Reporting for Calendar Year 2021 on Offsets Agreements Related to Sales of Defense Articles or Defense Services to Foreign Countries or Foreign Firms, 17269-17270 [2022-06272]
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Andrew McGilvray,
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On November 23, 2021, Fluvitex USA,
Inc., submitted a notification of
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Groveport, Ohio.
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including Section 400.14, and further
subject to a restriction requiring all
foreign-status materials be admitted to
the zone in privileged foreign status (19
CFR 146.41) with the exception of
foreign-status polybags.
Dated: March 23, 2022.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Reporting for Calendar Year 2021 on
Offsets Agreements Related to Sales
of Defense Articles or Defense
Services to Foreign Countries or
Foreign Firms
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; annual reporting
requirements.
AGENCY:
This notice is to remind the
public that U.S. firms are required to
report annually to the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) information on
contracts for the sale of defense articles
or defense services to foreign countries
or foreign firms that are subject to
offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000
in value. U.S. firms are also required to
report annually to Commerce
information on offsets transactions
completed in performance of existing
offsets commitments for which offsets
credit of $250,000 or more has been
claimed from the foreign representative.
This year, such reports must include
relevant information from calendar year
2021 and must be submitted to
Commerce no later than June 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit reports in both hard
copy and electronically. Address the
hard copy to ‘‘Offsets Program Manager,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of
Strategic Industries and Economic
Security, Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS), Room 3876, Washington,
DC 20230.’’ Submit electronic copies to
OffsetReport@bis.doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emily Noel and Marina Youssef, Office
of Strategic Industries and Economic
Security, Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce,
telephone: 202–482–4506; email:
OffsetReport@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
Section 723(a)(1) of the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended
(DPA) (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2022)) requires
the President to submit an annual report
to Congress on the impact of offsets on
the U.S. defense industrial base. Section
723(a)(2) directs the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) to prepare the
President’s report and to develop and
administer the regulations necessary to
collect offsets data from U.S. defense
exporters.
The authorities of the Secretary
regarding offsets have been delegated to
the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Industry and Security. The regulations
associated with offsets reporting are set
forth in part 701 of title 15 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (Offsets
Regulations). Offsets are compensation
practices required as a condition of
purchase in either government-togovernment or commercial sales of
defense articles and/or defense services,
as defined by the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and the
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (22 CFR 120–130). Offsets
are also applicable to certain items
controlled on the Commerce Control list
(CCL) and with an Export Control
Classification Number (ECCN) including
the numeral ‘‘6’’ as its third character.
The CCL is found in supplement no. 1
to part 774 of the Export Administration
Regulations.
An example of an offset is as follows:
A company that is selling a fleet of
military aircraft to a foreign government
may agree to offset the cost of the
aircraft by providing training assistance
to plant managers in the purchasing
country. Although this distorts the true
price of the aircraft, the foreign
government may require this sort of
extra compensation as a condition of
awarding the contract to purchase the
aircraft. As described in the Offsets
Regulations, U.S. firms are required to
report information on contracts for the
sale of defense articles or defense
services to foreign countries or foreign
firms that are subject to offsets
agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in
value. U.S. firms are also required to
report annually information on offsets
transactions completed in performance
of existing offsets commitments for
which offsets credit of $250,000 or more
has been claimed from the foreign
representative.
Commerce’s annual report to Congress
includes an aggregated summary of the
data reported by industry in accordance
with the offsets regulation and the DPA
(50 U.S.C. 4568 (2022)). As provided by
section 723(c) of the DPA, BIS will not
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publicly disclose individual firm
information it receives through offsets
reporting unless the firm furnishing the
information specifically authorizes
public disclosure. The information
collected is sorted and organized into an
aggregate report of national offsets data,
and therefore does not identify
company-specific information.
To enable BIS to prepare the next
annual offset report reflecting calendar
year 2021 data, affected U.S. firms must
submit required information on offsets
agreements and offsets transactions from
calendar year 2022 to BIS no later than
June 15, 2022.
Thea D. Rozman Kendler,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–914]
Superabsorbent Polymers From the
Republic of Korea: Postponement of
Preliminary Determination in the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable March 28, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles DeFilippo or Elfi Blum, 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) 482–3979 or
(202) 482–0197, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On November 22, 2021, the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation of imports of certain
superabsorbent polymers (SAP) from
Korea.1 Currently, the preliminary
determination is due no later than April
11, 2022.
Postponement of Preliminary
Determination
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
Commerce to issue the preliminary
determination in an LTFV investigation
1 See
Certain Superabsorbent Polymers from the
Republic of Korea: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair
Value Investigation, 86 FR 67915 (November 30,
2021) (Initiation Notice).
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within 140 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation.
However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the
preliminary determination until no later
than 190 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation if:
(A) The petitioner 2 makes a timely
request for a postponement; or (B)
Commerce concludes that the parties
concerned are cooperating, that the
investigation is extraordinarily
complicated, and that additional time is
necessary to make a preliminary
determination. Under 19 CFR
351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a
request for postponement 25 days or
more before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determination and must
state the reasons for the request.
Commerce will grant the request unless
it finds compelling reasons to deny the
request.
