Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention Involving Costa Rica, 41951-41954 [2020-15074]
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regulations and the terms of an APO is
a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: July 6, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Rate for Non-Examined Companies
VI. Duty Absorption
VII. Discussion of the Issues
1–A. Lawfulness of Commerce’s
Interpretation of the Particular Market
Situation (PMS) Provision
1–B. Evidence of a PMS
1–C. Quantification of PMS Adjustment
2. Application of Constructed Value (CV)
Profit and Selling Expense Ratios to
PMS-Adjusted Costs
3. Calculation of CV Profit and Selling
Expenses
4. Differential Pricing
5. Hyundai Steel’s Cost Reconciliation
6. Minor Inputs Obtained from Affiliated
Parties
7. Expenses Related to Raw Material
Purchases
8. Byproducts Reintroduced into
Production
9. Scrap Offsets
10. U.S. Warehousing Expenses
11. Warranty Expenses
12. Packing Expenses for Hyundai Steel’s
Prime Sales
13. Constructed Export Price (CEP) Profit
Calculation
14. Cost of Prime Products Sold in the
United States
15. Freight Revenue Cap
16. Calculation of General and
Administrative (G&A) Expenses Incurred
by SeAH’s U.S. Affiliate
VIII. Recommendation
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Appendix II
List of Companies Not Individually
Examined
1. AJU Besteel Co., Ltd.
2. BDP International
3. Daewoo America
4. Daewoo International Corporation
5. Dong Yang Steel Pipe
6. Dong-A Steel Co. Ltd.
7. Dongbu Incheon Steel
8. DSEC
9. Emdtebruecker Eisenwerk and Company
10. Hansol Metal
11. Husteel Co., Ltd.
12. Hyundai RB
13. ILJIN Steel Corporation
14. Jim And Freight Co., Ltd.
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15. Kia Steel Co. Ltd.
16. KSP Steel Company
17. Kukje Steel
18. Kumkang Kind Co., Ltd.
19. Kurvers
20. NEXTEEL Co., Ltd.
21. POSCO Daewoo America
22. POSCO Daewoo Corporation
23. Steel Canada
24. Samsung
25. Samsung C and T Corporation
26. SeAH Besteel Corporation
27. Sumitomo Corporation
28. TGS Pipe
29. Yonghyun Base Materials
30. ZEECO Asia
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–026, C–570–027]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Affirmative Final
Determination of Circumvention
Involving Costa Rica
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that imports of
certain corrosion-resistant steel
products (CORE), completed in Costa
Rica using carbon hot-rolled steel (HRS)
and/or cold-rolled steel (CRS) flat
products manufactured in the People’s
Republic of China (China), are
circumventing the antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders on CORE from China.
DATES: Applicable July 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ariela Garvett, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3609.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 18, 2020, Commerce
published the Preliminary
Determination 1 of circumvention of the
China CORE Orders.2 A summary of
1 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the People’s Republic of China: Affirmative
Preliminary Determination of Circumvention
Involving Costa Rica, 85 FR 8830 (February 18,
2020) (Preliminary Determination) and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 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
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events that occurred since Commerce
published the Preliminary
Determination, as well as a full
discussion of the issues raised by parties
for this final determination, may be
found in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.3 The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and the electronic
versions of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders
are certain flat-rolled steel products,
either clad, plated, or coated with
corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc,
aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickelor 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. For a
complete description of the scope of the
orders, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Scope of the Anti-Circumvention
Inquiries
These anti-circumvention inquiries
cover CORE completed in Costa Rica
from HRS and/or CRS substrate input
manufactured in China and
subsequently exported to the United
States (merchandise subject to these
inquiries). This final ruling applies to
all shipments of merchandise subject to
these inquiries entered on or after the
date of the initiation of these inquiries.4
48390 (July 25, 2016); see also Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from India, Italy, Republic
of Korea and the People’s Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25,
2016) (collectively, China CORE Orders).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Anti-Circumvention Inquiries
Involving Costa Rica of the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic
of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
4 See Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
People’s Republic of China: Initiation of AntiCircumvention Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty
and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 43585
(August 21, 2019) (Initiation Notice) and
accompanying Memorandum, ‘‘Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic
of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries
on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty
Orders,’’ dated August 12, 2019 (Initiation Decision
Memorandum).
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Importers and exporters of CORE
produced in Costa Rica using: (1) HRS
manufactured in Costa Rica or other
third countries, (2) CRS manufactured
in Costa Rica using HRS produced in
Costa Rica or other third countries, or
(3) CRS manufactured in other third
countries, must certify that the HRS
and/or CRS processed into CORE in
Costa Rica did not originate in China, as
provided for in the certifications
attached to this Federal Register notice.
