Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia TPA), 42787-42788 [2021-16323]
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751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 30, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Comparisons to Normal Value
V. Date of Sale
VI. Export Price and Constructed Export
Price
VII. Normal Value
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Interim Procedures for
Considering Requests Under the
Commercial Availability Provision of
the United States-Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia
TPA)
International Trade
Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before October 4, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Ms. Laurie Mease, International Trade
Specialist, International Trade
Administration, Office of Textiles and
Apparel (OTEXA), by email to OTEXA_
Colombia@trade.gov, or
PRAcomments@doc.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0625–
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comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Ms.
Laurie Mease, International Trade
Specialist, International Trade
Administration, Office of Textiles and
Apparel (OTEXA), (202) 482–2043 or by
email to Laurie.Mease@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Title II, Section 203(o) of the United
States-Colombia Trade Promotion
Agreement Implementation Act (the
‘‘Act’’) [Pub. L. 112–42] implements the
commercial availability provision
provided for in Article 3.3 of the United
States-Colombia Trade Promotion
Agreement (the ‘‘Agreement’’). The
Agreement entered into force on May
15, 2012. Subject to the rules of origin
in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement,
pursuant to the textile provisions of the
Agreement, fabric, yarn, and fiber
produced in Colombia or the United
States and traded between the two
countries are entitled to duty-free tariff
treatment. Annex 3–B of the Agreement
also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and
fibers that the two countries agreed are
not available in commercial quantities
in a timely manner from producers in
Colombia or the United States. The
fabrics listed are commercially
unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers,
which are also entitled to duty-free
treatment despite not being produced in
Colombia or the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable
fabrics, yarns, and fibers may be
changed pursuant to the commercial
availability provision in Chapter 3,
Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5–7 of the
Agreement. Under this provision,
interested entities from Colombia or the
United States have the right to request
that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber be
added to, or removed from, the list of
commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns,
and fibers in Annex 3–B of the
Agreement.
Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of
the Agreement requires that the
President ‘‘promptly’’ publish
procedures for parties to exercise the
right to make these requests. Section
203(o)(4) of the Act authorizes the
President to establish procedures to
modify the list of fabrics, yarns, or fibers
not available in commercial quantities
in a timely manner in either the United
States or Colombia as set out in Annex
3–B of the Agreement. The President
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delegated the responsibility for
publishing the procedures and
administering commercial availability
requests to the Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(‘‘CITA’’), which issues procedures and
acts on requests through the U.S.
Department of Commerce, Office of
Textiles and Apparel (‘‘OTEXA’’) (See
Proclamation No. 8818, 77 FR 29519,
May 18, 2012).
The intent of the U.S.-Colombia TPA
Commercial Availability Procedures is
to foster the use of U.S. and regional
products by implementing procedures
that allow products to be placed on or
removed from a product list, on a timely
basis, and in a manner that is consistent
with normal business practice. The
procedures are intended to facilitate the
transmission of requests; allow the
market to indicate the availability of the
supply of products that are the subject
of requests; make available promptly, to
interested entities and the public,
information regarding the requests for
products and offers received for those
products; ensure wide participation by
interested entities and parties; allow for
careful review and consideration of
information provided to substantiate
requests, responses and rebuttals; and
provide timely public dissemination of
information used by CITA in making
commercial availability determinations.
CITA must collect certain information
about fabric, yarn, or fiber technical
specifications and the production
capabilities of Colombian and U.S.
textile producers to determine whether
certain fabrics, yarns, or fibers are
available in commercial quantities in a
timely manner in the United States or
Colombia, subject to Section 203(o) of
the Act.
II. Method of Collection
Participants in a commercial
availability proceeding must submit
public versions of their Requests,
Responses or Rebuttals electronically
(via email) for posting on OTEXA’s
website. Confidential versions of those
submissions which contain business
confidential information must be
delivered in hard copy to the Office of
Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) at the
U.S. Department of Commerce.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625–0272.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16.
