Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 751-753 [2022-00019]
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7208.37.0060, 7208.38.0015,
7208.38.0030, 7208.38.0090,
7208.39.0015, 7208.39.0030,
7208.39.0090, 7208.40.6030,
7208.40.6060, 7208.53.0000,
7208.54.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7211.14.0030,
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7225.99.0090, 7226.11.1000,
7226.11.9030, 7226.11.9060,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.91.5000, 7226.91.7000, and
7226.91.8000. Subject merchandise may
also enter under subheadings
7210.90.9000, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7214.91.0015,
7214.91.0060, 7214.91.0090,
7214.99.0060, 7214.99.0075,
7214.99.0090, 7215.90.5000,
7226.99.0180, and 7228.60.6000. The
HTSUS statistical categories and
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes
only. The written description of the
scope of the Order is dispositive.8
Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues
raised in this sunset review, including
the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of subsidization in the event
of revocation of the Order and the
countervailable subsidy rates likely to
prevail if the Order were to be revoked,
is provided in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. 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://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and
752(b) of the Act, we determine that
revocation of the Order would be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies at the
following net countervailable subsidy
rates:
Net
countervailable
subsidy rate
(percent)
Exporters or manufacturers
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CNS) .......................................................................................................................................
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas) .................................................................................................................
All Others .......................................................................................................................................................................................
Administrative Protective Order
This notice 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, which continues
to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the
proceeding. 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
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Commerce is issuing and publishing
these final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218.
8 For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the First
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Dated: December 29, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates
Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidies
VII. Final Results of the Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–602–809, A–351–845, A–588–874, A–580–
883, A–421–813, A–489–826, A–412–825]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From Australia, Brazil, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, the Netherlands,
the Republic of Turkey, and the United
Kingdom: Final Results of the
Expedited Sunset Reviews of the
Antidumping Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited
sunset reviews, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the antidumping duty
(AD) orders on certain hot-rolled steel
flat products (hot-rolled steel) from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of
Korea (Korea), the Netherlands, the
Republic of Turkey (Turkey), and the
United Kingdom would be likely to lead
to continuation or recurrence of
dumping as indicated in the ‘‘Final
Results of Sunset Review’’ section of
this notice.
DATES: Applicable January 6, 2022.
AGENCY:
dated concurrently with, and herby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Zachary Le Vene, 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) 482–0056.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
TKELLEY on DSK125TN23PROD with NOTICE
Background
On September 1, 2021, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of the
sunset reviews of the AD orders on hotrolled steel from Australia, Brazil,
Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey,
and the United Kingdom 1 pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act).2 In accordance
with 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) and (ii),
Commerce received notices of intent to
participate in these sunset reviews from
California Steel Industries, Steel
Dynamics, Inc., Nucor Corporation,
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., and United States
Steel Corporation (domestic interested
parties) within 15 days after the date of
publication of the Initiation Notice.3 On
1 See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the
United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the
Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 (October 3,
2016), as amended, Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from Turkey: Notice of Court Decision Not
in Harmony with the Amended Final Determination
in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation; Notice of
Amended Final Determination, Amended
Antidumping Duty Order, Notice of Revocation of
Antidumping Duty Order in Part; and
Discontinuation of the 2017–18 and 2018–19
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, in Part,
85 FR 29399 (May 15, 2020) (AD Orders).
2 See Initiation Notice of Five-Year (Sunset)
Reviews, 86 FR 48983 (September 1, 2021)
(Initiation Notice).
