Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea: Continuation of Countervailing Duty Orders, 51056-51059 [2022-17919]
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and Taiwan.1 On January 3, 2022,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
Commerce published the initiation of
the fourth sunset reviews of the Orders
and the ITC instituted its review of the
Orders.2
As a result of its reviews, Commerce
determined, pursuant to sections
751(c)(1) and 752(c) of the Act, that
revocation of the Orders would likely
lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping. Commerce, therefore, notified
the ITC of the magnitude of the margins
of dumping rates likely to prevail
should these Orders be revoked.3
On August 12, 2022, the ITC
published its determination, pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act,
that revocation of the Orders would
likely lead to the continuation or
recurrence of material injury to an
industry in the United States within a
reasonably foreseeable time.4
Scope of the Orders
The product covered by the Orders is
certain polyester staple fiber (PSF). PSF
is defined as synthetic staple fibers, not
carded, combed or otherwise processed
for spinning, of polyesters measuring
3.3 decitex (3 denier, inclusive) or more
in diameter. This merchandise is cut to
lengths varying from one inch (25 mm)
to five inches (127 mm). The
merchandise subject to these Orders
may be coated, usually with a silicon or
other finish, or not coated. PSF is
generally used as stuffing in sleeping
bags, mattresses, ski jackets, comforters,
cushions, pillows, and furniture.
Merchandise of less than 3.3 decitex
(less than 3 denier) currently classifiable
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTSUS) at
subheading 5503.20.00.25 is specifically
excluded from these Orders. Also
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1 See
Notice of Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Polyester
Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea and
Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Polyester Staple
Fiber from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, 65
FR 33807 (May 25, 2000) (Orders); see also Certain
Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea: Notice of
Amended Final Determination and Amended Order
Pursuant to Final Court Decision, 68 FR 74552
(December 24, 2003).
2 See Initiation Notice of Five-Year (Sunset)
Reviews, 87 FR 76 (January 3, 2022); see also
Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea and Taiwan;
Institution of Five-Year Reviews, 87 FR 119 (January
3, 2022).
3 See Polyester Staple Fiber the Republic of Korea,
and Taiwan: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 87 FR
27567 (May 9, 2022), and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
4 See Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from South
Korea and Taiwan, 87 FR 49886 (August 12, 2022);
see also Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from South
Korea and Taiwan, Investigation Nos. 731–TA–825–
826 (Fourth Review), USITC Pub. 5341 (August
2022).
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specifically excluded from these Orders
are polyester staple fibers of 10 to 18
denier that are cut to lengths of 6 to 8
inches (fibers used in the manufacture
of carpeting). In addition, low-melt PSF
is excluded from these Orders. Lowmelt PSF is defined as a bi-component
polyester fiber having a polyester fiber
component that melts at a lower
temperature than the other polyester
fiber component.
The merchandise subject to these
Orders is currently classifiable in the
HTSUS at subheadings 5503.20.00.45
and 5503.20.00.65. Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
under the Orders is dispositive.
Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determinations by
Commerce and the ITC that revocation
of the Orders would likely lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and material injury to an industry in the
United States, pursuant to section
751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the
continuation of the Orders. The U.S.
Customs and Border Protection will
continue to collect AD cash deposits at
the rates in effect at the time of entry for
all imports of subject merchandise.
The effective date of the continuation
of the Orders will be the date of
publication in the Federal Register of
this notice of continuation. Pursuant to
section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to
initiate the next five-year (sunset)
reviews of the Orders not later than 30
days prior to the fifth anniversary of the
effective date of continuation.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an APO of
their responsibility concerning the
return, destruction, or conversion to
judicial protective order of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3).
Failure to comply is a violation of the
APO which may be subject to sanctions.
Notification to Interested Parties
These five-year sunset reviews and
this notice are in accordance with
section 751(c) of the Act and published
pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: August 15, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–030; C–580–882]
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
From the People’s Republic of China
and the Republic of Korea:
Continuation of Countervailing Duty
Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the
determinations by the U.S. Department
of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the countervailing
duty (CVD) orders on certain cold-rolled
steel flat products (cold-rolled steel or
CRS) from the People’s Republic of
China (China) and the Republic of Korea
(Korea) would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of net
countervailable subsidies and material
injury to an industry in the United
States, Commerce is publishing a notice
of continuation of the CVD orders.
