Raw Flexible Magnets From the People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 26400-26401 [2019-11864]
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relevant information from calendar year
2018 and must be submitted to
Commerce no later than June 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit reports in both hard
copy and electronically. Address the
hard copy to ‘‘Offsets Program Manager,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of
Strategic Industries and Economic
Security, Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS), Room 3878, Washington,
DC 20230’’. Submit electronic copies to
OffsetReport@bis.doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald DeMarines, Office of Strategic
Industries and Economic Security,
Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, telephone:
202–482–3755; fax: 202–482–5650;
email: ronald.demarines@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 723(a)(1) of the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended
(DPA) (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2018)) requires
the President to submit an annual report
to Congress on the impact of offsets on
the U.S. defense industrial base. Section
723(a)(2) directs the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) to prepare the
President’s report and to develop and
administer the regulations necessary to
collect offsets data from U.S. defense
exporters.
The authorities of the Secretary
regarding offsets have been delegated to
the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Industry and Security. The regulations
associated with offsets reporting are set
forth in part 701 of title 15 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (Offsets
Regulation). Offsets are compensation
practices required as a condition of
purchase in either government-togovernment or commercial sales of
defense articles and/or defense services,
as defined by the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and the
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (22 CFR 120–130). Offsets
are also applicable to certain items
controlled on the Commerce Control list
(CCL) and with an Export Control
Classification Number (ECCN) including
the numeral ‘‘6’’ as its third character.
The CCL is found in Supplement No. 1
to part 774 of the Export Administration
Regulations.
An example of an offset is as follows:
a company that is selling a fleet of
military aircraft to a foreign government
may agree to offset the cost of the
aircraft by providing training assistance
to plant managers in the purchasing
country. Although this distorts the true
price of the aircraft, the foreign
government may require this sort of
extra compensation as a condition of
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awarding the contract to purchase the
aircraft. As described in the Offsets
Regulation, U.S. firms are required to
report information on contracts for the
sale of defense articles or defense
services to foreign countries or foreign
firms that are subject to offsets
agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in
value. U.S. firms are also required to
report annually information on offsets
transactions completed in performance
of existing offsets commitments for
which offsets credit of $250,000 or more
has been claimed from the foreign
representative.
Commerce’s annual report to Congress
includes an aggregated summary of the
data reported by industry in accordance
with the Offsets Regulation and the DPA
(50 U.S.C. 4568 (2018)). As provided by
section 723(c) of the DPA, BIS will not
publicly disclose individual firm
information it receives through offsets
reporting unless the firm furnishing the
information specifically authorizes
public disclosure. The information
collected is sorted and organized into an
aggregate report of national offsets data,
and therefore does not identify
company-specific information.
To enable BIS to prepare the next
annual offset report reflecting calendar
year 2018 data, affected U.S. firms must
submit required information on offsets
agreements and offsets transactions from
calendar year 2018 to BIS no later than
June 15, 2019.
Dated: May 28, 2019.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–922, A–583–842]
Raw Flexible Magnets From the
People’s Republic of China and
Taiwan: Final Results of the Expedited
Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping
Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these second
sunset reviews, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the antidumping duty
(AD) orders on raw flexible magnets
from the People’s Republic of China
(China) and Taiwan would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping at the level indicated in the
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section of this notice.
DATES:
Applicable June 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Poole or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1293 or (202) 482–1690,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 17, 2008, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
AD orders on raw flexible magnets from
China and Taiwan.1 On February 5,
2019, Commerce initiated the second
sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant
to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).2
On February 8, 2019, Commerce
received notice of intent to participate
from Magnum Magnetics Corporation
(Magnum), within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3
Magnum, a domestic producer of the
subject merchandise, claimed interested
party status under section 771(9)(C) of
the Act.4
On March 7, 2019, Commerce
received adequate substantive responses
from Magnum within the 30-day period
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).5
We received no substantive responses
from any respondent interested parties.
On March 20, 2019, Commerce notified
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive
an adequate substantive response from
respondent interested parties.6 As a
result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted expedited (120-day) sunset
reviews of the Orders.
1 See Antidumping Duty Order; Raw Flexible
Magnets from the People’s Republic of China, 73 FR
53847 (September 17, 2008); Antidumping Duty
Order: Raw Flexible Magnets from Taiwan, 73 FR
53848 (September 17, 2008) (collectively, Orders).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 84
FR 1705 (February 5, 2019).
3 See Letter from Magnum, ‘‘Five-Year Review of
Raw Flexible Magnets from China and Taiwan:
Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated February 8,
2019.