Otherwise, their merchandise will be
subject to AD and CVD requirements.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting these anticircumvention inquiries in accordance
with section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). Because
China is a non-market economy, within
the meaning of section 771(18) of the
Act,5 Commerce calculated the value of
Chinese-origin input costs using prices
of factors of production and market
economy values, as discussed in section
773(c) of the Act. Additionally, because
an interested party (i.e., Metas A.) did
not cooperate to the best of its ability in
responding to Commerce’s requests for
information, we have based parts of our
determination on the facts available,
with adverse inferences, pursuant to
sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum for
a full description of the methodology.
We have continued to apply this
methodology for our final
determination.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties in these
inquiries are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
issues raised is attached to this notice as
Appendix I.
Based on our analysis of the
comments received from interested
parties and our findings at verification,
we made no revisions to the Preliminary
Determination with regard to our
analysis under the anti-circumvention
factors of section 781(b) of the Act.6
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5 See
Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain
Aluminum Foil from the People’s Republic of
China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of
Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value and Postponement of
Final Determination, 82 FR 50858, 50861
(November 2, 2017), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum at ‘‘China’s Status as a NonMarket Economy,’’ unchanged in Certain
Aluminum Foil from the People’s Republic of
China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 83 FR 9282 (March 5, 2018).
6 We have made certain changes to the language
in the certifications to provide guidance on who
should complete the exporter certification, and to
improve the identification of parties involved in the
sale.
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Final Affirmative Determination of
Circumvention
We determine that exports to the
United States of CORE completed in
Costa Rica from HRS and/or CRS
substrate manufactured in China are
circumventing the China CORE Orders.
We therefore find it appropriate to
determine that merchandise subject to
these inquiries should be considered to
be within the scope of the China CORE
Orders, and to instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to continue
to suspend liquidation of any entries of
CORE completed in Costa Rica using
HRS and/or CRS substrate manufactured
in China.
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
As stated above, Commerce has made
an affirmative determination of
circumvention of the China CORE
Orders by exports to the United States
of CORE completed in Costa Rica using
Chinese-origin HRS and/or CRS
substrate. In accordance with 19 CFR
351.225(1)(3), Commerce will direct
CBP to continue to suspend liquidation
and to require a cash deposit of
estimated duties on unliquidated entries
of CORE completed in Costa Rica using
Chinese-origin HRS and/or CRS
substrate that were entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after August 12,
2019, the date of initiation of these anticircumvention inquiries. The
suspension of liquidation and cash
deposit instructions will remain in
effect until further notice.
CORE produced in Costa Rica from
HRS or CRS substrate that is not of
Chinese-origin is not subject to these
inquiries. However, imports of such
merchandise are subject to certification
requirements, and cash deposits may be
required if the certification
requirements are not satisfied.
Accordingly, if an importer imports
CORE produced in Costa Rica and
claims that the CORE was produced
from non-Chinese HRS or CRS substrate,
in order not to be subject to AD and/or
CVD requirements, the importer and
exporter are required to meet the
certification and documentation
requirements described in Appendices
II, III, and IV. The party that made the
sale to the United States should fill out
the exporter certification.
In order to prevent evasion,
Commerce will instruct CBP that in the
situation where parties have not
maintained the requisite certification
regarding the origin of the substrate for
an entry, CBP should suspend the entry
and collect cash deposits at the AD rate
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established for the China-wide entity
(199.43 percent) and the CVD rate
established for all other Chinese
producers and/or exporters (39.05
percent) pursuant to the China CORE
Orders.7
Further, for this final determination,
we continue to determine that the
following company is not eligible for the
certification process: Metas A.8
Accordingly, importers of CORE from
Costa Rica produced and/or exported by
this ineligible company are similarly
ineligible for the certification process
with regard to imports of CORE
produced by or sourced from this
company. Additionally, exporters are
not eligible to certify shipments of
merchandise produced by the abovelisted company. Accordingly, CBP shall
suspend the entry and collect cash
deposits for entries of merchandise
produced and/or exported by Metas A.
at the AD rate established for the Chinawide entity (199.43 percent) and the
CVD rate established for all other
Chinese producers and/or exporters
(39.05 percent) pursuant to the China
CORE Orders.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice will serve as the only
reminder to all parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of return/
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
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with section
781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225(f).
Dated: July 6, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. Scope of the Anti-Circumvention
Inquiries
V. Changes Since the Preliminary
7 See China CORE Orders, 81 FR at 48389 and
48393.
8 See Preliminary Determination, 85 FR at 8831,
and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at 10, 25–26.