DATES: Applicable August 19, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tyler Weinhold or Harrison Tanchuck,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VI,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1221 or
(202) 482–7421, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On July 14 and September 20, 2016,
Commerce published in the Federal
Register the CVD orders on cold-rolled
steel from China and Korea,
respectively.1 On June 1, 2021,
Commerce published a notice of
initiation of the first sunset review of
the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(2)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).2 Commerce conducted
expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of
the Orders, pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
As a result of these reviews, pursuant
to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c) of the
1 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Order, 81FR 45960 (July 14, 2016) (CRS China
Order); and Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from Brazil, India, and the Republic of Korea:
Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Countervailing DutyOrder (the
Republic of Korea) and Countervailing Duty Orders
(Brazil and India), 81 FR 64436 (September 20,
2016) (CRS Korea Order) (collectively, the Orders).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86
FR 29239 (June 1, 2021).
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Act, Commerce determined that
revocation of the Orders on cold-rolled
steel from China and Korea would likely
lead to continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies. Commerce,
therefore, notified the ITC of the
magnitude of the net countervailable
subsidy rates likely to prevail should
the Orders be revoked.3
On August 12, 2022, the ITC
published its determination, pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act,
that revocation of the Orders would
likely lead to continuation or recurrence
of material injury to an industry in the
United States within a reasonably
foreseeable time.4
Scope of the Orders
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CRS From China 5
The products covered by this Order
are certain cold-rolled (cold-reduced),
flat-rolled steel products, whether or not
annealed, painted, varnished, or coated
with plastics or other non-metallic
substances. The products covered do
not include those that are clad, plated,
or coated with metal. The products
covered include coils that have a width
or other lateral measurement (‘‘width’’)
of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form
of coil (e.g., in successively
superimposed layers, spirally
oscillating, etc.). The products covered
also include products not in coils (e.g.,
in straight lengths) of a thickness less
than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7
mm or greater and that measures at least
10 times the thickness. The products
covered also include products not in
coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a
thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a
width exceeding 150 mm and measuring
at least twice the thickness. The
products described above may be
rectangular, square, circular, or other
shape and include products of either
rectangular or non-rectangular crosssection where such cross-section is
achieved subsequent to the rolling
process, i.e., products which have been
3 See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of
Korea: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset
Review of the Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR
54677 (September 28, 2021), and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
4 See Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil,
China, India, Japan, South Korea, and the United
Kingdom, 87 FR 49886 (August 12, 2022).
5 See CRS China Order; see also Memorandum,
‘‘Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
People’s Republic of China (C–570–030): Request
from Customs and Border Protection to Update the
ACE AD/CVD Case Reference File,’’ dated
September 13, 2021; and Certain Cold-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from the People’s Republic of China:
Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention
of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty
Orders, 83 FR 23891 (May 23, 2018), and
accompanying IDM.
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‘‘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, high strength
low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor
lamination steels, Advanced High
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High
Strength Steels (UHSS). 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.
Motor lamination steels contain microalloying levels of elements such as
silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS
are considered high tensile strength and
high elongation steels, although AHSS
and UHSS are covered whether or not
they are high tensile strength or high
elongation steels.
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Subject merchandise includes coldrolled 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 this Order if performed in the country
of manufacture of the cold-rolled 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:
• Ball bearing steels; 6
• Tool steels; 7
• Silico-manganese steel; 8
• Grain-oriented electrical steels
(GOES) as defined in the final
determination of the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Grain-Oriented Electrical
Steel from Germany, Japan, and
Poland.9
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels
(NOES), as defined in the antidumping
6 Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) not
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
7 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
the following combinations of elements in the
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) more
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi)
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
5.5 percent tungsten.
8 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
containing by weight: (i) not more than 0.7 percent
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
9 See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from
Germany, Japan, and Poland: Final Determinations
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Certain Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 79 FR 42501, 42503 (July 22, 2014).
This determination defines grain-oriented electrical
steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing
by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6
percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of
carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and
no other element in an amount that would give the
steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in
coils or in straight lengths.’’
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orders issued by the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Non-Oriented Electrical
Steel from the People’s Republic of
China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.10
The products subject to this Order are
currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers:
7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030,
7209.16.0040, 7209.16.0045,
7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030,
7209.17.0040, 7209.17.0045,
7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070,
7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510,
7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580,
7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000,
7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000,
7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500,
7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030,
7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500,
7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000,
7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and
7226.92.8050.