4 Id. at 2.
5 See Letter from Magnum, ‘‘Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’)
Review of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Raw
Flexible Magnets from China and Taiwan: Domestic
Industry Substantive Response,’’ dated March 7,
2019.
6 See Letter from Commerce to ITC, ‘‘Sunset
Review Initiated on February 5, 2019 Applicable to
January 2019,’’ dated March 20, 2019.
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by this order
are certain flexible magnets regardless of
shape,7 color, or packaging.8 Subject
flexible magnets are bonded magnets
composed (not necessarily exclusively)
of (i) any one or combination of various
flexible binders (such as polymers or copolymers, or rubber) and (ii) a magnetic
element, which may consist of a ferrite
permanent magnet material (commonly,
strontium or barium ferrite, or a
combination of the two), a metal alloy
(such as NdFeB or Alnico), any
combination of the foregoing with each
other or any other material, or any other
material capable of being permanently
magnetized. Subject flexible magnets
may be in either magnetized or
unmagnetized (including demagnetized)
condition, and may or may not be fully
or partially laminated or fully or
partially bonded with paper, plastic, or
other material, of any composition and/
or color. Subject flexible magnets may
be uncoated or may be coated with an
adhesive or any other coating or
combination of coatings.
Specifically excluded from the scope
of this order are printed flexible
magnets, defined as flexible magnets
(including individual magnets) that are
laminated or bonded with paper,
plastic, or other material if such paper,
plastic, or other material bears printed
text and/or images, including but not
limited to business cards, calendars,
poetry, sports event schedules, business
promotions, decorative motifs, and the
like. This exclusion does not apply to
such printed flexible magnets if the
printing concerned consists of only the
following: A trade mark or trade name;
country of origin; border, stripes, or
lines; any printing that is removed in
the course of cutting and/or printing
magnets for retail sale or other
disposition from the flexible magnet;
manufacturing or use instructions (e.g.,
‘‘print this side up,’’ ‘‘this side up,’’
‘‘laminate here’’); printing on adhesive
backing (that is, material to be removed
in order to expose adhesive for use such
as application of laminate) or on any
other covering that is removed from the
flexible magnet prior or subsequent to
final printing and before use; nonpermanent printing (that is, printing in
a medium that facilitates easy removal,
permitting the flexible magnet to be reprinted); printing on the back (magnetic)
side; or any combination of the above.
7 The term ‘‘shape’’ includes, but is not limited
to profiles, which are flexible magnets with a nonrectangular cross-section.
8 Packaging includes retail or specialty packaging
such as digital printer cartridges.
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All products meeting the physical
description of subject merchandise that
are not specifically excluded are within
the scope of this order. The products
subject to the order are currently
classifiable principally under
subheadings 8505.19.10 and 8505.19.20
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS
subheadings are provided only for
convenience and customs purposes; the
written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive. A full description
of the scope of the order is contained in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.9
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written
notification of the destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review,
specifically the likelihood of
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and the magnitude of the margins likely
to prevail if the Orders were to be
revoked, are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov and in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
Dated: May 31, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Final Results of Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and
752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the AD
orders on raw flexible magnets from
China and Taiwan would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping, and that the magnitude of the
margin of dumping likely to prevail if
the AD Orders are revoked would be up
to the following percentages: 10
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Taiwan ..................................
185.28
38.03
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
9 See
Memorandum regarding ‘‘Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Expedited Second Sunset Review of Raw Flexible
Magnets from the People’s Republic of China,’’
dated concurrently with and adopted by this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
10 Id.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–809]
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
From the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2016–2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that Husteel
Co., Ltd. (Husteel) and Hyundai Steel
Company (Hyundai), producers/
exporters of circular welded non-alloy
steel pipe (CWP) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea), sold subject merchandise
in the United States at prices below
normal value (NV) during the period of
review (POR) November 1, 2016,
through October 31, 2017.
DATES: Applicable June 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dana Mermelstein and Nicholas
Czajkowski, AD/CVD Operations, Office
I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–1391
and (202) 482–1395, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On December 3, 2018, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of the
administrative review.1 We invited
1 See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016–
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-922, A-583-842]
Raw Flexible Magnets From the People's Republic of China and
Taiwan: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the
Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these second sunset reviews, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD)
orders on raw flexible magnets from the People's Republic of China
(China) and Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping at the level indicated in the ``Final Results of
Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable June 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Poole or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1293 or (202) 482-1690,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 17, 2008, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the AD orders on raw flexible magnets from China and Taiwan.\1\ On
February 5, 2019, Commerce initiated the second sunset reviews of the
Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\2\
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Order; Raw Flexible Magnets from the
People's Republic of China, 73 FR 53847 (September 17, 2008);
Antidumping Duty Order: Raw Flexible Magnets from Taiwan, 73 FR
53848 (September 17, 2008) (collectively, Orders).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 84 FR 1705
(February 5, 2019).
