[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31559-31560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14278]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-821-809]
Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From
the Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On January 5, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the
Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain
hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from the Russian
Federation (Russia). The review covers one producer/exporter of the
subject merchandise, Severstal PAO and Severstal Export (collectively,
Severstal). The period of review (POR) is December 19, 2014, through
November 30, 2015. After our analysis of the comments and information
received, these final results do not change from the preliminary
results of review. For the final weighted-average dumping margins, see
the ``Final Results of Review'' section below.
DATES: Effective July 7, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Madeline Heeren, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5041 or (202) 482-0195,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 5, 2017, the Department published the Preliminary
Results.\1\ A summary of the events that occurred since the Department
published these results, as well as a full discussion of the issues
raised by parties for these final results, may be found in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\2\ The
Issues and 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 https://access.trade.gov and
it is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024
of the main Department of Commerce building. In
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addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.
The signed and electronic versions of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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\1\ The Initiation Notice and Preliminary Results inadvertently
referenced the incorrect order title. This Federal Register notice
and the decision memorandum accompanying these final results use the
original and correct order title, as reflected in the 2014 order.
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 81 FR 6832 (February 9, 2016) (Initiation Notice); see also
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Russian
Federation: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR 1318 (January 5, 2017) (Preliminary
Results); see also, Termination of the Suspension Agreement on Hot-
Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the Russian
Federation, Rescission of 2013-2014 Administrative Review, and
Issuance of Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 77455 (December 24, 2014)
(AD Order).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel
Products from the Russian Federation; 2014-2015,'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is certain hot-rolled flat-rolled
carbon-quality steel products (hot-rolled steel) from Russia. The full
text of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the issues raised by parties is attached in the
Appendix to this notice.
Adverse Facts Available
In the Preliminary Results, the Department applied total adverse
facts available (AFA) to Severstal and assigned it a rate of 184.56
percent. The Department determined that Severstal significantly impeded
the proceeding, failed to provide necessary information, and failed to
cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability to comply with
requests for information. As discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, we continue to assign Severstal an AFA rate for these final
results of review.
Final Results of the Review
The final weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Severstal PAO and Severstal Export (collectively, Severstal) 184.56
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Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
the Department has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of
subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this
review.\3\ The Department shall instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem
assessment rate of 184.56 percent to all entries of subject merchandise
during the POR which were produced and/or exported by Severstal. The
Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
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\3\ For assessment purposes, the Department applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of this notice for all shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication of these final results, as provided by section 751(a)(2) of
the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the respondent noted above will
be the rate established in the final results of this administrative
review; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not
covered in this administrative review but covered in a prior segment of
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the original investigation, but the producer is, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 184.56 percent, the all-others rate
established in the antidumping duty investigation.\4\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\4\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the
Russian Federation, 64 FR 38626 (July 19, 1999).
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries during the period of review.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the
Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or
countervailing duties did occur and the subsequent assessment of
doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
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(a)(3), 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 the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: June 30, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. List of Issues
III. Background
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
1. Application of Total Adverse Facts Available
2. Rejection of Severstal's April 14, 2016, Extension Request
3. Issuance of a U.S. Customer Questionnaire
4. Release of Business Proprietary Information
5. Selection of AFA Rate
VI. Recommendation
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