Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Opening of Scope Segment and Opportunity to Comment, 27760-27762 [2019-12609]

Download as PDF 27760 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 115 / Friday, June 14, 2019 / Notices jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES this administrative review but qualified for a separate rate, the assessment rate will be the weighted-average rate based on publicly available ranged U.S. sales quantities of the mandatory respondents consistent with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. Consequently, the rate established for the non-individually examined companies is a per-unit rate of $3.90 per kilogram. For the final results, if we continue to treat the 239 companies, identified at the Attachment to the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, as part of the China-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to apply a per-unit assessment rate of $2.42 per kilogram to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were produced and/or exported by those companies. For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted by companies individually examined during this review, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the rate for the China-wide entity.19 Additionally, if Commerce determines that an exporter under review had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that entered under that exporter’s case number (i.e., at that exporter’s cash deposit rate) will be liquidated at the rate for the Chinawide entity.20 In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated antidumping duties, where applicable. Cash Deposit Requirements The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the final results of this administrative review for shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For each specific company listed in the final results of this review, the cash deposit rate will be equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin established in the final results of this review (except, if the ad valorem rate is de minimis, then the cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters not listed above that have received a separate rate in the completed segment of this proceeding for the most recent period, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate for the China-wide entity; and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. Notification to Importers This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. Notification to Interested Parties This administrative review and notice are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). Dated: June 10, 2019. Jeffrey I. Kessler, Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order IV. Discussion of the Methodology a. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments b. Non-Market Economy Country c. Separate Rates d. Dumping Margin for Non-Examined Separate-Rate Companies e. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data f. Partial Facts Available g. Date of Sale h. Comparisons to Normal Value i. U.S. Price j. Normal Value k. Currency Conversion V. Recommendation [FR Doc. 2019–12616 Filed 6–13–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 19 Id. 20 Id. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–580–878, C–580–879] Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Opening of Scope Segment 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 certain corrosion resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea (Korea). Commerce is providing notice that it is opening a scope segment in the proceeding in order to place this information on the record of the case and provide an opportunity for interested parties to comment. DATES: Applicable June 14, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Dunne at (202) 482–2328, AD/ CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background Commerce received information from CBP regarding entries into the United States of certain products that closely resemble merchandise subject to these orders.1 Specifically, this merchandise has content that exceeds, by weight, 2.50% manganese. Commerce has opened a segment entitled ‘‘Manganese Content,’’ in order to place this information on the record. Scope of the Orders For a full description of the scope of this order, see Attachment. 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 1 See Memorandum, ‘‘Scope Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from South Korea (A–580–878 and C–580–879): Release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Entry Packages,’’ dated concurrently with this notice. E:\FR\FM\14JNN1.SGM 14JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 115 / Friday, June 14, 2019 / Notices than fourteen days after the publication of this notice. 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 proceeding segment for access to BPI under Administrative Protective Order (APO), as discussed below. Filing Requirements All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).2 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. jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Letters of Appearance and Administrative Protective Order Interested parties that wish to participate in this segment of the proceeding and be added to the public service list must file a letter of appearance in accordance with 19 CFR 351.103(d)(1) on the record of this segment. Commerce placed an APO on the record of this segment on May 2, 2019.3 Commerce intends to place the business proprietary versions of the documents on the record of this proceeding in ACCESS within five days of publication of this notice. Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under the 2 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/Handbook%20on %20Electronic%20Filing%20Procedures.pdf. 3 See the Administrative Protective Order ‘‘In the Matter of the Scope Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from South Korea (A–580–878 and C–580–879)’’ (Manganese Content), dated May 2, 2019. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 247001 APO in accordance with the procedures outlined in Commerce’s regulations at 19 CFR 351.305. Those procedures apply to the segment addressed in this notice. Dated: June 10, 2019. Jeffrey I. Kessler, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Attachment Scope of the Order The products covered by this order are certain flat-rolled steel products, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished, laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating. The products covered include coils that have a 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 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: • 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 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 27761 • 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 and high strength low alloy (‘‘HSLA’’) steels. 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. Furthermore, this scope also includes Advanced High Strength Steels (‘‘AHSS’’) and Ultra High Strength Steels (‘‘UHSS’’), both of which are considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels. Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant 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 in-scope corrosion resistant 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: • Flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (‘‘terne plate’’), or both chromium and chromium oxides (‘‘tin free steel’’), whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating; • Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more in composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness; and • Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-layered corrosionresistant flat-rolled steel products less than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-rolled steel product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%–60%– 20% ratio. The products subject to the order are currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, and 7212.60.0000. The products subject to the order may also enter under the following HTSUS item E:\FR\FM\14JNN1.SGM 14JNN1 27762 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 115 / Friday, June 14, 2019 / Notices numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000, 7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000. The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.4 [FR Doc. 2019–12609 Filed 6–13–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–580–876] Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016– 2017 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that producers or exporters of welded line pipe from the Republic of Korea sold welded line pipe at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), December 1, 2016, through November 30, 2017. DATES: Applicable June 14, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Joshua Tucker, 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) 482–4136 or (202) 482–0244, respectively. AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES This review covers 32 producers or exporters. Commerce selected two companies, NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. (NEXTEEL) and SeAH Steel Corporation (SeAH), for individual examination. The producers or exporters not selected for individual examination are listed in the ‘‘Final Results of the Review’’ section of this notice. On February 14, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.1 4 See 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). 1 See Welded Line Pipe from Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 247001 On April 4, 2019, we received case briefs from NEXTEEL, SeAH, Husteel Co., Ltd., Hyundai Steel Company, and Maverick Tube Corporation (Maverick).2 On April 12, 2019, we received rebuttal briefs from SeAH, Maverick, and domestic producers California Steel Industries, TMK IPSCO, and Welspun Tubular LLC USA (collectively, ‘‘Domestic Interested Parties).3 Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the order is welded line pipe.4 The product is currently classified under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers: 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.1060, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.1060, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, and 7306.19.5150. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and for customs purposes, the written product description remains dispositive. Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the Appendix to this notice and addressed in the IDM.5 Interested parties can find a complete discussion of these issues and the corresponding recommendations in this public memorandum, which is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2016–2017, 84 FR 4046 (February 14, 2019) (Preliminary Results). 2 See NEXTEEL’s Case Brief, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: NEXTEEL’s Case Brief,’’ dated April 4, 2019; SeAH’s Case Brief, ‘‘Case Brief of SeAH Steel Corporation,’’ dated April 4, 2019; Husteel’s Case Brief, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea, 12/1/2016–11/30/2017 Administrative Review, Case No. A–580–876; Case Brief,’’ dated April 4, 2019; Hyundai Steel’s Case Brief, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Case Brief,’’ dated April 4, 2019; and Maverick’s Case Brief, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Case Brief of Maverick Tube Corporation,’’ dated April 4, 2019. 3 See SeAH’s Rebuttal Brief, ‘‘Rebuttal Brief of SeAH Steel Corporation,’’ dated April 12, 2019; Maverick’s Rebuttal Brief, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from Korea: Rebuttal Brief of Maverick Tube Corporation,’’ dated April 12, 2019 (Maverick Rebuttal Brief); and Domestic Interested Parties Rebuttal Brief, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated April 12, 2019. 4 For a complete description of the scope of the order, see Preliminary Results and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2016– 2017 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Welded Line Pipe from Korea’’ (IDM), dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice. PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and ACCESS is also available to all interested parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024, of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the IDM can be accessed directly at https:// enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed IDM and the electronic version of the IDM are identical in content. Changes Since the Preliminary Results Based on a review of the record and comments received from interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made certain changes to the preliminary weighted-average margins for NEXTEEL and SeAH.6 Duty Absorption In the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily found that antidumping duties were absorbed on all U.S. sales of subject merchandise that were exported by SeAH.7 However, because NEXTEEL did not sell merchandise to the United States through an affiliated importer, within the meaning of section 751(a)(4) of the Act, we did not make a preliminary duty absorption finding for NEXTEEL.8 We have received no further information regarding this issue for the final results. Therefore, for the final results, we continue to find that antidumping duties have been absorbed on all U.S. sales of subject merchandise that were exported by SeAH. Determination of No Shipments As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received a no shipment claim from HiSteel Co., Ltd. (HiSteel) and preliminarily determined that HiSteel had no shipments during the POR.9 We received no comments from interested parties with respect to this claim. Therefore, because the record indicates that HiSteel had no entries of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, we continue to find that HiSteel had no shipments during the POR. Final Results of the Review We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margins to the firms listed below for the period December 1, 2016, through November 30, 2017: 6 See 7 See IDM at 3. PDM at 26–27. 8 Id. 9 See E:\FR\FM\14JNN1.SGM Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 4047. 14JNN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-878, C-580-879]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of 
Korea: Opening of Scope Segment 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 certain 
corrosion resistant steel products from the Republic of Korea (Korea). 
Commerce is providing notice that it is opening a scope segment in the 
proceeding in order to place this information on the record of the case 
and provide an opportunity for interested parties to comment.