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Determination
VI. Statutory Framework
VII. Statutory Analysis
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Metalco Should Be
Eligible for Certification
IX. Recommendation
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Appendix II
Certification Requirements
If an importer imports certain corrosionresistant steel products (CORE) from Costa
Rica and claims that the CORE was not
produced from hot-rolled steel and/or coldrolled steel substrate (substrate)
manufactured in the People’s Republic of
China (China), the importer is required to
complete and maintain the importer
certification attached hereto as Appendix III
and all supporting documentation. Where the
importer uses a broker to facilitate the entry
process, it should obtain the entry summary
number from the broker. Agents of the
importer, such as brokers, however, are not
permitted to make this certification on behalf
of the importer.
The exporter of such merchandise is
required to complete and maintain the
exporter certification, attached as Appendix
IV, and is further required to provide the
importer a copy of that certification and all
supporting documentation. The party that
made the sale to the United States should fill
out the exporter certification.
For any such certifications completed on
the date of publication of this final
determination through 20 days after the date
of publication, exporters and importers
should use the certifications attached to the
Preliminary Determination. For any such
certifications completed on or after 21 days
after the date of publication of this final
determination, exporters and importers
should use the certifications contained below
that have changed from the certifications
issued with the Preliminary Determination.
For entries on or after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, for which certifications are
required, importers should complete the
required certification at or prior to the date
of entry summary, and exporters should
complete the required certification and
provide it to the importer at or prior to the
date of shipment. For all such entries made
within the first 20 days after publication of
this notice, exporters and importers should
use the certifications attached to the
Preliminary Determination. For all entries
made on or after 21 days after publication of
this notice, exporters and importers should
use the certifications contained below that
have changed from the certifications issued
with the Preliminary Determination.
The importer and exporter are also
required to maintain sufficient
documentation supporting their
certifications. The importer will not be
required to submit the certifications or
supporting documentation to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) as part of the
entry process at this time. However, the
importer and the exporter will be required to
present the certifications and supporting
documentation to Commerce and/or CBP, as
applicable, upon request by the respective
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agency. Additionally, the claims made in the
certifications and any supporting
documentation are subject to verification by
Commerce and/or CBP. The importer and
exporter are required to maintain the
certifications and supporting documentation
for the later of: (1) A period of five years from
the date of entry or (2) a period of three years
after the conclusion of any litigation in
United States courts regarding such entries.
In the situation where no certification is
maintained for an entry, and AD/CVD orders
from China potentially apply to that entry,
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to
suspend the entry and collect cash deposits
at the applicable rates from the China CORE
Orders (i.e., the AD rate established for the
China-wide entity (199.43 percent) and the
CVD rate established for all other Chinese
producers and/or exporters (39.05 percent)).9
Appendix III
Importer Certification
I hereby certify that:
(A) My name is {IMPORTING COMPANY
OFFICIAL’S NAME} and I am an official of
{NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY},
located at {ADRESS OF IMPORTING
COMPANY}.
(B) I have direct personal knowledge of the
facts regarding the importation into the
Customs territory of the United States of the
corrosion resistant steel products produced
in Costa Rica that entered under entry
number(s), identified below, and which are
covered by this certification. ‘‘Direct personal
knowledge’’ refers to facts the certifying party
is expected to have in its own records. For
example, the importer should have direct
personal knowledge of the importation of the
product (e.g., the name of the exporter) in its
records.
(C) If the importer is acting on behalf of the
first U.S. customer, complete this paragraph,
if not put ‘‘NA’’ at the end of this paragraph:
The corrosion resistant steel products
covered by this certification were imported
by {NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY} on
behalf of {NAME OF U.S. CUSTOMER},
located at {ADDRESS OF U.S. CUSTOMER}.
(D) The corrosion resistant steel products
covered by this certification were shipped to
{NAME OF PARTY TO WHOM
MERCHANDISE WAS FIRST SHIPPED IN
THE UNITED STATES}, located at
{ADDRESS OF SHIPMENT}.
(E) I have personal knowledge of the facts
regarding the production of the corrosion
resistant steel products identified below.
‘‘Personal knowledge’’ includes facts
obtained from another party (e.g.,
correspondence received by the importer (or
exporter) from the producer regarding the
country of manufacture of the imported
products).
(F) The corrosion resistant steel products
covered by this certification were not
manufactured using hot-rolled steel and/or
cold-rolled steel substrate produced in China.
(G) This certification applies to the
following entries (repeat this block as many
times as necessary):
Entry Summary #:
9 See China CORE Orders, 81 FR at 48389 and
48393.