3 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘FiveYear (‘‘Sunset’’) Review Of Antidumping Duty
Order On Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from Australia: Notice of Intent to Participate in
Sunset Review,’’ dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘FiveYear (‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia: Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated
September 16, 2021; ‘‘Notice of Intent to Participate
in the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia,’’ dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘Notice of
Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Australia’’ as amended to
include SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated
September 16, 2021 and amended September 20,
2021; ‘‘Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review,’’ dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year
(‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order on
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil:
Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’
dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’)
Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from Brazil: Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated
September 16, 2021; ‘‘Notice of Intent to participate
in the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping
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Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Brazil’’ as amended to include SSAB Enterprises
LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021 and
amended September 20, 2021; ‘‘Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Brazil: Notice of Intent to
Participate in Sunset Review,’’ dated September 16,
2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping
Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from Japan: Notice of Intent to Participate
in Sunset Review,’’ dated September 16, 2021;
‘‘Notice of Intent to Participate in the First FiveYear Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan’’ as
amended to include SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB),
dated September 16, 2021 and amended September
20, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Japan: Notice of Intent to
Participate,’’ dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘HotRolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: Notice of
Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’ dated
September 16, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review
of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea:
Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’
dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’)
Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to
Participate,’’ dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘Notice of
Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Korea’’ as amended to include
SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated September 16,
2021 and amended September 20, 2021; ‘‘HotRolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of
Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review,’’ dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year
(‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order on
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Netherlands: Notice of Intent to Participate in
Sunset Review,’’ dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘FiveYear (‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order
on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Netherlands: Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated
September 16, 2021; ‘‘Notice of Intent to Participate
in the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
the Netherlands’’ as amended to include SSAB
Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021
and amended September 20, 2021; ‘‘Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands: Notice of
Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’ dated
September 16, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review
of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Turkey:
Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’
dated September 16, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’)
Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain HotRolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of
Turkey: Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated
September 16, 2021; ‘‘Notice of Intent to Participate
in the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Turkey’’ as amended to include SSAB Enterprises
LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021 and
amended September 20, 2021; ‘‘Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Turkey: Notice of Intent to
Participate in Sunset Review,’’ dated September 16,
2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of Antidumping
Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the United Kingdom: Notice of Intent
to Participate in Sunset Review,’’ dated September
16, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the United Kingdom:
Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated September
16, 2021; ‘‘Notice of Intent to Participate in the First
Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty order
on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the United
Kingdom’’ as amended to include SSAB Enterprises
LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021 and
amended September 20, 2021; ‘‘Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from the United Kingdom: Notice of
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September 20, 2021, Commerce received
a request to amend received notices to
include SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB)
in the reviews.4 The domestic interested
parties claimed interested party status
under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as
domestic producers of hot-rolled steel in
the United States.5
Commerce received adequate
substantive responses to the Initiation
Notice from the domestic interested
parties within the 30-day period
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).6
Commerce received no substantive
responses from any respondent
interested parties.
On October 21, 2021, Commerce
notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission that it did not receive an
adequate substantive response from
respondent interested parties.7 As a
Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’ dated
September 16, 2021 (collectively, Notices of Intent
to Participate).
4 See Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘Amendment to
Notice of Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on HotRolled Steel Flat Products from Australia’’;
‘‘Amendment to Notice of Intent to Participate in
the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Brazil’’; ‘‘Amendment to notice of Intent to
Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from Japan’’; ‘‘Amendment to Notice of
Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review
of the Antidumping Duty order on Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Korea’’; ‘‘Amendment to Notice
of Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review
of the Antidumping Duty order on Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from the Netherlands’’; ‘‘Amendment
to Notice of Intent to Participate in the First Fiveyear Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on
Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Turkey’’;
‘‘Amendment to Notice of Intent to Participate in
the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
the United Kingdom,’’ each dated September 20,
2021.
5 Note that some domestic interested parties are
not participating in every review. See countryspecific substantive responses for a specific list of
the domestic interested parties participating in each
county review.
6 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letters, ‘‘HotRolled Steel Flat Products from Australia:
Substantive Response of the Domestic Interested
Parties to Commerce’s Notice of Initiation of FiveYear (‘Sunset’) Reviews,’’ dated September 30,
2021; ‘‘Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan:
Substantive Response of the Domestic Interested
Parties to Commerce’s Notice of Initiation of FiveYear (‘Sunset’) Reviews,’’ dated September 30,
2021; ‘‘First Five-years (‘‘Sunset’’) Review of the
Antidumping Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from Brazil: Domestic Industry’s
Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,’’ dated
September 30, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’’) Review
of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands: Domestic
Industry Substantive Response,’’ dated September
29, 2021; ‘‘Five-Year (‘Sunset’) Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the United Kingdom:
Domestic Industry Substantive Response,’’ dated
September 29, 2021 (collectively, Domestic
Interested Parties’ Substantive Responses).
7 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews
Initiated on September 1, 2021,’’ dated October 21,
2021.
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result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset reviews of the AD Orders.
Scope of the AD Orders
The merchandise subject to the AD
Orders is hot-rolled steel flat products.
A full description of the scope of the AD
Orders is contained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.8 The written
description is dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are
addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, including the likelihood
of continuation or recurrence of
dumping in the event of revocation and
the magnitude of dumping margins
likely to prevail if the orders were
revoked. Parties can find a complete
discussion of all issues raised in this
review and the corresponding
recommendations in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, which 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://access.trade.gov/
public/FRNotices/ListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(c)
of the Act, Commerce determines that
revocation of the AD Orders would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping and the
magnitude of the margins of dumping
likely to prevail would be weightedaverage margins up to the following
percentages:
Weightedaverage
margin
(percent)
Country
TKELLEY on DSK125TN23PROD with NOTICE
Australia ......................................
