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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–027]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
From the People’s Republic of China:
Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain corrosion-resistant steel
products (CORE) from the People’s
Republic of China (China), covering the
period January 1, 2018, through
December 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable November 25, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3148.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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AGENCY:
Background
On July 1, 2019, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
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opportunity to request an administrative
review of the CVD order on CORE from
China.1 On July 31, 2019, the petitioners
timely requested that Commerce
conduct an administrative review.2 In
addition, on the same day, three
domestic importers of CORE timely
requested an administrative review.3 On
September 9, 2019, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the CVD order on CORE from
China, covering the period January 1,
2018 through December 31, 2018
(period of review or POR), with respect
to eleven companies.4 On September 12,
2019, Commerce placed on the record
the results of a CBP data query
conducted for imports from all eleven
companies subject to the review.5
Because Commerce previously
determined that CORE produced in
Vietnam using hot-rolled or cold-rolled
carbon steel substrate is subject to the
order on CORE from China,6 Commerce
conducted the query for imports under
the case number for subject
merchandise coming directly from
China (C–570–027) as well as under the
third-country case number for subject
merchandise coming from Vietnam
(C–552–995).7 The third-country case
number was created in CBP’s
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 31295
(July 1, 2019).
2 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China:
Request for Administrative Review of
Countervailing Duty Order,’’ dated July 31, 2019.
The petitioners are ArcelorMittal USA LLC,
California Steel Industries, Inc., Nucor Corporation,
Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel
Corporation (U.S. Steel).
3 See Letter from Metal One America, Inc.,
‘‘Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China:
Metal One America, Inc.’s Request for
Administrative Review,’’ dated July 31, 2019 (Metal
One Request), Letter from Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc.,
‘‘Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China:
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated July 31,
2019, and Letter from Stemcor USA Inc.,
‘‘Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China—
Stemcor’s Request for Administrative Review,’’
dated July 31, 2019 (Stemcor Request). Metal One
America, Inc. (Metal One), Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.)
Inc. (Mitsui), and Stemcor USA Inc. (Stemcor)
stated that they are U.S. importers of CORE from
Vietnam that is potentially subject to the order on
CORE from China.
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
47242 (September 9, 2019) (Initiation Notice).
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) Data for Respondent
Selection,’’ dated September 12, 2019 (CBP Query).
6 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the People’s Republic of China: Affirmative
Final Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders,
83 FR 23895 (May 23, 2018) and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum (Circumvention
Inquiry).
7 See CBP Query at 3.
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Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) as a result of our affirmative
determination in the Circumvention
Inquiry and captures entries of CORE
produced in Vietnam using hot-rolled or
cold-rolled carbon steel substrate from
China. The query resulted in ‘‘no entries
found.’’ 8
On September 19, 2019, one of the
petitioners, U.S. Steel, submitted
comments on the CBP Query, noting
that certain companies subject to the
review had shipped CORE products to
the United States during the POR
according to third-party manifest data
submitted by the petitioners.9 The
petitioners suggested that Commerce
collect exporter certifications from the
companies under review averring that
such CORE products were not produced
using Chinese substrate.10 Commerce
subsequently requested exporter
certifications as part of a wider
questionnaire issued to certain
producers, as discussed below.
On December 4, 2019, the petitioners
timely withdrew their request for a
review in full.11 Likewise, on December
6, 2019, Mitsui timely withdrew its
request for a review in full.12
Consequently, only the Metal One
Request and the Stemcor Request
remain unwithdrawn. The Metal One
Request and the Stemcor Request cover
three companies: Nippon Steel and
Sumikin Sales Vietnam Co., Ltd.
(NSSVC); Hoa Sen Group (HSG); and
Ton Dong A Corporation (TDA).13 All
three companies are Vietnamese
exporters of CORE.14
On February 11, 2020, Commerce
issued questionnaires to all three
companies.15 HSG responded to the
questionnaire on March 11, 2020; 16 and
NSSVC and TDA responded on March
8 Id.
9 See U.S. Steel’s Letter, ‘‘Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China:
Comments on U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Entry Data Results,’’ dated September 19, 2020.
10 Id.
11 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China:
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review
of Countervailing Duty Order,’’ dated December 4,
2019.
12 See Letter from Mitsui, ‘‘Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic
of China: Withdrawal of Review Request of
Countervailing Duty Order,’’ dated December 6,
2019.
