Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty, 8827-8828 [2020-03052]
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of
Foreign Government Subsidies on
Articles of Cheese Subject to an InQuota Rate of Duty
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable February 18, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Moore, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20230, telephone: (202) 482–3692.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 5, 2019, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce), pursuant to
section 702(h) of the Trade Agreements
Act of 1979 (as amended) (the Act),
published the quarterly update to the
annual listing of foreign government
AGENCY:
subsidies on articles of cheese subject to
an in-quota rate of duty covering the
period April 1, 2019 through June 30,
2019.1 In the Second Quarter 2019
Update, we requested that any party
that has information on foreign
government subsidy programs that
benefit articles of cheese subject to an
in-quote rate of duty submit such
information to Commerce.2 We received
no comments, information, or requests
for consultation from any party.
Pursuant to section 702(h) of the Act,
we hereby provide Commerce’s update
of subsidies on articles of cheese that
were imported during the period July 1,
2019 through September 30, 2019. The
appendix to this notice lists the country,
the subsidy program or programs, and
the gross and net amounts of each
subsidy for which information is
currently available.
Commerce will incorporate additional
programs which are found to constitute
subsidies, and additional information
on the subsidy programs listed, as the
information is developed. Commerce
encourages any person having
information on foreign government
subsidy programs which benefit articles
of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of
duty to submit such information in
writing to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20230.
This determination and notice are in
accordance with section 702(a) of the
Act.
Dated: February 7, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
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SUBSIDY PROGRAMS ON CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY
Gross 3 subsidy
($/lb)
Net 4 subsidy
($/lb)
Country
Program(s)
28 European Union Member States 5 .....................
Canada ...................................................................
Norway ....................................................................
European Union Restitution Payments ..................
Export Assistance on Certain Types of Cheese ....
Indirect (Milk) Subsidy ............................................
Consumer Subsidy .................................................
0.00
0.46
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.46
0.00
0.00
Total .................................................................
Switzerland .............................................................
.................................................................................
Deficiency Payments ..............................................
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1 See Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of
Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese
Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty, 84 FR 59615
(November 5, 2019) (Second Quarter 2019 Update).
2 Id.
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3 Defined
in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
5 The 28 member states of the European Union
during the July 1 through September 30, 2019
quarter were: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
4 Defined
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Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United
Kingdom.
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Scope of the Investigation
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
International Trade Administration
The product covered by this
investigation is steel threaded rod from
India. For a complete description of the
scope of this investigation, see the
appendix to this notice.
[C–533–888]
Scope Comments
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod
From India: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that
countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
carbon and alloy steel threaded rod
(steel threaded rod) from India during
the period of investigation (POI) January
1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. The
final estimated subsidy rates are shown
in the ‘‘Final Determination’’ section of
this notice.
DATES: Applicable February 18, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Genevieve Coen or Hannah Falvey, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3251 or (202) 482–4889,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On July 29, 2019, Commerce
published the Preliminary
Determination of this investigation, in
which we found that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of steel
threaded rod from India.1 On October
16, 2019, we issued a Post-Preliminary
Analysis Memorandum.2 We invited
interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Determination and the PostPreliminary Analysis Memorandum. We
received no comments from interested
parties.
Period of Investigation
The POI is January 1, 2018 through
December 31, 2018.
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1 See
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
India: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Alignment of Final
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 84 FR 36570 (July 29, 2019)
(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Post-Preliminary Analysis
Memorandum in the Countervailing Duty
Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded
Rod from India,’’ dated October 16, 2019 (PostPreliminary Analysis Memorandum).
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On July 22, 2019, we issued a
Preliminary Scope Memorandum.3 The
scope case briefs were due on August
28, 2019.4 We received no scope case
briefs from interested parties. Therefore,
Commerce has made no changes to the
scope of this investigation since the
Preliminary Determination.
Verification
Commerce conducted verification of
the questionnaire responses provided by
Mangal Steel Enterprises Limited
(Mangal) between October 21 and
October 24, 2019.5 Because the second
mandatory respondent in this
investigation, Daksh Fasteners (Daksh),
did not provide the information
requested, Commerce did not conduct
verification of Daksh.6
Analysis of Comments Received
As noted above, we received no
comments in response to the
Preliminary Determination or PostPreliminary Analysis Memorandum.
However, Commerce is revising its
decision regarding the application of
adverse facts available (AFA) to the
Government of India (GOI) regarding the
duty drawback (DDB) program.7
Consistent with other proceedings,
which we referenced in the Preliminary
Determination,8 for this final
determination, we find that the GOI’s
responses regarding the DDB program
did not warrant the application of AFA,
but instead, the GOI’s responses were
insufficient to establish that the GOI has
a system in place for this program that
is reasonable or effective for the
purposes intended.9 Therefore, we find
that this program is countervailable.10
Because we continue to find this
program countervailable, our
calculations regarding this program
remain unchanged for this final
determination.