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Entry Summary Line Item #:
Foreign Seller:
Foreign Seller’s address:
Foreign Seller’s Invoice #:
Foreign Seller’s Invoice Line Item #:
Producer:
Producer’s Address:
(H) I understand that {NAME OF
IMPORTING COMPANY} is required to
maintain a copy of this certification and
sufficient documentation supporting this
certification (i.e., documents maintained in
the normal course of business, or documents
obtained by the certifying party, for example,
mill certificates, production records,
invoices, etc.) for the later of: (1) A period of
five years from the date of entry or (2) a
period of three years after the conclusion of
any litigation in the United States courts
regarding such entries.
(I) I understand that {NAME OF
IMPORTING COMPANY} is required to
provide this certification and supporting
records, upon request, to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) and/or the
Department of Commerce (Commerce).
(J) I understand that {NAME OF
IMPORTING COMPANY} is required to
maintain a copy of the exporter’s certification
(attesting to the production and/or export of
the imported merchandise identified above),
and any supporting records provided by the
exporter to the importer, for the later of: (1)
a period of five years from the date of entry
or (2) a period of three years after the
conclusion of any litigation in United States
courts regarding such entries.
(K) I understand that {NAME OF
IMPORTING COMPANY}is required, upon
request, to provide a copy of the exporter’s
certification and any supporting records
provided by the exporter to the importer, to
CBP and/or Commerce.
(L) I understand that the claims made
herein, and the substantiating
documentation, are subject to verification by
CBP and/or Commerce.
(M) I understand that failure to maintain
the required certifications, and/or failure to
substantiate the claims made herein, and/or
failure to allow CBP and/or Commerce to
verify the claims made herein, may result in
a de facto determination that all entries to
which this certification applies are within
the scope of the antidumping/countervailing
duty order on corrosion resistant steel
products from China. I understand that such
finding will result in:
(i) Suspension of liquidation of all
unliquidated entries (and entries for which
liquidation has not become final) for which
these requirements were not met;
(ii) the requirement that the importer post
applicable antidumping duty and/or
countervailing duty cash deposits (as
appropriate) equal to the rates determined by
Commerce; and
(iii) the revocation of {NAME OF
IMPORTING COMPANY}’s privilege to
certify future imports of corrosion resistant
steel products from Costa Rica as not
manufactured using hot-rolled steel and/or
cold-rolled steel substrate from China.
(N) I understand that agents of the
importer, such as brokers, are not permitted
to make this certification.
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(O) This certification was completed at or
prior to the date of entry summary.
(P) I am aware that U.S. law (including, but
not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes
criminal sanctions on individuals who
knowingly and willfully make material false
statements to the U.S. government.
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Appendix IV
Exporter Certification
Special Instructions: The party that made
the sale to the United States should fill out
the exporter certification.
I hereby certify that:
(A) My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL’S
NAME} and I am an official of {NAME OF
COMPANY}, located at {ADDRESS};
(B) I have direct personal knowledge of the
facts regarding the production and
exportation of the corrosion resistant steel
products identified below. ‘‘Direct personal
knowledge’’ refers to facts the certifying party
is expected to have in its own books and
records. For example, an exporter should
have direct personal knowledge of the
producer’s identity and location.
(C) The corrosion resistant steel products
produced in Costa Rica and covered by this
certification were not manufactured using
hot-rolled steel and/or cold-rolled steel
substrate produced in China.
(D) This certification applies to the
following sales to {NAME OF U.S.
CUSTOMER}, located at {ADDRESS OF U.S.
CUSTOMER}. (repeat this block as many
times as necessary):
Foreign Seller’s Invoice # to U.S. Customer:
Foreign Seller’s Invoice to U.S. Customer
Line item #:
Producer Name:
Producer’s Address:
Producer’s Invoice # to Foreign Seller: (If the
foreign seller and the producer are the
same party, put NA here.)
(E) The corrosion resistant steel products
covered by this certification were shipped to
{NAME OF U.S. PARTY TO WHOM
MERCHANDISE WAS SHIPPED}, located at
{U.S. ADDRESS TO WHICH MERCHANDISE
WAS SHIPPED}.
(F) I understand that {NAME OF
EXPORTING COMPANY} is required to
maintain a copy of this certification and
sufficient documentation supporting this
certification (i.e., documents maintained in
the normal course of business, or documents
obtained by the certifying party, for example,
mill certificates, production records,
invoices, etc.) for the later of: (1) A period of
five years from the date of entry or (2) a
period of three years after the conclusion of
any litigation in the United States courts
regarding such entries.
(G) I understand that {NAME OF
EXPORTING COMPANY} must provide a
copy of this Exporter Certification to the U.S.
importer by the date of shipment;
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(H) I understand that {NAME OF
EXPORTING COMPANY} is required to
provide a copy of this certification and
supporting records, upon request, to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and/or
the Department of Commerce (Commerce).
(I) I understand that the claims made
herein, and the substantiating
documentation, are subject to verification by
CBP and/or Commerce.