The products subject to this Order
may also enter under the following
HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000,
7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016,
7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020,
7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090,
7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,
7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015,
10 See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the
People’s Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the
Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741–42
(December 3, 2014) (NOES from Germany, Japan,
and Poland Order). The orders define NOES as
‘‘cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having
an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which
the core loss is substantially equal in any direction
of magnetization in the plane of the material. The
term ‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
coating may be applied.’’
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7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
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 this Order is dispositive.
CRS From Korea 11
The products covered by this Order
are certain cold-rolled (cold-reduced),
flat-rolled steel products, whether or not
annealed, painted, varnished, or coated
with plastics or other non-metallic
substances. The products covered do
not include those that are clad, plated,
or coated with metal. The products
covered include coils that have a width
or other lateral measurement (‘‘width’’)
of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form
of coil (e.g., in successively
superimposed layers, spirally
oscillating, etc.). The products covered
also include products not in coils (e.g.,
in straight lengths) of a thickness less
than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7
mm or greater and that measures at least
10 times the thickness. The products
covered also include products not in
coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a
thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a
width exceeding 150 mm and measuring
at least twice the thickness. The
products described above may be
rectangular, square, circular, or other
shape and include products of either
rectangular or non-rectangular crosssection 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
11 See CRS Korea Order; see also Memorandum
‘‘Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
Republic of Korea (C–580–882): Request from
Customs and Border Protection to Update the ACE
AD/CVD Case Reference File,’’ dated September 13,
2021; and Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018,
86 FR 40465 (July 28, 2021) (CRS Korea 2018 Final
Results), and accompanying IDM.
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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, high strength
low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor
lamination steels, Advanced High
Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High
Strength Steels (UHSS). 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.
Motor lamination steels contain microalloying levels of elements such as
silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS
are considered high tensile strength and
high elongation steels, although AHSS
and UHSS are covered whether or not
they are high tensile strength or high
elongation steels.
Subject merchandise includes coldrolled 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 this Order if performed in the country
of manufacture of the cold-rolled 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:
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• Ball bearing steels; 12
• Tool steels; 13
• Silico-manganese steel; 14
• Grain-oriented electrical steels
(GOES) as defined in the final
determination of the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Grain-Oriented Electrical
Steel from Germany, Japan, and
Poland.15
• Non-Oriented Electrical Steels
(NOES), as defined in the antidumping
orders issued by the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Non-Oriented Electrical
Steel from the People’s Republic of
China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.16
The products subject to this Order are
currently classified in the Harmonized
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12 Ball
bearing steels are defined as steels which
contain, in addition to iron, each of the following
elements by weight in the amount specified: (i) not
less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent of carbon;
(ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent
of manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of sulfur; (iv) none, or not more than 0.03
percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than 0.18 nor
more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than
1.25 nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii)
none, or not more than 0.28 percent of nickel; (viii)
none, or not more than 0.38 percent of copper; and
(ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
13 Tool steels are defined as steels which contain
the following combinations of elements in the
quantity by weight respectively indicated: (i) more
than 1.2 percent carbon and more than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent
chromium; or (iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon
and 1 percent to 1.8 percent, inclusive, manganese;
or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent, inclusive,
chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon
and not less than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi)
not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less than
5.5 percent tungsten.
14 Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels
containing by weight: (i) not more than 0.7 percent
of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or more but not more than
1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6 percent or
more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
15 See NOES from Germany, Japan, and Poland
Order. This determination defines grain-oriented
electrical steel as ‘‘a flat-rolled alloy steel product
containing by weight at least 0.6 percent but not
more than 6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08
percent of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of
aluminum, and no other element in an amount that
would give the steel the characteristics of another
alloy steel, in coils or in straight lengths.’’
16 See NOES from Germany, Japan, and Poland
Order. The orders define NOES as ‘‘cold-rolled, flatrolled, alloy steel products, whether or not in coils,
regardless of width, having an actual thickness of
0.20 mm or more, in which the core loss is
substantially equal in any direction of
magnetization in the plane of the material. The term
‘substantially equal’ means that the cross grain
direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of
core loss. NOES has a magnetic permeability that
does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested at a field
of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e.,
B800 value). NOES contains by weight more than
1.00 percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent of
silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, and
not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has
a surface oxide coating, to which an insulation
coating may be applied.’’
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Jkt 256001
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers:
7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030,
7209.16.0040, 7209.16.0045,
7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030,
7209.17.0040, 7209.17.0045,
7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070,
7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510,
7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580,
7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090,
7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000,
7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000,
7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500,
7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030,
7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500,
7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000,
7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and
7226.92.8050.
