[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34938-34940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14278]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-854]


Certain Tin Mill Products From Japan: Continuation of Antidumping 
Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the U.S. International Trade Commission 
(USITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain tin 
mill products from Japan would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United 
States, the Department is publishing a notice of continuation of this 
antidumping duty order.

DATES: Effective Date: June 12, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Cordell or Angelica Mendoza, AD/
CVD Operations Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0408 and (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 28, 2000, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on certain tin mill products from Japan.\1\ On June 1, 2011, the 
Department initiated the second sunset review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain tin mill products from Japan pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Tin Mill Products from Japan: Notice of 
Antidumping Duty Order, 65 FR 52067 (August 28, 2000).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year ``Sunset'' Review, 76 FR 31588, 
31589 (June 1, 2011).
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    As a result of this sunset review, the Department determined that 
revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain tin mill products 
from Japan would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping 
and, therefore, notified the USITC of the magnitude of the margins of 
dumping likely to prevail should the order be revoked.\3\
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    \3\ See Certain Tin Mill Products from Japan; Final Results of 
the Second Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 76 
FR 60001 (September 28, 2011) and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.
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    On June 4, 2012, the USITC published its determination, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty 
order on certain tin mill products from Japan would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United Sates within a reasonably foreseeable time.\4\
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    \4\ See Tin- and Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet from Japan 
Investigation No. 731-TA-860 (Second Review), 77 FR 32998 (June 4, 
2012), and USITC Publication 4325 (May 2012), titled Tin- and 
Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet from Japan Investigation No. 731-TA-860 
(Second Review).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping duty order are tin mill 
flat-rolled products that are coated or plated with tin, chromium or 
chromium oxides. Flat-rolled steel products coated with tin are known 
as tin plate. Flat-rolled steel products coated with chromium or 
chromium oxides are known as tin-free steel or electrolytic chromium-
coated steel. The scope includes all the noted tin mill products 
regardless of thickness, width, form (in coils or cut sheets), coating 
type (electrolytic or otherwise), edge (trimmed, untrimmed or further 
processed, such and scroll cut), coating thickness, surface finish, 
temper, coating metal (tin, chromium, chromium oxide), reduction 
(single- or double-reduced), and whether or not coated with a plastic 
material. All products that meet the written physical description are 
within the scope of the order unless specifically excluded. The 
following products, by way of example, are outside and/or specifically 
excluded from the scope of the order:
    [squf] Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel with a 
thickness 0.238 mm (85 pound base box) ( 10%) or 0.251 mm 
(90 pound base box) ( 10%) or 0.255 mm ( 10%) 
with 770 mm (minimum width) ( 1.588 mm) by 900 mm (maximum 
length if sheared) sheet size or 30.6875 inches (minimum width) ( \1/16\ inch) and 35.4 inches (maximum length if sheared) sheet 
size; with type MR or higher (per ASTM) A623 steel chemistry; batch 
annealed at T2 \1/2\ anneal temper, with a yield strength of 31 to 42 
kpsi (214 to 290

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Mpa); with a tensile strength of 43 to 58 kpsi (296 to 400 Mpa); with a 
chrome coating restricted to 32 to 150 mg/m \2\; with a chrome oxide 
coating restricted to 6 to 25 mg/m \2\ with a modified 7B ground roll 
finish or blasted roll finish; with roughness average (Ra) 0.10 to 0.35 
micrometers, measured with a stylus instrument with a stylus radius of 
2 to 5 microns, a trace length of 5.6 mm, and a cut-off of 0.8 mm, and 
the measurement traces shall be made perpendicular to the rolling 
direction; with an oil level of 0.17 to 0.37 grams/base box as type 
BSO, or 2.5 to 5.5 mg/m \2\ as type DOS, or 3.5 to 6.5 mg/m \2\ as type 
ATBC; with electrical conductivity of static probe voltage drop of 0.46 
volts drop maximum, and with electrical conductivity degradation to 
0.70 volts drop maximum after stoving (heating to 400 degrees F for 100 
minutes followed by a cool to room temperature).
    [squf] Single reduced electrolytically chromium-or tin-coated steel 
in the gauges of 0.0040 inch nominal, 0.0045 inch nominal, 0.0050 inch 
nominal, 0.0061 inch nominal (55 pound base box weight), 0.0066 inch 
nominal (60 pound base box weight), and 0.0072 inch nominal (65 pound 
base box weight), regardless of width, temper, finish, coating or other 
properties.
