Notice2021-21041
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products of Brazil: Postponement of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
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September 28, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53636-53637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21041]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-351-844]
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products of Brazil: Postponement
of the Expedited Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable September 28, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Wood, AD/CVD Operations, Office
II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1959.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 1, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated
the first sunset review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on
certain cold-rolled steel products (CRS) from Brazil, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\
Within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i), Commerce
received notices of intent to participate in the sunset review on
behalf of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics
Inc., and United States Steel Corporation (collectively, domestic
interested parties).\2\ Each claimed interested party status under
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a producer of a domestic like product.
Commerce received a timely substantive response from these domestic
interested parties.\3\ We also received a substantive response
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from the Government of Brazil (GOB), but we did not receive a
substantive response from any other interested party in this
proceeding.\4\ On July 22, 2021, Commerce notified the U.S.
International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate
substantive response from respondent interested parties and that
Commerce would conduct an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the
order on CRS from Brazil, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).\5\ The final results of the
expedited sunset review are currently due September 29, 2021.
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\1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 29239
(June 1, 2021).
\2\ See Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s Letter, ``Notice of Intent to
Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated June 14, 2021; Nucor
Corporation's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review,'' dated June 16, 2021; United States Steel Corporation's
Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated June 16, 2021;
and Steel Dynamic Inc.'s Letter, ``Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated June 16, 2021.
\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic
Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated
July 1, 2021.
\4\ See GOB's Letter, ``Initial Comments,'' dated August 31,
2021; see also Commerce's Letter, ``Rejection of Response to Notice
of Initiation,'' dated August 25, 2021; and Commerce's Letter,
``Extension for Resubmission of Comments on the Initiation,'' dated
August 27, 2021. We note that the GOB had timely submitted its
response on June 30, 2021 but failed to identify and properly
bracket certain proprietary information. Therefore, after notifying
the GOB of the deficiency, we provided the GOB additional time to
refile its response.
\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 1,
2021,'' dated July 22, 2021.
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Postponement of Expedited Sunset Review
Section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act provides that Commerce may issue,
without further investigation, a final determination based on the facts
available, in accordance with section 776 of the Act within 120 days
after the initiation of the review if interested parties provide
inadequate responses. However, if Commerce determines that the review
is extraordinarily complicated, section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act allows
Commerce to extend the time period for making its determination by not
more than 90 days.
Commerce has determined that this CVD sunset review is
extraordinarily complicated pursuant to sections 751(c)(5)(C)(i) and
(ii) of the Act. Specifically, due to the number and complexity of the
alleged countervailable subsidy programs being reviewed, in addition to
the numerous arguments made by parties in their substantive responses,
it is not practicable to complete the determination of this CVD sunset
review within the original time limit (i.e., by September 29, 2021).
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Act, Commerce
is postponing the deadline of the determination in this sunset review
to no later than 210 days after the day on which this sunset review was
initiated, i.e., December 28, 2021.
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
751(c)(5)(B) and (C) of the Act.
Dated: September 22, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-21041 Filed 9-27-21; 8:45 am]
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