Notice2021-21443
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From India: Final Results of the Expedited Five-Year Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
October 1, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revoking the countervailing duty (CVD) order on cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from India would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 188 (Friday, October 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54421-54423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21443]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-866]
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From India: Final Results of the
Expedited Five-Year Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that revoking the countervailing duty (CVD) order on
cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from India would
likely
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lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this
notice.
DATES: Applicable October 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Hanna, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0835.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 20, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the Order.\1\ On June 1, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published the notice of initiation of the sunset reviews of the Order,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act.\2\ On June 14 and 16, 2021,
Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from Cleveland-
Cliffs Inc. (Cleveland-Cliffs), United States Steel Corporation (U.S.
Steel), California Steel Industries (California Steel), Steel Dynamics
Inc. (Steel Dynamics), and Nucor Corporation (Nucor), within the
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ Cleveland-Cliffs,
U.S. Steel, California Steel, Steel Dynamics, and Nucor claimed
interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as domestic
producers of cold-rolled steel flat products in the United States.
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\1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil,
India, and the Republic of Korea: Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order (the
Republic of Korea) and Countervailing Duty Orders (Brazil and
India), 81 FR 64436 (September 20, 2016) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 86 FR 29239
(June 1, 2021).
\3\ See Cleveland-Cliffs' Letter, ``Five-Year (``Sunset'')
Review Of Countervailing Duty Order On Cold-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from India: Notice Of Intent To Participate In Sunset
Review,'' dated June 14, 2021; U.S. Steel's Letter ``Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from India: Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated June 16, 2021; California Steel's Letter
``Notice of Intent to Participate in the First Five-Year Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from India,'' dated June 16, 2021; and Nucor's Letter ``Certain
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from India: Notice of Intent to
Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated June 16, 2021.
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Commerce received a substantive response from Cleveland-Cliffs,
U.S. Steel, California Steel, Steel Dynamics, and Nucor (collectively,
domestic interested parties) within the 30-day deadline specified in 19
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We received no substantive response from any
other domestic or respondent interested parties in this proceeding and
no hearing was requested. 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.\5\ As a
result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of this CVD Order.
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\4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``First Five-Year
(``Sunset'') Review of Countervailing Duty Order on Cold-Rolled
Steel Flat Products from India: Domestic Industry's Substantive
Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated July 1, 2021 (Domestic
Interested Parties' Substantive Response).
\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 1,
2021,'' dated June 1, 2021.
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Scope of the Order
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.
Imports of the subject merchandise are provided for under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) categories:
7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091,
7209.17.0030, 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
the 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. While HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of the Order is dispositive.\6\
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\6\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see
Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Expedited First
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Cold-Rolled Steel
Flat Products from India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. A
list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is
included as an appendix to this notice. In addition, a complete version
of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at
<a href="http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn">http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn</a>.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the
following rates:
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Net
countervailable
Producer/exporter subsidy
(percent)
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JSW Steel Limited and JSW Steel Coated Products Limited 10.00
All Others............................................. 10.00
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305. Timely notification of the return or destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing the final results and this notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and
19 CFR 351.218.
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Dated: September 29, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. History of the Order
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2021-21443 Filed 9-30-21; 8:45 am]
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