[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9481-9488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03085]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-869, A-570-150, A-428-851, A-580-915, A-421-816, A-583-870, A-
489-848, A-412-827]


Tin Mill Products From Canada, the People's Republic of China, 
Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic 
of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable February 7, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun (Canada), Emily Halle or 
Samuel Frost (the People's Republic of China (China)), George McMahon 
or Carolyn Adie (Germany); Jacob Saude (the Republic of Korea (Korea)), 
Brittany Bauer (the Netherlands), Elfi Blum (Taiwan), Alice Maldonado 
or Ann Marie Caton (the Republic of Turkey (Turkey)), and Charles 
DeFilippo (the United Kingdom), AD/CVD Operations, Offices II, V, VI, 
and VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5760, (202) 482-0176 or 
(202) 482-8180, (202) 482-1167 or (202) 482-6250, (202) 482-0981, (202) 
482-3860, (202) 482-0197, (202) 482-4682 or (202) 482-2607, and (202) 
482-3797, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions

    On January 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
received antidumping duty (AD) petitions concerning imports of tin mill 
products from Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Korea, Taiwan, 
Turkey, and the United Kingdom, filed in proper form on behalf of 
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union (the petitioners), a domestic producer of tin mill 
products and a certified union, which represents the workers engaged in 
the production of tin mill products in the United States.\1\ These AD 
petitions were accompanied by a countervailing duty (CVD) petition 
concerning imports of tin mill products from China.\2\
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    \1\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitions for the Imposition of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Certain Tin Mill 
Products from Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, 
Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom,'' dated January 18, 2023 
(Petitions).
    \2\ Id.
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    On January 23 and 31, and February 6, 2023, Commerce requested 
supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the 
Petitions.\3\ The petitioners filed timely responses to these requests 
on January 27, 2023, and February 1, 2023.\4\
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    \3\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Petitions for the Imposition of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Tin Mill 
Products from Canada, the People's Republic of China, Germany, the 
Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, 
and the United Kingdom: Supplemental Questions,'' dated January 23, 
2023 (General Issues Supplemental Questionnaire); see also Country-
Specific Supplemental Questionnaires: Canada Supplemental, China 
Supplemental, Germany Supplemental, Netherlands Supplemental, Korea 
Supplemental, Taiwan Supplemental, Turkey Supplemental, and United 
Kingdom Supplemental, dated January 23, 2023; Memorandum, ``Phone 
Call with Counsel to the Petitioners,'' dated January 31, 2023; and 
Memorandum, ``Phone Call with Counsel to the Petitioners,'' dated 
February 7, 2023 (Scope Memorandum).
    \4\ See Petitioners' Country-Specific Supplemental Responses, 
dated January 27, 2023; see also Petitioner's Letters, ``Tin Mill 
Products from Canada, China, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, 
Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom/Petitioners' Response to 
Supplemental Volume I Questionnaire,'' dated January 27, 2023 
(General Issues Supplement); and ``Tin Mill Products from Canada, 
China, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and the 
United Kingdom/Petitioners' Response to Second Supplemental 
Questionnaire,'' dated February 1, 2023 (Second General Issues 
Supplement).
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    In accordance with section 732(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the petitioners allege that imports of tin mill 
products from Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Korea, Taiwan, 
Turkey, and the United Kingdom are being, or are likely to be, sold in 
the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) within the meaning of 
section 731 of the Act, and that imports of such products are 
materially injuring, or threatening material injury to, the tin mill 
products industry in the United States. Consistent with section 
732(b)(1) of the Act, the Petitions are accompanied by information 
reasonably available to the petitioners supporting their allegations.
    Commerce finds that the petitioners filed the Petition on behalf of 
the domestic industry, because the petitioners are interested parties, 
as defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of the Act.\5\ Commerce also 
finds that the petitioners demonstrated sufficient industry support for 
the initiation of the requested AD investigations.\6\
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    \5\ See Petitions at Volume I (pages 1-4).
    \6\ See infra, at section on ``Determination of Industry Support 
for the Petitions.''
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Periods of Investigations

    Because the Petitions were filed on January 18, 2023, pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.204(b)(1), the period of investigation (POI) for the Canada, 
Germany, Netherlands, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and United Kingdom AD 
investigations is January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Because 
China is a non-market economy (NME) country, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.204(b)(1), the POI for the China AD investigation is July 1, 2022, 
through December 31, 2022.

Scope of the Investigations

    The products covered by these investigations are tin mill products 
from Canada, China, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, 
and the United Kingdom. For a full description of the scope of these 
investigations, see the appendix to this notice.

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Comments on the Scope of the Investigations

    On January 23 and 31, and February 6, 2023, Commerce requested 
further information and clarification from the petitioners regarding 
the proposed scope to ensure that the scope language in the Petitions 
is an accurate reflection of the products for which the domestic 
industry is seeking relief.\7\ On January 27, and February 1 and 6, 
2023, the petitioners revised the scope.\8\ The description of the 
merchandise covered by these investigations, as described in the 
appendix to this notice, reflects these clarifications.
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    \7\ See General Issues Supplemental Questionnaire at 3-4; see 
also Scope Memorandum.
    \8\ See First General Issues Supplement at 2-3 and Exhibit I-S3; 
see also Second General Issues Supplement at 2 and Exhibit I-2S2; 
and Scope Memorandum.
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    As discussed in the Preamble to Commerce's regulations, we are 
setting aside a period of time for interested parties to raise issues 
regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).\9\ Commerce will consider all 
comments received from interested parties and, if necessary, will 
consult with interested parties prior to the issuance of the 
preliminary determinations. If scope comments include factual 
information,\10\ all such factual information should be limited to 
public information. To facilitate preparation of its questionnaires, 
Commerce requests that all interested parties submit such comments by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on February 27, 2023, which is 20 calendar 
days from the signature date of this notice. Any rebuttal comments, 
which may include factual information, must be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on 
March 9, 2023, which is ten calendar days from the initial comment 
deadline.
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    \9\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ``factual 
information'').
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    Commerce requests that any factual information that parties 
consider relevant to the scope of the investigations be submitted 
during that period. However, if a party subsequently finds that 
additional factual information pertaining to the scope of the 
investigations may be relevant, the party may contact Commerce and 
request permission to submit the additional information. All such 
submissions must be filed simultaneously on the records of the 
concurrent AD and CVD investigations.

