[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22008-22009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10069]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-838]


Clad Steel Plate From Japan: Final Results of the Expedited 
Fourth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, Commerce finds 
that revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead 
to the continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in 
the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable May 11, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  David Crespo, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On January 2, 2018, Commerce published the notice of initiation of 
the fourth sunset review of the antidumping duty order on clad steel 
plate from Japan\1\ pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act.\2\ On 
January 16, 2018, Commerce received a notice of intent to participate 
from DMC Global Inc., dba NobelClad (DMC), a domestic interested party, 
within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ DMC 
claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a 
producer of clad steel plate in the United States.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Order: Clad Steel Plate from 
Japan, 61 FR 34421 (July 2, 1996).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 83 FR 100 
(January 2, 2018).
    \3\ See Letter ``Clad Steel Plate from Japan--Five-Year 
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order--Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' dated January 16, 2018.
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    Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by 
the closure of the Federal Government from January 20 through January 
22, 2018. As a result, the revised deadline for the final results of 
this review is now May 7, 2018.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this 
segment of the proceeding affected by the closure of the Federal 
Government have been extended by three days.
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    On January 31, 2018, Commerce received an adequate substantive 
response to the notice of initiation from DMC within the 30-day 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ We received no 
substantive responses from respondent interested parties with respect 
to the order covered by this sunset review.
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    \5\ See Letter ``Clad Steel Plate from Japan: Five-Year (`4th 
Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order--DMC Global Inc. dba 
NobelClad's Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated 
January 31, 2018.
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    On February 23, 2018, Commerce notified the U.S. International 
Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive 
response from respondent interested parties.\6\ As a result, pursuant 
to 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 
conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the

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antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from Japan.
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    \6\ See Letter re: ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on January 2, 
2018,'' dated February 23, 2018.
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order is all clad \7\ steel plate of a width of 
600 millimeters (mm) or more and a composite thickness of 4.5 mm or 
more. Clad steel plate is a rectangular finished steel mill product 
consisting of a layer of cladding material (usually stainless steel or 
nickel) which is metallurgically bonded to a base or backing of ferrous 
metal (usually carbon or low alloy steel) where the latter predominates 
by weight.
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    \7\ Cladding is the association of layers of metals of different 
colors or natures by molecular interpenetration of the surfaces in 
contact. This limited diffusion is characteristic of clad products 
and differentiates them from products metalized in other manners 
(e.g., by normal electroplating). The various cladding processes 
include pouring molten cladding metal onto the basic metal followed 
by rolling; simple hot-rolling of the cladding metal to ensure 
efficient welding to the basic metal; any other method of deposition 
of superimposing of the cladding metal followed by any mechanical or 
thermal process to ensure welding (e.g., electrocladding), in which 
the cladding metal (nickel, chromium, etc.) is applied to the basic 
metal by electroplating, molecular interpenetration of the surfaces 
in contact then being obtained by heat treatment at the appropriate 
temperature with subsequent cold rolling. See Harmonized Commodity 
Description and Coding System Explanatory Notes, Chapter 72, General 
Note (IV)(C)(2)(e).
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    Stainless clad steel plate is manufactured to American Society for 
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A263 (400 series stainless 
types) and A264 (300 series stainless types). Nickel and nickel-base 
alloy clad steel plate is manufactured to ASTM specification A265. 
These specifications are illustrative but not necessarily all-
inclusive.
    Clad steel plate within the scope of the order is classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
7210.90.10.00. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
of the order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum,\8\ which is hereby adopted by this notice. The 
issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are the 
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude 
of the dumping margin likely to prevail if the order were revoked. 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 http://acess.trade.gov, and 
to all in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.
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    \8\ See Memorandum ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Clad 
Steel Plate from Japan,'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the antidumping duty order on 
clad steel plate from Japan would be likely to lead to the continuation 
or recurrence of dumping at weighted-average dumping margins up to 
118.53 percent.\9\
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    \9\ Commerce assigned this margin of 118.53 percent to The Japan 
Steel Company and ``All Others'' in the less than fair value 
investigation on the basis of adverse facts available using the rate 
contained in the petition. See Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Clad Steel Plate from Japan, 61 FR 
21158, 21159 (May 9, 1996).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing the final results and this notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: May 4, 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.
[FR Doc. 2018-10069 Filed 5-10-18; 8:45 am]
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