Notice2024-26143
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand: Final Results of Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order
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Published
November 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Thailand would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88966-88967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26143]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-549-818]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand:
Final Results of Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the Countervailing
Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain hot-rolled
carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Thailand would be
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable
subsidies at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset
Review'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable November 12, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Cloyd, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 3, 2001, Commerce published the CVD order on hot-rolled
steel from Thailand.\1\ On July 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice
of initiation of the fourth five-year sunset review of the Order,
pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act) and 19 CFR 351.218(c).\2\ On July 15, 2024, and July 16,
2024, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc.,
SSAB Enterprises, LLC, and U.S. Steel Corporation (collectively, the
domestic interested parties) filed timely notices of intent to
participate in accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1).\3\ The domestic
interested parties claim interested party status under section
771(9)(C) of the Act, as producers of a domestic like product in the
United States. Commerce received a substantive response from the
domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We received no substantive response from the
Royal Thai Government (RTG) or any other interested party in this
proceeding.\5\ As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), we determined that the respondent
interested parties did not provide an adequate response to the notice
of initiation and, therefore, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order.
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\1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand, 66 FR 60197 (December 3,
2001) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 54435
(July 1, 2024).
\3\ See Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s Letter, ``Notice of Intent to
Participate in Sunset Reviews,'' dated July 15, 2024; see also Nucor
Corporation's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset
Review,'' dated July 15, 2024; see also United States Steel
Corporation's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated
July 16, 2024; see also Steel Dynamics, Inc. and SSAB Enterprises,
LLC's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated July 16,
2024.
\4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Industry
Substantive Response,'' dated July 31, 2024.
\5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for July 2024,''
dated August 21, 2024; see also 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2); and
19 CFR 351.218 (e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is hot-rolled steel from Thailand.
For a complete description of the scope of the
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Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Fourth Expedited Five-Year Sunset Review of the
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from Thailand,'' 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. A list of topics discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is included in the appendix to this notice. The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via the 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://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, we determine
that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net
countervailable subsidy rates:
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Subsidy rate (percent
Company ad valorem)
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Steel Industries Public Co. Ltd. (SSI)......... 2.38
All Others..................................... 2.38
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19
CFR 351.305(a). 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.
Dated: November 5, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable
Subsidy
2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
3. Nature of the Subsidy
VI. Final Results of Review
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-26143 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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