[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55581-55582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21821]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-863; A-475-832; A-570-026; A-580-878; A-583-856]


Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From India, Italy, the 
People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Final 
Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the Department 
of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty 
(AD) orders on corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from India, 
Italy, the People's Republic of China (China), the Republic of Korea 
(Korea), and Taiwan would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence 
of dumping at the levels identified in the ``Final Results of Sunset 
Reviews'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable October 6, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Brian Smith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3640 or (202) 
482-1766, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 25, 2016, Commerce published the AD orders on CORE from 
India, Italy, China, Korea, and Taiwan in the Federal Register.\1\ On 
June 1, 2021, Commerce published the initiation of the first sunset 
reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On June 14 and 16, 2021, Commerce 
received timely and complete notices of intent to participate in these 
sunset reviews from Nucor Corporation (Nucor), California Steel 
Industries (CSI), Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (Cleveland-Cliffs), Steel 
Dynamics Inc. (SDI), and United States Steel Corporation (US Steel) 
(collectively, domestic interested parties),\3\ within the deadline 
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ The domestic interested 
parties claimed interested party status within the meaning of section 
771(9)(C) of the Act as U.S. producers in the United States of the 
domestic like product.\5\
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    \1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, 
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and 
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 
2016) (collectively, Orders); see also Certain Corrosion-Resistant 
Steel Products from India, Italy, the People's Republic of China, 
the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Notice of Correction to the 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 58475 (August 25, 2016).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 29239 
(June 1, 2021).
    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letters, ``Five-Year 
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant 
Steel Products from India: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset 
Review''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on 
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: Notice of Intent to 
Participate in Sunset Review''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate in 
Sunset Review''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of 
Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review''; and 
``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on 
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice of Intent to 
Participate in Sunset Review,'' each dated June 14, 2021 (Cleveland 
Cliffs' Letters); ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 
from India: Notice of Intent to Participate''; ``Five-Year 
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on 
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: Notice of Intent to 
Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 
from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to 
Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 
from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate''; and 
``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice of 
Intent to Participate,'' each dated June 16, 2021 (CSI's and SDI's 
Letters); ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review Of Antidumping Duty Order on 
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India: Notice of Intent to 
Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: Notice of 
Intent to Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate''; 
``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Duty Order on 
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Korea: 
Notice of Intent to Participate''; ``Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 
Taiwan: Notice of Intent to Participate,'' each dated June 16, 2021 
(US Steel's Letters); and ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Products 
from India: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review''; 
``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Products from Italy: Notice of Intent 
to Participate in Sunset Review''; ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant 
Products from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to 
Participate in Sunset Review''; ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Intent to Participate 
in Sunset Review''; and ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant Products from 
Taiwan: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' each 
dated June 16, 2021 (Nucor's Letters) (collectively, Notice of 
Intent to Participate Letters).
    \4\ The domestic interested parties include Nucor; CSI; 
Cleveland-Cliffs (AK Steel Corporation and ArcelorMittal USA LLC 
were both part of the group of domestic producers that filed the 
petitions and participated in the original investigations. In 2020, 
Cleveland-Cliffs acquired AK Steel and the majority of ArcelorMittal 
USA's operations); SDI.; and US Steel.
    \5\ See Notice of Intent to Participate Letters.
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    On July 1, the domestic interested parties filed timely and 
adequate substantive responses, within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\6\ Commerce did not

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receive substantive responses from any respondent interested party with 
respect to any of the Orders covered by these sunset reviews. As a 
result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset 
reviews of the Orders.
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    \6\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letters, ``First Five-Year 
(`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel 
Products from India: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response to 
Notice of Initiation''; ``First Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of 
Antidumping Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: 
Domestic Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation''; 
``First Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping Order on 
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the People's Republic of 
China: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of 
Initiation''; ``First Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping 
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of 
Korea: Domestic Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of 
Initiation''; and ``First Five-Year (`Sunset') Review of Antidumping 
Order on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Domestic 
Industry's Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' each 
dated July 1, 2021.
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by the Orders is CORE from India, Italy, 
China, Korea, and Taiwan. For a complete description of the scope of 
the Orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping 
Duty Orders on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, 
the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews 
is provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an 
appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn.

Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude 
of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average 
margins of up to:

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                                                               Weighted
                                                                average
                           Country                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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India.......................................................        4.43
Italy.......................................................       92.12
China.......................................................      209.97
Korea.......................................................        8.75
Taiwan......................................................       10.34
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as the only 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. Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or 
conversion to judicial protective orders, is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 
19 CFR 351.218 and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

    Dated: September 28, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Dumping Margins Likely To Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

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