Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Thailand: Final Results of the Third Expedited Five Year (Sunset) Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 27085-27086 [2019-12276]
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Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3)
of the Act, Commerce determines that
revocation of the CVD Order would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies
at the rates listed below:
Net
countervailable
subsidy
rate
(percent)
Manufacturer/exporter
Shanxi Jiaocheng Hongxing Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shanxi Jiaocheng) .............................................................................................
Tianjin Soda Plant Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Pan Bohai International Trading Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Soda Plant) .......................
All Others .........................................................................................................................................................................................
Notification Regarding 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 or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
Dated: June 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
V. Discussion of the Issues
(1) Likelihood of Continuation of a
Countervailable Subsidy
(2) Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely to
Prevail
(3) Nature of the Subsidy
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–549–818]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products From Thailand: Final Results
of the Third Expedited Five Year
(Sunset) Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order certain
hot-rolled carbon steel flat products
from Thailand would be likely to lead
to the continuation or recurrence of net
countervailable subsidies at the rates in
the ‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of
this notice.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone
(202) 482–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On December 3, 2001, Commerce
published the CVD Order on certain hotrolled carbon steel flat products from
Thailand.1 On February 5, 2019,
Commerce published the notice of
initiation for the third sunset review of
the CVD Order, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).2 Subsequently,
Commerce received a notice of intent to
participate from the domestic interested
parties, which consist of Arcelor Mittal
LLC, AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel),
1 See
Notice of Countervailing Duty Order:
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from
Thailand, 66 FR 60197 (December 3, 20101) (CVD
Order).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Reviews,
84 FR (February 5, 2019).
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California Steel Industries, Nucor
Corporation (Nucor), SSAB Enterprises,
LLC, Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Steel
Dynamics) and United States Steel
Corporation (U.S. Steel), (the domestic
interested parties), within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3
Commerce received a complete
substantive response to the notice of
initiation from the domestic interested
parties within the 30-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).4
Commerce received no substantive
responses from the Government of
Thailand (GOT) or any Thai producers
or exporters. As a result, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce is
conducting an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the CVD Order.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this CVD
Order is hot-rolled steel of a rectangular
shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater,
neither clad, plated, nor coated with
metal and whether or not painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or
other non-metallic substances, in coils
(whether or not in successively
superimposed layers), regardless of
thickness, and in straight lengths, of a
thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of
a width measuring at least 10 times the
thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flatrolled products rolled on four faces or
in a closed box pass, of a width
exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding
1,250 mm, and of a thickness of not less
than 4 mm, not in coils and without
patterns in relief) of a thickness not less
than 4.0 mm is not included within the
scope of the CVD Order. A full
description of the scope of the CVD
Order is contained in the Issues and
3 See Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from
Thailand: Notice of Intent to Participate (February
20, 2019).
4 See Domestic Interested Parties’ March 7, 2019
Substantive Response (Substantive Response).
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Decision Memorandum, which is hereby
adopted by this notice.5
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review
are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. The issues discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
include the likelihood of continuation
or recurrence of a countervailable
subsidy and the net countervailable
subsidy likely to prevail if the CVD
Order were revoked. A list of topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is attached to this notice
as an Appendix. 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://trade.gov/
enforcement/ and in the Central Records
Unit, Room B–8024, in the Herbert C.
Hoover Building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the internet at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Issues and Decision Memorandum and
electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Final Results of Review
Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3)
of the Act, Commerce determines that
revocation of the CVD Order on certain
hot-rolled carbon steel flat products
from Thailand would be likely to lead
to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the
following net countervailable subsidy
rates:
Net
countervailable
subsidy
(percent)
Manufacturers/exporters/producers
Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Co. Ltd ......................................................................................................................................
All others ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
2.38
* 2.38
* ad valorem.
Notification Regarding 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 or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and terms of an
APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Results of Review’’ section of this
notice.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2019.
