[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66996-66997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23572]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-545-547 and 731-TA-1291-1297 (Final)]


Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Australia, Brazil, 
Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom

Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of certain hot-rolled steel flat products (``hot-
rolled steel'') from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, 
Turkey, and the United Kingdom, provided for in subheadings 7208.10.15, 
7208.10.30, 7208.10.60, 7208.25.30, 7208.25.60, 7208.26.00, 7208.27.00, 
7208.36.00, 7208.37.00, 7208.38.00, 7208.39.00, 7208.40.60, 7208.53.00, 
7208.54.00, 7208.90.00, 7210.70.30, 7210.90.90, 7211.14.00, 7211.19.15, 
7211.19.20, 7211.19.30, 7211.19.45, 7211.19.60, 7211.19.75, 7211.90.00, 
7212.40.10, 7212.40.50, 7212.50.00, 7214.91.00, 7214.99.00, 7215.90.50, 
7225.11.00, 7225.19.00, 7225.30.30, 7225.30.70, 7225.40.70, 7225.99.00, 
7226.11.10, 7226.11.90, 7226.19.10, 7226.19.90, 7226.91.50, 7226.91.70, 
7226.91.80, 7226.99.01, and 7228.60.60 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States, that have been found by the Department 
of Commerce (``Commerce'') to be sold in the United States at less than 
fair value (``LTFV''), and that have been found by Commerce to be 
subsidized by the governments of Brazil and Korea.\2\ The Commission 
further finds that imports of hot-rolled steel that have been found by 
Commerce to be subsidized by the government of Turkey are negligible. 
The Commission also finds that imports subject to

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Commerce's affirmative critical circumstances determinations are not 
likely to undermine seriously the remedial effect of the countervailing 
and antidumping duty orders on hot-rolled steel from Brazil and the 
antidumping duty order on imports from Japan.
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    \1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Chairman Irving A. Williamson, Vice Chairman David S. 
Johanson, and Commissioners Dean A. Pinkert, Meredith M. Broadbent, 
and Rhonda K. Schmidtlein voted in the affirmative with respect to 
imports from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and 
the United Kingdom and with respect to imports sold at less than 
fair value from Turkey. Commissioner F. Scott Kieff voted in the 
affirmative with respect to imports from Brazil, Japan, Korea, the 
Netherlands, and the United Kingdom and with respect to imports sold 
at less than fair value from Turkey; he voted in the negative with 
respect to imports from Australia. All six Commissioners found that 
imports of these products from Turkey that Commerce has determined 
are subsidized by the government of Turkey are negligible.
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Background

    The Commission, pursuant to sections 705(b) and 735(b) of the Act 
(19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)), instituted these 
investigations effective August 11, 2015, following receipt of a 
petition filed with the Commission and Commerce by AK Steel Corporation 
(West Chester, Ohio), ArcelorMittal USA, LLC (Chicago, Illinois), Nucor 
Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina), SSAB Enterprises, LLC (Lisle, 
Illinois), Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Fort Wayne, Indiana), and United 
States Steel Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). The final phase of 
the investigations was scheduled by the Commission following 
notification of preliminary determinations by Commerce that imports of 
hot-rolled steel from Brazil \3\ were subsidized within the meaning of 
section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)) and that imports from 
Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the 
United Kingdom were dumped within the meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 
U.S.C. 1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of the final phase of the 
Commission's investigations and of a public hearing to be held in 
connection therewith was given by posting copies of the notice in the 
Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal Register on 
April 15, 2016 (81 FR 22310). The hearing was held in Washington, DC, 
on August 4, 2016, and all persons who requested the opportunity were 
permitted to appear in person or by counsel.
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    \3\ The Commission also scheduled final-phase countervailing 
duty investigations concerning hot-rolled steel from Korea and 
Turkey, although Commerce preliminarily determined that de minimis 
countervailable subsidies were being provided to hot-rolled steel 
producers and exporters from Korea and Turkey.
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    The Commission made these determinations pursuant to sections 
705(b) and 735(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b) and 19 U.S.C. 
1673d(b)). It completed and filed its determinations in these 
investigations on September 26, 2016. The views of the Commission are 
contained in USITC Publication 4638 (September 2016), entitled Hot-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the 
Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-
545-547 and 731-TA-1291-1297 (Final)).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: September 26, 2016.
Katherine Hiner,
Acting Supervisory Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2016-23572 Filed 9-28-16; 8:45 am]
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