Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 299-301 [2019-28390]
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Commerce erred in retroactively
applying the determination to the date
of the Initiation Notice,4 rather than the
date of the Preliminary Determination,5
with respect to Tai-Ao and Regal, and
remanded the issue to Commerce ‘‘to
reformulate its liquidation instructions
consistent with this opinion {.}’’ 6
Commerce issued its Results of
Redetermination on July 22, 2019, in
which it stated its intent to instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
that entries of extruded aluminum
products that meet the chemical
specifications for 5050 grade aluminum
alloy and are heat-treated, are outside
the scope of the Orders if they: (1) Were
the subject of Commerce’s Final
Circumvention Determination; (2) were
exported from China by Tai-Ao
Aluminum (Taishan) Co., Ltd. and/or
imported into the United States by
TAAL America Ltd.; (3) were entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the period March
21, 2016 through November 13, 2016;
and (4) remain unliquidated as of
September 15, 2017.7 Commerce
included draft instructions to CBP
related to Tai-Ao in its Results of
Redetermination and stated its intent to
issue those instructions: (1) Should the
Court issue a final decision in which it
affirms Commerce’s final remand
redetermination; and (2) after Commerce
has issued its ‘‘Notice of Court Decision
Not in Harmony With Final
Determination of Circumvention and
Notice of Amended Final Determination
of Circumvention Pursuant to Court
Decision.’’ 8 With respect to Regal,
Commerce stated in its Results of
Redetermination that there are no
applicable entries which have been
imported by Regal during the period
March 21, 2016 through November 13,
2016. Accordingly, Commerce did not
prepare instructions with respect to
Regal.9
On December 18, 2019, the Court
sustained Commerce’s Results of
4 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention
Inquiry, 81 FR 15039 (March 21, 2016) (Initiation
Notice).
5 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders and
Intent To Rescind Minor Alterations AntiCircumvention Inquiry, 81 FR 79444 (November 14,
2016) (Preliminary Determination) and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
6 See Remand Order.
7 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
to Court Remand, Tai-Ao Aluminum (Taishan) Co.,
Ltd. et al. v. United States, Court No. 17–00216,
Slip Op. 19–70 (CIT June 7, 2019), dated July 22,
2019 (Results of Redetermination).
8 Id.
9 Id.
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Redetermination, and entered final
judgment.10
Timken Notice
Amended Final Determination of
Circumvention
Commerce will continue the
suspension of liquidation of the subject
merchandise pending the expiration of
the period of appeal or, if appealed,
pending a final and conclusive court
decision. In the event the Court’s ruling
is not appealed or, if appealed, upheld
by the CAFC, Commerce will instruct
CBP that entries of extruded aluminum
products that meet the chemical
specifications for 5050 grade aluminum
alloy and are heat-treated, are outside
the scope of the Orders if they: (1) Were
the subject of Commerce’s Final
Circumvention Determination; (2) were
exported from China by Tai-Ao
Aluminum (Taishan) Co., Ltd. and/or
imported into the United States by
TAAL America Ltd.; (3) were entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the period March
21, 2016 through November 13, 2016;
and (4) remain unliquidated as of
September 15, 2017.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 516(A)(e),
781(d), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: December 27, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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10 See Tai-Ao Aluminum (Taishan) Co., Ltd. et al.
v. United States, Court No. 17–00216, Slip Op. 19–
164 (CIT Dec. 18, 2019).
11 See Timken Co., v. United States, 893 F.2d 337,
341 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken).
12 See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v.
United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
(Diamond Sawblades).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–821–809]
In its decision in Timken,11 as
clarified by Diamond Sawblades,12 the
United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit (CAFC) held that,
pursuant to section 516A(e) of the Act,
Commerce must publish a notice of a
court decision that is not ‘‘in harmony’’
with a Commerce determination and
must suspend liquidation of entries
pending a ‘‘conclusive’’ court decision.
The Court’s December 18, 2019
judgment sustaining Commerce’s
Results of Redetermination constitutes a
final decision of the Court that is not in
harmony with Commerce’s Final
Circumvention Determination. This
notice is published in fulfillment of the
publication requirement of Timken.
