[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 243 (Monday, December 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91904-91906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30427]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-849]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of the 2014-2015 Antidumping 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has conducted 
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administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-
length carbon steel plate (``CTL plate'') from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC''), covering the period November 1, 2014, through October 
31, 2015.

DATES: Effective December 19, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3518.

Background

    On August 12, 2016, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published its Preliminary Results of the review of the antidumping duty 
order on CTL plate from the PRC for Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron and Steel 
Co., Ltd. (``Hunan Valin'') and Wuyang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (``Wuyang 
Steel'').\1\ Although invited to do so, interested parties did not 
comment on our Preliminary Results. Thus, we have adopted the 
Preliminary Results as the final results.
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    \1\ See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review, and Preliminary Determination of No 
Shipments, in Part, and Partial Rescission; 2014-2015, 81 FR 53412 
(August 12, 2016) (``Preliminary Results'').
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the order is certain cut-to-length carbon 
steel plate from the PRC. Included in this description is hot-rolled 
iron and non-alloy steel universal mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled 
products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width 
exceeding 150 millimeters (``mm'') but not exceeding 1250 mm and of a 
thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and without patterns of 
relief), of rectangular shape, neither clad, plated nor coated with 
metal, whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or 
other nonmetallic substances; and certain iron and non-alloy steel 
flat-rolled products not in coils, of rectangular shape, hot-rolled, 
neither clad, plated nor coated with metal, whether or not painted, 
varnished, or covered with plastics or other nonmetallic substances, 
4.75 mm or more in thickness and of a width which exceeds 150mm and 
measures at least twice the thickness. Included as subject merchandise 
in this order are flat-rolled products of nonrectangular cross-section 
where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process 
(i.e., products which have been ``worked after rolling'')--for example, 
products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges. This 
merchandise is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (``HTSUS'') under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 
7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 
7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7212.40.5000, and 
7212.50.0000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of the order is dispositive. Specifically excluded from subject 
merchandise within the scope of the order is grade X-70 steel plate.

Analysis

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department determined that Hunan 
Valin was not eligible for separate rate status and was considered part 
of the PRC-wide entity, and that Wuyang Steel did not have reviewable 
transactions during the POR.\2\ No parties commented on the Preliminary 
Results. For these final results of review, we have continued to treat 
Hunan Valin as part of the PRC-wide entity, and continued to find that 
Wuyang Steel did not have reviewable transactions during the POR. We 
are adopting the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for these final 
results of review.\3\ The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public 
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (``ACCESS''). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the 
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version 
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and 
the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.
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    \2\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to 
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate from the People's Republic of China,'' dated 
August 5, 2016 (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'') at 4-5.
    \3\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. 
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the publication date of the final results of this review. The 
Department intends to instruct CBP to liquidate any entries of subject 
merchandise exported by Hunan Valin at 128.59 percent (the PRC-wide 
rate).
    Additionally, pursuant to the Department's practice in non-market 
economy cases, given that we have continued to find that Wuyang Steel 
had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR, any suspended 
entries of subject merchandise exported by Wuyang Steel will be 
liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\4\
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    \4\ For a full discussion of this practice, see NME AD 
Assessment, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''): (1) For previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters, which are not under 
review in this segment of the proceeding, but which have separate 
rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific 
rate published for the most recent period; (2) for all PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a 
separate rate, including Hunan Valin, the cash deposit rate will be the 
PRC-wide rate of 128.59 percent; and (3) for all non-PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise, which have not received their own rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter(s) that 
supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification of Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
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duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping 
duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. 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 violation that is subject to sanction.
    This notice of the final results of this antidumping duty 
administrative review is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213 and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 7, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-30427 Filed 12-16-16; 8:45 am]
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