Notice2022-17711
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Continuation of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
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August 17, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined in their five-year (sunset) reviews 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 and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CORE from India, Italy, China, and Korea would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and net countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States. As a result, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50601-50602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17711]
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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; C-533-864; C-
475-833; C-570-027; C-580-879]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From India, Italy, the
People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan:
Continuation of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) determined in their five-year
(sunset) reviews 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 and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CORE from India, Italy,
China, and Korea would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of
dumping and net countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an
industry in the United States. As a result, Commerce is publishing a
notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.
DATES: Applicable August 17, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Joshua Simonidis, 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)
482-0608, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 25, 2016, Commerce published the AD orders on CORE from
India, Italy, China, Korea, and Taiwan and the CVD orders on CORE from
India, Italy, China, and Korea in the Federal Register.\1\ On June 1,
2021, the ITC instituted \2\ and Commerce initiated \3\ sunset reviews
of the Orders, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). As a result of its reviews, Commerce
determined that revocation of the Orders on CORE would likely lead to a
continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies.
Therefore, Commerce notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins
and net subsidy rates likely to prevail should the Orders be
revoked.\4\
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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); 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); and Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
from India, Italy, Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016)
(collectively, Orders).
\2\ See Institution of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 29239
(June 1, 2021).
\3\ Id.
\4\ See 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, 86 FR 55581 (October 6, 2021); see also Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from India: Final Results of the Expedited First
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 54927 (October
5, 2021); Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: Final
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order, 86 FR 53637 (September 28, 2021); Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
the Expedited Five-Year Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty
Order, 86 FR 46675 (August 19, 2021); and Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of the Expedited
First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 54425
(October 1, 2021).
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On August 8, 2022, the ITC published its determinations, pursuant
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders
would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.\5\
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\5\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China,
India, Italy, South Korea, and Taiwan, 87 FR 48197 (August 8, 2022).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these Orders are certain flat-rolled steel
products, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant
metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel--or iron-
based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished,
laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating. The products covered include coils
that have a 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
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(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 these Orders 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:
<bullet> 2.50 percent of manganese, or
<bullet> 3.30 percent of silicon, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of copper, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
<bullet> 1.25 percent of chromium, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
<bullet> 0.40 percent of lead, or
<bullet> 2.00 percent of nickel, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
<bullet> 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
<bullet> 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
<bullet> 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 and high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels. 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.
Furthermore, this scope also includes Advanced High Strength Steels
(AHSS) and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS), both of which are
considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant 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 these Orders if
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope corrosion
resistant 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 these Orders
unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of
and/or specifically excluded from the scope of these Orders:
<bullet> Flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (terne plate),
or both chromium and chromium oxides (tin free steel), whether or not
painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other non-metallic
substances in addition to the metallic coating;
<bullet> Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more in
composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at
least twice the thickness; and
<bullet> Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are
three-layered corrosion resistant flat-rolled steel products less than
4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-rolled steel
product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
The products subject to these Orders are currently classified in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item
numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000,
7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000,
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000,
7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, and
7212.60.0000.\6\
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\6\ On July 26, 2021, Commerce added two additional HTSUS
numbers at the request of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. See
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
2019-2020, 86 FR 70111 (December 9, 2021).
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The products subject to these Orders may also enter under the
following HTSUS item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000,
7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000,
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 these
Orders are 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, net countervailable subsidies, and material
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to sections 751(c)
and 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation of
the Orders. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect
AD and CVD 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 reviews
of the Orders not 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
These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in
accordance with 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: August 9, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-17711 Filed 8-16-22; 8:45 am]
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