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subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–858]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-toLength Plate From Taiwan: Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Preliminary
Determination of No Shipments; 2016–
2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that producers and/or exporters subject
to this administrative review made sales
of subject merchandise at less than
normal value (NV). Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable July 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Tucker or Ajay Menon, 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) 482–2044 or (202) 482–1993,
respectively.
AGENCY:
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
certain carbon and alloy steel hot-rolled
or forged flat plate products not in coils,
whether or not painted, varnished, or
coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances from Taiwan.
Products subject to the order are
currently classified in the Harmonized
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Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers:
7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045,
7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000,
7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110,
7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005,
7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000, and
7226.91.5000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
subject to this scope is dispositive.1
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 12, 2018, based on timely
requests for review, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review on certain carbon
and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from
Taiwan.2 This review covers 19
producers and/or exporters of subject
merchandise. In November 2018, we
extended the preliminary results of this
review to no later than May 31, 2019.3
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,
2019.4 Accordingly, the revised
deadline for the preliminary results of
this review is now July 10, 2019. For a
complete description of the events that
followed the initiation of this review,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Export price and constructed export
price are calculated in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated
1 For a full description of the scope of the order
see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the 2016–2018
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-ToLength Plate from Taiwan,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
32270 (July 12, 2018).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Taiwan: Extension
of the Deadline for Preliminary Results of the 2016–
2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’
dated November 30, 2018.
4 See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ‘‘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.
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in accordance with section 773 of the
Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary 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 to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
Room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
summary/taiwan/taiwan-fr.htm. The
signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content. A list of the topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Among the companies under review,5
China Steel Corporation (CSC), Chun
Chi Grating Co., Ltd. (Chun Chi), and
Product Depot International Corp.
(Product Depot) properly filed
statements that they had no shipments
of subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR.6 Based on their
certifications and our analysis of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
information, we preliminarily determine
that CSC, Chun Chi, and Product Depot
had no reviewable transactions during
the POR. Consistent with our practice,
we are not preliminarily rescinding the
review with respect to CSC, Chun Chi,
or Product Depot, but, rather, we will
complete the review for these
companies and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final
results of this review.7
5 Commerce also received a properly-filed no
shipments statement from an additional company,
Pat & Jeff Enterprise Co., Ltd. However, because we
received no request for an administrative review for
this company, we have not considered this no
shipments statement in this segment of the
proceeding.
6 See CSC’s Letter, ‘‘Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Cutto-Length Plate from Taiwan for the 2016–18
Review Period—No Shipments Letter’’ dated July
25, 2018; Product Depot’s Letter, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from Taiwan—No Sales
Letter,’’ dated July 24, 2018; and Chun Chi’s Letter,
‘‘Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate
from Taiwan Request to Amend Administrative
Protective Order—Request to Remove,’’ dated June
28, 2019.
7 See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping
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Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine the following
weighted-average dumping margin
exists for the period November 14, 2016
through April 30, 2018:
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Shang Chen Steel Co., Ltd ........
2.59
Review-Specific Rate Applicable to
the Following Companies: 8
Dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Broad Hand Enterprise Co., Ltd
C.H. Robinson Freight Services
Eci Taiwan Co., Ltd ....................
Locksure Inc ...............................
Nan Hoang Traffic Instrument
Co ............................................
New Marine Consolidator Co.,
Ltd ...........................................
North America Mining Group
Co., Ltd ...................................
Oriental Power Logistics Co., Ltd
Scanwell Logistics (Taiwan) .......
Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd ............
Shye Yao Steel Co., Ltd .............
Speedmark Consolidation ..........
Sumeeko Industries Co., Ltd ......
Triple Merits Ltd ..........................
UKI Enterprise Co., Ltd ..............
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
2.59
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the
calculations performed in connection
with these preliminary results to
interested parties within five days of the
date of publication of this notice.9
Interested parties may submit case briefs
to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.10
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised
in the case briefs, may be filed no later
than five days after the time limit for
filing case briefs.11 Parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of
Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of
Review, Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2012–2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March
24, 2014), unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final
Determination of No Shipments, and Partial
Rescission of Review; 2012–2013, 79 FR 51306,
51307 (August 28, 2014).
8 This rate is the rate calculated for SCS. See
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
9 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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authorities.12 Case and rebuttal briefs
should be filed using ACCESS.13
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, filed electronically via
ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.14 Hearing
requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address, and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of the issues to be discussed.
Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If
a request for a hearing is made, parties
will be notified of the time and date for
the hearing to be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.15
An electronically-filed document
must be received successfully in its
entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern
Time on the established deadline.
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of
issues raised in any written briefs, not
later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, unless
otherwise extended.16
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we
calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales to the
total entered value of the sales for which
entered value was reported. Where
either the respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific
rate is zero or de minimis, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping
duties. We intend to instruct CBP to
take into account the ‘‘provisional
measures deposit cap,’’ in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(d). For the
companies which were not selected for
individual review, we will assign an
assessment rate based on the cash
deposit rate calculated for SCS.17 The
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
19 CFR 351.303.
14 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
15 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
16 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
17 This rate was calculated as discussed in
footnote 8, above.
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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 duties, where applicable.
Commerce’s ‘‘reseller policy’’ will
apply to entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by SCS for
which SCS did not know that the
merchandise it sold to the intermediary
(e.g., a reseller, trading company, or
exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.18
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
The cash deposit rate for each specific
company listed above will be equal to
the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than
0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis
within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for
companies not participating in this
review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific
cash deposit rate published for the most
recently completed segment; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the original less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigation, but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the cash deposit rate established for the
most recently completed segment for the
producer of the merchandise; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to
be 39.52 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.19
These deposit requirements, when
18 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
19 See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-ToLength Plate from Austria, Belgium, France, the
Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for
France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the
Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and Antidumping
Duty Orders, 82 FR 24096 (May 25, 2017).
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imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice 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
review period. 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
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
V. Companies Not Selected for Individual
Examination
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Currency Conversion
VIII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–423–812]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-ToLength Plate From Belgium:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2016–
2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the producers/exporters subject to
this administrative review made sales of
subject merchandise at less than normal
value (NV). Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
DATES: Applicable July 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex
Wood or Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD
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AGENCY:
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Operations, Office II, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1959 or (202) 482–3860,
respectively.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
certain carbon and alloy steel hot-rolled
or forged flat plate products not in coils,
whether or not painted, varnished, or
coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances from Belgium.
Products subject to the order are
currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers:
7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060,
7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045,
7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000,
7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110,
7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005,
7225.40.3050, 7226.20.0000, and
7226.91.5000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
subject to this scope is dispositive.1
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 12, 2018, based on timely
requests for review, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review on certain carbon
and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from
Belgium.2 This review covers eight
producers and exporters of the subject
merchandise. Commerce selected two
companies, Industeel Belgium S.A.
(Industeel) and NLMK Clabecq S.A./
NLMK Plate Sales S.A./NLMK Sales
Europe S.A./NLMK Manage Steel Center
S.A./NLMK La Louviere S.A. (NLMK
Belgium), for individual examination.
The producers and or exporters not
selected for individual examination are
listed in the ‘‘Preliminary Results of the
Review’’ section of this notice.
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the partial
federal government closure from
December 22, 2018 through the
a full description of the scope of the order,
see Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Preliminary Results of the 2016–2018
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-ToLength Plate from Belgium,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
32270 (July 12, 2018), as corrected by Initiation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 45596 (September
10, 2018).
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resumption of operations on January 28,
2019.3 On February 28, 2019, Commerce
extended the preliminary results of this
review by 120 days, until July 10, 2019.4
For a complete description of the events
that followed the initiation of this
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). Export price and
constructed export price are calculated
in accordance with section 772 of the
Act. NV is calculated in accordance
with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary 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 to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
Room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
summary/belgium/belgium-fr.htm. The
signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content. A list of the topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the
respondents for the period November
14, 2016 through April 30, 2018, as
follows:
3 See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ‘‘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.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy Steel Cutto-Length Plate from Belgium: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2016 -2018
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
February 28, 2019.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-858]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From Taiwan:
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that producers and/or exporters subject to this administrative review
made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV).
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
DATES: Applicable July 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Tucker or Ajay Menon, 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) 482-2044 or (202) 482-1993,
respectively.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are certain carbon and alloy
steel hot-rolled or forged flat plate products not in coils, whether or
not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic
substances from Taiwan. Products subject to the order are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7208.40.3030, 7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030,
7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 7211.13.0000, 7211.14.0030,
7211.14.0045, 7225.40.1110, 7225.40.1180, 7225.40.3005, 7225.40.3050,
7226.20.0000, and 7226.91.5000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive.\1\
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\1\ For a full description of the scope of the order see
Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the
2016-2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Taiwan,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 12, 2018, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from
Taiwan.\2\ This review covers 19 producers and/or exporters of subject
merchandise. In November 2018, we extended the preliminary results of
this review to no later than May 31, 2019.\3\ 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.\4\ Accordingly, the revised deadline
for the preliminary results of this review is now July 10, 2019. For a
complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this
review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 32270 (July 12, 2018).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-
Length Plate from Taiwan: Extension of the Deadline for Preliminary
Results of the 2016-2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated November 30, 2018.