Filing Requirements

    All submissions to Commerce must be filed electronically using 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), unless an exception 
applies.\11\ An electronically-filed document must be received 
successfully in its entirety by the time and date it is due.\12\
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    \11\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 
Compliance; Change of Electronic Filing System Name, 79 FR 69046 
(November 20, 2014) for details of Commerce's electronic filing 
requirements, effective August 5, 2011. Information on help using 
ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx and a 
handbook can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_Filing_Procedures.pdf.
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1).
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Comments on Product Characteristics

    Commerce is providing interested parties an opportunity to comment 
on the appropriate physical characteristics of tin mill products to be 
reported in response to Commerce's AD questionnaires. This information 
will be used to identify the key physical characteristics of the 
subject merchandise in order to report the relevant factors of 
production (FOP) or costs of production (COP) accurately, as well as to 
develop appropriate product comparison criteria where appropriate.
    Subsequent to the publication of this notice, Commerce intends to 
release a proposed list of physical characteristics and product-
comparison criteria, and interested parties may provide any information 
or comments that they feel are relevant to the development of an 
accurate list of physical characteristics. Specifically, they may 
provide comments as to which characteristics are appropriate to use as: 
(1) general product characteristics; and (2) product comparison 
criteria. We note that it is not always appropriate to use all product 
characteristics as product comparison criteria. We base product 
comparison criteria on meaningful commercial differences among 
products. In other words, although there may be some physical product 
characteristics utilized by manufacturers to describe tin mill 
products, it may be that only a select few product characteristics take 
into account commercially meaningful physical characteristics. In 
addition, interested parties may comment on the order in which the 
physical characteristics should be used in matching products. 
Generally, Commerce attempts to list the most important physical 
characteristics first and the least important characteristics last.
    In order to consider the suggestions of interested parties in 
developing and issuing the AD questionnaires, Commerce intends to 
establish a deadline for relevant comments and submissions at the time 
it releases the proposed list of physical characteristics and product-
comparison criteria. All comments and submissions to Commerce must be 
filed electronically using ACCESS, as explained above, on the record of 
each of the AD investigations.

Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions

    Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on 
behalf of the domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act 
provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic 
producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) at least 
25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and 
(ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like 
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support 
for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) of 
the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of 
domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i) 
poll the industry or rely on other information in order to determine if 
there is support for the petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or 
(ii) determine industry support using a statistically valid sampling 
method to poll the ``industry.''
    Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the ``industry'' as the 
producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine 
whether a petition has the requisite industry support, the Act directs 
Commerce to look to producers and workers who produce the domestic like 
product. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), which is 
responsible for determining whether ``the domestic industry'' has been 
injured, must also determine what constitutes a domestic like product 
in order to define the industry. While both Commerce and the ITC must 
apply the same statutory definition regarding the domestic like 
product,\13\ they do so for different purposes and pursuant to a 
separate and distinct authority. In addition, Commerce's determination 
is subject to limitations of time and information. Although this may 
result in different definitions of the like product, such differences 
do not render the