13 See Metal One Request and Stemcor Request.
14 Id.
15 See Letters from Commerce to NSSVC, HSG,
and TDA, ‘‘Corrosion-Resistant Steel from the
People’s Republic of China: Administrative Review
Questionnaire,’’ dated February 11, 2020 (No
Shipment Questionnaires).
16 See Letter from HSG, ‘‘Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the People’s Republic of ChinaResponse to Questionnaire,’’ dated March 11, 2020.
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23, 2020.17 Commerce received no
comments on the three questionnaire
responses.
On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled
all deadlines in administrative reviews
by 50 days.18 On July 22, 2020,
Commerce tolled statutory deadlines for
all preliminary and final results in
administrative reviews by an additional
60 days.19 As such, the current deadline
for the preliminary results in this
administrative review is November 17,
2020.
On November 6, 2020, Commerce
issued a memorandum notifying all
parties of its intent to rescind the 2018
CVD administrative review of CORE
from China.20 In the memorandum,
Commerce concluded, based on the
results of the CBP Query and our
examination of the questionnaire
responses submitted by NSSVC, HSG,
and TDA, that the record does not
contain evidence of any reviewable
entries of subject merchandise during
the POR for which liquidation is
suspended.21 Commerce also provided
parties with an opportunity to comment.
No party submitted comments in
response to the memorandum.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are certain flat-rolled steel products,
either clad, plated, or coated with
corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc,
aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, 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. The
products covered include coils that have
a width of 12.7 mm or greater,
regardless of form of coil (e.g., in
successively superimposed layers,
spirally oscillating, etc.). The products
covered also include products not in
coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a
thickness less than 4.75 mm and a
17 See Letter from NSSVC, ‘‘Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China:
NSSVC’s Response to the Department’s
Administrative Review Questionnaire,’’ dated
March 20, 2020; see also Letter from TDA, ‘‘Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
People’s Republic of China, Case No. C–570–027:
TDA Initial Questionnaire Response,’’ dated March
20, 2020.
18 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
19 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
20 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic
of China: Intent to Rescind 2018 Administrative
Review,’’ dated November 6, 2020.
21 Id. at 3–4.
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width that is 12.7 mm or greater and
that measures at least 10 times the
thickness. The products covered also
include products not in coils (e.g., in
straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75
mm or more and a width exceeding 150
mm and measuring at least twice the
thickness. The products described above
may be rectangular, square, circular, or
other shape and include products of
either rectangular or non-rectangular
cross-section where such cross-section
is achieved subsequent to the rolling
process, i.e., products which have been
‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products
which have been beveled or rounded at
the edges). For purposes of the width
and thickness requirements referenced
above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual
measurements vary, a product is within
the scope if application of either the
nominal or actual measurement would
place it within the scope based on the
definitions set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness
vary for a specific product (e.g., the
thickness of certain products with nonrectangular cross-section, the width of
certain products with non-rectangular
shape, etc.), the measurement at its
greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope
of this order are products in which: (1)
Iron predominates, by weight, over each
of the other contained elements; (2) the
carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements
listed below exceeds the quantity, by
weight, respectively indicated:
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called
wolfram), or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded,
products are included in this scope
regardless of levels of boron and
titanium.
For example, specifically included in
this scope are vacuum degassed, fully
stabilized (commonly referred to as Start
Printed Page 48391interstitial-free (IF))
steels and high strength low alloy
(HSLA) steels. IF steels are recognized
as low carbon steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as titanium and/
or niobium added to stabilize carbon
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and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are
recognized as steels with micro-alloying
levels of elements such as chromium,
copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium,
and molybdenum.
Furthermore, this scope also includes
Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS)
and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS),
both of which are considered high
tensile strength and high elongation
steels.
Subject merchandise also includes
corrosion-resistant steel that has been
further processed in a third country,
including but not limited to annealing,
tempering, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching and/or
slitting or any other processing that
would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the order
if performed in the country of
manufacture of the in-scope corrosion
resistant steel.
