[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 127 (Monday, July 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29840-29843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12572]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-831]
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan: Preliminary
Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, in
Part, and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that sales of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils (SSSSC) from
Taiwan have been made at less than normal value during the period of
review (POR), July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Commerce also
preliminarily finds that Yieh United Steel Company (YUSCO) had no
shipments to the United States during the POR. Additionally, Commerce
preliminarily determines that 22 companies for which we initiated a
review had no suspended entries during the POR. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable July 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Maciuba, AD/CVD
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20203; telephone: (202) 482-0413.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 27, 1999, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on SSSSC from Taiwan.\1\ On July 1, 2024,
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On August 14, 2024,
based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an AD review of 83 producers and
exporters of the subject merchandise.\3\ This review covers three
producers and/or exporters
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of the subject merchandise. Commerce selected two companies, Shiner
Steel International Ltd. (Shiner Steel) and Yuan Long Stainless Steel
Corp (Yuan Long) for individual examination.\4\ On December 9, 2024,
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative review by 90
days.\5\ The current deadline for the preliminary results of this
review is July 1, 2025.
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils from United Kingdom, Taiwan, and South Korea, 64
FR 40555 (July 27, 1999) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 54437 (July 1,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 66035 (August 14, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated March 4,
2023.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan; 2023-
2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is certain stainless steel
sheet and strip in coils. For the complete description of the scope of
the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. On
September 26, 2024, North American Stainless and Outokumpu Stainless
USA, LLC, (collectively, domestic interested parties) timely partially
withdrew their request for an administrative review for 58
companies.\7\ Because no other party requested a review these 58
companies, we are rescinding the administrative review for these
companies in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\8\ For a complete
list of those companies for which all requests for administrative
review were withdrawn, see Appendix II.
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\7\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic
Interested Parties' Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated September 26, 2024.
\8\ See Appendix II for the list of companies for which we are
rescinding the review due to the withdrawal of all review requests.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review when there are no reviewable entries
of subject merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is
suspended.\9\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative review,
the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate
calculated for the review period.\10\ Therefore, to conduct an
administrative review of a company, there must be a suspended entry
that Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
liquidate at the AD assessment rate calculated for the POR.\11\
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\9\ See, e.g., Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece:
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89
FR 4274 (January 23, 2024).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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On January 3, 2025, we notified parties of our intent to rescind
this administrative review, in part, with respect to the 22 companies
listed in Appendix III because there were no suspended entries of
subject merchandise produced or exported by these companies during the
POR. We invited interested parties to comment.\12\ No parties commented
on our intent to rescind the review, in part. In the absence of
suspended entries of subject merchandise from these companies during
the POR, we are rescinding, in part, the administrative review for the
22 companies listed in Appendix III, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
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\12\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated January 3, 2025.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Commerce has preliminarily relied entirely upon facts otherwise
available with adverse inferences (AFA) for both Shiner Steel and Yuan
Long.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Based on record information, we preliminarily determine that YUSCO
did not have knowledge that the subject merchandise was destined for
the United States, and, thus, YUSCO is not considered the exporter of
subject merchandise during the POR for the purposes of this review.\13\
Therefore, we preliminarily determine that YUSCO made no shipments of
subject merchandise during the POR. Consistent with Commerce's
practice, we find that it is not appropriate to rescind the review with
respect to YUSCO, but rather to complete the review and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of this
review.\14\
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\13\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\14\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954, 23958 (May 6, 2003)
(AD Assessment).
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Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the
period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Shiner Steel International Ltd.............................. 21.10
Yuan Long Stainless Steel Ltd............................... 21.10
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Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with a preliminary determination within five
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of
preliminary determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied
total AFA to the mandatory respondents Shiner Steel and Yuan Long in
this administrative review, and the applied AFA rate is based on a rate
calculated for a respondent in a prior segment of this proceeding,
there are no calculations to disclose.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\15\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the
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date for filing case briefs.\16\ Parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) a statement of the issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\17\ All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Acting Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after publication of
this notice.\18\ Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name,
address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing
will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a
hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date and
time to be determined.\19\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date
and time of the hearing two days before the scheduled date. An
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis raised in any written
briefs, not later than 120 days after the publication date of this
notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless otherwise
extended.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, AD duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review.\20\ The final results of this review shall be
the basis for the assessment of AD duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\21\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\21\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in
these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not
know that the merchandise they sold to the intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\22\
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\22\ For a full discussion of this practice, see AD Assessment.