The products subject to this Order
may also enter under the following
HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000,
7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016,
7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020,
7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090,
7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000,
7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,
7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015,
7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070,
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 this Order is dispositive.
Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determinations by
Commerce and the ITC that revocation
of the Orders would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of
countervailable subsidies as well as
material injury to an industry in the
United States, pursuant to section
751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the
continuation of the Orders.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
will continue to collect CVD cash
deposits at the rates in effect at the time
of entry for all imports of subject
merchandise. The effective date of
continuation of the Orders will be the
date of publication in the Federal
Register of this notice of continuation.
Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.281(c)(2), Commerce
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intends to initiate the next five-year
(sunset) review of the Orders no later
than 30 days prior to the fifth
anniversary of the effective date of
continuation.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
return, destruction, or conversion to
judicial protective order of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3).
Failure to comply is a violation of the
APO which may be subject to sanctions.
Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year sunset review and this
notice are in accordance with section
751(c) and (d)(2) of the Act and
published pursuant to section 777(i)(1)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: August 15, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51056-51059]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-030; C-580-882]
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People's
Republic of China and the Republic of Korea: Continuation of
Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain
cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel or CRS) from the
People's Republic of China (China) and the Republic of Korea (Korea)
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of net countervailable
subsidies and material injury to an industry in the United States,
Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the CVD orders.
DATES: Applicable August 19, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyler Weinhold or Harrison Tanchuck,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1221 or (202)
482-7421, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 14 and September 20, 2016, Commerce published in the
Federal Register the CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from China and
Korea, respectively.\1\ On June 1, 2021, Commerce published a notice of
initiation of the first sunset review of the Orders, pursuant to
section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\
Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders,
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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\1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 81FR 45960
(July 14, 2016) (CRS China Order); and Certain Cold-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from Brazil, India, and the Republic of Korea: Amended
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Countervailing DutyOrder (the Republic of Korea) and Countervailing
Duty Orders (Brazil and India), 81 FR 64436 (September 20, 2016)
(CRS Korea Order) (collectively, the Orders).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 29239
(June 1, 2021).
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As a result of these reviews, pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and
752(c) of the
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Act, Commerce determined that revocation of the Orders on cold-rolled
steel from China and Korea would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies. Commerce, therefore, notified
the ITC of the magnitude of the net countervailable subsidy rates
likely to prevail should the Orders be revoked.\3\
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\3\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the
People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea: Final Results
of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Orders, 86 FR 54677 (September 28, 2021), and accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
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On August 12, 2022, the ITC published its determination, pursuant
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.\4\
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\4\ See Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, China,
India, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, 87 FR 49886
(August 12, 2022).
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Scope of the Orders
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\5\ See CRS China Order; see also Memorandum, ``Certain Cold-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic of China (C-
570-030): Request from Customs and Border Protection to Update the
ACE AD/CVD Case Reference File,'' dated September 13, 2021; and
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic
of China: Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 83 FR 23891 (May
23, 2018), and accompanying IDM.
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The products covered by this Order are certain cold-rolled (cold-
reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not annealed, painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances.
The products covered do not include those that are clad, plated, or
coated with metal. The products covered include coils that have a width
or other lateral measurement (``width'') of 12.7 mm or greater,
regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively superimposed layers,
spirally oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include products
not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75
mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10
times the thickness. The products covered also include products not in
coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and
a width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness.
The products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or
other shape and include products of either rectangular or non-
rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been
``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or
rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) Where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this Order are products in
which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity,
by weight, respectively indicated:
2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope
regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor lamination
steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High Strength
Steels (UHSS). 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. Motor lamination
steels contain micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and
aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered high tensile strength and high
elongation steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered whether or not
they are high tensile strength or high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled 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 this Order if
performed in the country of manufacture of the cold-rolled 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:
Ball bearing steels; \6\
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\6\ Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in
addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the
amount specified: (i) not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent
of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent of
manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv)
none, or not more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than
0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than 1.25
nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than
0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none, or not more than 0.38 percent
of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
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Tool steels; \7\
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\7\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the
following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) more than 1.2 percent carbon and more
than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or
(iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8
percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent,
inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less
than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent
carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
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Silico-manganese steel; \8\
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\8\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by
weight: (i) not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or
more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6
percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
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Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as defined in the
final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain-
Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland.\9\
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\9\ See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and
Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Certain Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances,
79 FR 42501, 42503 (July 22, 2014). This determination defines
grain-oriented electrical steel as ``a flat-rolled alloy steel
product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than
6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more
than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that
would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in
coils or in straight lengths.''