All products that meet the written
physical description, and in which the
chemistry quantities do not exceed any
one of the noted element levels listed
above, are within the scope of this order
unless specifically excluded. The
following products are outside of and/
or specifically excluded from the scope
of this order:
• Flat-rolled steel products either
plated or coated with tin, lead,
chromium, chromium oxides, both tin
and lead (‘‘terne plate’’), or both
chromium and chromium oxides (‘‘tin
free steel’’), whether or not painted,
varnished or coated with plastics or
other non-metallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating;
• Clad products in straight lengths of
4.7625 mm or more in composite
thickness and of a width which exceeds
150 mm and measures at least twice the
thickness; and
• Certain clad stainless flat-rolled
products, which are three-layered
corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel
products less than 4.75 mm in
composite thickness that consist of a
flat-rolled steel product clad on both
sides with stainless steel in a 20%–
60%–20% ratio.
The products subject to the order are
currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers:
7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095,
7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000,
7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000,
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, and 7212.60.0000.
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The products subject to the order may
also enter under the following HTSUS
item numbers: 7210.90.1000,
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500,
7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560,
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090,
7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000,
7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110,
7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180,
7228.60.6000, 7228.60.8000, and
7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written description
of the scope of the order is dispositive.
Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if all parties that requested the
review withdraw their request within 90
days of the publication date of the
notice of initiation of the requested
review. All review requests were
withdrawn for the following eight
companies included in the initiation
notice: China Steel Sumikin Vietnam,
Dai Thien Loc Corp., Hoa Phat Steel
Pipe, Maruichi Sun Steel, Nam Kim
Steel, NS Bluescope, Southern Steel
Sheet Co., and Vina One. Therefore, we
are rescinding the administrative review
for these eight companies in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or only
with respect to a particular exporter or
producer, if Commerce concludes that
there were no reviewable entries of the
subject merchandise during the POR.
Based on an examination of the record,
Commerce has concluded there were no
reviewable entries, exports or sales of
subject merchandise during the POR of
merchandise imported from NSSVC,
HSG, and TDA. Therefore, we are
rescinding the administrative review for
these three companies in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment Rates
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries. Because Commerce is
rescinding this review in its entirety, the
entries to which this administrative
review pertained shall be assessed at
rates equal to the cash deposit of
estimated countervailing duties required
at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, in
accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to
issue appropriate assessment
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instructions to CBP 15 days after the
publication of this notice.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice serves as a final reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification
of the return or destruction of the APO
materials, or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation, which
is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(l) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: November 16, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–026]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
From the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments in the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Rescission,
in Part; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily finds that
Nippon Steel and Sumikin Sales
Vietnam Co., Ltd. (NSSVC), Hoa Sen
Group (HSG), and Ton Dong A
Corporation (TDA) made no shipments
of corrosion-resistant steel products
(CORE) from the People’s Republic of
China (China) during the period of
review (POR) from July 1, 2018 through
June 30, 2019. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results. In addition, Commerce is
rescinding the administrative review, in
part, for eight companies for which
review requests were withdrawn.
DATES: Applicable November 25, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD Operations,
AGENCY:
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Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3148.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2019, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the antidumping duty (AD)
order on CORE from China.1 On July 31,
2019, the petitioners timely requested
that Commerce conduct an
administrative review.2 In addition, on
the same day, three domestic importers
of CORE timely requested an
administrative review.3 On September
9, 2019, Commerce published in the
Federal Register a notice of initiation of
an administrative review of the AD
order on CORE from China, covering the
POR July 1, 2018 through June 3, 2019,
with respect to 11 companies.4 On
September 26, 2019, Commerce placed
the results of a CBP data query on the
record conducted for imports from all
eleven companies subject to the
review.5 Because Commerce previously
determined that CORE produced in
Vietnam using hot-rolled or cold-rolled
carbon steel substrate is subject to the
order on CORE from China,6 Commerce
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 31295
(July 1, 2019).
2 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China:
Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping
Duty Order,’’ dated July 31, 2019. The petitioners
are ArcelorMittal USA LLC, California Steel
Industries, Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics,
Inc., and United States Steel Corporation (U.S.
Steel).
3 See Metal One America, Inc.’s Letter,
‘‘Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China:
Metal One America, Inc.’s Request for
Administrative Review,’’ dated July 31, 2019 (Metal
One Request), Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc.’s Letter,
‘‘Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China:
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated July 31,
2019, and Stemcor USA Inc.’s Letter, ‘‘CorrosionResistant Steel Products from China—Stemcor’s
Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated July 31,
2019 (Stemcor Request). Metal One America, Inc.