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decision of either agency contrary to law.\14\
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    \13\ See section 771(10) of the Act.
    \14\ See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d 1, 8 (CIT 
2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 688 F. 
Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), aff'd 865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
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    Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as ``a 
product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in 
characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation 
under this title.'' Thus, the reference point from which the domestic 
like product analysis begins is ``the article subject to an 
investigation'' (i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be 
investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the 
petition).
    With regard to the domestic like product, the petitioners do not 
offer a definition of the domestic like product distinct from the scope 
of the investigations.\15\ Based on our analysis of the information 
submitted on the record, we have determined that tin mill products, as 
defined in the scope, constitute a single domestic like product, and we 
have analyzed industry support in terms of that domestic like 
product.\16\
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    \15\ See Petitions at Volume I (pages 20 and 22-25); see also 
First General Issues Supplement at 1 and Exhibit I-S1 (containing 
Tin- and Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet from Japan, Inv. Nos. 731-TA-
860 (Preliminary), USITC Pub. 3264 (December 1999), at 5; and Tin- 
and Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet from Japan, Inv. No. 731-TA-860 
(Third Review), USITC Pub. 4795 (June 2018) (Tin Mill Products Third 
Review), at 6); and Second General Issues Supplement at 1 and 
Exhibit I-2S1 ((containing Tin- and Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet from 
Japan, Inv. No. 731-TA-860 (Final), USITC Pub. 3337 (August 2000), 
at 5)).
    \16\ For a discussion of the domestic like product analysis as 
applied to these cases and information regarding industry support, 
see, individually, Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation 
Checklists, ``Tin Mill Products from Canada, the People's Republic 
of China, Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, 
the Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom,'' dated concurrently 
with this notice (Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists), at 
Attachment II (Analysis of Industry Support for the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Petitions Covering Tin Mill Products from 
Canada, the People's Republic of China, Germany, the Netherlands, 
the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey and the United 
Kingdom).
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    In determining whether the petitioners have standing under section 
732(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered the industry support data 
contained in the Petitions with reference to the domestic like product 
as defined in the ``Scope of the Investigations,'' in the appendix to 
this notice. To establish industry support, the petitioners provided 
Cleveland-Cliffs' production of tin mill products in 2022 and estimated 
the 2022 production of the remaining U.S. producers of tin mill 
products.\17\ The petitioners stated that the USW represents workers 
accounting for all U.S. production of tin mill products, and as such, 
the supporters of the Petitions account for all U.S. production of tin 
mill products.\18\ We relied on data provided by the petitioners for 
purposes of measuring industry support.\19\
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    \17\ See Petitions at Volume I (pages 5-6 and Exhibit I-5); see 
also First General Issues Supplement at 3-5 and Exhibit I-S4; Second 
General Issues Supplement at 2 and Exhibit I-2S3; and Petitioners' 
Letter, ``Tin Mill products from Canada, China, Germany, 
Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom/
Petitioners' Comments Regarding Industry Support,'' dated February 
2, 2023 (Petitioners' Letter).
    \18\ See Petitions at Volume I (pages 2-6 and Exhibits I-5 and 
I-10 through I-12); see also First General Issues Supplement at 4-5.
    \19\ See Petitions at Volume I (pages 2-6 and Exhibits I-5 and 
I-10 through I-12); see also First General Issues Supplement at 1, 
3-5 and Exhibits I-S1 (containing Tin Mill Products Third Review) 
and I-S4; Second General Issues Supplement at 2 and Exhibit I-2S3; 
and Petitioners Letter. For further discussion, see Attachment II of 
the Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists.
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    On January 31, 2023, we received comments on industry support from 
United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), a U.S. producer of tin 
mill products.\20\ On February 2, 2023, the petitioners responded to 
the comments from U.S. Steel.\21\
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    \20\ See U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Tin Mill Products from Canada, 
the People's Republic of China, Germany, the Netherlands, the 
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the United 
Kingdom: Comments on Industry Support,'' dated January 31, 2023 
(U.S. Steel Letter).
    \21\ See Petitioners Letter.
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    Our review of the data provided in the Petitions, the First General 
Issues Supplement, the Second General Issues Supplement, the 
Petitioners Letter, and other information readily available to Commerce 
indicates that the petitioners have established industry support for 
the Petitions.\22\ First, the Petitions established support from 
domestic producers (or workers) accounting for more than 50 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product and, as such, 
Commerce is not required to take further action in order to evaluate 
industry support (e.g., polling).\23\ Second, the domestic producers 
(or workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry support under 
section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the domestic producers (or 
workers) who support the Petitions account for at least 25 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product.\24\ Finally, the 
domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for 
industry support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the 
domestic producers (or workers) who support the Petitions account for 
more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like product 
produced by that portion of the industry expressing support for, or 
opposition to, the Petitions.\25\ Accordingly, Commerce determines that 
the Petitions were filed on behalf of the domestic industry within the 
meaning of section 732(b)(1) of the Act.\26\
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    \22\ See Petitions at Volume I (pages 4-6 and Exhibits I-5 and 
I-10 through I-12); see also First General Issues Supplement at 3-5 
and Exhibits I-S1 (containing Tin Mill Products Third Review) and I-
S4; Second General Issues Supplement at 2 and Exhibit I-2S3; U.S. 
Steel Letter; and Petitioners Letter. For further discussion, see 
Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists.
    \23\ See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD Initiation 
Checklists; see also section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act.
    \24\ See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD Initiation 
Checklists.
    \25\ Id.
    \26\ Id.
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Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation

    The petitioners allege that the U.S. industry producing the 
domestic like product is being materially injured, or is threatened 
with material injury, by reason of the imports of the subject 
merchandise sold at LTFV. In addition, the petitioners allege that 
subject imports exceed the negligibility threshold provided for under 
section 771(24)(A) of the Act.\27\
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    \27\ See Petitions at Volume I (pages 28-29 and Exhibit I-26).
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    The petitioners contend that the industry's injured condition is 
illustrated by the significant volume of subject imports; declining 
market share; underselling and price depression and/or suppression; 
lost sales and revenues; and adverse impact on the domestic industry's 
employment variables and profitability.\28\ We assessed the allegations 
and supporting evidence regarding material injury, threat of material 
injury, causation, as well as negligibility, and we have determined 
that these allegations are properly supported by adequate evidence and 
meet the statutory requirements for initiation.\29\
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    \28\ Id. at 25-48 and Exhibits I-3, I-5, I-9, I-19, and I-25 
through I-28; see also First General Issues Supplement at 1, and 5-9 
and Exhibits I-S1 (containing Tin Mill Products Third Review), I-S5, 
and I-S8.
    \29\ See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists at Attachment 
III, Analysis of Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and 
Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions 
Covering Tin Mill Products from Canada, the People's Republic of 
China, Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the 
Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom (Attachment III).
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Allegations of Sales at LTFV

    The following is a description of the allegations of sales at LTFV 
upon which Commerce based its decision to initiate

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AD investigations of imports of tin mill products from Canada, China, 
Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United 
Kingdom. The sources of data for the deductions and adjustments 
relating to U.S. price and normal value (NV) are discussed in greater 
detail in the Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists.