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Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as defined in the
antidumping
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orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in Non-Oriented
Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China, Germany, Japan,
the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\10\
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\10\ See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741-42 (December
3, 2014) (NOES from Germany, Japan, and Poland Order). The orders
define NOES as ``cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having an actual
thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core loss is
substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the plane
of the material. The term `substantially equal' means that the cross
grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the straight
grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss. NOES has
a magnetic permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested
at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value).
NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of silicon but less
than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon,
and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide
coating, to which an insulation coating may be applied.''
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The products subject to this Order are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item
numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0040, 7209.16.0045,
7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0040,
7209.17.0045, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020,
7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030,
7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050.
The products subject to this Order may also enter under the
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061,
7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 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 this
Order is dispositive.
CRS From Korea 11
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\11\ See CRS Korea Order; see also Memorandum ``Certain Cold-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea (C-580-882):
Request from Customs and Border Protection to Update the ACE AD/CVD
Case Reference File,'' dated September 13, 2021; and Certain Cold-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results
of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018, 86 FR 40465
(July 28, 2021) (CRS Korea 2018 Final Results), and accompanying
IDM.
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The products covered by this Order are certain cold-rolled (cold-
reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not annealed, painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances.
The products covered do not include those that are clad, plated, or
coated with metal. The products covered include coils that have a width
or other lateral measurement (``width'') of 12.7 mm or greater,
regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively superimposed layers,
spirally oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include products
not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75
mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10
times the thickness. The products covered also include products not in
coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and
a width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness.
The products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or
other shape and include products of either rectangular or non-
rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been
``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or
rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above:
(1) where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this Order are products in
which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity,
by weight, respectively indicated:
2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.00 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope
regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor lamination
steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High Strength
Steels (UHSS). 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. Motor lamination
steels contain micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and
aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered high tensile strength and high
elongation steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered whether or not
they are high tensile strength or high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled 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 this Order if
performed in the country of manufacture of the cold-rolled 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:
[[Page 51059]]
Ball bearing steels; \12\
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\12\ Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in
addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the
amount specified: (i) not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent
of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent of
manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv)
none, or not more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than
0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than 1.25
nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than
0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none, or not more than 0.38 percent
of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
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Tool steels; \13\
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\13\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the
following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) more than 1.2 percent carbon and more
than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or
(iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8
percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent,
inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less
than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent
carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
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Silico-manganese steel; \14\
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\14\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by
weight: (i) not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or
more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6
percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
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Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as defined in the
final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain-
Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland.\15\
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\15\ See NOES from Germany, Japan, and Poland Order. This
determination defines grain-oriented electrical steel as ``a flat-
rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent
but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent
of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other
element in an amount that would give the steel the characteristics
of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight lengths.''
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Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as defined in the
antidumping orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in Non-
Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China, Germany,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\16\
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\16\ See NOES from Germany, Japan, and Poland Order. The orders
define NOES as ``cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products,
whether or not in coils, regardless of width, having an actual
thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core loss is
substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the plane
of the material. The term `substantially equal' means that the cross
grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the straight
grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss. NOES has
a magnetic permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla when tested
at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e.,
parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value).
NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of silicon but less
than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon,
and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide
coating, to which an insulation coating may be applied.''
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The products subject to this Order are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item
numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0040, 7209.16.0045,
7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0040,
7209.17.0045, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020,
7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030,
7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050.
The products subject to this Order may also enter under the
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061,
7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 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 this
Order is dispositive.
Continuation of the Orders
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies as well as material injury to
an industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the continuation of
the Orders.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect CVD
cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all
imports of subject merchandise. The effective date of continuation of
the Orders will be the date of publication in the Federal Register of
this notice of continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.281(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-
year (sunset) review of the Orders no later than 30 days prior to the
fifth anniversary of the effective date of continuation.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return, destruction, or conversion to judicial
protective order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply is a violation
of the APO which may be subject to sanctions.
Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year sunset review and this notice are in accordance with
section 751(c) and (d)(2) of the Act and published pursuant to section
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: August 15, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-17919 Filed 8-18-22; 8:45 am]
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