[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50601-50602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17711]


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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; C-533-864; C-
475-833; C-570-027; C-580-879]


Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From India, Italy, the 
People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: 
Continuation of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. 
International Trade Commission (ITC) determined in their five-year 
(sunset) reviews 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 and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CORE from India, Italy, 
China, and Korea would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of 
dumping and net countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an 
industry in the United States. As a result, Commerce is publishing a 
notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.

DATES: Applicable August 17, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Joshua Simonidis, 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) 
482-0608, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 25, 2016, Commerce published the AD orders on CORE from 
India, Italy, China, Korea, and Taiwan and the CVD orders on CORE from 
India, Italy, China, and Korea in the Federal Register.\1\ On June 1, 
2021, the ITC instituted \2\ and Commerce initiated \3\ sunset reviews 
of the Orders, pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act). As a result of its reviews, Commerce 
determined that revocation of the Orders on CORE would likely lead to a 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies. 
Therefore, Commerce notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins 
and net subsidy rates likely to prevail should the Orders be 
revoked.\4\
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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); 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); and Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 
from India, Italy, Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of 
China: Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016) 
(collectively, Orders).
    \2\ See Institution of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 29239 
(June 1, 2021).
    \3\ Id.
    \4\ See 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, 86 FR 55581 (October 6, 2021); see also Corrosion-Resistant 
Steel Products from India: Final Results of the Expedited First 
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 54927 (October 
5, 2021); Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Italy: Final 
Results of the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing 
Duty Order, 86 FR 53637 (September 28, 2021); Corrosion-Resistant 
Steel Products from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
the Expedited Five-Year Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order, 86 FR 46675 (August 19, 2021); and Corrosion-Resistant Steel 
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of the Expedited 
First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 54425 
(October 1, 2021).
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    On August 8, 2022, the ITC published its determinations, pursuant 
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders 
would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to 
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable 
time.\5\
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    \5\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China, 
India, Italy, South Korea, and Taiwan, 87 FR 48197 (August 8, 2022).
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these Orders are certain flat-rolled steel 
products, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant 
metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel--or iron-
based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished, 
laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances in 
addition to the metallic coating. The products covered include coils 
that have a width of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of form of coil 
(e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally oscillating, 
etc.). The products covered also include products not in coils (e.g., 
in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and a width that 
is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10 times the 
thickness. The products covered also include products not in coils 
(e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a 
width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness. The 
products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or other 
shape and include products of either rectangular or non-rectangular 
cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the 
rolling process, i.e., products which have been ``worked after 
rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or rounded at the 
edges). For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced 
above:
    (1) where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is 
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual 
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions 
set forth above, and

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    (2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product 
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape, 
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
    Steel products included in the scope of these Orders are products 
in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other 
contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by 
weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, 
by weight, respectively indicated:

     2.50 percent of manganese, or
     3.30 percent of silicon, or
     1.50 percent of copper, or
     1.50 percent of aluminum, or
     1.25 percent of chromium, or
     0.30 percent of cobalt, or
     0.40 percent of lead, or
     2.00 percent of nickel, or
     0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
     0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
     0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
     0.30 percent of vanadium, or
     0.30 percent of zirconium.

    Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope 
regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
    For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum 
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free 
(IF)) steels and high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels. IF steels are 
recognized as low carbon steels with micro-alloying levels of elements 
such as titanium and/or niobium added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen 
elements. HSLA steels are recognized as steels with micro-alloying 
levels of elements such as chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, 
vanadium, and molybdenum.
    Furthermore, this scope also includes Advanced High Strength Steels 
(AHSS) and Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS), both of which are 
considered high tensile strength and high elongation steels.
    Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant steel that 
has been further processed in a third country, including but not 
limited to annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, 
cutting, punching and/or slitting or any other processing that would 
not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of these Orders if 
performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope corrosion 
resistant steel.
    All products that meet the written physical description, and in 
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted 
element levels listed above, are within the scope of these Orders 
unless specifically excluded. The following products are outside of 
and/or specifically excluded from the scope of these Orders:
     Flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with 
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (terne plate), 
or both chromium and chromium oxides (tin free steel), whether or not 
painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other non-metallic 
substances in addition to the metallic coating;
     Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more in 
composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at 
least twice the thickness; and
     Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are 
three-layered corrosion resistant flat-rolled steel products less than 
4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a flat-rolled steel 
product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio.
    The products subject to these Orders are currently classified in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item 
numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 
7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045, 7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 
7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000, 
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 
7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, and 
7212.60.0000.\6\
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    \6\ On July 26, 2021, Commerce added two additional HTSUS 
numbers at the request of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. See 
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of 
Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
2019-2020, 86 FR 70111 (December 9, 2021).
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    The products subject to these Orders may also enter under the 
following HTSUS item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000, 
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000, 
7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000, 
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
    The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of these 
Orders are dispositive.

Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the Orders would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping, net countervailable subsidies, and material 
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to sections 751(c) 
and 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the continuation of 
the Orders. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect 
AD and CVD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry 
for all imports of subject merchandise.
    The effective date of the continuation of the Orders will be the 
date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of 
continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year reviews 
of the Orders not later than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of 
the effective date of continuation.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective 
order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO which 
may be subject to sanctions.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in 
accordance with 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: August 9, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-17711 Filed 8-16-22; 8:45 am]
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