U.S. Price

    For Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and 
the United Kingdom, the petitioners based export price (EP) on the POI 
average unit values (AUVs) derived from official U.S. import data for 
imports of tin mill products produced in and exported from each 
country. For the Netherlands, Taiwan, and Turkey, the petitioners also 
based EP on month- and port-specific AUVs derived from official import 
data and tied to ship manifest data obtained from Datamyne. For Korea, 
the petitioners based EP on month- and port-specific AUVs derived from 
official import data and tied to ship manifest data obtained from 
Datamyne alone. The petitioners made certain adjustments to U.S. price 
to calculate a net ex-factory U.S. price, where applicable.\30\
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    \30\ See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists for Canada, 
Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United 
Kingdom.
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Normal Value 31
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    \31\ In accordance with section 773(b)(2) of the Act, for these 
investigations, Commerce will request information necessary to 
calculate the constructed value and cost of production (COP) to 
determine whether there are reasonable grounds to believe or suspect 
that sales of the foreign like product have been made at prices that 
represent less than the COP of the product.
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    For Canada, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and 
the United Kingdom, the petitioners were unable to obtain home market 
prices for tin mill products produced and sold in the subject 
countries. Therefore, for these countries, the petitioners based NV on 
AUVs of publicly-available export data for exports of tin mill products 
from the subject countries to third countries.\32\ For each of the 
countries, the petitioners provided information showing that the AUVs 
were below the COP and, therefore, the petitioners calculated NV based 
on constructed value (CV).\33\ For further discussion of CV, see the 
section ``Normal Value Based on Constructed Value.''
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    \32\ See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists for Canada, 
Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United 
Kingdom.
    \33\ Id.
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    Commerce considers China to be an NME country.\34\ In accordance 
with section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any determination that a foreign 
country is an NME country shall remain in effect until revoked by 
Commerce. Therefore, we continue to treat China as an NME country for 
purposes of the initiation of this investigation. Accordingly, NV in 
China is appropriately based on FOPs valued in surrogate market economy 
countries, in accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
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    \34\ See Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Aluminum Foil 
from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination, 82 FR 50858, 50861 (November 2, 2017), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Certain 
Aluminum Foil from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 9282 (March 5, 
2018).
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    The petitioners claim that Turkey is an appropriate surrogate 
country for China because Turkey is a market economy country that is at 
a level of economic development comparable to that of China and is a 
significant producer of identical merchandise.\35\ The petitioners 
provided publicly-available information from Turkey to value all 
FOPs.\36\ Based on the information provided by the petitioners, we 
determine that it is appropriate to use Turkey as a surrogate country 
for initiation purposes.
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    \35\ See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists for China.
    \36\ Id.
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    Interested parties will have the opportunity to submit comments 
regarding surrogate country selection and, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an opportunity to submit publicly 
available information to value FOPs within 30 days before the scheduled 
date of the preliminary determination.

Factors of Production

    Because information regarding the volume of inputs consumed by 
Chinese producers/exporters was not reasonably available, the 
petitioners used product-specific consumption rates from a U.S. 
producer of tin mill products as a surrogate to value Chinese 
manufacturers' FOPs.\37\ Additionally, the petitioners calculated 
factory overhead; selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses; 
and profit based on the experience of a Turkish producer of identical 
merchandise.\38\
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    \37\ Id.
    \38\ Id.
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Normal Value Based on Constructed Value

    As noted above, the petitioners demonstrated that the third country 
export AUVs for Canada, Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, 
Turkey, and the United Kingdom were below COP. Accordingly, the 
petitioners based NV on CV.\39\ Pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, 
the petitioners calculated CV as the sum of the cost of manufacturing, 
SG&A expenses, financial expenses, and profit.\40\
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    \39\ See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists for Canada, 
Germany, Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United 
Kingdom for details of the calculations.
    \40\ Id.
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    In calculating the cost of manufacturing, the petitioners relied on 
the production experience and input consumption rates of a U.S. 
producer of tin mill products, valued using publicly-available 
information applicable to each respective country.\41\ In calculating 
SG&A expenses, financial expenses, and profit ratios (where 
applicable), the petitioners relied on the fiscal year 2021-2022 
financial statements of a producer of identical or comparable 
merchandise domiciled in each respective subject country, where 
appropriate.\42\
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    \41\ Id.
    \42\ Id.
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Fair Value Comparisons

    Based on the data provided by the petitioners, there is reason to 
believe that imports of tin mill products from Canada, China, Germany, 
Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, are 
being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV. Based on 
comparisons of EP to NV in accordance with sections 772 and 773 of the 
Act, the estimated dumping margins for tin mill products for each of 
the countries covered by this initiation are as follows: (1) Canada--
79.59 percent; (2) China--122.52 percent; (3) Germany--70.15 percent; 
(4) Korea--13.28 to 110.50 percent; (5) the Netherlands--125.10 to 
296.04 percent; (6) Taiwan--46.76 to 59.61 percent; (7) Turkey--87.73 
to 97.21 percent; and (8) the United Kingdom--111.92 percent.\43\
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    \43\ See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists for details 
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Initiation of LTFV Investigations

    Based upon the examination of the Petitions and supplemental 
responses, we find that they meet the requirements of section 732 of 
the Act. Therefore, we are initiating AD investigations to determine 
whether imports of tin mill products from Canada, China, Germany, 
Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom are 
being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV. In 
accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, we will make our preliminary 
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later than 140 days after the date of this initiation.

