Notice2024-07997
Clad Steel Plate From Japan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
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Published
April 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on clad steel plate from Japan would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD order.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26863-26864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07997]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-838]
Clad Steel Plate From Japan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty
Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on clad steel plate
from Japan would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of
dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States,
Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD order.
DATES: Applicable April 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Taushani, 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) 482-1012.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 2, 1996, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD
order on clad steel plate from Japan.\1\ On November 1, 2023, the ITC
instituted,\2\ and Commerce initiated,\3\ the fifth sunset review of
the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). As a result of its review, Commerce determined that
revocation of the Order would likely lead to the continuation or
recurrence of dumping, and therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude
of the margins of dumping likely to prevail should the Order be
revoked.\4\
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Order: Clad Steel Plate from
Japan, 61 FR 34421 (July 2,1996) (Order).
\2\ See Clad Steel Plate from Japan; Institution of Five-Year
Reviews, 88 FR 75026 (November 1, 2023).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 74977
(November 1, 2023).
\4\ See Clad Steel Plate from Japan: Final Results of the
Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 89 FR
15973 (March 6, 2024), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
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On April 10, 2024, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Order
would likely lead to 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 Clad Steel Plate from Japan, 89 FR 25281 (April 10,
2024) (ITC Final Determination).
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Scope of the Order
The scope of the order is all clad \6\ steel plate of a width of
600 millimeters (mm) or more and a composite thickness of 4.5 mm or
more. Clad steel plate is a rectangular finished steel mill product
consisting of a layer of cladding material (usually stainless steel or
nickel) which is metallurgically bonded to a base or backing of ferrous
metal (usually carbon or low alloy steel) where the latter predominates
by weight. Stainless clad steel plate is manufactured to American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A263 (400
series stainless types) and A264 (300 series stainless types).
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\6\ Cladding is the association of layers of metals of different
colors or natures by molecular interpenetration of the surfaces in
contact. This limited diffusion is characteristic of clad products
and differentiates them from products metalized in other manners
(e.g., by normal electroplating). The various cladding processes
include pouring molten cladding metal onto the basic metal followed
by rolling; simple hot-rolling of the cladding metal to ensure
efficient welding to the basic metal; any other method of deposition
of superimposing of the cladding metal followed by any mechanical or
thermal process to ensure welding (e.g., electrocladding), in which
the cladding metal (nickel, chromium, etc.) is applied to the basic
metal by electroplating, molecular interpenetration of the surfaces
in contact then being obtained by heat treatment at the appropriate
temperature with subsequent cold rolling. See Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System Explanatory Notes, Chapter 72, General
Note (IV)(C)(2)(e).
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Stainless clad steel plate is manufactured to American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A263 (400 series stainless
types) and A264 (300 series stainless types). Nickel and nickel-base
alloy clad steel plate is manufactured to ASTM specification A265.
These specifications
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are illustrative but not necessarily all-inclusive.
Clad steel plate within the scope of the order is classifiable
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
7210.90.10.00. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope
of the order is dispositive.
Continuation of the Order
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that
revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence
of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States,
pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the
continuation of the Order. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will
continue to collect AD 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 Order will be April
10, 2024.\7\ 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 Order not later than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary of the
date of the last determination by the ITC.
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\7\ See ITC Final Determination.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final 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(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written
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
This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act, and published in
accordance with section 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: April 10, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-07997 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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