(Metal One), Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc. (Mitsui), and
Stemcor USA Inc. (Stemcor) stated that they are
U.S. importers of CORE from Vietnam that is
potentially subject to the order on CORE from
China.
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
47242 (September 9, 2019) (Initiation Notice).
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) Data for Respondent
Selection,’’ dated September 26, 2019 (CBP Query).
6 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the People’s Republic of China: Affirmative
Final Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders,
83 FR 23895 (May 23, 2018), and accompanying
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-027]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's Republic of
China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain
corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the People's Republic of
China (China), covering the period January 1, 2018, through December
31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable November 25, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3148.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD
order on CORE from China.\1\ On July 31, 2019, the petitioners timely
requested that Commerce conduct an administrative review.\2\ In
addition, on the same day, three domestic importers of CORE timely
requested an administrative review.\3\ On September 9, 2019, Commerce
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the CVD order on CORE from China, covering the
period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 (period of review or
POR), with respect to eleven companies.\4\ On September 12, 2019,
Commerce placed on the record the results of a CBP data query conducted
for imports from all eleven companies subject to the review.\5\ Because
Commerce previously determined that CORE produced in Vietnam using hot-
rolled or cold-rolled carbon steel substrate is subject to the order on
CORE from China,\6\ Commerce conducted the query for imports under the
case number for subject merchandise coming directly from China (C-570-
027) as well as under the third-country case number for subject
merchandise coming from Vietnam (C-552-995).\7\ The third-country case
number was created in CBP's Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) as a
result of our affirmative determination in the Circumvention Inquiry
and captures entries of CORE produced in Vietnam using hot-rolled or
cold-rolled carbon steel substrate from China. The query resulted in
``no entries found.'' \8\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 84 FR 31295 (July 1, 2019).
\2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the People's Republic of China: Request for
Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated July 31,
2019. The petitioners are ArcelorMittal USA LLC, California Steel
Industries, Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and
United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel).
\3\ See Letter from Metal One America, Inc., ``Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from China: Metal One America, Inc.'s
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated July 31, 2019 (Metal One
Request), Letter from Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc., ``Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from China: Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated July 31, 2019, and Letter from Stemcor USA Inc.,
``Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China--Stemcor's Request
for Administrative Review,'' dated July 31, 2019 (Stemcor Request).
Metal One America, Inc. (Metal One), Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc.
(Mitsui), and Stemcor USA Inc. (Stemcor) stated that they are U.S.
importers of CORE from Vietnam that is potentially subject to the
order on CORE from China.
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 47242 (September 9, 2019) (Initiation
Notice).
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) Data for Respondent Selection,'' dated September
12, 2019 (CBP Query).
\6\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
People's Republic of China: Affirmative Final Determination of
Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty
Orders, 83 FR 23895 (May 23, 2018) and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum (Circumvention Inquiry).
\7\ See CBP Query at 3.
\8\ Id.
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On September 19, 2019, one of the petitioners, U.S. Steel,
submitted comments on the CBP Query, noting that certain companies
subject to the review had shipped CORE products to the United States
during the POR according to third-party manifest data submitted by the
petitioners.\9\ The petitioners suggested that Commerce collect
exporter certifications from the companies under review averring that
such CORE products were not produced using Chinese substrate.\10\
Commerce subsequently requested exporter certifications as part of a
wider questionnaire issued to certain producers, as discussed below.
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\9\ See U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the People's Republic of China: Comments on U.S.
Customs and Border Protection Entry Data Results,'' dated September
19, 2020.
\10\ Id.
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On December 4, 2019, the petitioners timely withdrew their request
for a review in full.\11\ Likewise, on December 6, 2019, Mitsui timely
withdrew its request for a review in full.\12\ Consequently, only the
Metal One Request and the Stemcor Request remain unwithdrawn. The Metal
One Request and the Stemcor Request cover three companies: Nippon Steel
and Sumikin Sales Vietnam Co., Ltd. (NSSVC); Hoa Sen Group (HSG); and
Ton Dong A Corporation (TDA).\13\ All three companies are Vietnamese
exporters of CORE.\14\
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\11\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated
December 4, 2019.
\12\ See Letter from Mitsui, ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Review
Request of Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated December 6, 2019.
\13\ See Metal One Request and Stemcor Request.
\14\ Id.