On March 14, 2022, the petitioner
submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary
determination in the LTFV
investigation.3 The petitioner stated that
it requests postponement because it has
identified deficiencies in the
respondent’s questionnaire responses
that should be addressed in advance of
the preliminary determination, and so
Commerce can issue supplemental
questionnaires to the respondent and
develop the record regarding these
deficiencies.4
For the reasons stated above, and
because there are no compelling reasons
to deny the request, Commerce, in
accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of
the Act, is postponing the deadline for
the preliminary determination by 50
days (i.e., 190 days after the date on
which this investigation was initiated).
As a result, Commerce will issue its
preliminary determination no later than
May 31, 2022. In accordance with
section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final
determination of this investigation will
continue to be 75 days after the date of
the preliminary determination, unless
postponed at a later date.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
2 The petitioner is the Ad Hoc Coalition of
American SAP Producers.
3 See Petitioner‘s Letter, ‘‘Certain Superabsorbent
Polymers from the Republic of Korea—Petitioner’s
Request for Postponement of Preliminary
Determination,’’ dated March 14, 2022.
4 Id.
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Dated: March 22, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022–06402 Filed 3–25–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–580–837]
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality
Steel Plate From Korea: Notice of
Court Decision Not in Harmony With
the Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; Notice of
Amended Final Results
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 18, 2022, the U.S.
Court of International Trade (CIT)
issued its final judgment in Hyundai
Steel Company v. United States, Court
no. 21–00012, sustaining the
Department of Commerce (Commerce)’s
final remand results pertaining to the
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel
plate (CTL plate) from Korea covering
the period January 1, 2018, through
December 31, 2018. Commerce is
notifying the public that the CIT’s final
judgment is not in harmony with
Commerce’s final results of the
administrative review, and that
Commerce is amending the final results
with respect to the countervailable
subsidy rate assigned to Hyundai Steel
Company (Hyundai Steel).
DATES: Applicable March 28, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On December 28, 2020, Commerce
published its Final Results in the 2018
CVD administrative review of CTL plate
from Korea. Commerce determined that
a countervailable ad valorem subsidy
rate of 0.50 existed for Hyundai Steel
during the period of review.1
1 See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel
Plate from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
Calendar Year 2018, 85 FR 84296 (December 28,
2020) (Final Results).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Reporting for Calendar Year 2021 on Offsets Agreements Related to
Sales of Defense Articles or Defense Services to Foreign Countries or
Foreign Firms
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; annual reporting requirements.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to remind the public that U.S. firms are
required to report annually to the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
information on contracts for the sale of defense articles or defense
services to foreign countries or foreign firms that are subject to
offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S. firms are also
required to report annually to Commerce information on offsets
transactions completed in performance of existing offsets commitments
for which offsets credit of $250,000 or more has been claimed from the
foreign representative. This year, such reports must include relevant
information from calendar year 2021 and must be submitted to Commerce
no later than June 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit reports in both hard copy and electronically. Address
the hard copy to ``Offsets Program Manager, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau
of Industry and Security (BIS), Room 3876, Washington, DC 20230.''
Submit electronic copies to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Noel and Marina Youssef, Office
of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, telephone: 202-482-4506; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 723(a)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended
(DPA) (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2022)) requires the President to submit an
annual report to Congress on the impact of offsets on the U.S. defense
industrial base. Section 723(a)(2) directs the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) to prepare the President's report and to develop and
administer the regulations necessary to collect offsets data from U.S.
defense exporters.
The authorities of the Secretary regarding offsets have been
delegated to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security.
The regulations associated with offsets reporting are set forth in part
701 of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Offsets
Regulations). Offsets are compensation practices required as a
condition of purchase in either government-to-government or commercial
sales of defense articles and/or defense services, as defined by the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and the International Traffic
in Arms Regulations (22 CFR 120-130). Offsets are also applicable to
certain items controlled on the Commerce Control list (CCL) and with an
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) including the numeral ``6''
as its third character. The CCL is found in supplement no. 1 to part
774 of the Export Administration Regulations.
An example of an offset is as follows: A company that is selling a
fleet of military aircraft to a foreign government may agree to offset
the cost of the aircraft by providing training assistance to plant
managers in the purchasing country. Although this distorts the true
price of the aircraft, the foreign government may require this sort of
extra compensation as a condition of awarding the contract to purchase
the aircraft. As described in the Offsets Regulations, U.S. firms are
required to report information on contracts for the sale of defense
articles or defense services to foreign countries or foreign firms that
are subject to offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S.
firms are also required to report annually information on offsets
transactions completed in performance of existing offsets commitments
for which offsets credit of $250,000 or more has been claimed from the
foreign representative.
Commerce's annual report to Congress includes an aggregated summary
of the data reported by industry in accordance with the offsets
regulation and the DPA (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2022)). As provided by section
723(c) of the DPA, BIS will not
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publicly disclose individual firm information it receives through
offsets reporting unless the firm furnishing the information
specifically authorizes public disclosure. The information collected is
sorted and organized into an aggregate report of national offsets data,
and therefore does not identify company-specific information.
To enable BIS to prepare the next annual offset report reflecting
calendar year 2021 data, affected U.S. firms must submit required
information on offsets agreements and offsets transactions from
calendar year 2022 to BIS no later than June 15, 2022.
Thea D. Rozman Kendler,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-06272 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
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