International Trade Administration March 25, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from Taiwan. The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.\1\

The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (SSB) from India.\1\ The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2013. This review covers three exporters/ producers of the subject merchandise: Ambica Steels Limited (Ambica); Mukand, Ltd. (Mukand); and, Chandan Steel Limited (Chandan). We preliminarily determine that Ambica has not made sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during this POR. We are rescinding this review for Mukand and Chandan. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012. This review covers multiple exporters/producers; one of which is being individually examined as a mandatory respondent. We preliminary determine that Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (DSM) received a de minimis net subsidy rate during the POR. DSM's CVD rate has been used as the rate for the five companies that remain subject to review. The Department also intends to rescind the review of five companies that timely certified that they had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comments on these preliminary results.

The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (shrimp) from India.\1\ The review covers 205 producers/exporters of the subject merchandise. The Department selected two mandatory respondents for individual examination, Devi Fisheries Limited (Devi Fisheries) and Falcon Marine Exports Limited (Falcon). The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2013. We preliminarily determined that sales to the United States have been made below normal value (NV) and, therefore, are subject to antidumping duties. If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of this review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. We invite all interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.