[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59771-59773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24219]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-412-824]


Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the United Kingdom: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the 
producer/exporter subject to this review made sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) 
September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable November 6, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 19, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cold-
rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the United 
Kingdom.\1\ The administrative review covers one producer or exporter 
of the subject merchandise, Caparo Precision Strip, Ltd./Liberty 
Performance Steels Ltd. (Liberty).\2\ We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results, and we received a 
case brief from Liberty.\3\ We did not receive any rebuttal briefs.
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    \1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the United 
Kingdom: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 34868 (July 19, 2019) (Preliminary 
Results).
    \2\ In the Initiation Notice, we initiated a review of ``Caparo 
Precision Strip, Ltd./Liberty Performance Steels, Ltd.'' See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 83 FR 57411, 57417 (November 15, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 
We have previously determined that Liberty Performance Steels Ltd. 
is the successor-in-interest to Caparo Precision Strip, Ltd.
    \3\ See Liberty's Letter, ``Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products from the United Kingdom: Liberty Performance Steels, Ltd. 
Case Brief,'' dated August 19, 2019.
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    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the antidumping duty order are certain 
cold-rolled (cold-reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not 
annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-
metallic substances. The products subject to this review are currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 
7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 
7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000,

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7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500, 
7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 
7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 
7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 
7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and 
7226.92.8050. The products subject to the Order may also enter under 
the following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 
7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, 
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, 
and 7229.90.1000. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description is 
dispositive. A full description of the scope of the order is contained 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products 
from the United Kingdom: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The issues raised by Liberty in its case brief have been addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public 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 Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Enforcement and Compliance 
website 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. A list of the topics 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as the 
appendix to this notice.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received we made changes for these final 
results which are enumerated in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for Liberty for the period of September 1, 2017 through August 
31, 2018.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Producer or exporter                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Liberty Performance Steels Ltd..............................       21.71
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Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, 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.
    For Liberty, we calculated importer-specific assessment rates on 
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties 
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered 
value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\5\ For 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Liberty for 
which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United 
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. We intend to issue 
liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of these 
final results of review.
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    \5\ In these final 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 Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 
(February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice for all shipments of cold-rolled steel from 
the United Kingdom entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Liberty will be 
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by 
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a 
prior completed segment of the proceeding, then 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 company 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, 
a prior review, or the original investigation but the producer has been 
covered in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment 
for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other producers or exporters will continue to be 22.58 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \6\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, 
India, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom: Amended Final 
Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for Brazil and the United 
Kingdom and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 64432, 64434 (September 
20, 2016).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce presuming that reimbursement of 
antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a final 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(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or 
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 subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative 
review in

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accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: October 30, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Major-Input Adjustment
    Comment 2: Ministerial Error
VI. Recommendation

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