[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75598-75600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26781]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-809]


Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the 
Russian Federation: Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on hot-rolled flat-
rolled carbon-quality steel products (hot-rolled steel) from the 
Russian Federation (Russia) would likely lead to continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United 
States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD 
order.

DATES: Applicable December 9, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Davis, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7924.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 19, 1999, Commerce published the Suspension Agreement on 
hot-rolled steel from Russia.\1\ On December 24, 2014, Commerce 
terminated the Suspension Agreement and issued the Order.\2\ On 
September 1, 2021, Commerce initiated, and the ITC instituted, the 
second five-year (sunset) review of the Order,\3\ pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\4\ As a result 
of its review, pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c) of the Act, 
Commerce determined that revocation of the Order on hot-rolled steel 
from Russia would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, 
and notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely 
to prevail should the orders be revoked.\5\
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    \1\ See Suspension of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Hot-Rolled 
Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the Russian 
Federation, 64 FR 38642 (July 19, 1999) (Suspension Agreement).
    \2\ See Termination of the Suspension Agreement on Hot-Rolled 
Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the Russian 
Federation, Rescission of the 2013-2014 Administrative Review, and 
Issuance of Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 77455 (December 24, 2014) 
(Order).
    \3\ Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 86 FR 48983 
(September 1, 2021) (Initiation of Sunset); and Hot-Rolled Steel 
Flat Products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, 
Russia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom; Institution of Five-Year 
Reviews, 86 FR 49057 (September 1, 2021) (Institution of Sunset).
    \4\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 84 FR 
25741 (June 4, 2019).
    \5\ See Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel from the 
Russian Federation: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order, 86 FR 72577 (December 22, 2021).
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    On December 2, 2022, the ITC published its determination, pursuant 
to sections 751(c) and 752(a) of the Act, that revocation of the Order 
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to 
an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable 
time.\6\
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    \6\ See Hot-Rolled Steel from Australia, Brazil, Japan, 
Netherlands, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, 87 
FR 74167 (December 2, 2022).
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Scope of the Order

    For the purposes of this Order, ``hot-rolled steel'' means certain 
hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products of a rectangular 
shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor 
coated with metal and whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with 
plastics or other non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in 
successively superimposed layers) regardless of thickness, and in 
straight lengths, of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and of a width 
measuring at least 10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (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 a 
thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this 
Order. Specifically subject to the scope of this Order are vacuum 
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free 
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate 
for motor lamination 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. The 
substrate for motor lamination steels contains micro-alloying levels of 
elements such as silicon and aluminum. Steel products subject to the 
scope of this Order, regardless of definitions in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), 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: 1.80 Percent of manganese, or 1.50 percent of silicon, or 
1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of 
chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 
percent of nickel, or 0.30 percent of tungsten, or 0.012 percent of 
boron, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 
0.41 percent of titanium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium, or 0.15 percent 
of zirconium. All products that meet the physical and chemical 
description provided above are within the scope of this Order unless 
otherwise excluded. The following products, by way of example, are 
outside and/or specifically excluded from the scope of this Order:
     Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which at least one of 
the chemical elements exceeds those listed above (including e.g., ASTM 
specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, and A506).
     SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and higher.
     Ball bearing steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
     Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS.
     Silico-manganese (as defined in the HTSUS) or silicon 
electrical steel with a silicon level exceeding 1.50 percent.
     ASTM specifications A710 and A736.
     USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
     Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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         C                  Mn                  P                  S                  Si                 Cr                 Cu                 Ni
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      0.10-0.14%           0.90% Max         0.025% Max         0.005% Max         0.30-0.50%         0.50-0.70%         0.20-0.40%          0.20% Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063-0.198 inches; Yield Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000-88,000 psi.


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     Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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        C                Mn               P                S                Si               Cr               Cu               Ni               Mo
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     0.10-0.16%       0.70-0.90%       0.025% Max       0.006% Max       0.30-0.50%       0.50-0.70%        0.25% Max        0.20% Max        0.21% Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.

     Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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       C               Mn               P              S              Si             Cr             Cu             Ni           V(wt.)           Cb
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  0.10-0.14%         1.30-1.80%     0.025% Max     0.005% Max     0.30-0.50%     0.50-0.70%     0.20-0.40%      0.20% Max      0.10% Max      0.08% Max
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Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim.

     Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the following chemical, 
physical and mechanical specifications:

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      C            Mn             P             S            Si            Cr            Cu            Ni            Nb            Ca            Al
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  0.15% Max     1.40% Max    0.025% Max    0.010% Max         0.50%     1.00% Max     0.50% Max     0.20% Max    0.005% Max       Treated    0.01-0.07%
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Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 70,000 psi minimum for thicknesses <=0.148 inches and 65,000 psi minimum for
  thicknesses >0.148 inches; Tensile Strength = 80,000 psi minimum.

     Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phase-hardened, primarily 
with a ferritic-martensitic microstructure, contains 0.9 percent up to 
and including 1.5 percent silicon by weight, further characterized by 
either (i) tensile strength between 540 N/mm2 and 640 N/mm2 and an 
elongation percentage >=26 percent for thicknesses of 2mm and above, or 
(ii) a tensile strength between 590 N/mm2 and 690 N/mm2 and an 
elongation percentage 25 percent for thicknesses of 2mm and above.
     Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE grade 1050, in 
coils, with an inclusion rating of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E 45, Method A, 
with excellent surface quality and chemistry restrictions as follows: 
0.012 percent maximum phosphorus, 0.015 percent maximum sulfur, and 
0.20 percent maximum residuals including 0.15 percent maximum chromium.
     Grade ASTM A570-50 hot-rolled steel sheet in coils or cut 
lengths, width of 74 inches (nominal, within ASTM tolerances), 
thickness of 11 gauge (0.119 inches nominal), mill edge and skin 
passed, with a minimum copper content of 0.20 percent.
    The covered merchandise is classified in the HTSUS at subheadings: 
7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00, 
7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 
7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30, 
7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90, 
7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 
7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 
7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7211.14.00.90, 
7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 
7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90, 
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, 7212.50.00.00.
    Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel covered 
include: Vacuum degassed, fully stabilized; high strength low alloy; 
and the substrate for motor lamination steel may also enter under the 
following tariff numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 
7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 
7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 
7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the covered merchandise is 
dispositive.

Continuation of the Order

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence 
of dumping, as well as material injury to an industry in the United 
States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(a), 
Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the Order.
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD cash 
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of 
subject merchandise. The effective date of continuation of this order 
will be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice 
of continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce 
intends to initiate the next five-year review of the Order no 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 
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

    This five-year sunset review and this notice are in accordance with 
section 751(c) and (d)(2) of the Act and published pursuant to section 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).


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    Dated: December 5, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-26781 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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