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Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours
per Request, 2 hours per Response, and
1 hour per Rebuttal.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 89.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $5,340.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title II, Section
203(o) of the United States-Colombia
Trade Promotion Agreement
Implementation Act (Pub. L. 112–42).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–580–888]
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-toLength Plate From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review, and Intent To Rescind Review,
in Part; 2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that POSCO and certain other
producers/exporters of certain carbon
and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL
plate) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea) received de minimis net
countervailable subsidies during the
January 1, 2019, through December 31,
2019, period of review (POR). Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 5, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Ayache or Faris Montgomery,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2623
and (202) 482–1537, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On July 10, 2020, Commerce
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on CTL
plate from Korea.1 On July 21, 2020,
Commerce tolled all preliminary and
final results deadlines in administrative
reviews by 60 days.2 On March 8, 2021,
Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results of this review to no
later than July 30, 2021.3
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR
41540 (July 10, 2020).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2019,’’ dated March 8,
2021.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2019: Certain Carbon and
Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Republic
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discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included at Appendix
I. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is CTL plate. For a complete description
of the scope of the order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(l)(A)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). For each of the subsidy
programs found countervailable, we
preliminarily determine that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a government-provided
financial contribution that gives rise to
a benefit to the recipient, and that the
subsidy is specific.5 For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Intent To Rescind Administrative
Review, in Part
On August 6, 2020, Hyundai Steel
Company timely submitted a no
shipment certification.6 Because there is
no evidence on the record to indicate
that Hyundai Steel Company had
entries, exports, or sales of subject
merchandise to the United States during
the POR, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) did not provide
Commerce with any contradictory
information, we intend to rescind the
review with respect to Hyundai Steel
Company in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
Companies Not Selected for Individual
Review
The statute and Commerce’s
regulations do not directly address the
CVD rates to be applied to companies
not selected for individual examination
where Commerce limits its examination
in an administrative review pursuant to
of Korea,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
5 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
6 See Hyundai Steel Company’s Letter, ‘‘Notice of
No Sales,’’ dated August 6, 2020.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the
Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia TPA)
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before October 4, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Ms. Laurie Mease, International Trade Specialist, International Trade
Administration, Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), by email to
[email protected], or [email protected]. Please reference OMB
Control Number 0625-0272 in the subject line of your comments. Do not
submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Ms. Laurie Mease, International Trade Specialist, International
Trade Administration, Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), (202)
482-2043 or by email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Title II, Section 203(o) of the United States-Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') [Pub. L. 112-42]
implements the commercial availability provision provided for in
Article 3.3 of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
(the ``Agreement''). The Agreement entered into force on May 15, 2012.
Subject to the rules of origin in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement, pursuant
to the textile provisions of the Agreement, fabric, yarn, and fiber
produced in Colombia or the United States and traded between the two
countries are entitled to duty-free tariff treatment. Annex 3-B of the
Agreement also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and fibers that the two
countries agreed are not available in commercial quantities in a timely
manner from producers in Colombia or the United States. The fabrics
listed are commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers, which
are also entitled to duty-free treatment despite not being produced in
Colombia or the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers may
be changed pursuant to the commercial availability provision in Chapter
3, Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5-7 of the Agreement. Under this provision,
interested entities from Colombia or the United States have the right
to request that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber be added to, or
removed from, the list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and
fibers in Annex 3-B of the Agreement.
Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of the Agreement requires that
the President ``promptly'' publish procedures for parties to exercise
the right to make these requests. Section 203(o)(4) of the Act
authorizes the President to establish procedures to modify the list of
fabrics, yarns, or fibers not available in commercial quantities in a
timely manner in either the United States or Colombia as set out in
Annex 3-B of the Agreement. The President delegated the responsibility
for publishing the procedures and administering commercial availability
requests to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
(``CITA''), which issues procedures and acts on requests through the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel (``OTEXA'')
(See Proclamation No. 8818, 77 FR 29519, May 18, 2012).
The intent of the U.S.-Colombia TPA Commercial Availability
Procedures is to foster the use of U.S. and regional products by
implementing procedures that allow products to be placed on or removed
from a product list, on a timely basis, and in a manner that is
consistent with normal business practice. The procedures are intended
to facilitate the transmission of requests; allow the market to
indicate the availability of the supply of products that are the
subject of requests; make available promptly, to interested entities
and the public, information regarding the requests for products and
offers received for those products; ensure wide participation by
interested entities and parties; allow for careful review and
consideration of information provided to substantiate requests,
responses and rebuttals; and provide timely public dissemination of
information used by CITA in making commercial availability
determinations.
CITA must collect certain information about fabric, yarn, or fiber
technical specifications and the production capabilities of Colombian
and U.S. textile producers to determine whether certain fabrics, yarns,
or fibers are available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in
the United States or Colombia, subject to Section 203(o) of the Act.
II. Method of Collection
Participants in a commercial availability proceeding must submit
public versions of their Requests, Responses or Rebuttals
electronically (via email) for posting on OTEXA's website. Confidential
versions of those submissions which contain business confidential
information must be delivered in hard copy to the Office of Textiles
and Apparel (OTEXA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625-0272.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 16.
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Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours per Request, 2 hours per
Response, and 1 hour per Rebuttal.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 89.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $5,340.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title II, Section 203(o) of the United States-
Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 112-42).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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