(J) I understand that failure to maintain the
required certification, and/or failure to
substantiate the claims made herein, and/or
failure to allow CBP and/or Commerce to
verify the claims made herein, may result in
a de facto determination that all sales to
which this certification applies are within
the scope of the antidumping/countervailing
duty order on corrosion resistant steel
products from China. I understand that such
finding will result in:
(i) Suspension of all unliquidated entries
(and entries for which liquidation has not
become final) for which these requirements
were not met; and
(ii) the requirement that the importer post
applicable antidumping duty and/or
countervailing duty cash deposits (as
appropriate) equal to the rates as determined
by Commerce; and
(iii) the revocation of {NAME OF
EXPORTING COMPANY}’s privilege to
certify future exports of corrosion resistant
steel products from Costa Rica as not
manufactured using hot-rolled steel and/or
cold-rolled steel substrate from China.
(K) This certification was completed at or
prior to the date of shipment.
(L) I am aware that U.S. law (including, but
not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes
criminal sanctions on individuals who
knowingly and willfully make material false
statements to the U.S. government.
Signature llllllllllllllll
NAME OF COMPANY OFFICIAL
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TITLE
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Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Negative Final Determination
of Circumvention Involving Guatemala
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that imports of
certain corrosion-resistant steel
products (CORE), completed in
Guatemala using carbon hot-rolled steel
(HRS) and/or cold-rolled steel (CRS) flat
products manufactured in the People’s
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Republic of China (China), are not
circumventing the antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders on CORE from China at this time.
DATES: Applicable July 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Drew Jackson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4406.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 18, 2020, Commerce
published in the Federal Register its
preliminary determination 1 that
imports of CORE completed in
Guatemala are not circumventing the
China CORE Orders at this time.2 A
summary of events that occurred since
Commerce published the Preliminary
Determination, as well as a full
discussion of the issues raised by parties
for this final determination, may be
found in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.3 The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is on file electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and the electronic
versions of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders
are certain flat-rolled steel products,
either clad, plated, or coated with
corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc,
aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel1 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the People’s Republic of China: Negative
Preliminary Determination of Circumvention
Involving Guatemala, 85 FR 8840 (February 18,
2020) (Preliminary Determination) and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 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); see also Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from India, Italy, Republic
of Korea and the People’s Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25,
2016) (collectively, China CORE Orders).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Anti-Circumvention Inquiries
Involving Guatemala of the Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic
of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 134 (Monday, July 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41951-41954]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-026, C-570-027]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's
Republic of China: Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention
Involving Costa Rica
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports
of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE), completed in
Costa Rica using carbon hot-rolled steel (HRS) and/or cold-rolled steel
(CRS) flat products manufactured in the People's Republic of China
(China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing
duty (CVD) orders on CORE from China.
DATES: Applicable July 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ariela Garvett, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3609.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 18, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary
Determination \1\ of circumvention of the China CORE Orders.\2\ A
summary of events that occurred since Commerce published the
Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues
raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ The Issues and Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of
the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of
Circumvention Involving Costa Rica, 85 FR 8830 (February 18, 2020)
(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ 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); see also Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, Italy, Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016)
(collectively, China CORE Orders).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Anti-Circumvention Inquiries Involving Costa Rica of the Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders 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. For a complete description of the
scope of the orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiries
These anti-circumvention inquiries cover CORE completed in Costa
Rica from HRS and/or CRS substrate input manufactured in China and
subsequently exported to the United States (merchandise subject to
these inquiries). This final ruling applies to all shipments of
merchandise subject to these inquiries entered on or after the date of
the initiation of these inquiries.\4\
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Importers and exporters of CORE produced in Costa Rica using: (1) HRS
manufactured in Costa Rica or other third countries, (2) CRS
manufactured in Costa Rica using HRS produced in Costa Rica or other
third countries, or (3) CRS manufactured in other third countries, must
certify that the HRS and/or CRS processed into CORE in Costa Rica did
not originate in China, as provided for in the certifications attached
to this Federal Register notice. Otherwise, their merchandise will be
subject to AD and CVD requirements.
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\4\ See Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the People's
Republic of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 84 FR 43585 (August
21, 2019) (Initiation Notice) and accompanying Memorandum, ``Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the People's Republic of
China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the Antidumping
Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders,'' dated August 12, 2019
(Initiation Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting these anti-circumvention inquiries in
accordance with section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Because China is a non-market economy, within the meaning of
section 771(18) of the Act,\5\ Commerce calculated the value of
Chinese-origin input costs using prices of factors of production and
market economy values, as discussed in section 773(c) of the Act.