    [squf] Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel in the 
gauge of 0.024 inch, with widths of 27.0 inches or 31.5 inches, and 
with T-1 temper properties.
    [dec222] Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel, 
with a chemical composition of 0.005% max carbon, 0.030% max silicon, 
0.25% max manganese, 0.025% max phosphorous, 0.025% max sulfur, 0.070% 
max aluminum, and the balance iron, with a metallic chromium layer of 
70-130 mg/m \2\, with a chromium oxide layer of 5-30 mg/m \2\, with a 
tensile strength of 260-440 N/mm \2\, with an elongation of 28-48%, 
with a hardness (HR-30T) of 40-58, with a surface roughness of 0.5-1.5 
microns Ra, with magnetic properties of Bm (KG) 10.0 minimum, Br (KG) 
8.0 minimum, Hc (Oe) 2.5-3.8, and MU 1400 minimum, as measured with a 
Riken Denshi DC magnetic characteristic measuring machine, Model BHU-
60.
    [dec222] Bright finish tin-coated sheet with a thickness equal to 
or exceeding 0.0299 inch, coated to thickness of \3/4\ pound (0.000045 
inch) and 1 pound (0.00006 inch).
    [dec222] Electrolytically chromium coated steel having ultra flat 
shape defined as oil can maximum depth of \5/64\ inch (2.0 mm) and edge 
wave maximum of \5/64\ inch (2.0 mm) and no wave to penetrate more than 
2.0 inches (51.0 mm) from the strip edge and coilset or curling 
requirements of average maximum of \5/64\ inch (2.0 mm) (based on six 
readings, three across each cut edge of a 24 inches (61 cm) long sample 
with no single reading exceeding \4/32\ inch (3.2 mm) and no more than 
two readings at \4/32\ inch (3.2 mm)) and (for 85 pound base box item 
only: crossbuckle maximums of 0.001 inch (0.0025 mm) average having no 
reading above 0.005 inch (0.127 mm)), with a camber maximum of \1/4\ 
inch (6.3 mm) per 20 feet (6.1 meters), capable of being bent 120 
degrees on a 0.002 inch radius without cracking, with a chromium 
coating weight of metallic chromium at 100 mg/m\2\ and chromium oxide 
of 10 mg/m \2\, with a chemistry of 0.13% maximum carbon, 0.60% maximum 
manganese, 0.15% maximum silicon, 0.20% maximum copper, 0.04% maximum 
phosphorous, 0.05% maximum sulfur, and 0.20% maximum aluminum, with a 
surface finish of Stone Finish 7C, with a DOS-A oil at an aim level of 
2 mg/square meter, with not more than 15 inclusions/foreign matter in 
15 feet (4.6 meters) (with inclusions not to exceed \1/32\ inch (0.8 
mm) in width and \3/64\ inch (1.2 mm) in length), with thickness/temper 
combinations of either 60 pound base box (0.0066 inch) double reduced 
CADR8 temper in widths of 25.00 inches, 27.00 inches, 27.50 inches, 
28.00 inches, 28.25 inches, 28.50 inches, 29.50 inches, 29.75 inches, 
30.25 inches, 31.00 inches, 32.75 inches, 33.75 inches, 35.75 inches, 
36.25 inches, 39.00 inches, or 43.00 inches, or 85 pound base box 
(0.0094 inch) single reduced CAT4 temper in widths of 25.00 inches, 
27.00 inches, 28.00 inches, 30.00 inches, 33.00 inches, 33.75 inches, 
35.75 inches, 36.25 inches, or 43.00 inches, with width tolerance of 
\1/8\ inch, with a thickness tolerance of 0.0005 
inch, with a maximum coil weight of 20,000 pounds (9071.0 kg), with a 
minimum coil weight of 18,000 pounds (8164.8 kg) with a coil inside 
diameter of 16 inches (40.64 cm) with a steel core, with a coil maximum 
outside diameter of 59.5 inches (151.13 cm), with a maximum of one weld 
(identified with a paper flag) per coil, with a surface free of 
scratches, holes, and rust.