Respondent Selection

Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom

    In the Petitions, the petitioners identified one company in Canada 
as a producer/exporter of tin mill products (i.e., ArcelorMittal 
Dofasco G.P.), one company in Germany as a producer/exporter of tin 
mill products (i.e., ThyssenKrupp Rasselstein GmbH), two companies in 
the Netherlands as producers/exporters of tin mill products (i.e., Tata 
Steel Netherlands and Tata Steel Ijmuiden, B.V.), one company in Taiwan 
as a producer/exporter of tin mill products (i.e., Ton Yi Industrial 
Corporation), and one company in the United Kingdom as a producer/
exporter of tin mill products (i.e., Tata Steel UK Limited), and 
provided independent third-party information as support.\44\ We 
currently know of no additional producers/exporters of tin mill 
products from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the United 
Kingdom.
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    \44\ See Petitions at Volume I (page 21 and Exhibit I-21); see 
also Petitions at Volume II (Exhibit II-3); Petitions at Volume IV 
(Exhibit IV-4); Petitions at Volume V (Exhibit V-3); and First 
General Issues Supplement at Exhibit I-S2.
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    Accordingly, Commerce intends to individually examine all known 
producers/exporters in the investigations from these countries (i.e., 
the companies cited above). We invite interested parties to comment on 
this issue. Such comments may include factual information within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21). Parties wishing to comment must do so 
within three business days of the publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register. Comments must be filed electronically using ACCESS. 
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its 
entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. ET on the specified deadline. Because 
we intend to examine all known producers/exporters in Canada, Germany, 
the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, if no comments are 
received or if comments received further support the existence of these 
sole producers/exporters in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, 
and the United Kingdom, respectively, we do not intend to conduct 
respondent selection and will proceed to issuing the initial AD 
questionnaires to the companies identified. However, if comments are 
received which create a need for a respondent selection process, we 
intend to finalize our decisions regarding respondent selection within 
20 days of publication of this notice.

Korea and Turkey

    In the Petitions, the petitioners identified three companies in 
Korea as producers/exporters of tin mill products and three companies 
in Turkey as producers/exporters of tin mill products.\45\ Following 
standard practice in AD investigations involving market economy 
countries, in the event Commerce determines that the number of 
exporters or producers is large such that Commerce cannot individually 
examine each company based on its resources, where appropriate, 
Commerce intends to select mandatory respondents in these cases based 
on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports under 
the appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
subheadings listed in the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in the 
appendix.
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    \45\ See Petitions at Volume I (Exhibit I-21); see also First 
General Issues Supplement at 1-2 and Exhibits I-S2, S-6, and S-7; 
and Second General Issues Supplement at 1-2.
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    On February 2, 2023, Commerce released CBP data on imports of tin 
mill products from Korea and Turkey under administrative protective 
order (APO) to all parties with access to information protected by APO 
and indicated that interested parties wishing to comment on CBP data 
must do so within three business days of the publication date of the 
notice of initiation of these investigations.\46\ Comments must be 
filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically-filed document 
must be received successfully in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 
ET on the specified deadline. Commerce will not accept rebuttal 
comments regarding the CBP data or respondent selection.
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    \46\ See Memoranda, ``Antidumping Duty Petition on Imports of 
Tin Mill Products from the Republic of Korea: Release of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection Data,'' dated February 2, 2023; and 
``Antidumping Duty Petition on Imports of Tin Mill Products from the 
Republic of Turkey: Release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
Data,'' dated February 2, 2023.
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    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). Instructions for filing such 
applications may be found on Commerce's website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/apo.

China

    In the Petitions, the petitioners named 19 companies in China as 
producers and/or exporters of tin mill products.\47\ In accordance with 
our standard practice for respondent selection in AD investigations 
involving NME countries, Commerce selects respondents based on quantity 
and value (Q&V) questionnaires in cases where it has determined that 
the number of companies is large and it cannot individually examine 
each company based upon its resources. Therefore, considering the 
number of producers and/or exporters identified in the Petitions, 
Commerce will solicit Q&V information that can serve as a basis for 
selecting exporters for individual examination in the event that 
Commerce decides to limit the number of respondents individually 
examined pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Because there are 
19 Chinese producers and/or exporters identified in the Petitions, 
Commerce has determined that it will issue Q&V questionnaires to each 
potential respondent for which the petitioners have provided a complete 
address.
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    \47\ See Petitions at Volume I (Exhibit I-21).
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    In addition, Commerce will post the Q&V questionnaires along with 
filing instructions on Commerce's website at https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-case-announcements. Producers/exporters of tin mill products from 
China that do not receive Q&V questionnaires may still submit a 
response to the Q&V questionnaire and can obtain a copy of the Q&V 
questionnaire from Commerce's website. Additional information on Q&V 
questionnaires can be found on Commerce's website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/questionnaires/questionnaires-ad.html. In 
accordance with the standard practice for respondent selection in AD 
cases involving NME countries, in the event Commerce decides to limit 
the number of respondents individually investigated, Commerce intends 
to base respondent selection on the responses to the Q&V questionnaire 
that it receives.
    Responses to the Q&V questionnaire must be submitted by the 
relevant Chinese producers/exporters no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 
February 21, 2023, which is two weeks from the signature date of this 
notice. All Q&V questionnaire responses must be filed electronically 
via ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received 
successfully, in its entirety, by ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 
the deadline noted above.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). Instructions for filing such 
applications may be found on Commerce's website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/apo. Commerce intends to make its decisions 
regarding respondent selection within 20 days of publication of this 
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Separate Rates