Additionally, because an interested party (i.e., Metas A.) did not
cooperate to the best of its ability in responding to Commerce's
requests for information, we have based parts of our determination on
the facts available, with adverse inferences, pursuant to sections
776(a) and (b) of the Act. See Preliminary Decision Memorandum for a
full description of the methodology. We have continued to apply this
methodology for our final determination.
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\5\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Aluminum Foil
from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary
Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value and Postponement of
Final Determination, 82 FR 50858, 50861 (November 2, 2017), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ``China's Status as
a Non-Market Economy,'' unchanged in Certain Aluminum Foil from the
People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 83 FR 9282 (March 5, 2018).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in
these inquiries are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A
list of the issues raised is attached to this notice as Appendix I.
Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested
parties and our findings at verification, we made no revisions to the
Preliminary Determination with regard to our analysis under the anti-
circumvention factors of section 781(b) of the Act.\6\
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\6\ We have made certain changes to the language in the
certifications to provide guidance on who should complete the
exporter certification, and to improve the identification of parties
involved in the sale.
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Final Affirmative Determination of Circumvention
We determine that exports to the United States of CORE completed in
Costa Rica from HRS and/or CRS substrate manufactured in China are
circumventing the China CORE Orders. We therefore find it appropriate
to determine that merchandise subject to these inquiries should be
considered to be within the scope of the China CORE Orders, and to
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to
suspend liquidation of any entries of CORE completed in Costa Rica
using HRS and/or CRS substrate manufactured in China.
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
As stated above, Commerce has made an affirmative determination of
circumvention of the China CORE Orders by exports to the United States
of CORE completed in Costa Rica using Chinese-origin HRS and/or CRS
substrate. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(1)(3), Commerce will
direct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation and to require a cash
deposit of estimated duties on unliquidated entries of CORE completed
in Costa Rica using Chinese-origin HRS and/or CRS substrate that were
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
August 12, 2019, the date of initiation of these anti-circumvention
inquiries. The suspension of liquidation and cash deposit instructions
will remain in effect until further notice.
CORE produced in Costa Rica from HRS or CRS substrate that is not
of Chinese-origin is not subject to these inquiries. However, imports
of such merchandise are subject to certification requirements, and cash
deposits may be required if the certification requirements are not
satisfied. Accordingly, if an importer imports CORE produced in Costa
Rica and claims that the CORE was produced from non-Chinese HRS or CRS
substrate, in order not to be subject to AD and/or CVD requirements,
the importer and exporter are required to meet the certification and
documentation requirements described in Appendices II, III, and IV. The
party that made the sale to the United States should fill out the
exporter certification.
In order to prevent evasion, Commerce will instruct CBP that in the
situation where parties have not maintained the requisite certification
regarding the origin of the substrate for an entry, CBP should suspend
the entry and collect cash deposits at the AD rate established for the
China-wide entity (199.43 percent) and the CVD rate established for all
other Chinese producers and/or exporters (39.05 percent) pursuant to
the China CORE Orders.\7\
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Further, for this final determination, we continue to determine
that the following company is not eligible for the certification
process: Metas A.\8\ Accordingly, importers of CORE from Costa Rica
produced and/or exported by this ineligible company are similarly
ineligible for the certification process with regard to imports of CORE
produced by or sourced from this company. Additionally, exporters are
not eligible to certify shipments of merchandise produced by the above-
listed company. Accordingly, CBP shall suspend the entry and collect
cash deposits for entries of merchandise produced and/or exported by
Metas A. at the AD rate established for the China-wide entity (199.43
percent) and the CVD rate established for all other Chinese producers
and/or exporters (39.05 percent) pursuant to the China CORE Orders.
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\8\ See Preliminary Determination, 85 FR at 8831, and
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice will serve as the only reminder to all parties subject
to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return/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
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
section 781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225(f).
Dated: July 6, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiries
V. Changes Since the Preliminary
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Determination
VI. Statutory Framework
VII. Statutory Analysis
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Metalco Should Be Eligible for Certification
IX. Recommendation
Appendix II
Certification Requirements
If an importer imports certain corrosion-resistant steel
products (CORE) from Costa Rica and claims that the CORE was not
produced from hot-rolled steel and/or cold-rolled steel substrate
(substrate) manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China),
the importer is required to complete and maintain the importer
certification attached hereto as Appendix III and all supporting
documentation. Where the importer uses a broker to facilitate the
entry process, it should obtain the entry summary number from the
broker. Agents of the importer, such as brokers, however, are not
permitted to make this certification on behalf of the importer.
The exporter of such merchandise is required to complete and
maintain the exporter certification, attached as Appendix IV, and is
further required to provide the importer a copy of that
certification and all supporting documentation. The party that made
the sale to the United States should fill out the exporter
certification.
