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Download as PDF 47714 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 149 / Thursday, August 4, 2022 / Notices and direct CBP to continue the suspension of liquidation of entries of products subject to the circumvention inquiries that were already subject to the suspension of liquidation under the Orders. Should Commerce issue preliminary or final circumvention determinations, Commerce will follow the suspension of liquidation rules under 19 CFR 351.226(l)(2)–(4). In accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(d) and section 781(b) of the Act, Commerce determines that the domestic interested parties’ requests for these circumvention inquiries satisfy the requirements of 19 CFR 351.226(c). Accordingly, Commerce is notifying all interested parties of the initiation of these circumvention inquiries to determine whether certain imports of CWP China, CWP Korea, pipe and tube India, pipe and tube Taiwan, CWP Taiwan, LWRPT China, LWRPT Korea, and LWR tubing Taiwan, completed in and exported from Vietnam using HRS inputs manufactured respectively in China, Korea, India, or Taiwan, are circumventing the Orders. In addition, we have included a description of the products that are the subject of these inquiries, and an explanation of the reasons for Commerce’s decision to initiate these inquiries as provided above and in the accompanying Circumvention Initiation Memoranda.14 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.226(e)(2), Commerce intends to issue its final circumvention determination within 300 days from the date of publication of the notice of initiation of a circumvention inquiry in the Federal Register. This notice is published in accordance with section 781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.226(d)(1)(ii). Dated: July 28, 2022. Lisa W. Wang, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in the Circumvention Initiation Memoranda I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order IV. Merchandise Subject to the Circumvention Inquiry V. Statutory and Regulatory Framework for Circumvention Inquiry VI. Statutory Analysis for the Circumvention Inquiry VII. Comments Opposing the Initiation of Circumvention Initiation Memoranda. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 03, 2022 Jkt 256001 [FR Doc. 2022–16715 Filed 8–3–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–026] Notification to Interested Parties 14 See Circumvention Inquiry 15 VIII. Country-Wide Circumvention Inquiry IX. Recommendation Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020– 2021 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Metalco S.A. (Metalco), the sole company subject to this administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the People’s Republic of China (China), is part of the China-wide entity because it did not file a separate rate application (SRA). The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable August 4, 2022. 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: Background On July 25, 2016, Commerce published the AD order on CORE from China in the Federal Register.1 On July 1, 2021, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an 15 As Commerce did not receive comments with regard to the LWRPT allegations, this section is not present in those initiation memoranda. 1 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 2016) (Order). The Order was subsequently modified to correct unintended errors regarding the estimated weighted-average dumping margins for China and the date that the extended period of provisional measures expired. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan; Notice of Correction to the Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 58475 (August 25, 2016) (Corrected Order). PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 administrative review of the Order covering the POR.2 On September 7, 2021, in response to a timely request from California Steel Industries, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel Corporation (collectively, Domestic Interested Parties),3 Commerce initiated an administrative review of the Order with respect to Metalco.4 On September 24, 2021, we placed on the record U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry data under administrative protective order (APO) for all interested parties having APO access.5 The deadline for Metalco to submit a no-shipment certification or SRA 6 was October 7, 2021.7 Metalco did not submit a no-shipment certification or an SRA. Scope of the Order The products covered by this order are certain flat-rolled steel products, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickelor iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished, laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating. The products covered include coils that have a width of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and 2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 86 FR 35065 (July 1, 2021). 3 See Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China: Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,’’ dated July 30, 2021. 4 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 50034 (September 7, 2021) (Initiation Notice). 5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic of China, 2020–2021: Release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Data,’’ dated September 24, 2021. 6 Metalco currently does not have a separate rate with respect to this AD order, and, therefore, was not eligible to file a separate rate certification. 7 See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 50034 (‘‘If a producer or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no exports, sales, or entries during the period of review (POR), it must notify Commerce within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. . . . Separate Rate Applications are due to Commerce no later than 30 calendar days after publication of this Federal Register notice.’’). Thirty calendar days after the Initiation Notice published in the Federal Register was October 7, 2021. E:\FR\FM\04AUN1.SGM 04AUN1 jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 149 / Thursday, August 4, 2022 / Notices that measures at least 10 times the thickness. The products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness. The products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or other shape and include products of either rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been ‘‘worked after rolling’’ (e.g., products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced above: (1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions set forth above, and (2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product (e.g., the thickness of certain products with nonrectangular cross-section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape, etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies. Steel products included in the scope of this order are products in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated: 2.50 percent of manganese, or 3.30 percent of silicon, or 1.50 percent of copper, or 1.