[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 105 (Thursday, June 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29745-29746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11673]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-823-808]


Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation of Certain 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From Ukraine: Final Results of 
Administrative Review; 2018-2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines in this 
administrative review of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation of Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine 
(Agreement) that signatory Ukrainian producers/exporters Azovstal Iron 
& Steel Works (Azovstal) and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works (Ilyich), 
which are subsidiaries of Metinvest Holding LLC (Metinvest), are in 
compliance with the Agreement and that the Agreement is meeting the 
statutory requirements under sections 734(b) and (d) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of review (POR) is November 
1, 2018 through October 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable June 3, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or Jill Buckles, 
Bilateral Agreements Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 
482-6230, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 24, 2021, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
the administrative review of the Agreement.\1\ The administrative 
review covers signatory Ukrainian producers/exporters Azovstal and 
Ilyich, which are subsidiaries of Metinvest and were individually 
examined in this review. We invited interested parties to comment on 
the Preliminary Results. No interested party submitted comments. Hence, 
these final results are unchanged from the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation of 
Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Ukraine: Preliminary 
Results of 2018-2019 Administrative Review, 86 FR 15647 (March 24, 
2021) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
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Scope of Review

    For purposes of this Agreement, the products covered are hot-rolled 
iron and non-alloy steel universal mill plates (i.e., flat-rolled 
products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width 
exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm and of a thickness of not 
less than 4 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief), of 
rectangular shape, neither clad, plated nor coated with metal, whether 
or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic 
substances; and certain iron and non-alloy steel flat-rolled products 
not in coils, of rectangular shape, hot-rolled, neither clad, plated, 
nor coated with metal, whether or not painted, varnished, or coated 
with plastics or other nonmetallic substances, 4.75 mm or more in 
thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least 
twice the thickness. Included as subject merchandise in the Agreement 
are flat-rolled products of nonrectangular cross-section where such 
cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., 
products which have been ``worked after rolling'') for example, 
products which have been bevelled or rounded at the edges.
    This merchandise is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTS) under item numbers 7208.40.3030, 
7208.40.3060, 7208.51.0030, 7208.51.0045, 7208.51.0060, 7208.52.0000, 
7208.53.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.13.0000, 
7211.14.0030, 7211.14.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 
and 7212.50.0000. Although the HTS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of the Agreement is dispositive. Specifically excluded from subject 
merchandise within the scope of the Agreement is grade X-70 plate.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    As a result of this administrative review, we continue to find 
Azovstal and Ilyich, collectively participating as Metinvest, to be in 
compliance with the terms of the Agreement during the POR and that the 
Agreement is meeting the statutory requirements under sections 734(b) 
and (d) of the Act. Commerce conducted this review in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1)(C) of the Act, which specifies that Commerce shall 
``review the current status of, and compliance with, any agreement by 
reason of which an investigation was suspended.''
    Section 734(b) provides that Commerce may suspend an investigation 
if the exporters of the subject merchandise who account for 
substantially all of the imports of that merchandise agree to revise 
their prices to eliminate completely any amount by which the normal 
value (NV) of the merchandise which is the subject of the agreement 
exceeds the export price (or the constructed export price) of that 
merchandise. In addition, section 734(d) of the Act requires that 
Commerce be satisfied that suspension of the investigation is in the 
public interest and that effective monitoring of the agreement is 
practicable.
    Commerce continues to find no evidence of non-compliance by 
Azovstal and Ilyich with respect to ensuring that subject merchandise 
is sold in the United States at prices that are at or above the 
applicable NV determined by Commerce. Therefore, Commerce continues to 
find for these final results that the Agreement is meeting the 
statutory requirements of section 734(b) of the Act. In addition, with 
regard to the requirements of 734(d) of the Act, Commerce continues to 
find for these final results that the Agreement is in the public 
interest and that effective monitoring of the Agreement is practicable.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a 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). Timely 
written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is

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hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of 
an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these results of review in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: May 27, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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