[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 60 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 15716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06231]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-557 and 731-TA-1312 (Final)]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From China; 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 stainless steel sheet and strip from China, 
provided for in subheadings 7219.13.00, 7219.14.00, 7219.23.00, 
7219.24.00, 7219.32.00, 7219.33.00, 7219.34.00, 7219.35.00, 7219.90.00, 
7220.12.10, 7220.12.50, 7220.20.10, 7220.20.60, 7220.20.70, 7220.20.80, 
7220.20.90, and 7220.90.00 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 to be subsidized by the government of China.\2\
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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\ The Commission also finds that imports subject to Commerce's 
affirmative critical circumstances determination are not likely to 
undermine seriously the remedial effect of the countervailing and 
antidumping duty orders on stainless steel sheet and strip from 
China.
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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 February 12, 2016, following receipt of 
petitions filed with the Commission and Commerce by AK Steel Corp., 
West Chester, Ohio; Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 
North American Stainless, Inc., Ghent, Kentucky; and Outokumpu 
Stainless USA, LLC, Bannockburn, Illinois. The final phase of the 
investigations was scheduled by the Commission following notification 
of preliminary determinations by Commerce that imports of stainless 
steel sheet and strip from China were subsidized within the meaning of 
section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)) and sold at LTFV 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 October 6, 2016 (81 FR 69548). The 
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2017, and all 
persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in 
person or by counsel.
    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 March 24, 2017. The views of the Commission are 
contained in USITC Publication 4676 (March 2017), entitled Stainless 
Steel Sheet and Strip from China: Investigation Nos. 701-TA-557 and 
731-TA-1312 (Final).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: March 24, 2017.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-06231 Filed 3-29-17; 8:45 am]
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