Brazil ...........................................
Japan ..........................................
Korea ..........................................
The Netherlands .........................
Turkey .........................................
United Kingdom ..........................
29.58
34.28
11.70
11.10
3.73
24.32
33.06
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Reviews of
the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain HotRolled Steel Flat Products from Australia, Brazil,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the
Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom,’’
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice serves as a 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). Timely written
notification of the destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c),
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: December 29, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset
Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
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National Institute of Standards and
Technology
National Voluntary Laboratory
Accreditation Program—Revisions to
the Personal Body Armor Laboratory
Accreditation Program
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Voluntary
Laboratory Accreditation Program
(NVLAP) announces approval of
revisions to its Personal Body Armor
Laboratory Accreditation Program (LAP)
for accreditation of laboratories
performing tests on ballistic- and stabresistant personal body armor. The
program has been renamed as the Law
Enforcement and Corrections
Equipment LAP to better reflect the
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types of testing being performed within
this accreditation program and to allow
for future expansion of the program for
testing of additional law enforcement
and corrections equipment.
DATES: Handbook 150–24, 2021 edition,
is applicable 30 days after publication
on the NVLAP website, https://
www.nist.gov/nvlap.
ADDRESSES: Laboratories may obtain a
copy of NIST Handbook 150–24,
NVLAP Law Enforcement and
Corrections Equipment, by visiting the
NVLAP website at https://www.nist.gov/
nvlap or by sending a request to NVLAP
by mail at NIST/NVLAP, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 2140, Gaithersburg, MD
20899–2140 or by email at nvlap@
nist.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy Rasinski, Program Manager,
NIST/NVLAP, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
2140, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–2140,
Phone: (301) 975–4016 or email:
timothy.rasinski@nist.gov. Information
regarding NVLAP and the accreditation
process can be obtained from https://
www.nist.gov/nvlap.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) administers NVLAP
under regulations found in 15 CFR part
285. NVLAP provides an unbiased
third-party evaluation and recognition
of laboratory performance, as well as
expert technical assistance to upgrade
that performance, by accrediting
calibration and testing laboratories
found competent to perform specific
calibrations or tests. NVLAP is
comprised of a set of LAPs which are
established on the basis of requests and
demonstrated need. Each LAP includes
specific calibration and/or test
standards and related methods and
protocols assembled to satisfy the
unique needs for accreditation in the
field of calibration, field of testing,
product or service.
The NVLAP Personal Body Armor
LAP was established in 2006 at the
request of the U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ) National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Office of Science and Technology. The
LAP was developed to accredit
laboratories for body armor testing in
support of the NIJ Compliance Testing
Program (CTP). The LAP currently
encompasses accreditation for ballisticresistant body armor testing, stabresistant body armor testing, and
autoloading pistol testing.
The Chief of NVLAP may approve
modifications to a specific LAP when a
request to modify the LAP is received.
Modifications may include addition of
tests, types of tests or standards that are
directly relevant to the LAP. NVLAP
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-602-809, A-351-845, A-588-874, A-580- 883, A-421-813, A-489-826, A-
412-825]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Australia, Brazil,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey,
and the United Kingdom: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews
of the Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the Department
of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty
(AD) orders on certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled
steel) from Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea),
the Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), and the United
Kingdom would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping as indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section
of this notice.
DATES: Applicable January 6, 2022.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachary Le Vene, 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) 482-0056.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 1, 2021, Commerce published the notice of initiation
of the sunset reviews of the AD orders on hot-rolled steel from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the
United Kingdom \1\ pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ In accordance with 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i) and (ii), Commerce received notices of intent to
participate in these sunset reviews from California Steel Industries,
Steel Dynamics, Inc., Nucor Corporation, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., and
United States Steel Corporation (domestic interested parties) within 15
days after the date of publication of the Initiation Notice.\3\ On
September 20, 2021, Commerce received a request to amend received
notices to include SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB) in the reviews.\4\ The
domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under
section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as domestic producers of hot-rolled steel
in the United States.\5\
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\1\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia,
Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic
of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the Republic of Korea, and
the Republic of Turkey and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962
(October 3, 2016), as amended, Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from Turkey: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony with
the Amended Final Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination, Amended
Antidumping Duty Order, Notice of Revocation of Antidumping Duty
Order in Part; and Discontinuation of the 2017-18 and 2018-19
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, in Part, 85 FR 29399 (May
15, 2020) (AD Orders).
\2\ See Initiation Notice of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR
48983 (September 1, 2021) (Initiation Notice).
