Notice2021-21821
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders
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Published
October 6, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from India, Italy, the People's Republic of China (China), the Republic of Korea (Korea), and Taiwan would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels identified in the "Final Results of Sunset Reviews" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55581-55582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21821]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-863; A-475-832; A-570-026; A-580-878; A-583-856]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From India, Italy, the
People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Final
Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the Department
of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty
(AD) orders on corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from India,
Italy, the People's Republic of China (China), the Republic of Korea
(Korea), and Taiwan would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence
of dumping at the levels identified in the ``Final Results of Sunset
Reviews'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable October 6, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Brian Smith, 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)
482-1766, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 25, 2016, Commerce published the AD orders on CORE from
India, Italy, China, Korea, and Taiwan in the Federal Register.\1\ On
June 1, 2021, Commerce published the initiation of the first sunset
reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On June 14 and 16, 2021, Commerce
received timely and complete notices of intent to participate in these
sunset reviews from Nucor Corporation (Nucor), California Steel
Industries (CSI), Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (Cleveland-Cliffs), Steel
Dynamics Inc. (SDI), and United States Steel Corporation (US Steel)
(collectively, domestic interested parties),\3\ within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The domestic interested
parties claimed interested party status within the meaning of section
771(9)(C) of the Act as U.S. producers in the United States of the
domestic like product.\5\
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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) (collectively, Orders); see also 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 Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 29239
(June 1, 2021).
\3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letters, ``Five-Year
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from India: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: Notice of Intent to
Participate in Sunset Review''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate in
Sunset Review''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of
Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review''; and
``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice of Intent to
Participate in Sunset Review,'' each dated June 14, 2021 (Cleveland
Cliffs' Letters); ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from India: Notice of Intent to Participate''; ``Five-Year
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: Notice of Intent to
Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to
Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate''; and
``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice of
Intent to Participate,'' each dated June 16, 2021 (CSI's and SDI's
Letters); ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review Of Antidumping Duty Order on
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India: Notice of Intent to
Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: Notice of
Intent to Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate'';
``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Korea:
Notice of Intent to Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of
Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
Taiwan: Notice of Intent to Participate,'' each dated June 16, 2021
(US Steel's Letters); and ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Products
from India: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review'';
``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Products from Italy: Notice of Intent
to Participate in Sunset Review''; ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Products from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to
Participate in Sunset Review''; ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate
in Sunset Review''; and ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Products from
Taiwan: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' each
dated June 16, 2021 (Nucor's Letters) (collectively, Notice of
Intent to Participate Letters).
\4\ The domestic interested parties include Nucor; CSI;
Cleveland-Cliffs (AK Steel Corporation and ArcelorMittal USA LLC
were both part of the group of domestic producers that filed the
petitions and participated in the original investigations. In 2020,
Cleveland-Cliffs acquired AK Steel and the majority of ArcelorMittal
USA's operations); SDI.; and US Steel.
\5\ See Notice of Intent to Participate Letters.
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On July 1, the domestic interested parties filed timely and
adequate substantive responses, within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i).\6\ Commerce did not
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receive substantive responses from any respondent interested party with
respect to any of the Orders covered by these sunset reviews. 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 expedited (120-day) sunset
reviews of the Orders.
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\6\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letters, ``First Five-Year
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from India: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response to
Notice of Initiation''; ``First Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of
Antidumping Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy:
Domestic Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation'';
``First Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Order on
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the People's Republic of
China: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of
Initiation''; ``First Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of
Korea: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of
Initiation''; and ``First Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Domestic
Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' each
dated July 1, 2021.
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Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by the Orders is CORE from India, Italy,
China, Korea, and Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of
the Orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping
Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy,
the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan,''
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews
is provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to 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="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn">https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn</a>.
Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude
of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average
margins of up to:
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Weighted
average
Country dumping
margin
(percent)
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India....................................................... 4.43
Italy....................................................... 92.12
China....................................................... 209.97
Korea....................................................... 8.75
Taiwan...................................................... 10.34
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (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 orders, 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 these final results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and
19 CFR 351.218 and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: September 28, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of the Dumping Margins Likely To Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2021-21821 Filed 10-5-21; 8:45 am]
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