[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64042-64044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25154]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-869]


Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From 
Japan: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that one of the 
producers/exporters subject to this administrative review did not make 
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value and the other 
made no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review 
(POR), May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018.

DATES: Applicable November 20, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Hamilton, 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) 482-4798.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This review covers two producers/exporters, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. 
(Toyo Kohan) and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Nippon 
Steel). On July 17, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results.\1\ On August 16,

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2019, we received a case brief from Thomas Steel Strip Corporation, the 
petitioner in this administrative review.\2\ On August 26, 2019, we 
received a rebuttal brief from Toyo Kohan.\3\ Commerce conducted this 
review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel 
Products from Japan: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 
2017-2018, 84 FR 34131 (July 17, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Case Brief, ``Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-
Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products from Japan: Case Brief of Thomas 
Steel Strip Corporation,'' dated August 16, 2019.
    \3\ See Toyo Kohan's Rebuttal Brief, ``Toyo Kohan's Rebuttal 
Brief, Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products 
from Japan,'' dated August 26, 2019.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is diffusion-annealed, nickel-
plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan. The product is currently 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings 7212.50.0000 and 7210.90.6000. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written product description remains dispositive. For a complete 
description of the scope of the order, see Appendix I of this notice.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in 
Appendix II to this notice and addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\4\ Interested parties can find a complete discussion of 
these issues and the corresponding recommendations in this public 
memorandum, which is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping (AD) and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered 
users at http://access.trade.gov, and ACCESS is also available to all 
interested 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 at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and electronic 
versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2017-2018 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-
Rolled Steel Products from Japan,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we made changes 
to the preliminary margin calculations for Toyo Kohan.\5\ However, as a 
result of these revisions, the weighted-average margin for Toyo Kohan 
did not change from that presented in the Preliminary Results.
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    \5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 2.
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Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received a properly-filed 
no shipment claim from Nippon Steel and confirmed the company's claim 
with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).\6\ We received no 
comments from interested parties with respect to this claim. Therefore, 
because the record indicates that Nippon Steel did not export subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR, we continue to find 
that Nippon Steel had no shipments during the POR.
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    \6\ See Preliminary Results, 84 FR at 34131.
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Final Results of the Review

    We are assigning the following weighted-average dumping margin to 
the firm listed below for the period May 1, 2017 through April 30, 
2018:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                    Producer or exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd........................................        0.00
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Disclosure of Calculations

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice to parties in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, AD duties on all appropriate entries of 
subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this 
review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific 
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount 
of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value 
of the sales for which entered value was reported. Where either the 
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to AD duties. The 
final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
AD duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of 
this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where 
applicable.\7\
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    \7\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    Commerce's ``reseller policy'' will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Toyo Kohan for which Toyo Kohan 
did not know that the merchandise it sold to the intermediary (e.g., a 
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United 
States. In such instances, we will 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.\8\
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    \8\ 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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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Toyo Kohan will 
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin that is established in 
the final results of this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 
percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) 
for companies not participating in this review, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published 
for the most recently completed segment; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review, or the original less than-fair-value 
(LTFV) investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will 
be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently completed 
segment for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 45.42 
percent, the all-others rate

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established in the LTFV investigation.\9\ These deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \9\ See Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel 
Products from Japan: Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 30816 (May 29, 
2014).
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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 AD duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of AD duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
double AD duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 14, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

    The diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products 
included in this order are flat-rolled, cold-reduced steel products, 
regardless of chemistry; whether or not in coils; either plated or 
coated with nickel or nickel-based alloys and subsequently annealed 
(i.e., ``diffusion-annealed''); whether or not painted, varnished or 
coated with plastics or other metallic or nonmetallic substances; 
and less than or equal to 2.0 mm in nominal thickness. For purposes 
of this order, ``nickel-based alloys'' include all nickel alloys 
with other metals in which nickel accounts for at least 80 percent 
of the alloy by volume.
    Imports of merchandise included in the scope of this order are 
classified primarily under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) subheadings 7212.50.0000 and 7210.90.6000, but may 
also be classified under HTSUS subheadings 7210.70.6090, 
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7219.90.0020, 7219.90.0025, 
7219.90.0060, 7219.90.0080, 7220.90.0010, 7220.90.0015, 
7225.99.0090, or 7226.99.0180. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of this order is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the IDM

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Margin Calculations
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Time Periods Used in the Cohen's d Test
    Comment 2: Window Periods Used to Define the Universe of Home 
Market Sales
    Comment 3: Purchasers Used in the Cohen's d Test
V. Recommendation

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