\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letters, ``Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review Of Antidumping Duty Order On Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Australia: Notice of Intent to Participate
in Sunset Review,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset')
Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from Australia: Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated
September 16, 2021; ``Notice of Intent to Participate in the First
Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Australia,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Notice
of Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia'' as amended to include SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated
September 16, 2021 and amended September 20, 2021; ``Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Australia: Notice of Intent to Participate
in Sunset Review,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset')
Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from Brazil: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Brazil: Notice of Intent to Participate,''
dated September 16, 2021; ``Notice of Intent to participate in the
First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Brazil'' as amended to include SSAB
Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021 and amended
September 20, 2021; ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil:
Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated September
16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: Notice of Intent
to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated September 16, 2021;
``Notice of Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Japan'' as amended to include SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated
September 16, 2021 and amended September 20, 2021; ``Five-Year
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Japan: Notice of Intent to Participate,''
dated September 16, 2021; ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Japan: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated
September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping
Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Notice of Intent to
Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Korea'' as amended to
include SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021 and
amended September 20, 2021; ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
the Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from the Netherlands: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from the Netherlands: Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated
September 16, 2021; ``Notice of Intent to Participate in the First
Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from the Netherlands'' as amended to include SSAB
Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021 and amended
September 20, 2021; ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Netherlands: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,''
dated September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from the Republic of Turkey: Notice of Intent to Participate in
Sunset Review,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset')
Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the Republic of Turkey: Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated September 16, 2021; ``Notice of Intent to
Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Turkey'' as amended to
include SSAB Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021 and
amended September 20, 2021; ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Turkey: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated
September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping
Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the United
Kingdom: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated
September 16, 2021; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping
Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the United
Kingdom: Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated September 16,
2021; ``Notice of Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year
Review of the Antidumping Duty order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the United Kingdom'' as amended to include SSAB
Enterprises LLC (SSAB), dated September 16, 2021 and amended
September 20, 2021; ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the United
Kingdom: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated
September 16, 2021 (collectively, Notices of Intent to Participate).
\4\ See Interested Parties' Letters, ``Amendment to Notice of
Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia''; ``Amendment to Notice of Intent to Participate in the
First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from Brazil''; ``Amendment to notice of Intent
to Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan''; ``Amendment to
Notice of Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review of the
Antidumping Duty order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Korea''; ``Amendment to Notice of Intent to Participate in the First
Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty order on Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from the Netherlands''; ``Amendment to Notice of
Intent to Participate in the First Five-year Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Turkey''; ``Amendment to Notice of Intent to Participate in the
First Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the United Kingdom,'' each dated September
20, 2021.
\5\ Note that some domestic interested parties are not
participating in every review. See country-specific substantive
responses for a specific list of the domestic interested parties
participating in each county review.
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Commerce received adequate substantive responses to the Initiation
Notice from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day period
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\6\ Commerce received no
substantive responses from any respondent interested parties.
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\6\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letters, ``Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Australia: Substantive Response of the Domestic
Interested Parties to Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year
(`Sunset') Reviews,'' dated September 30, 2021; ``Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Japan: Substantive Response of the Domestic
Interested Parties to Commerce's Notice of Initiation of Five-Year
(`Sunset') Reviews,'' dated September 30, 2021; ``First Five-years
(``Sunset'') Review of the Antidumping Order on Hot-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Brazil: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response
to Notice of Initiation,'' dated September 30, 2021; ``Five-Year
(`Sunset'') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the Netherlands: Domestic Industry
Substantive Response,'' dated September 29, 2021; ``Five-Year
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from the United Kingdom: Domestic Industry
Substantive Response,'' dated September 29, 2021 (collectively,
Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive Responses).
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On October 21, 2021, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive response
from respondent interested parties.\7\ As a
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result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset reviews of the AD Orders.
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\7\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on
September 1, 2021,'' dated October 21, 2021.
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Scope of the AD Orders
The merchandise subject to the AD Orders is hot-rolled steel flat
products. A full description of the scope of the AD Orders is contained
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\ The written description is
dispositive.
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain
Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the
United Kingdom,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation and the magnitude of
dumping margins likely to prevail if the orders were revoked. Parties
can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and
the corresponding recommendations in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, which 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://access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices/ListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(c) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the AD Orders would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins
of dumping likely to prevail would be weighted-average margins up to
the following percentages:
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Weighted-
average
Country margin
(percent)
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Australia................................................... 29.58
Brazil...................................................... 34.28
Japan....................................................... 11.70
Korea....................................................... 11.10
The Netherlands............................................. 3.73
Turkey...................................................... 24.32
United Kingdom.............................................. 33.06
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice serves as a 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). Timely written notification
of the destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and notice
in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: December 29, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
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