DATES: Applicable June 14, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Dunne at (202) 482-2328, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce received information from CBP regarding entries into the 
United States of certain products that closely resemble merchandise 
subject to these orders.\1\ Specifically, this merchandise has content 
that exceeds, by weight, 2.50% manganese. Commerce has opened a segment 
entitled ``Manganese Content,'' in order to place this information on 
the record.
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    \1\ See Memorandum, ``Scope Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from South Korea (A-580-
878 and C-580-879): Release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Entry Packages,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Scope of the Orders

    For a full description of the scope of this order, see Attachment.

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

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than fourteen days after the publication of this notice.
    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 
proceeding segment for access to BPI under Administrative Protective 
Order (APO), as discussed below.

Filing Requirements

    All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).\2\ 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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    \2\ 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/Handbook%20on%20Electronic%20Filing%20Procedures.pdf.
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Letters of Appearance and Administrative Protective Order

    Interested parties that wish to participate in this segment of the 
proceeding and be added to the public service list must file a letter 
of appearance in accordance with 19 CFR 351.103(d)(1) on the record of 
this segment. Commerce placed an APO on the record of this segment on 
May 2, 2019.\3\ Commerce intends to place the business proprietary 
versions of the documents on the record of this proceeding in ACCESS 
within five days of publication of this notice.
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    \3\ See the Administrative Protective Order ``In the Matter of 
the Scope Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from South Korea (A-580-878 and C-580-
879)'' (Manganese Content), dated May 2, 2019.
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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 segment 
addressed in this notice.

    Dated: June 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Attachment

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are certain flat-rolled steel 
products, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant 
metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-
based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished, 
laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances 
in addition to the metallic coating. The products covered include 
coils that have a 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 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 and high strength low alloy (``HSLA'') steels. 
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.
    Furthermore, this scope also includes Advanced High Strength 
Steels (``AHSS'') and Ultra High Strength Steels (``UHSS''), both of 
which are considered high tensile strength and high elongation 
steels.
    Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant 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 in-scope corrosion 
resistant 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:
     Flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with 
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne 
plate''), or both chromium and chromium oxides (``tin free steel''), 
whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other 
non-metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating;
     Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more 
in composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and 
measures at least twice the thickness; and
     Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are 
three-layered corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel products less 
than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-rolled 
steel product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-
20% ratio.
    The products subject to the order are currently classified in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') 
under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 
7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 
7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 
7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 
7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, and 7212.60.0000.
    The products subject to the order may also enter under the 
following HTSUS item

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numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 
7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.91.0000, 
7225.92.0000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 
7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000, 7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
    The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the 
order is dispositive.\4\

    \4\ See 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).

[FR Doc. 2019-12609 Filed 6-13-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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