    In order to obtain separate rate status in an NME investigation, 
exporters and producers must submit a separate rate application.\48\ 
The specific requirements for submitting a separate rate application in 
an NME investigation are outlined in detail in the application itself, 
which is available on Commerce's website at https://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. The separate rate 
application will be due 30 days after publication of this initiation 
notice.\49\ Exporters and producers who submit a separate rate 
application and have been selected as mandatory respondents will be 
eligible for consideration for separate rate status only if they 
respond to all parts of Commerce's AD questionnaire as mandatory 
respondents. Commerce requires that companies from China submit a 
response both to the Q&V questionnaire and to the separate rate 
application by the respective deadlines in order to receive 
consideration for separate rate status. Companies not filing a timely 
Q&V questionnaire response will not receive separate rate 
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    \48\ See Enforcement and Compliance's Policy Bulletin 05.1, 
regarding, ``Separate-Rates Practice and Application of Combination 
Rates in Antidumping Investigation involving NME Countries,'' (April 
5, 2005) (Policy Bulletin 05.1), available at https://enforcement.trade.gov/policy/bull05-1.pdf.
    \49\ Although in past investigations this deadline was 60 days, 
consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(a), which states that ``the Secretary 
may request any person to submit factual information at any time 
during a proceeding,'' this deadline is now 30 days.
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Use of Combination Rates

    Commerce will calculate combination rates for respondents that are 
eligible for a separate rate in an NME investigation. The Separate 
Rates and Combination Rates Bulletin states:

    {w{time} hile continuing the practice of assigning separate 
rates only to exporters, all separate rates that {Commerce{time}  
will now assign in its NME Investigation will be specific to those 
producers that supplied the exporter during the period of 
investigation. Note, however, that one rate is calculated for the 
exporter and all of the producers which supplied subject merchandise 
to it during the period of investigation. This practice applies both 
to mandatory respondents receiving an individually calculated 
separate rate as well as the pool of non-investigated firms 
receiving the {weighted average{time}  of the individually 
calculated rates. This practice is referred to as the application of 
``combination rates'' because such rates apply to specific 
combinations of exporters and one or more producers. The cash-
deposit rate assigned to an exporter will apply only to merchandise 
both exported by the firm in question and produced by a firm that 
supplied the exporter during the period of investigation.\50\
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Distribution of Copies of the Petitions

    In accordance with section 732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.202(f), copies of the public version of the AD Petitions have been 
provided to the governments of Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, 
Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom via ACCESS. To the extent 
practicable, we will attempt to provide a copy of the public version of 
the AD Petitions to each exporter named in the AD Petitions, as 
provided under 19 CFR 351.203(c)(2).

ITC Notification

    Commerce will notify the ITC of its initiation, as required by 
section 732(d) of the Act.

Preliminary Determinations by the ITC

    The ITC will preliminarily determine, within 45 days after the date 
on which the AD Petitions were filed, whether there is a reasonable 
indication that imports of tin mill products from Canada, China, 
Germany, the Netherlands, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and/or the United 
Kingdom, are materially injuring, or threatening material injury to, a 
U.S. industry.\51\ A negative ITC determination for any country will 
result in the investigation being terminated with respect to that 
country.\52\ Otherwise, these AD investigations will proceed according 
to statutory and regulatory time limits.
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    \51\ See section 733(a) of the Act.
    \52\ Id.
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Submission of Factual Information

    Factual information is defined in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) 
evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence 
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available 
information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the 
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence 
placed on the record by Commerce; and (v) evidence other than factual 
information described in (i)-(iv). Section 351.301(b) of Commerce's 
regulations requires any party, when submitting factual information, to 
specify under which subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information 
is being submitted \53\ and, if the information is submitted to rebut, 
clarify, or correct factual information already on the record, to 
provide an explanation identifying the information already on the 
record that the factual information seeks to rebut, clarify, or 
correct.\54\ Time limits for the submission of factual information are 
addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which provides specific time limits based 
on the type of factual information being submitted. Interested parties 
should review the regulations prior to submitting factual information 
in this investigation.
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    \53\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b).
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Particular Market Situation Allegation

    Section 773(e) of the Act addresses the concept of particular 
market situation (PMS) for purposes of CV, stating that ``if a 
particular market situation exists such that the cost of materials and 
fabrication or other processing of any kind does not accurately reflect 
the cost of production in the ordinary course of trade, the 
administering authority may use another calculation methodology under 
this subtitle or any other calculation methodology.'' When an 
interested party submits a PMS allegation pursuant to section 773(e) of 
the Act, Commerce will respond to such a submission consistent with 19 
CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v). If Commerce finds that a PMS exists under section 
773(e) of the Act, then it will modify its dumping calculations 
appropriately.
    Neither section 773(e) of the Act, nor 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v), 
sets a deadline for the submission of PMS allegations and supporting 
factual information. However, in order to administer section 773(e) of 
the Act, Commerce must receive PMS allegations and supporting factual 
information with enough time to consider the submission. Thus, should 
an interested party wish to submit a PMS allegation and supporting new 
factual information pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it must do 
so no later than 20 days after submission of a respondent's initial 
response to section D of the AD questionnaire.

Extensions of Time Limits

    Parties may request an extension of time limits before the 
expiration of a time limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, or as 
otherwise specified by Commerce. In general, an extension request will 
be considered untimely if it is filed after the expiration of the time 
limit established under 19 CFR 351.301. For submissions that are due 
from multiple parties simultaneously, an extension request will be 
considered untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. 
Under certain circumstances, Commerce may elect to specify a different 
time limit by which extension requests will be considered untimely for 
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from multiple parties simultaneously. In such a case, Commerce will 
inform parties in a letter or memorandum of the deadline (including a 
specified time) by which extension requests must be filed to be 
considered timely. An extension request must be made in a separate, 
stand-alone submission; under limited circumstances, Commerce will 
grant untimely-filed requests for the extension of time limits. Parties 
should review Commerce's regulations concerning the extension of time 
limits and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to submitting factual 
information in these investigations.\55\
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    \55\ See 19 CFR 351.302; see also, e.g., Extension of Time 
Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 2013) (Time Limits 
Final Rule), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm.
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Certification Requirements

    Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding 
must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information.\56\ 
Parties must use the certification formats provided in 19 CFR 
351.303(g).\57\ Commerce intends to reject factual submissions if the 
submitting party does not comply with the applicable certification 
requirements.
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    \56\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
    \57\ See Certification of Factual Information to Import 
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule). Answers to 
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule are available at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Parties wishing to participate 
in these investigations should ensure that they meet the requirements 
of 19 CFR 351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required letter of 
appearance). Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its 
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary 
information, until further notice.\58\
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    \58\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 
10, 2020).
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) 
and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c).