\4\ See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ``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.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price
and constructed export price are calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the
Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary
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 to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/summary/taiwan/taiwan-fr.htm. The signed and electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as
an Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Among the companies under review,\5\ China Steel Corporation (CSC),
Chun Chi Grating Co., Ltd. (Chun Chi), and Product Depot International
Corp. (Product Depot) properly filed statements that they had no
shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the
POR.\6\ Based on their certifications and our analysis of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) information, we preliminarily determine
that CSC, Chun Chi, and Product Depot had no reviewable transactions
during the POR. Consistent with our practice, we are not preliminarily
rescinding the review with respect to CSC, Chun Chi, or Product Depot,
but, rather, we will complete the review for these companies and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of this
review.\7\
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\5\ Commerce also received a properly-filed no shipments
statement from an additional company, Pat & Jeff Enterprise Co.,
Ltd. However, because we received no request for an administrative
review for this company, we have not considered this no shipments
statement in this segment of the proceeding.
\6\ See CSC's Letter, ``Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from Taiwan for
the 2016-18 Review Period--No Shipments Letter'' dated July 25,
2018; Product Depot's Letter, ``Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length
Plate from Taiwan--No Sales Letter,'' dated July 24, 2018; and Chun
Chi's Letter, ``Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate
from Taiwan Request to Amend Administrative Protective Order--
Request to Remove,'' dated June 28, 2019.
\7\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand;
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
Partial Rescission of Review, Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2012-2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March 24, 2014), unchanged
in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No
Shipments, and Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 51306,
51307 (August 28, 2014).
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Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period
November 14, 2016 through April 30, 2018:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Shang Chen Steel Co., Ltd................................... 2.59
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Review-Specific Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: \8\
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\8\ This rate is the rate calculated for SCS. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
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Dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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Broad Hand Enterprise Co., Ltd.............................. 2.59
C.H. Robinson Freight Services.............................. 2.59
Eci Taiwan Co., Ltd......................................... 2.59
Locksure Inc................................................ 2.59
Nan Hoang Traffic Instrument Co............................. 2.59
New Marine Consolidator Co., Ltd............................ 2.59
North America Mining Group Co., Ltd......................... 2.59
Oriental Power Logistics Co., Ltd........................... 2.59
Scanwell Logistics (Taiwan)................................. 2.59
Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd.................................... 2.59
Shye Yao Steel Co., Ltd..................................... 2.59
Speedmark Consolidation..................................... 2.59
Sumeeko Industries Co., Ltd................................. 2.59
Triple Merits Ltd........................................... 2.59
UKI Enterprise Co., Ltd..................................... 2.59
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days of the date of publication of this notice.\9\ Interested
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\10\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\11\ Parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to
submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\12\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\13\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.\14\ Hearing requests should contain: (1)
The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs.
If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the
time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.\15\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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An electronically-filed document must be received successfully in
its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\16\
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\16\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value
of the sales for which entered value was reported. Where either the
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. We intend to
instruct CBP to take into account the ``provisional measures deposit
cap,'' in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(d). For the companies which
were not selected for individual review, we will assign an assessment
rate based on the cash deposit rate calculated for SCS.\17\ 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 duties,
where applicable.
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Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by SCS for which SCS did not know
that the merchandise it sold to the intermediary (e.g., a reseller,
trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United States. In
such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\18\
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\18\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for each specific
company listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of this review, except if the
rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate
will be zero; (2) for companies not participating in this review, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit
rate published for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or the original less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, the cash
deposit rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most
recently completed segment for the producer of the merchandise; and (4)
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 39.52 percent, the all-others rate established in the
LTFV investigation.\19\ These deposit requirements, when
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\19\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from
Austria, Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for France, the Federal Republic of
Germany, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 24096 (May 25, 2017).
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Notification to Importers
This notice 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 review period. 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
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 10, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
V. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Currency Conversion
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2019-15195 Filed 7-16-19; 8:45 am]
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