Ian
Hamilton 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) 482–4798.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
List of Topics Discussed in the Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited
sunset reviews, Commerce finds that
revocation of the antidumping duty
orders would be likely to lead to the
continuation or recurrence of dumping
at the levels indicated in the ‘‘Final
Background
On February 5, 2019, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of the
second sunset review of the
antidumping duty orders on sodium
nitrite from Germany and the People’s
Republic of China (China) 1 pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act.2 On February
21, 2019, Commerce received notices of
intent to participate from Chemtrade
Chemicals US LLC (Chemtrade), a
domestic interested party, within the
15-day deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).3 Chemtrade claimed
interested party status under section
771(9)(C) of the Act as a producer of
sodium nitrite in the United States.
On March 7, 2019, Commerce
received adequate substantive responses
to the notice of initiation from
5 See Memorandum from James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations
performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations to Jeffrey I. Kessler, Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Third Expedited Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel Flat Products,’’ (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
1 See Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of
Germany and the People’s Republic of China:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 73 FR 50593 (August 27,
2008).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84
FR 1705 (February 5, 2019). The initiation of these
reviews was originally scheduled for January 2019
(see Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Advance
Notification of Sunset Review, 83 FR 62292
(December 3, 2018)), however, the initiation was
affected by the partial federal government closure
from December 22, 2018, through the resumption of
operations on January 28, 2019. Due to the partial
federal government closure, Commerce initiated
these reviews in February 2019.
3 See Chemtrade’s Letter, ‘‘Sodium Nitrite from
Germany: Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated
February 21, 2019; see also Chemtrade’s Letter,
‘‘Sodium Nitrite from China: Notice of Intent to
Participate,’’ dated February 21, 2019. Chemtrade
originally filed these notices of intent to participate
on January 15, 2018, but resubmitted them due to
the partial federal government closure.
Dated: June 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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V. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely to
Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidy
VI. Final Results of Review
VII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-549-818]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Thailand:
Final Results of the Third Expedited Five Year (Sunset) Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of
the countervailing duty (CVD) order certain hot-rolled carbon steel
flat products from Thailand would be likely to lead to the continuation
or recurrence of net countervailable subsidies at the rates in the
``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable June 11, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 3, 2001, Commerce published the CVD Order on certain
hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from Thailand.\1\ On February 5,
2019, Commerce published the notice of initiation for the third sunset
review of the CVD Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ Subsequently, Commerce received a
notice of intent to participate from the domestic interested parties,
which consist of Arcelor Mittal LLC, AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel),
California Steel Industries, Nucor Corporation (Nucor), SSAB
Enterprises, LLC, Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Steel Dynamics) and United
States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), (the domestic interested
parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\
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\1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand, 66 FR 60197 (December 3,
20101) (CVD Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 84 FR
(February 5, 2019).
\3\ See Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Thailand: Notice of Intent to Participate (February
20, 2019).
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Commerce received a complete substantive response to the notice of
initiation from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ Commerce received no
substantive responses from the Government of Thailand (GOT) or any Thai
producers or exporters. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce is conducting an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the CVD Order.
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\4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' March 7, 2019 Substantive
Response (Substantive Response).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this CVD Order is hot-rolled steel of a
rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad,
plated, nor coated with metal and whether or not painted, varnished, or
coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances, in coils
(whether or not in successively superimposed layers), regardless of
thickness, and in straight lengths, of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm
and of a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness. Universal
mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a
closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm, but not exceeding 1,250
mm, and of a thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and without
patterns in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included
within the scope of the CVD Order. A full description of the scope of
the CVD Order is contained in the Issues and
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\5\ See Memorandum from James Maeder, Associate Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations
performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations to Jeffrey I. Kessler, Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the Third Expedited Sunset
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products,'' (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum include the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of a countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable
subsidy likely to prevail if the CVD Order were revoked. A list of
topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to
this notice as an Appendix. 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://trade.gov/enforcement/ and in the Central Records Unit, Room B-
8024, in the Herbert C. Hoover Building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues
and Decision Memorandum and electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of Review
Pursuant to sections 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the CVD Order on certain hot-rolled
carbon steel flat products from Thailand would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
following net countervailable subsidy rates:
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Net
countervailable
Manufacturers/exporters/producers subsidy
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Co. Ltd............ 2.38
All others............................................ * 2.38
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* ad valorem.
Notification Regarding 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 or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and this
notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
Dated: June 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidy
VI. Final Results of Review
VII. Recommendation
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