    Dated: February 7, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Investigations

    The products within the scope of these investigations are tin 
mill flat-rolled products that are coated or plated with tin, 
chromium, or chromium oxides. Flat-rolled steel products coated with 
tin are known as tinplate. Flat-rolled steel products coated with 
chromium or chromium oxides are known as tin-free steel or 
electrolytic chromium-coated steel. The scope includes all the noted 
tin mill products regardless of thickness, width, form (in coils or 
cut sheets), coating type (electrolytic or otherwise), edge 
(trimmed, untrimmed or further processed, such as scroll cut), 
coating thickness, surface finish, temper, coating metal (tin, 
chromium, chromium oxide), reduction (single- or double-reduced), 
and whether or not coated with a plastic material.
    All products that meet the written physical description are 
within the scope of these investigations unless specifically 
excluded. The following products are outside and/or specifically 
excluded from the scope of these investigations:
     Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel 
with a thickness 0.238 mm (85 pound base box) (10%) or 
0.251 mm (90 pound base box) (10%) or 0.255 mm (10%) with 770 mm (minimum width) (1.588 mm) by 900 
mm (maximum length if sheared) sheet size or 30.6875 inches (minimum 
width) (\1/16\ inch) and 35.4 inches (maximum length if 
sheared) sheet size; with type MR or higher (per ASTM) A623 steel 
chemistry; batch annealed at T2 \1/2\ anneal temper, with a yield 
strength of 31 to 42 kpsi (214 to 290 Mpa); with a tensile strength 
of 43 to 58 kpsi (296 to 400 Mpa); with a chrome coating restricted 
to 32 to 150 mg/m\2\; with a chrome oxide coating restricted to 6 to 
25 mg/m\2\ with a modified 7B ground roll finish or blasted roll 
finish; with roughness average (Ra) 0.10 to 0.35 micrometers, 
measured with a stylus instrument with a stylus radius of 2 to 5 
microns, a trace length of 5.6 mm, and a cut-off of 0.8 mm, and the 
measurement traces shall be made perpendicular to the rolling 
direction; with an oil level of 0.17 to 0.37 grams/base box as type 
BSO, or 2.5 to 5.5 mg/m\2\ as type DOS, or 3.5 to 6.5 mg/m\2\ as 
type ATBC; with electrical conductivity of static probe voltage drop 
of 0.46 volts drop maximum, and with electrical conductivity 
degradation to 0.70 volts drop maximum after stoving (heating to 400 
degrees F for 100 minutes followed by a cool to room temperature).
     Single reduced electrolytically chromium- or tin-coated 
steel in the gauges of 0.0040 inch nominal, 0.0045 inch nominal, 
0.0050 inch nominal, 0.0061 inch nominal (55 pound base box weight), 
0.0066 inch nominal (60 pound base box weight), and 0.0072 inch 
nominal (65 pound base box weight), regardless of width, temper, 
finish, coating or other properties.
     Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel 
in the gauge of 0.024 inch, with widths of 27.0 inches or 31.5 
inches, and with T-1 temper properties.
     Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel, 
with a chemical composition of 0.005% max carbon, 0.030% max 
silicon, 0.25% max manganese, 0.025% max phosphorous, 0.025% max 
sulfur 0.070% max aluminum, and the balance iron, with a metallic 
chromium layer of 70-130 mg/m\2\, with a chromium oxide layer of 5-
30 mg/m\2\, with a tensile strength of 260-440 N/mm\2\, with an 
elongation of 28-48%, with a hardness (HR-30T) of 40-58, with a 
surface roughness of 0.5-1.5 microns Ra, with magnetic properties of 
Bm (kg) 10.0 minimum, Br (kg) 8.0 minimum, Hc (Oe) 2.5-3.8, and MU 
1400 minimum, as measured with a Riken Denshi DC magnetic 
characteristic measuring machine, Model BHU-60.
     Bright finish tin-coated sheet with a thickness equal 
to or exceeding 0.0299 inch, coated to thickness of \3/4\ pound 
(0.000045 inch) and 1 pound (0.00006 inch).
     Electrolytically chromium coated steel having ultra 
flat shape defined as oil can maximum depth of \5/64\ inch (2.0 mm) 
and edge wave maximum of \5/64\ inch (2.0 mm) and no wave to 
penetrate more than 2.0 inches (51.0 mm) from the strip edge and 
coilset or curling requirements of average maximum of \5/64\ inch 
(2.0 mm) (based on six readings, three across each cut edge of a 24 
inches (61 cm) long sample with no single reading exceeding \4/32\ 
inch (3.2 mm) and no more than two readings at \4/32\ inch (3.2 mm)) 
and (for 85 pound base box item only: crossbuckle maximums of 0.001 
inch (0.0025 mm) average having no reading above 0.005 inch (0.127 
mm)), with a camber maximum of \1/4\ inch (6.3 mm) per 20 feet (6.1 
meters), capable of being bent 120 degrees on a 0.002 inch radius 
without cracking, with a chromium coating weight of metallic 
chromium at 100 mg/m\2\ and chromium oxide of 10 mg/m\2\, with a 
chemistry of 0.13% maximum carbon, 0.60% maximum manganese, 0.15% 
maximum silicon, 0.20% maximum copper, 0.04% maximum phosphorous, 
0.05% maximum sulfur, and 0.20% maximum aluminum, with a surface 
finish of Stone Finish 7C, with a DOS-A oil at an aim level of 2 mg/