For any such certifications completed on the date of publication
of this final determination through 20 days after the date of
publication, exporters and importers should use the certifications
attached to the Preliminary Determination. For any such
certifications completed on or after 21 days after the date of
publication of this final determination, exporters and importers
should use the certifications contained below that have changed from
the certifications issued with the Preliminary Determination.
For entries on or after the date of publication of this notice
in the Federal Register, for which certifications are required,
importers should complete the required certification at or prior to
the date of entry summary, and exporters should complete the
required certification and provide it to the importer at or prior to
the date of shipment. For all such entries made within the first 20
days after publication of this notice, exporters and importers
should use the certifications attached to the Preliminary
Determination. For all entries made on or after 21 days after
publication of this notice, exporters and importers should use the
certifications contained below that have changed from the
certifications issued with the Preliminary Determination.
The importer and exporter are also required to maintain
sufficient documentation supporting their certifications. The
importer will not be required to submit the certifications or
supporting documentation to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
as part of the entry process at this time. However, the importer and
the exporter will be required to present the certifications and
supporting documentation to Commerce and/or CBP, as applicable, upon
request by the respective agency. Additionally, the claims made in
the certifications and any supporting documentation are subject to
verification by Commerce and/or CBP. The importer and exporter are
required to maintain the certifications and supporting documentation
for the later of: (1) A period of five years from the date of entry
or (2) a period of three years after the conclusion of any
litigation in United States courts regarding such entries.
In the situation where no certification is maintained for an
entry, and AD/CVD orders from China potentially apply to that entry,
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to suspend the entry and collect
cash deposits at the applicable rates from the China CORE Orders
(i.e., the AD rate established for the China-wide entity (199.43
percent) and the CVD rate established for all other Chinese
producers and/or exporters (39.05 percent)).\9\
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Appendix III
Importer Certification
I hereby certify that:
(A) My name is {IMPORTING COMPANY OFFICIAL'S NAME{time} and I
am an official of {NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY{time} , located at
{ADRESS OF IMPORTING COMPANY{time} .
(B) I have direct personal knowledge of the facts regarding the
importation into the Customs territory of the United States of the
corrosion resistant steel products produced in Costa Rica that
entered under entry number(s), identified below, and which are
covered by this certification. ``Direct personal knowledge'' refers
to facts the certifying party is expected to have in its own
records. For example, the importer should have direct personal
knowledge of the importation of the product (e.g., the name of the
exporter) in its records.
(C) If the importer is acting on behalf of the first U.S.
customer, complete this paragraph, if not put ``NA'' at the end of
this paragraph:
The corrosion resistant steel products covered by this
certification were imported by {NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY{time} on
behalf of {NAME OF U.S. CUSTOMER{time} , located at {ADDRESS OF U.S.
CUSTOMER{time} .
(D) The corrosion resistant steel products covered by this
certification were shipped to {NAME OF PARTY TO WHOM MERCHANDISE WAS
FIRST SHIPPED IN THE UNITED STATES{time} , located at {ADDRESS OF
SHIPMENT{time} .
(E) I have personal knowledge of the facts regarding the
production of the corrosion resistant steel products identified
below. ``Personal knowledge'' includes facts obtained from another
party (e.g., correspondence received by the importer (or exporter)
from the producer regarding the country of manufacture of the
imported products).
(F) The corrosion resistant steel products covered by this
certification were not manufactured using hot-rolled steel and/or
cold-rolled steel substrate produced in China.
(G) This certification applies to the following entries (repeat
this block as many times as necessary):
Entry Summary #:
Entry Summary Line Item #:
Foreign Seller:
Foreign Seller's address:
Foreign Seller's Invoice #:
Foreign Seller's Invoice Line Item #:
Producer:
Producer's Address:
(H) I understand that {NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY{time} is
required to maintain a copy of this certification and sufficient
documentation supporting this certification (i.e., documents
maintained in the normal course of business, or documents obtained
by the certifying party, for example, mill certificates, production
records, invoices, etc.) for the later of: (1) A period of five
years from the date of entry or (2) a period of three years after
the conclusion of any litigation in the United States courts
regarding such entries.
(I) I understand that {NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY{time} is
required to provide this certification and supporting records, upon
request, to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and/or the
Department of Commerce (Commerce).
(J) I understand that {NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY{time} is
required to maintain a copy of the exporter's certification
(attesting to the production and/or export of the imported
merchandise identified above), and any supporting records provided
by the exporter to the importer, for the later of: (1) a period of
five years from the date of entry or (2) a period of three years
after the conclusion of any litigation in United States courts
regarding such entries.
(K) I understand that {NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY{time} is
required, upon request, to provide a copy of the exporter's
certification and any supporting records provided by the exporter to
the importer, to CBP and/or Commerce.
