[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12337-12338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05709]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-048]


Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 
Expedited Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an 
expedited review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from the 
People's Republic of China (China) for the January 1, 2015, through 
December 31, 2015, period of review (POR). We preliminarily determine 
that Jiangsu Tiangong Tools Company Limited (TG Tools) received 
countervailable subsidies during the POR.

DATES: Applicable March 21, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2593.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is CTL plate. A full description 
of the scope of the order is contained in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\1\
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    \1\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Results of Expedited Review of 
the Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to-Length Plate from the People's Republic of China,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    On March 20, 2017, Commerce issued a countervailing duty order on 
CTL plate from China.\2\ Commerce is conducting this CVD expedited 
review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(k). For a full description of 
the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The list of topics discussed in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an Appendix to this 
notice. 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 
is available to all parties 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \2\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 
14346 (March 20, 2017).
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Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following countervailable subsidy rate:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                             (percent)
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Jiangsu Tiangong Tools Company Limited, Tiangong Aihe              29.43
 Company Limited, Jiangsu Tiangong Group Company
 Limited, Jiangsu Tiangong Mould Steel R&D Center
 Company Limited........................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results 
within five days of publication of this notice.\3\ Interested parties 
may submit case briefs within 30 days of publication of these 
preliminary results and rebuttal briefs no later than five days after 
the deadline for filing case briefs.\4\ Rebuttal briefs must be limited 
to issues raised in the case briefs.\5\ Parties who submit case or 
rebuttal briefs are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A 
statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and, (3) a 
table of authorities.\6\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested 
parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within 30 days of 
publication of these preliminary results by submitting a written 
request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, filed electronically using ACCESS. Requests 
should contain the party's name, address, and telephone number; the 
number of participants; and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 
request for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled 
date for the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and location to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and (d)(1).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.214(h)(i)(2), Commerce will issue the final results of this 
expedited review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any written briefs, within 90 days after the date of 
publication of these preliminary results.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    Pursuant to section 19 CFR 351.214(k)(3)(iii), the final results of 
this expedited review will not be the basis for the assessment of 
countervailing duties. Upon issuing the final results, Commerce intends 
to instruct Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits of 
estimated countervailing duties for the companies subject to this 
expedited review, at the rates shown above, on shipments of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication of the final results of this expedited 
review. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(k)(3)(iv), 
however, if TG Tools has a final estimated net subsidy rate that is 
zero or de minimis, it will be excluded from the order.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(h) and (k).

    Dated: March 15, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VI. Application of the CVD Law to Imports from China
VII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VIII. Analysis of Programs
IX. Disclosure and Public Comment
X. Conclusion

[FR Doc. 2018-05709 Filed 3-20-18; 8:45 am]
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