square meter, with not more than 15 inclusions/foreign matter in 15 
feet (4.6 meters) (with inclusions not to exceed \1/32\ inch (0.8 
mm) in width and \3/64\ inch (1.2 mm) in length), with thickness/
temper combinations of either 60 pound base box (0.0066 inch) double 
reduced CADR8 temper in widths of 25.00 inches, 27.00 inches, 27.50 
inches, 28.00 inches, 28.25 inches, 28.50 inches, 29.50 inches, 
29.75 inches, 30.25 inches, 31.00 inches, 32.75 inches, 33.75 
inches, 35.75 inches, 36.25 inches, 39.00 inches, or 43.00 inches, 
or 85 pound base box (0.0094 inch) single reduced CAT4 temper in 
widths of 25.00 inches, 27.00 inches, 28.00 inches, 30.00 inches, 
33.00 inches, 33.75 inches, 35.75 inches, 36.25 inches, or 43.00 
inches, with width tolerance of \1/8\ inch, with a thickness 
tolerance of 0.0005 inch, with a maximum coil weight of 20,000 
pounds (9071.0 kg), with a minimum coil weight of 18,000 pounds 
(8164.8 kg), with a coil inside diameter of 16 inches (40.64 cm) 
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core, with a coil maximum outside diameter of 59.5 inches (151.13 
cm), with a maximum of one weld (identified with a paper flag) per 
coil, with a surface free of scratches, holes, and rust.
     Electrolytically tin coated steel having differential 
coating with 1.00 pound/base box equivalent on the heavy side, with 
varied coating equivalents in the lighter side (detailed below), 
with a continuous cast steel chemistry of type MR, with a surface 
finish of type 7B or 7C, with a surface passivation of 0.7 mg/square 
foot of chromium applied as a cathodic dichromate treatment, with 
coil form having restricted oil film weights of 0.3-0.4 grams/base 
box of type DOS-A oil, coil inside diameter ranging from 15.5 to 17 
inches, coil outside diameter of a maximum 64 inches, with a maximum 
coil weight of 25,000 pounds, and with temper/coating/dimension 
combinations of: (1) CAT4 temper, 1.00/.050 pound/base box coating, 
70 pound/base box (0.0077 inch) thickness, and 33.1875 inch ordered 
width; or (2) CAT5 temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box coating, 75 
pound/base box (0.0082 inch) thickness, and 34.9375 inch or 34.1875 
inch ordered width; or (3) CAT5 temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box 
coating, 107 pound/base box (0.0118 inch) thickness, and 30.5625 
inch or 35.5625 inch ordered width; or (4) CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.50 
pound/base box coating, 85 pound/base box (0.0093 inch) thickness, 
and 35.5625 inch ordered width; or (5) CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.25 
pound/base box coating, 60 pound/base box (0.0066 inch) thickness, 
and 35.9375 inch ordered width; or (6) CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.25 
pound/base box coating, 70 pound/base box (0.0077 inch) thickness, 
and 32.9375 inch, 33.125 inch, or 35.1875 inch ordered width.
     Electrolytically tin coated steel having differential 
coating with 1.00 pound/base box equivalent on the heavy side, with 
varied coating equivalents on the lighter side (detailed below), 
with a continuous cast steel chemistry of type MR, with a surface 
finish of type 7B or 7C, with a surface passivation of 0.5 mg/square 
foot of chromium applied as a cathodic dichromate treatment, with 
ultra flat scroll cut sheet form, with CAT5 temper with 1.00/0.10 
pound/base box coating, with a lithograph logo printed in a uniform 
pattern on the 0.10 pound coating side with a clear protective coat, 
with both sides waxed to a level of 15-20 mg/216 sq. inch, with 
ordered dimension combinations of (1) 75 pound/base box (0.0082 
inch) thickness and 34.9375 inch x 31.748 inch scroll cut 
dimensions; or (2) 75 pound/base box (0.0082 inch) thickness and 
34.1875 inch x 29.076 inch scroll cut dimensions; or (3) 107 pound/
base box (0.0118 inch) thickness and 30.5625 inch x 34.125 inch 
scroll cut dimension.
     Tin-free steel coated with a metallic chromium layer 
between 100-200 mg/m\2\ and a chromium oxide layer between 5-30 mg/
m\2\; chemical composition of 0.05% maximum carbon, 0.03% maximum 
silicon, 0.60% maximum manganese, 0.02% maximum phosphorous, and 
0.02% maximum sulfur; magnetic flux density (Br) of 10 kg minimum 
and a coercive force (Hc) of 3.8 Oe minimum.
     Tin-free steel laminated on one or both sides of the 
surface with a polyester film, consisting of two layers (an 
amorphous layer and an outer crystal layer), that contains no more 
than the indicated amounts of the following environmental hormones: 
1 mg/kg BADGE (BisPhenol--A Di-glycidyl Ether), 1 mg/kg BFDGE 
(BisPhenol--F Di-glycidyl Ether), and 3 mg/kg BPA (BisPhenol--A).
    The merchandise subject to these investigations is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS), under HTSUS subheadings 7210.11.0000, 7210.12.0000, 
7210.50.0020, 7210.50.0090, 7212.10.0000, and 7212.50.0000 if of 
non-alloy steel and under HTSUS subheadings 7225.99.0090, and 
7226.99.0180 if of alloy steel. Although the subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of the investigations is dispositive.

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