[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26817-26818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12147]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-820; A-560-812; A-570-865; A-583-835; A-549-817; A-823-811]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India, 
Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, and 
Ukraine: Final Results of Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders

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

DATES: Applicable June 10, 2019.

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SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India, 
Indonesia, the People's Republic of China (China), Taiwan, Thailand, 
and Ukraine would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping. The magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail are 
indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsey Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1979.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In 2001, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD Orders 
with respect to certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from 
India, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine.\1\ On December 
5, 2006 and February 7, 2014, Commerce published notices of 
continuation of these AD Orders.\2\ On February 5, 2019, Commerce 
published the notice of initiation of the third sunset reviews of the 
AD Orders on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India, 
Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine.\3\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India, 66 FR 60194 
(December 3, 2001) (India Amended Final Determination and Order); 
see also Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel 
Flat Products From Indonesia, 66 FR 60192 (December 3, 2001); Notice 
of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 59561 (November 
29, 2001); Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Taiwan, 66 FR 59563 (November 29, 
2001); Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from Thailand, 66 FR 59562 (November 29, 2001); and 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from Ukraine, 66 FR 59559 (November 29, 2001) 
(collectively, AD Orders).
    \2\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from 
Argentina, the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, 
Kazakhstan, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine; 
Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 
Orders, 71 FR 70506 (December 5, 2006) (First Sunset Review); see 
also Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India, 
Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, and 
Ukraine: Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 
79 FR 7425 (February 7, 2014) (Second Sunset Review).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84 FR 1705 
(February 5, 2019) (Initiation).
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    On March 7, 2019, Commerce received complete substantive responses 
to the notices of initiation from Nucor Corporation; AK Steel 
Corporation; ArcelorMittal USA LLC; United States Steel Corporation; 
California Steel Industries; SSAB Enterprises LLC; and Steel Dynamics, 
Inc. (collectively, the domestic interested parties) within the 30-day 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The domestic interested 
parties claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the 
Act, as manufacturers, producers, or wholesalers of a domestic like 
product in the United States. Commerce received comments from the 
Government of Ukraine,\4\ but received no substantive responses from 
any other interested parties. As a result, Commerce conducted an 
expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset review of these AD Orders pursuant to 
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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    \4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum: Final Results of 
Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India, Indonesia, 
the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine 
(Issues and Decisions Memorandum), dated June 5, 2019 at 20. 
Commerce did not find the Government of Ukraine's comments to be an 
adequate substantive response.
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise subject to the AD Orders is certain hot-rolled 
carbon steel flat products. For a complete description of the products 
covered, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these reviews, including the likelihood of 
continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation, and 
the magnitude of dumping margins likely to prevail if the orders were 
revoked, are addressed in the accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice. 
A list of the topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 
attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is a public document, which 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 in Room B8024 of the main Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed and electronic versions of the 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on certain hot-rolled 
carbon steel flat products from India, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, 
Thailand, and Ukraine would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping. We determine that the weighted-average dumping 
margins likely to prevail are up to the following percentages:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                           Country                              margin
                                                               (percent)
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India.......................................................       44.40
Indonesia...................................................       47.86
China.......................................................       90.83
Taiwan......................................................       29.14
Thailand....................................................       20.30
Ukraine.....................................................       90.33
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification 
of the 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 which is subject to 
sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scopes of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. The Adequacy of the Government of Ukraine's Response
    2. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    3. Magnitude of the Dumping Margins Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2019-12147 Filed 6-7-19; 8:45 am]
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