Methodology
We continue to find, as stated in the
Preliminary Determination, that
mandatory respondent Daksh withheld
requested information, failed to provide
information by the specified deadlines,
and significantly impeded the
proceeding, pursuant to section 776(a)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Further, we continue to find
that Daksh failed to cooperate to the best
of its ability to comply with our requests
for information, and, accordingly, we
continue to apply an adverse inference
when selecting from among the facts
otherwise available to determine the
relevant countervailable subsidy rate, in
accordance with section 776(b) of the
Act. We continue to find, using AFA,
that Daksh used all the programs on
which Commerce initiated, and
continue to apply AFA rates for each
program as discussed in the Preliminary
Determination and the Post-Preliminary
Analysis Memorandum.11
All-Others Rate
We continue to assign the
countervailable subsidy rate calculated
for Mangal as the all-others rate
applicable to all exporters and/or
producers not individually examined.12
Final Determination
Commerce determines that the
following estimated countervailable
subsidy rates exist:
Exporter/producer
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy Steel
Threaded Rod from India, Taiwan, Thailand, and
the People’s Republic of China: Scope Comments
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determinations,’’ dated July 22, 2019 (Preliminary
Scope Memorandum).
4 The scope case briefs were due 30 days after the
publication of the Preliminary Determination. See
Preliminary Scope Memorandum at 3. The deadline
for scope rebuttal briefs was Monday, September 2,
2019.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Verification of the
Questionnaire Responses of Mangal Steel
Enterprises Limited,’’ dated November 8, 2019.
6 See Preliminary Determination PDM at 6–7.
7 Id. at 7–8.
8 Id. at 20 (citing Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from India: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 78 FR 50385
(August 19, 2013) (Shrimp from India Final
Determination), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum (IDM) at ‘‘Duty Drawback’’).
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Daksh Fasteners ..................
Mangal Steel Enterprises
Limited ...............................
All Others ..............................
Net subsidy
rate
(percent)
211.72
6.07
6.07
9 See Shrimp from India Final Determination IDM
at 12 (‘‘If such a system does not exist, or if it is
not applied effectively, and the government in
question does not carry out an examination of
actual inputs involved to confirm which inputs are
consumed in the production of the exported
product, the entire amount of any exemption,
deferral, remission or drawback is
countervailable.’’).
10 Id.
11 Id. at 11–15; see also Post-Preliminary Analysis
Memorandum at 2–3.
12 See Preliminary Determination, 84 FR at 36571.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable February 18, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Moore, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3692.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 5, 2019, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce), pursuant to section 702(h) of the Trade Agreements
Act of 1979 (as amended) (the Act), published the quarterly update to
the annual listing of foreign government subsidies on articles of
cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty covering the period April 1,
2019 through June 30, 2019.\1\ In the Second Quarter 2019 Update, we
requested that any party that has information on foreign government
subsidy programs that benefit articles of cheese subject to an in-quote
rate of duty submit such information to Commerce.\2\ We received no
comments, information, or requests for consultation from any party.
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\1\ See Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government
Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty,
84 FR 59615 (November 5, 2019) (Second Quarter 2019 Update).
\2\ Id.
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Pursuant to section 702(h) of the Act, we hereby provide Commerce's
update of subsidies on articles of cheese that were imported during the
period July 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019. The appendix to this
notice lists the country, the subsidy program or programs, and the
gross and net amounts of each subsidy for which information is
currently available.
Commerce will incorporate additional programs which are found to
constitute subsidies, and additional information on the subsidy
programs listed, as the information is developed. Commerce encourages
any person having information on foreign government subsidy programs
which benefit articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty to
submit such information in writing to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20230.
This determination and notice are in accordance with section 702(a)
of the Act.
Dated: February 7, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
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\3\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(5).
\4\ Defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(6).
\5\ The 28 member states of the European Union during the July 1
through September 30, 2019 quarter were: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Subsidy Programs on Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty
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Gross \3\ subsidy Net \4\ subsidy
Country Program(s) ($/lb) ($/lb)
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28 European Union Member States \5\........ European Union Restitution 0.00 0.00
Payments.
Canada..................................... Export Assistance on Certain 0.46 0.46
Types of Cheese.
Norway..................................... Indirect (Milk) Subsidy...... 0.00 0.00
Consumer Subsidy............. 0.00 0.00
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Total.................................. ............................. 0.00 0.00
Switzerland................................ Deficiency Payments.......... 0.00 0.00
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