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 2.00 percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or 0.30 percent of vanadium, or 0.30 percent of zirconium Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope regardless of levels of boron and titanium. For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 03, 2022 Jkt 256001 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 nonmetallic substances in addition to the metallic coating; Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more in composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness; and Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-layered corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel products less than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-rolled steel product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20 percent-60 percent-20 percent 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. PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47715 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. Methodology Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213. Preliminary Results of Review Metalco, the sole company subject to this administrative review, did not file a no-shipment certification or an SRA. Thus, Commerce preliminarily determines that Metalco has not demonstrated its eligibility for separate rate status. As such, Commerce also preliminarily determines that Metalco is part of the China-wide entity. In addition, Commerce no longer considers the non-market economy (NME) entity as an exporter conditionally subject to an AD administrative review.8 Accordingly, the NME entity will not be under review unless Commerce specifically receives a request for, or self-initiates, a review of the NME entity. In this administrative review, no party requested a review of the China-wide entity and we have not self-initiated a review of the China-wide entity. Because no review of the Chinawide entity is being conducted, the China-wide entity’s entries are not subject to this review, and the rate applicable to the NME entity is not subject to change as a result of this review. The China-wide entity rate is 199.43 percent.9 Public Comment Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results and may submit case briefs and/or written comments, filed electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s 8 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Non-Market Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65970 (November 4, 2013). 9 See Order, unchanged in Corrected Order. E:\FR\FM\04AUN1.SGM 04AUN1 47716 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 149 / Thursday, August 4, 2022 / Notices Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), within 30 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of review.10 ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, must be filed within seven days after the time limit for filing case briefs.11 Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit with each argument a statement of the issue, a brief summary of the argument, and a table of authorities.12 Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days of the publication of this notice.13 Requests should contain: (1) the party’s name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held.14 Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis of all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless extended, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Assessment Rates Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce will determine, and CBP will assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.15 We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries of subject merchandise exported by Metalco at the China-wide entity rate of 199.43 percent.16 Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no 10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii). 19 CFR 351.309(d)1) and (2). Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information until further notice. See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 12 See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). 13 See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 14 See 19 CFR 310(d). 15 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 16 For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011). jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES 11 See VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:25 Aug 03, 2022 Jkt 256001 earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication). Cash Deposit Requirements Notification to Importers This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 double antidumping duties. Notification to Interested Parties Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [FR Doc. 2022–16727 Filed 8–3–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–580–878] The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the final results of this administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters who are not under review in this segment of the proceeding but who have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the Chinawide rate of 199.43 percent; and (3) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter(s) that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. PO 00000 Dated: July 27, 2022. Lisa W. Wang, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020– 2021 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain corrosionresistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review of July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. DATES: Applicable August 4, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or William Horn, 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) 482–3640 or (202) 482–4868, respectively. AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On July 25, 2016, Commerce published the antidumping duty (AD) order on CORE from Korea.1 Commerce initiated this administrative review on September 7, 2021.2 This review covers eight companies,3 of which we selected 1 See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 2016) (Order); and Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Notice of Correction to the Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 58475 (August 25, 2016). 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 50034, 50040 (September 7, 2021). 3 The eight companies are: Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd., Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd., KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. (formerly Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.), Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk), Hyundai Steel Company (Hyundai), POSCO, POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Ltd., and POSCO International Corporation (formerly, POSCO Daewoo Corporation). E:\FR\FM\04AUN1.SGM 04AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-026]


Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2020-2021

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that Metalco S.A. (Metalco), the sole company subject to 
this administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the People's Republic of 
China (China), is part of the China-wide entity because it did not file 
a separate rate application (SRA). The period of review (POR) is July 
1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. We invite interested parties to comment 
on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable August 4, 2022.

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 July 25, 2016, Commerce published the AD order on CORE from 
China in the Federal Register.\1\ On July 1, 2021, Commerce published a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order 
covering the POR.\2\ On September 7, 2021, in response to a timely 
request from California Steel Industries, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor 
Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel Corporation 
(collectively, Domestic Interested Parties),\3\ Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the Order with respect to Metalco.\4\
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    \1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, 
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and 
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 
2016) (Order). The Order was subsequently modified to correct 
unintended errors regarding the estimated weighted-average dumping 
margins for China and the date that the extended period of 
provisional measures expired. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 
Products from India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the 
Republic of Korea, and Taiwan; Notice of Correction to the 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 58475 (August 25, 2016) (Corrected 
Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 86 FR 35065 (July 1, 2021).
    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from the People's Republic of China: 
Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated 
July 30, 2021.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 50034 (September 7, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice).
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    On September 24, 2021, we placed on the record U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) entry data under administrative protective 
order (APO) for all interested parties having APO access.\5\ The 
deadline for Metalco to submit a no-shipment certification or SRA \6\ 
was October 7, 2021.\7\ Metalco did not submit a no-shipment 
certification or an SRA.
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the People's 
Republic of China, 2020-2021: Release of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) Data,'' dated September 24, 2021.
    \6\ Metalco currently does not have a separate rate with respect 
to this AD order, and, therefore, was not eligible to file a 
separate rate certification.
    \7\ See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 50034 (``If a producer or 
exporter named in this notice of initiation had no exports, sales, 
or entries during the period of review (POR), it must notify 
Commerce within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. . . . Separate Rate Applications are due to Commerce no 
later than 30 calendar days after publication of this Federal 
Register notice.''). Thirty calendar days after the Initiation 
Notice published in the Federal Register was October 7, 2021.
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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

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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;
    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 percent-60 percent-20 
percent 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.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.213.

Preliminary Results of Review

    Metalco, the sole company subject to this administrative review, 
did not file a no-shipment certification or an SRA. Thus, Commerce 
preliminarily determines that Metalco has not demonstrated its 
eligibility for separate rate status. As such, Commerce also 
preliminarily determines that Metalco is part of the China-wide entity.
    In addition, Commerce no longer considers the non-market economy 
(NME) entity as an exporter conditionally subject to an AD 
administrative review.\8\ Accordingly, the NME entity will not be under 
review unless Commerce specifically receives a request for, or self-
initiates, a review of the NME entity. In this administrative review, 
no party requested a review of the China-wide entity and we have not 
self-initiated a review of the China-wide entity. Because no review of 
the China-wide entity is being conducted, the China-wide entity's 
entries are not subject to this review, and the rate applicable to the 
NME entity is not subject to change as a result of this review. The 
China-wide entity rate is 199.43 percent.\9\
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Non-Market Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 65970 (November 4, 
2013).
    \9\ See Order, unchanged in Corrected Order.
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Public Comment

    Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results and may submit case briefs and/or written comments, filed 
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's

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Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS), within 30 days after the date of publication of these 
preliminary results of review.\10\ ACCESS is available to registered 
users at https://access.trade.gov. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 
raised in the case briefs, must be filed within seven days after the 
time limit for filing case briefs.\11\ Parties who submit case or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit with each 
argument a statement of the issue, a brief summary of the argument, and 
a table of authorities.\12\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)1) and (2). Commerce has temporarily 
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents 
containing business proprietary information until further notice. 
See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 
COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 
2020).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate 
if one is requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance within 30 days of the 
publication of this notice.\13\ Requests should contain: (1) the 
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised 
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case 
and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will 
be notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held.\14\ 
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, which will include the results of our analysis of all issues 
raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless extended, pursuant 
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce will 
determine, and CBP will assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review.\15\ We intend to instruct CBP to 
liquidate entries of subject merchandise exported by Metalco at the 
China-wide entity rate of 199.43 percent.\16\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \16\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-
Chinese exporters who are not under review in this segment of the 
proceeding but who have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the exporter-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have 
not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate 
will be the China-wide rate of 199.43 percent; and (3) for all non-
Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their 
own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the 
Chinese exporter(s) that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: July 27, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-16727 Filed 8-3-22; 8:45 am]
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