(L) I understand that the claims made herein, and the
substantiating documentation, are subject to verification by CBP
and/or Commerce.
(M) I understand that failure to maintain the required
certifications, and/or failure to substantiate the claims made
herein, and/or failure to allow CBP and/or Commerce to verify the
claims made herein, may result in a de facto determination that all
entries to which this certification applies are within the scope of
the antidumping/countervailing duty order on corrosion resistant
steel products from China. I understand that such finding will
result in:
(i) Suspension of liquidation of all unliquidated entries (and
entries for which liquidation has not become final) for which these
requirements were not met;
(ii) the requirement that the importer post applicable
antidumping duty and/or countervailing duty cash deposits (as
appropriate) equal to the rates determined by Commerce; and
(iii) the revocation of {NAME OF IMPORTING COMPANY{time} 's
privilege to certify future imports of corrosion resistant steel
products from Costa Rica as not manufactured using hot-rolled steel
and/or cold-rolled steel substrate from China.
(N) I understand that agents of the importer, such as brokers,
are not permitted to make this certification.
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(O) This certification was completed at or prior to the date of
entry summary.
(P) I am aware that U.S. law (including, but not limited to, 18
U.S.C. 1001) imposes criminal sanctions on individuals who knowingly
and willfully make material false statements to the U.S. government.
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Appendix IV
Exporter Certification
Special Instructions: The party that made the sale to the United
States should fill out the exporter certification.
I hereby certify that:
(A) My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL'S NAME{time} and I am an
official of {NAME OF COMPANY{time} , located at {ADDRESS{time} ;
(B) I have direct personal knowledge of the facts regarding the
production and exportation of the corrosion resistant steel products
identified below. ``Direct personal knowledge'' refers to facts the
certifying party is expected to have in its own books and records.
For example, an exporter should have direct personal knowledge of
the producer's identity and location.
(C) The corrosion resistant steel products produced in Costa
Rica and covered by this certification were not manufactured using
hot-rolled steel and/or cold-rolled steel substrate produced in
China.
(D) This certification applies to the following sales to {NAME
OF U.S. CUSTOMER{time} , located at {ADDRESS OF U.S.
CUSTOMER{time} . (repeat this block as many times as necessary):
Foreign Seller's Invoice # to U.S. Customer:
Foreign Seller's Invoice to U.S. Customer Line item #:
Producer Name:
Producer's Address:
Producer's Invoice # to Foreign Seller: (If the foreign seller and
the producer are the same party, put NA here.)
(E) The corrosion resistant steel products covered by this
certification were shipped to {NAME OF U.S. PARTY TO WHOM
MERCHANDISE WAS SHIPPED{time} , located at {U.S. ADDRESS TO WHICH
MERCHANDISE WAS SHIPPED{time} .
(F) I understand that {NAME OF EXPORTING COMPANY{time} is
required to maintain a copy of this certification and sufficient
documentation supporting this certification (i.e., documents
maintained in the normal course of business, or documents obtained
by the certifying party, for example, mill certificates, production
records, invoices, etc.) for the later of: (1) A period of five
years from the date of entry or (2) a period of three years after
the conclusion of any litigation in the United States courts
regarding such entries.
(G) I understand that {NAME OF EXPORTING COMPANY{time} must
provide a copy of this Exporter Certification to the U.S. importer
by the date of shipment;
(H) I understand that {NAME OF EXPORTING COMPANY{time} is
required to provide a copy of this certification and supporting
records, upon request, to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
and/or the Department of Commerce (Commerce).
(I) I understand that the claims made herein, and the
substantiating documentation, are subject to verification by CBP
and/or Commerce.
(J) I understand that failure to maintain the required
certification, and/or failure to substantiate the claims made
herein, and/or failure to allow CBP and/or Commerce to verify the
claims made herein, may result in a de facto determination that all
sales to which this certification applies are within the scope of
the antidumping/countervailing duty order on corrosion resistant
steel products from China. I understand that such finding will
result in:
(i) Suspension of all unliquidated entries (and entries for
which liquidation has not become final) for which these requirements
were not met; and
(ii) the requirement that the importer post applicable
antidumping duty and/or countervailing duty cash deposits (as
appropriate) equal to the rates as determined by Commerce; and
(iii) the revocation of {NAME OF EXPORTING COMPANY{time} 's
privilege to certify future exports of corrosion resistant steel
products from Costa Rica as not manufactured using hot-rolled steel
and/or cold-rolled steel substrate from China.
(K) This certification was completed at or prior to the date of
shipment.
(L) I am aware that U.S. law (including, but not limited to, 18
U.S.C. 1001) imposes criminal sanctions on individuals who knowingly
and willfully make material false statements to the U.S. government.
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