    [dec222] Electrolytically tin coated steel having differential 
coating with 1.00 pound/base box equivalent on the heavy side, with 
varied coating equivalents in the lighter side (detailed below), with a 
continuous cast steel chemistry of type MR, with a surface finish of 
type 7B or 7C, with a surface passivation of 0.7 mg/square foot of 
chromium applied as a cathodic dichromate treatment, with coil form 
having restricted oil film weights of 0.3-0.4 grams/base box of type 
DOS-A oil, coil inside diameter ranging from 15.5 to 17 inches, coil 
outside diameter of a maximum 64 inches, with a maximum coil weight of 
25,000 pounds, and with temper/coating/dimension combinations of: (1) 
CAT 4 temper, 1.00/.050 pound/base box coating, 70 pound/base box 
(0.0077 inch) thickness, and 33.1875 inch ordered width; or (2) CAT5 
temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box coating, 75 pound/base box (0.0082 
inch) thickness, and 34.9375 inch or 34.1875 inch ordered width; or (3) 
CAT5 temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box coating, 107 pound/base box 
(0.0118 inch) thickness, and 30.5625 inch or 35.5625 inch ordered 
width; or (4) CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box coating, 85 pound/
base box (0.0093 inch) thickness, and 35.5625 inch ordered width; or 
(5) CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.25 pound/base box coating, 60 pound/base box 
(0.0066 inch) thickness, and 35.9375 inch ordered width; or (6) CADR8 
temper, 1.00/0.25 pound/base box coating, 70 pound/base box (0.0077 
inch) thickness, and 32.9375 inch, 33.125 inch, or 35.1875 inch ordered 
width.
    [dec222] Electrolytically tin coated steel having differential 
coating with 1.00 pound/base box equivalent on the heavy side, with 
varied coating equivalents on the lighter side (detailed below), with a 
continuous cast steel chemistry of type MR, with a surface finish of 
type 7B or 7C, with a surface passivation of 0.5 mg/square foot of 
chromium applied as a cathodic dichromate treatment, with ultra flat 
scroll cut sheet form, with CAT 5 temper with 1.00/0.10 pound/base box 
coating, with alithograph logo printed in a uniform pattern on the 0.10 
pound coating side with a clear protective coat, with both sides waxed 
to a level of 15-20 mg/216 sq. in., with ordered dimension combinations 
of (1) 75 pound/base box (0.0082 inch) thickness and 34.9375 inch x 
31.748 inch scroll cut dimensions; or (2) 75 pound/base box (0.0082 
inch) thickness and 34.1875 inch x 29.076 inch scroll cut dimensions; 
or (3) 107 pound/base box (0.0118 inch) thickness and 30.5625 inch x 
34.125 inch scroll cut dimension.
    [dec222] Tin-free steel coated with a metallic chromium layer 
between 100-200 mg/m\2\ and a chromium oxide layer between 5-30 mg/
m\2\; chemical composition of 0.05% maximum carbon, 0.03% maximum 
silicon, 0.60% maximum manganese, 0.02% maximum phosphorous, and 0.02% 
maximum sulfur; magnetic flux density (``Br'') of 10 kg minimum and a 
coercive force (``Hc'') of 3.8 Oe minimum.

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    [dec222] Tin-free steel laminated on one or both sides of the 
surface with a polyester film, consisting of two layers (an amorphous 
layer and an outer crystal layer), that contains no more than the 
indicated amounts of the following environmental hormones: 1 mg/kg 
BADGE (BisPhenol--A Di-glycidyl Ether), 1 mg/kg BFDGE (BisPhenol--F Di-
glycidyl Ether), and 3 mg/kg BPA (BisPhenol--A).
    The merchandise subject to the order is currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), under HTSUS 
subheadings 7210.11.0000, 7210.12.0000, 7210.50.0000, 7212.10.0000, and 
7212.50.0000 if of non-alloy steel and under HTSUS subheadings 
7225.99.0090, and 7226.99.0180 if of alloy steel. Although the 
subheadings are 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 the Department and the USITC 
that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain tin mill 
products from Japan would be likely to 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, the Department hereby 
orders the continuation of the antidumping duty order on certain tin 
mill products from Japan.
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect cash 
deposits of estimated antidumping duties at the rates in effect at the 
time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise. The effective 
date of the continuation of this order will be the effective date 
listed above. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department 
intends to initiate the next sunset review of this order not later than 
30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date of 
continuation.
    This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: June 6, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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