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On February 11, 2020, Commerce issued questionnaires to all three
companies.\15\ HSG responded to the questionnaire on March 11, 2020;
\16\ and NSSVC and TDA responded on March
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23, 2020.\17\ Commerce received no comments on the three questionnaire
responses.
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\15\ See Letters from Commerce to NSSVC, HSG, and TDA,
``Corrosion-Resistant Steel from the People's Republic of China:
Administrative Review Questionnaire,'' dated February 11, 2020 (No
Shipment Questionnaires).
\16\ See Letter from HSG, ``Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the People's Republic of China-Response to Questionnaire,''
dated March 11, 2020.
\17\ See Letter from NSSVC, ``Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the People's Republic of China: NSSVC's Response to the
Department's Administrative Review Questionnaire,'' dated March 20,
2020; see also Letter from TDA, ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the People's Republic of China, Case No. C-570-027:
TDA Initial Questionnaire Response,'' dated March 20, 2020.
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On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
reviews by 50 days.\18\ On July 22, 2020, Commerce tolled statutory
deadlines for all preliminary and final results in administrative
reviews by an additional 60 days.\19\ As such, the current deadline for
the preliminary results in this administrative review is November 17,
2020.
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\18\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
\19\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
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On November 6, 2020, Commerce issued a memorandum notifying all
parties of its intent to rescind the 2018 CVD administrative review of
CORE from China.\20\ In the memorandum, Commerce concluded, based on
the results of the CBP Query and our examination of the questionnaire
responses submitted by NSSVC, HSG, and TDA, that the record does not
contain evidence of any reviewable entries of subject merchandise
during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.\21\ Commerce also
provided parties with an opportunity to comment. No party submitted
comments in response to the memorandum.
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\20\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the People's Republic of China: Intent to Rescind 2018
Administrative Review,'' dated November 6, 2020.
\21\ Id. at 3-4.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order are certain flat-rolled steel
products, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant
metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-
based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished,
laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating. The products covered include coils
that have a width of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form of coil
(e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating,
etc.). The products covered also include products not in coils (e.g.,
in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that
is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the
thickness. The products covered also include products not in coils
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a
width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness. The
products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or other
shape and include products of either rectangular or non-rectangular
cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the
rolling process, i.e., products which have been ``worked after
rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or rounded at the
edges). For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced
above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this order are products in
which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity,
by weight, respectively indicated:
2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope
regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as Start Printed Page
48391interstitial-free (IF)) steels and high strength low alloy (HSLA)
steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon steels with micro-
alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/or niobium added to
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized as
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium, copper,
niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum.
Furthermore, this scope also includes Advanced High Strength Steels
(AHSS) and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS), both of which are
considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant steel that
has been further processed in a third country, including but not
limited to annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming,
cutting, punching and/or slitting or any other processing that would
not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the order if
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope corrosion
resistant steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the scope of this order unless
specifically excluded. The following products are outside of and/or
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
Flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne
plate''), or both chromium and chromium oxides (``tin free steel''),
whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other non-
metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating;
Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more in
composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at
least twice the thickness; and
Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are
three-layered corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel products less than
4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-rolled steel
product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
The products subject to the order are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item
numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030,
7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, and 7212.60.0000.
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The products subject to the order may also enter under the
following HTSUS item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000,
7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that
requested the review withdraw their request within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review.
All review requests were withdrawn for the following eight companies
included in the initiation notice: China Steel Sumikin Vietnam, Dai
Thien Loc Corp., Hoa Phat Steel Pipe, Maruichi Sun Steel, Nam Kim
Steel, NS Bluescope, Southern Steel Sheet Co., and Vina One. Therefore,
we are rescinding the administrative review for these eight companies
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or only with respect to a particular
exporter or producer, if Commerce concludes that there were no
reviewable entries of the subject merchandise during the POR. Based on
an examination of the record, Commerce has concluded there were no
reviewable entries, exports or sales of subject merchandise during the
POR of merchandise imported from NSSVC, HSG, and TDA. Therefore, we are
rescinding the administrative review for these three companies in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
Assessment Rates
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries. Because Commerce is rescinding this review in its
entirety, the entries to which this administrative review pertained
shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated
countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the publication of this notice.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of
the APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation, which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19
CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: November 16, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-26087 Filed 11-24-20; 8:45 am]
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