[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10096-10097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03893]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-845]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Japan: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that, in the 
context of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils (SSSSC) from Japan, Hitachi Metals Ltd. (Hitachi Metals) 
is the successor-in-interest to the merger of Hitachi Metals and 
Hitachi Cable Ltd. (Hitachi Cable) for purposes of determining 
antidumping duty cash deposits and liabilities.

DATES: Effective Date: February 24, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova or Rebecca 
Trainor, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-1280 or (202) 482-4007, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 13, 2013, Hitachi Metals requested that the Department 
conduct an expedited changed circumstances review under 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(3)(ii) to confirm that it is the successor-in-interest to 
Hitachi Cable for purposes of determining antidumping duty cash 
deposits and liabilities.
    On December 31, 2013, the Department preliminarily determined that 
Hitachi Metals is the successor-in-interest to the merger of Hitachi 
Metals and Hitachi Cable.\1\ In the Initiation and Preliminary Results, 
we provided all interested parties with an opportunity to comment or 
request a public hearing regarding this finding. We received no 
comments or requests for a public hearing from interested parties 
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the time period set forth in the Initiation and Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Japan: 
Initiation of Expedited Changed Circumstances Review, and 
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 78 FR 79667 
(December 31, 2013) (Initiation and Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are certain stainless steel sheet 
and strips in coils. The merchandise subject to the order is currently 
classified under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) subheadings: 7219.13.00.31, 7219.13.00.51, 
7219.13.00.71, 7219.13.00.81, 7219.14.00.30, 7219.14.00.65, 
7219.14.00.90, 7219.32.00.05, 7219.32.00.20, 7219.32.00.25, 
7219.32.00.35, 7219.32.00.36, 7219.32.00.38, 7219.32.00.42, 
7219.32.00.44, 7219.33.00.05, 7219.33.00.20, 7219.33.00.25, 
7219.33.00.35, 7219.33.00.36, 7219.33.00.38, 7219.33.00.42, 
7219.33.00.44, 7219.34.00.05, 7219.34.00.20, 7219.34.00.25, 
7219.34.00.30, 7219.34.00.35, 7219.35.00.05, 7219.35.00.15, 
7219.35.00.30, 7219.35.00.35, 7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 
7219.90.00.25, 7219.90.00.60, 7219.90.00.80, 7220.12.10.00, 
7220.12.50.00, 7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15, 7220.20.10.60, 
7220.20.10.80, 7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10, 7220.20.60.15, 
7220.20.60.60, 7220.20.60.80, 7220.20.70.05, 7220.20.70.10, 
7220.20.70.15, 7220.20.70.60, 7220.20.70.80, 7220.20.80.00, 
7220.20.90.30, 7220.20.90.60, 7220.90.00.10, 7220.90.00.15, 
7220.90.00.60, and 7220.90.00.80. Although the HTSUS numbers are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written product 
description, available in the Order, remains dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ For a complete description of the scope, see Notice of 
Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Antidumping Duty Order; Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 
from Japan, 64 FR 40565 (July 27, 1999). See also Initiation and 
Preliminary Results.
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Because no parties submitted comments opposing the Department's 
preliminary results, and because there is no other information or 
evidence on the record that calls into question the preliminary 
results, for the reasons outlined in the Initiation and Preliminary 
Results, the Department determines that Hitachi Metals is the 
successor-in-interest to the merger of Hitachi Metals and Hitachi Cable 
for the purpose of determining antidumping duty liability.\3\ 
Specifically, we find that the merger of these two companies resulted 
in no significant changes to management, production facilities, 
supplier relationships, and customers with respect to the production 
and sale of the subject merchandise. Thus, Hitachi Metals operates as 
the same business entity as Hitachi Cable with respect to the subject 
merchandise.\4\ As a result of this determination, we find that Hitachi 
Metals should receive the cash deposit rate previously assigned to 
Hitachi Cable in the most recently completed review of the antidumping 
duty order on SSSSC from Japan. Consequently, the Department will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of 
all shipments of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by 
Hitachi Metals and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date of this notice in the 
Federal Register at 0.00 percent, which is the urrent cash deposit rate 
for Hitachi Cable.\5\ This cash deposit requirement shall remain in 
effect until further notice.
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    \3\ See Initiation and Preliminary Results, 78 FR at 79668-70.
    \4\ Id., at 79669.
    \5\ See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Japan: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 6631, 
6633 (February 10, 2010).
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Notification

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written notification of 
the return/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 sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing this determination and publishing these final 
results and notice in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) 
and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216 and 
351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: February 12, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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