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Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing this determination and
publishing these final results and notice
in accordance with sections 751(b)(1)
and 777(i)(1) and (2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.216(e), 351.221(b), and
351.221(c)(3).
Dated: March 22, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021–06297 Filed 3–25–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–026]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
From the People’s Republic of China:
Final Determination of No Shipments
in the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) continues to find 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 (subject merchandise) during the
period of review (POR) July 1, 2018,
through June 30, 2019.
DATES: Applicable March 26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gene H. Calvert, 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) 482–3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On November 25, 2020, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review in the
Federal Register.1 Commerce invited
parties to submit comments on the
Preliminary Results. No interested party
submitted comments concerning the
Preliminary Results or requested a
hearing in this administrative review.
1 See 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, 85 FR 75299 (November 25, 2020)
(Preliminary Results).
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Accordingly, the final results of this
administrative review remain
unchanged from the Preliminary
Results. The current deadline for these
final results is March 25, 2021.
Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Scope of the Order
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 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:
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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
interstitial-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;
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• 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.
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.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce
determined that NSSVC, HSG, and TDA
had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR.2 As
Commerce did not receive any
comments on its preliminary finding,
Commerce continues to find that
NSSVC, HSG, and TDA did not have
any shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR and intends to instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to liquidate any suspended
entries that entered under that
exporter’s case number (i.e., at that
exporter’s cash deposit rate) at the
China-wide entity rate, 199.43 percent.3
2 Id.
3 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694, 65695 (October 24, 2011); see also
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Determination of
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Commerce intends to issue appropriate
assessment instructions directly to CBP
no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this review period. Failure to
comply with this requirement could
result in Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protection Order
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return of
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 notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a) and
777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
Dated: March 22, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Both-Well (Taizhou) Steel Fittings
Co., Ltd., an exporter of forged steel
fittings from the People’s Republic of
China (China), did not sell subject
merchandise in the United States at
prices below normal value (NV) during
the period of review (POR) May 17,
2018, through October 31, 2019. We also
preliminarily find that Ningbo Zhongan
Forging Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Zhongan) is
not eligible for a separate rate and is,
therefore, part of the China-wide entity.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
This administrative review is being
conducted in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). On January 17, 2020,
Commerce published the notice of
initiation of this administrative review,
covering 26 companies.1 On February
13, 2020, Commerce selected as
mandatory respondents Both-Well
(Taizhou) Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. (BothWell) and Ningbo Zhongan Forging Co.,
Ltd. (Ningbo Zhongan), the two
companies accounting for the largest
volume of U.S. entries of subject
merchandise into the United States as
reported by U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP).2 On February 18,
2020, Commerce issued the non-market
economy (NME) antidumping duty (AD)
questionnaire to Both-Well and Ningbo
Zhongan. On March 4, 2020, Ningbo
Zhongan notified Commerce that it did
not intend to respond to the NME AD
questionnaire.3
International Trade Administration
[A–570–067]
Forged Steel Fittings From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Final
Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination,
in Part, 81 FR 35316 (June 2, 2016).
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1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR
3014 (January 17, 2020) (Initiation Notice). We note
that the Initiation Notice identifies 27 companies
initiated for review, but for purposes of respondent
selection, we considered two of the initiated
companies as the same company: Both-Well
(Taizhou) Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. and Both-Well
Taizhou Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. See Memorandum,
‘‘Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s Republic of
China: Selection of Respondents for Individual
Examination,’’ dated February 13, 2020
(Respondent Selection Memo).
2 See Respondent Selection Memo.
3 See Ningbo Zhongan’s Letter, ‘‘Ningbo Zhongan
Notice of No Intent to Respond to Questionnaire for
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s
Republic of China,’’ dated March 4, 2020.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-026]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's Republic of
China: Final Determination of No Shipments in the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018-2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find 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
(subject merchandise) during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2018,
through June 30, 2019.
DATES: Applicable March 26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, 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) 482-3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 25, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ Commerce invited
parties to submit comments on the Preliminary Results. No interested
party submitted comments concerning the Preliminary Results or
requested a hearing in this administrative review. Accordingly, the
final results of this administrative review remain unchanged from the
Preliminary Results. The current deadline for these final results is
March 25, 2021. Commerce conducted this review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See 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, 85 FR 75299 (November 25, 2020) (Preliminary Results).
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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 interstitial-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;
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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.
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.
Final Determination of No Shipments
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that NSSVC, HSG,
and TDA had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.\2\ As
Commerce did not receive any comments on its preliminary finding,
Commerce continues to find that NSSVC, HSG, and TDA did not have any
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR and intends to instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate any suspended
entries that entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that
exporter's cash deposit rate) at the China-wide entity rate, 199.43
percent.\3\ Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
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\2\ Id.
\3\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65695 (October 24, 2011); see
also Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the People's
Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination,
in Part, 81 FR 35316 (June 2, 2016).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protection Order
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return of 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 notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(a) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: March 22, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-06296 Filed 3-25-21; 8:45 am]
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