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On February 8, 2019, Commerce received notice of intent to
participate from Magnum Magnetics Corporation (Magnum), within the
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ Magnum, a domestic
producer of the subject merchandise, claimed interested party status
under section 771(9)(C) of the Act.\4\
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\3\ See Letter from Magnum, ``Five-Year Review of Raw Flexible
Magnets from China and Taiwan: Notice of Intent to Participate,''
dated February 8, 2019.
\4\ Id. at 2.
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On March 7, 2019, Commerce received adequate substantive responses
from Magnum within the 30-day period specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ We received no substantive responses from any
respondent interested parties. On March 20, 2019, Commerce notified the
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an
adequate substantive response from respondent interested parties.\6\ As
a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset
reviews of the Orders.
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\5\ See Letter from Magnum, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of
the Antidumping Duty Orders on Raw Flexible Magnets from China and
Taiwan: Domestic Industry Substantive Response,'' dated March 7,
2019.
\6\ See Letter from Commerce to ITC, ``Sunset Review Initiated
on February 5, 2019 Applicable to January 2019,'' dated March 20,
2019.
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by this order are certain flexible magnets
regardless of shape,\7\ color, or packaging.\8\ Subject flexible
magnets are bonded magnets composed (not necessarily exclusively) of
(i) any one or combination of various flexible binders (such as
polymers or co-polymers, or rubber) and (ii) a magnetic element, which
may consist of a ferrite permanent magnet material (commonly, strontium
or barium ferrite, or a combination of the two), a metal alloy (such as
NdFeB or Alnico), any combination of the foregoing with each other or
any other material, or any other material capable of being permanently
magnetized. Subject flexible magnets may be in either magnetized or
unmagnetized (including demagnetized) condition, and may or may not be
fully or partially laminated or fully or partially bonded with paper,
plastic, or other material, of any composition and/or color. Subject
flexible magnets may be uncoated or may be coated with an adhesive or
any other coating or combination of coatings.
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\7\ The term ``shape'' includes, but is not limited to profiles,
which are flexible magnets with a non-rectangular cross-section.
\8\ Packaging includes retail or specialty packaging such as
digital printer cartridges.
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Specifically excluded from the scope of this order are printed
flexible magnets, defined as flexible magnets (including individual
magnets) that are laminated or bonded with paper, plastic, or other
material if such paper, plastic, or other material bears printed text
and/or images, including but not limited to business cards, calendars,
poetry, sports event schedules, business promotions, decorative motifs,
and the like. This exclusion does not apply to such printed flexible
magnets if the printing concerned consists of only the following: A
trade mark or trade name; country of origin; border, stripes, or lines;
any printing that is removed in the course of cutting and/or printing
magnets for retail sale or other disposition from the flexible magnet;
manufacturing or use instructions (e.g., ``print this side up,'' ``this
side up,'' ``laminate here''); printing on adhesive backing (that is,
material to be removed in order to expose adhesive for use such as
application of laminate) or on any other covering that is removed from
the flexible magnet prior or subsequent to final printing and before
use; non-permanent printing (that is, printing in a medium that
facilitates easy removal, permitting the flexible magnet to be re-
printed); printing on the back (magnetic) side; or any combination of
the above.
All products meeting the physical description of subject
merchandise that are not specifically excluded are within the scope of
this order. The products subject to the order are currently
classifiable principally under subheadings 8505.19.10 and 8505.19.20 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS
subheadings are provided only for convenience and customs purposes; the
written description of the scope of the order is dispositive. A full
description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum regarding ``Issues and Decision Memorandum
for the Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of Raw
Flexible Magnets from the People's Republic of China,'' dated
concurrently with and adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review, specifically the
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude
of the margins likely to prevail if the Orders were to be revoked, are
addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records
Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
Final Results of Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the AD orders on raw flexible
magnets from China and Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the margin of
dumping likely to prevail if the AD Orders are revoked would be up to
the following percentages: \10\
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\10\ Id.
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Weighted-
Country average margin
(percent)
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China................................................... 185.28
Taiwan.................................................. 38.03
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written notification of
the destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective
order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing the results and notice in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218.
Dated: May 31, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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