[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48120-48122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19799]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-856]


Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) 
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. We invite interested parties to 
comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable September 12, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanah Lee, Stephanie Berger, or 
Charles Doss, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-6386, (202) 482-2483, and (202) 482-4474, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty (AD) order on certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) 
from Taiwan,\1\ covering the following three respondents: (1) The 
previously collapsed Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. (YP) and Synn Co., 
Ltd. (Synn) entity (collectively, YP/Synn); (2) Prosperity Tieh 
Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Prosperity); and (3) Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd. 
(SYSCO). For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\ 
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included as an appendix to this notice.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 45596 (September 10, 2018).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain 
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan, 2017-2018,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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    Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by 
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018 through 
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\3\ If the new 
deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's 
practice, the deadline will become the next business day. The deadline 
for the preliminary results of this review is now September 6, 2019.
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    \3\ See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
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Scope of the Order 4
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    \4\ For the full text of the scope of the order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    The products covered by the order are flat-rolled steel products, 
either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant metals such as 
zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys, 
whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished, laminated, or coated 
with plastics or other non-metallic substances in addition to the 
metallic coating. The subject merchandise is currently classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheadings: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 
7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000,

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7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000, 
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 
7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, and 
7212.60.0000. The products subject to the orders may also enter under 
the following HTSUS item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 
7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 
7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.91.0000, 
7225.92.0000, 7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180, 
7228.60.6000, 7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000. The HTSUS subheadings 
above are provided for convenience and customs purposes only. The 
written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1) and (2) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export 
price and constructed export price were calculated in accordance with 
section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance with 
section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 https://access.trade.gov and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce 
building. In addition, the complete 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 version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the POR:

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                                                               Estimated
                                                               weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd.........................        0.60
Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Synn Industrial Co., Ltd.        0.51
Sheng Yu Steel Co., Ltd.....................................        6.76
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.
    If the weighted-average dumping margin for YP/Synn, Prosperity, and 
SYSCO is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem AD assessment rates based on the 
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importers 
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\5\ We will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review 
when the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final 
results of this review is above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent). Where 
either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de 
minimis, or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 
we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without 
regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this review shall be 
the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of 
merchandise covered by the final results of this review where 
applicable.
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    \5\ In these preliminary results, Commerce 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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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each 
respondent for which they did not know that their merchandise was 
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
entries not reviewed at the all-others rate of 3.66 percent \6\ if 
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the 
transaction.\7\ We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.
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    \6\ See Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice 
of Court Decision Not in Harmony with Final Determination of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation and Notice of Amended Final 
Determination of Investigation, 84 FR 6129 (February 26, 2019) 
(Amended Final Determination).
    \7\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of CORE from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication provided by section 
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for each company listed 
above will be equal to the dumping margins established in the final 
results of this review except if the ultimate rates are de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash 
deposit rates will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 
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 in which the producer or exporter 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, 
a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value investigation but 
the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recently completed segment of the proceeding for the producer 
of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
producers or exporters will continue to be 3.66 percent, the all-others 
rate established in Amended Final Determination.\8\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \8\ See Amended Final Determination.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five 
days of the date of publication of these preliminary results.\9\ 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of 
this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing 
case briefs.\10\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 
this proceeding are requested to submit with

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the argument: (1) A statement of the issue, (2) a summary of the 
argument, and (3) a table of authorities.\11\ All briefs must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records 
system, ACCESS.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, using Enforcement and 
Compliance's ACCESS system within 30 days of publication of this 
notice.\12\ 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.\13\ Parties should 
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce will issue the final results 
of this administrative review, including the results of our analysis of 
the issues raised by the parties in their case briefs, within 120 days 
after issuance of these preliminary results.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results of review is are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: September 5, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Date of Sale
VI. Product Comparisons
VII. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
VIII. Normal Value
IX. Currency Conversion
X. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2019-19799 Filed 9-11-19; 8:45 am]
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