce must publish a notice of a court decision
that is not ``in harmony'' with a Commerce determination and must
suspend liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court
decision.\13\ The Court's December 20, 2018, judgment constitutes a
final decision of the Court that is not in harmony with Commerce's
Final Determination and Amended Final Determination and Order. As such,
Commerce has published this notice in fulfillment of the publication
requirement of Timken.
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\11\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.
1990) (Timken).
\12\ See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626
F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
\13\ See sections 516A(c) and (e) of the Act.
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Amended Final Determination and Amended Order
Because there is now a final court decision, Commerce is amending
the Final Determination and Amended Final Determination and Order with
respect to the weighted-average dumping margin for the Yieh Phui/
Prosperity/Synn entity. Furthermore, in the Amended Final Determination
and Order, and in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, for
companies not individually investigated, we applied an ``all-others''
rate of 10.34 percent.\14\ This rate was determined based on assigning
the Yieh Phui/Prosperity/Synn entity's rate as the all-others rate.\15\
As noted above, the Yieh Phui/Prosperity/Synn's amended weighted-
average dumping margin is now 3.66 percent. Therefore, for purposes of
this amended Final Determination, Commerce will instruct CBP that the
all-others rate is to be amended to 3.66 percent.\16\ Accordingly, the
revised weighted-average dumping margin for the collapsed Yieh Phui/
Prosperity/Synn entity and for all-others is as follows:
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\14\ See Amended Final Determination and Order, 81 FR at 48391;
Final Determination, 81 FR at 35314.
\15\ See Final Determination, 81 FR at 35314.
\16\ See United States Steel Corp. v. United States, Slip Op.
18-139, at 8 (CIT October 17, 2018).
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Weighted-
average
Producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd., Yieh Phui Enterprise 3.66
Co., Ltd., and Synn Industrial Co., Ltd....................
All-Others.................................................. 3.66
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Since the Final Determination, Commerce has established a new cash
deposit rate for Prosperity and Yieh Phui/Synn.\17\ Therefore, this
amended final determination does not change the
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later-established cash deposit rates for those producers and/or
exporters. For all-other producers and/or exporters, except for
companies that subsequently received their own rates in the first
administrative review,\18\ Commerce will issue revised cash deposit
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, adjusting the cash
deposit rate for all-other producers and/or exporters to 3.66 percent,
effective December 30, 2018.
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\17\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan:
Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 83 FR
64527 (December 17, 2018) (First Administrative Review Final
Results). As a result of this administrative review, Commerce
continued to treat Yieh Phui and Synn as a single entity and
determined that Prosperity should no longer be collapsed with Yieh
Phui and Synn.
\18\ Id., at 64528.
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Lastly, we note that, at this time, Commerce remains enjoined by
Court order from liquidating entries that were produced and/or exported
by Prosperity and imported by Prosperity Tieh USA, that were the
subject of the First Administrative Review Final Results, and that
were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after June 2, 2016, up
to and including June 30, 2017. These entries will remain enjoined
pursuant to the terms of the injunction during the pendency of any
appeals process.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(e), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: February 19, 2019.
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.
[FR Doc. 2019-03240 Filed 2-25-19; 8:45 am]
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