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Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled CarbonQuality Steel Products From the
Russian Federation: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) continues to find that
Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Severstal
PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH made
no shipments of certain hot-rolled flatrolled carbon-quality steel products
(hot-rolled steel) from the Russian
Federation during the period of review
(POR) of December 1, 2017 through
November 30, 2018.
DATES: Applicable January 3, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Preston N. Cox, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On October 7, 2019, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results.1 We
invited interested parties to comment on
the Preliminary Results, but we received
no comments. Accordingly, we made no
changes to the Preliminary Results.
Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Scope of the Order
For the purposes of this order, ‘‘hotrolled steel’’ means certain hot-rolled
flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products
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 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
1 See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled CarbonQuality Steel Products from the Russian Federation:
Preliminary No Shipments Determination of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018, 84 FR 53408 (October 7, 2019) (Preliminary
Results).
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closed box pass, of a width exceeding
150 mm but not exceeding 1250 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
this order.
Specifically included in this scope are
vacuum degassed, fully stabilized
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy
(HSLA) steels, and the substrate for
motor lamination 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.
The substrate for motor lamination
steels contains micro-alloying levels of
elements such as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the
scope of this order, regardless of
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) definitions, 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: 1.80
percent of manganese, or 1.50 percent of
silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or
0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25
percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of
cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25
percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of
tungsten, or 0.012 percent of boron, or
0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10
percent of niobium, or 0.41 percent of
titanium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium,
or 0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical
and chemical description provided
above are within the scope of this
agreement unless otherwise excluded.
The following products, by way of
example, are outside and/or specifically
excluded from the scope of this
agreement:
—Alloy hot-rolled steel products in
which at least one of the chemical
elements exceeds those listed above
(including e.g., ASTM specifications
A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506).
—SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and
higher.
—Ball bearing steels, as defined in the
HTSUS.
—Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
—Silica-manganese (as defined in the
HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel with
a silicon level exceeding 1.50 percent.
—ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
—USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS
AR 400, USS AR 500).
—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the
following chemical, physical and
mechanical specifications:
C
Mn
P
S
Si
Cr
Cu
Ni
0.10–0.14%
0.90% Max
0.025% Max
0.005% Max
0.30–0.50%
0.50–0.70%
0.20–0.40%
0.20% Max
Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063–0.198 inches; Yield Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000–88,000
psi.
—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the
following chemical, physical and
mechanical specifications:
C
Mn
P
S
Si
Cr
Cu
Ni
Mo
0.10–0.16%
0.70%–0.90%
0.025% Max
0.006% Max
0.30–0.50%
0.50–0.70%
0.25% Max
0.20% Max
0.21% Max
Width = 44.80 inches maximum;
Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum;
Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum;
Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the
following chemical, physical and
mechanical specifications:
C
Mn
P
S
Si
Cr
Cu
Ni
V(wt.)
Cb
0.10–0.14%
1.30–1.80%
0.025% Max
0.005% Max
0.30–0.50%
0.50–0.70%
0.20–0.70%
0.20% Max
0.10% Max
0.08% Max
Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the
following chemical, physical and
mechanical specifications:
C
Mn
P
S
Si
Cr
Cu
Ni
Nb
Ca
Al
0.15% Max
1.40% Max
0.025% Max
0.010% Max
0.50% Max
1.00% Max
0.50% Max
.20% Max
0.005% Max
Treated
0.01–0.07%
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Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 70,000 psi minimum for thicknesses ≤0.148 inches and 65,000 psi minimum for thicknesses >0.148 inches; Tensile Strength = 80,000 psi minimum.
Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phasehardened, primarily with a ferriticmartensitic microstructure, contains 0.9
percent up to and including 1.5 percent
silicon by weight, further characterized
by either (i) tensile strength between
540 N/mm2 and 640 N/mm2 and an
elongation percentage ≥26 percent for
thicknesses of 2 mm and above, or (ii)
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a tensile strength between 590 N/mm2
and 690 N/mm2 and an elongation
percentage ≥25 percent for thicknesses
of 2mm and above.
Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE
grade 1050, in coils, with an inclusion
rating of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E 45,
Method A, with excellent surface
quality and chemistry restrictions as
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follows: 0.012 percent maximum
phosphorus, 0.015 percent maximum
sulfur, and 0.20 percent maximum
residuals including 0.15 percent
maximum chromium.
Grade ASTM A570–50 hot-rolled steel
sheet in coils or cut lengths, width of 74
inches (nominal, within ASTM
tolerances), thickness of 11 gauge (0.119
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inches nominal), mill edge and skin
passed, with a minimum copper content
of 0.20 percent.
The covered merchandise is classified
in the HTSUS at subheadings:
7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00,
7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00,
7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30,
7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30,
7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30,
7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30,
7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15,
7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90,
7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30,
7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30,
7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00,
7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00,
7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00,
7211.14.00.30, 7211.14.00.90,
7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00,
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00,
7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30,
7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00,
7212.50.00.00. Certain hot-rolled flatrolled carbon-quality steel covered
include: Vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and
the substrate for motor lamination steel
may also enter under the following tariff
numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00,
7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90,
7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00,
7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and
7226.99.01.80. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and Customs purposes, the
written description of the covered
merchandise is dispositive.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce
determined that NLMK, Severstal PAO,
and Severstal Export GmbH had no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR.2 As we have not
received any information to contradict
our preliminary finding, we continue to
find that NLMK, Severstal PAO, and
Severstal Export GmbH did not have
any shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR and intend to issue
appropriate instructions to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
based on the final results of this
review.3
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2 See
Preliminary Results.
3 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
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Assessment Rates
Commerce determined, and CBP shall
assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b).
Further, because we continue to find
in these final results that NLMK,
Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export
GmbH had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR, any
suspended entries that entered under
NLMK, Severstal PAO, and Severstal
Export GmbH case numbers (i.e., at that
company’s rate) will be liquidated at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.4 We intend to issue
liquidation instructions for NLMK,
Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export
GmbH to CBP 15 days after publication
of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results
of administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rates for NLMK, Severstal PAO,
and Severstal Export GmbH will remain
unchanged from the rate assigned to
them in the most recently completed
review of those companies; (2) for
merchandise exported by manufacturers
or exporters not covered in this review
but covered in a prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original investigation, but
the manufacturer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established
for the most recently completed segment
for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 184.56
percent, the all-others rate established
in the less-than-fair-value
(August 28, 2014); see also Magnesium Metal From
the Russian Federation: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR
26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in
Magnesium Metal From the Russian Federation:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
4 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Carbon
and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil,
Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago,
and Ukraine, 67 FR 65945, 65947 (October 29,
2002).
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investigation.5 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final
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 doubled antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to an administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is
hereby requested. Failure to comply
with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
final results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: December 19, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Administration
[RTID 0648–XA002]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
SUMMARY:
5 See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled CarbonQuality Steel Products from the Russian Federation:
Final Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2016–2017, 84 FR 38948
(August 8, 2019).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-821-809]
Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From
the Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that
Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH made
no shipments of certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel
products (hot-rolled steel) from the Russian Federation during the
period of review (POR) of December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2018.
DATES: Applicable January 3, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston N. Cox, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 7, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\
We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results,
but we received no comments. Accordingly, we made no changes to the
Preliminary Results.
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\1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel
Products from the Russian Federation: Preliminary No Shipments
Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018,
84 FR 53408 (October 7, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
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Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
For the purposes of this order, ``hot-rolled steel'' means certain
hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products 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 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
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closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 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 this order.
Specifically included in this scope are vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) steels,
high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate for motor
lamination 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. The substrate for
motor lamination steels contains micro-alloying levels of elements such
as silicon and aluminum.
Steel products to be included in the scope of this order,
regardless of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
definitions, 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: 1.80 percent
of manganese, or 1.50 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or
0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent
of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 0.30
percent of tungsten, or 0.012 percent of boron, or 0.10 percent of
molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.41 percent of titanium, or
0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 percent of zirconium.
All products that meet the physical and chemical description
provided above are within the scope of this agreement unless otherwise
excluded. The following products, by way of example, are outside and/or
specifically excluded from the scope of this agreement:
--Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of the chemical
elements exceeds those listed above (including e.g., ASTM
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506).
--SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and higher.
--Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
--Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
--Silica-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon electrical
steel with a silicon level exceeding 1.50 percent.
--ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
--USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
--Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical
and mechanical specifications:
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C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni
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0.10-0.14% 0.90% Max 0.025% Max 0.005% Max 0.30-0.50% 0.50-0.70% 0.20-0.40% 0.20% Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063-0.198 inches; Yield Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000-88,000 psi.
--Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical
and mechanical specifications:
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C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Mo
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0.10-0.16% 0.70%-0.90% 0.025% Max 0.006% Max 0.30-0.50% 0.50-0.70% 0.25% Max 0.20% Max 0.21% Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum;
Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi
Aim.
--Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical
and mechanical specifications:
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C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni V(wt.) Cb
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0.10-0.14% 1.30-1.80% 0.025% Max 0.005% Max 0.30-0.50% 0.50-0.70% 0.20-0.70% 0.20% Max 0.10% Max 0.08% Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.
--Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, physical
and mechanical specifications:
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C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Nb Ca Al
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0.15% Max 1.40% Max 0.025% Max 0.010% Max 0.50% Max 1.00% Max 0.50% Max .20% Max 0.005% Max Treated 0.01-0.07%
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Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 70,000 psi minimum for thicknesses <=0.148 inches and 65,000 psi minimum for
thicknesses >0.148 inches; Tensile Strength = 80,000 psi minimum.
Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phase-hardened, primarily with a
ferritic-martensitic microstructure, contains 0.9 percent up to and
including 1.5 percent silicon by weight, further characterized by
either (i) tensile strength between 540 N/mm\2\ and 640 N/mm\2\ and an
elongation percentage >=26 percent for thicknesses of 2 mm and above,
or (ii) a tensile strength between 590 N/mm\2\ and 690 N/mm\2\ and an
elongation percentage >=25 percent for thicknesses of 2mm and above.
Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE grade 1050, in coils, with an
inclusion rating of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E 45, Method A, with excellent
surface quality and chemistry restrictions as follows: 0.012 percent
maximum phosphorus, 0.015 percent maximum sulfur, and 0.20 percent
maximum residuals including 0.15 percent maximum chromium.
Grade ASTM A570-50 hot-rolled steel sheet in coils or cut lengths,
width of 74 inches (nominal, within ASTM tolerances), thickness of 11
gauge (0.119
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inches nominal), mill edge and skin passed, with a minimum copper
content of 0.20 percent.
The covered merchandise is classified in the HTSUS at subheadings:
7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00,
7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30,
7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30,
7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90,
7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30,
7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00,
7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7211.14.00.90,
7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00,
7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, 7212.50.00.00. Certain hot-rolled flat-
rolled carbon-quality steel covered include: Vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers:
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.01.80. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and Customs purposes, the
written description of the covered merchandise is dispositive.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that NLMK,
Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR.\2\ As we have not received any information
to contradict our preliminary finding, we continue to find that NLMK,
Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH did not have any shipments of
subject merchandise during the POR and intend to issue appropriate
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) based on the
final results of this review.\3\
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\2\ See Preliminary Results.
\3\ 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
(August 28, 2014); see also Magnesium Metal From the Russian
Federation: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 75 FR 26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in Magnesium
Metal From the Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
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Assessment Rates
Commerce determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b).
Further, because we continue to find in these final results that
NLMK, Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH had no shipments of
subject merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries that entered
under NLMK, Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH case numbers
(i.e., at that company's rate) will be liquidated at the all-others
rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.\4\ We intend to issue liquidation instructions for
NLMK, Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
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\4\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Carbon and Certain
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova,
Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine, 67 FR 65945, 65947 (October 29,
2002).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for
all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates
for NLMK, Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH will remain
unchanged from the rate assigned to them in the most recently completed
review of those companies; (2) for merchandise exported by
manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to
be the company-specific rate published for the most recently completed
segment; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will
continue to be 184.56 percent, the all-others rate established in the
less-than-fair-value investigation.\5\ These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\5\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel
Products from the Russian Federation: Final Results and Rescission
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 84 FR 38948
(August 8, 2019).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final 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 doubled antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: December 19, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-28390 Filed 1-2-20; 8:45 am]
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