[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15462-15464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05962]


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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; 
2018-2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that sales of 
diffusion-

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annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products (nickel-plated steel 
products) from Japan were made at less than normal value during the 
period of review, May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019.

DATES: Applicable March 23, 2021.

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 one producer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. (Toyo Kohan). On July 21, 2020, 
Commerce published the Preliminary Results and invited interested 
parties to comment.\1\ Also on July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all 
deadlines in this administrative review by 60 days.\2\ On August 27, 
2020, we received a case brief on behalf of Thomas Steel Strip 
Corporation (the petitioner).\3\ On September 3, 2020, we received a 
rebuttal brief on behalf of Toyo Kohan.\4\
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    \1\ See Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel 
Products from Japan: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 44041 (July 21, 2020) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Case Brief, ``Diffusion-Annealed Nickel-
Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products from Japan: Case Brief of Thomas 
Steel Strip Corporation,'' dated August 27, 2020.
    \4\ See Toyo Kohan's Rebuttal Brief, ``Toyo Kohan's AD Rebuttal 
Brief: Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat Rolled Steel Products 
from Japan,'' dated September 3, 2020.
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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.\5\
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    \5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see 
Preliminary Results PDM.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are listed in the 
Appendix to this notice and addressed in the IDM.\6\ 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 and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In 
addition, a complete version of the IDM can be accessed directly at 
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2018-2019 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 (IDM).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested 
parties on the Preliminary Results, we made changes to the preliminary 
margin calculations for Toyo Kohan.\7\
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    \7\ See IDM at 2.
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Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines that a weighted-
average dumping margin of 4.56 percent exists for Toyo Kohan for the 
period May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019.

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, antidumping 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), Toyo Kohan reported the 
entered value of its U.S. sales such that 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 
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 antidumping duties.
    Consistent with its recent notice,\8\ Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal 
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).
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    \8\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue Liquidation 
Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 884 (January 
15, 2021).
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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 previously investigated companies not participating in this review, 
the cash deposit 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 less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the cash deposit rate established for the most recently 
completed segment for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will 
continue to be 45.42 percent, the all-others rate 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 antidumping 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

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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: March 16, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the IDM

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Margin Calculations
IV. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Which Control Number (CONNUMs) to Use for Downstream 
Home Market Sales Made by Kohan Shoji Co., Ltd. (Kohan Shoji)
    Comment 2: Ministerial Error in the Preliminary Results
V. Recommendation

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