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Further, if we continue to find in the final results that YUSCO had
no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate any suspended entries that entered under their AD case
number (i.e., at YUSCO's cash deposit rate) at the all-others rate if
there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results
of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the exporters listed above will
be that established in the final results of this review, except if the
rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate
will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not
participating in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed
segment of this proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or previous segment,
but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recently-completed segment for the
manufacturer of the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 12.61 percent,
the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.\23\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\23\ See Order.
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of issues raised by interested parties in the
written comments, within 120 days after the date of publication of
these preliminary results in the Federal Register.\24\
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\24\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: June 30, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies for Which All Review Requests Were Withdrawn
1. Broad International Resources Ltd.
2. Chain Chon Industrial Co., Ltd.
3. Cheng Feng Plastic Co., Ltd.
4. Chia Far Industrial Factory Co., Ltd.
5. Chien Shing Stainless Co.
6. China Steel Corporation
7. Chung Hung Steel Corp.
8. Chyang Dah Stainless Co., Ltd.
9. Da-Tsai Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
10. Dah Shi Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.
11. DB Schenker (HK) Ltd. Taiwan Branch
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12. DHV Technical Information Co., Ltd.
13. Froch Enterprises Co., Ltd.
14. Gang Jou Enterprise Co., Ltd.
15. Genn Hann Stainless Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd.
16. Goang Jau Shing Enterprise Co., Ltd.
17. Goldioceans International Co., Ltd.
18. Gotosteel Ltd.
19. Grace Alloy Corp.
20. Hung Shuh Enterprises Co., Ltd.
21. Hwang Dah Steel Inc.
22. Jie Jin Stainless Steel Industry Co., Ltd.
23. JJSE Co., Ltd.
24. KNS Enterprise Co., Ltd.
25. Lancer Ent. Co., Ltd.
26. Lien Chy Laminated Metal Co., Ltd.
27. Lien Kuo Metal Industries Co., Ltd.
28. Lih Chan Steel Co., Ltd.
29. Lung An Stainless Steel Ind. Co., Ltd.
30. Master United Corp.
31. Maytun International Corp.
32. NKS Steel Ind. Ltd.
33. PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd.
34. Po Chwen Metal
35. Prime Rocks Co., Ltd.
36. S More Steel Materials Co., Ltd.
37. Shih Yuan Stainless Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd.
38. Silineal Enterprises Co., Ltd.
39. Stanch Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
40. Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Company Ltd.
41. Tah Lee Special Steel Co., Ltd.
42. Taiwan Nippon Steel Stainless
43. Tang Eng Iron Works Company, Ltd.
44. Teng Yao Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd.
45. Tibest International Inc.
46. Ton Yi Industrial Corp.
47. Tsai See Enterprise Co., Ltd.
48. Vasteel Enterprises Co., Ltd.
49. Vulcan Industrial Corporation
50. Wuu Jing Enterprise Co., Ltd.
51. Yc Inox Co., Ltd.
52. Yes Stainless International Co., Ltd.
53. Yieh Mau Corporation
54. Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd.
55. Yu Ting Industrial Co., Ltd.
56. Yue Seng Industrial Co., Ltd.
57. Yuen Chang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
58. Yung Fa Steel & Iron Industry Co., Ltd.
Appendix III
Companies Which Had No Reviewable Entries During the POR
1. Auto Star Ind. Co., Ltd.
2. Best Win International
3. Chang Mien Industries Co., Ltd.
4. Ching Hann Ind Co., Ltd.
5. China Steel Global Trading Corporation
6. Dinli Metal Industrial Co., Ltd.
7. Dyaco International Inc.
8. General Merchandise Consolidators Inc.
9. Gold Classic Enterprise Ltd.
10. Hwa Yang Stainless Steel Ind. Corp.
11. Intai Technology Corp.
12. Jk Industrial Development Corp.
13. Meglobe Co., Ltd.
14. Prosperity Tieh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
15. Sunmax Industrial Inc.
16. Tung Mung Development Co., Ltd
17. Top Sunny Group Corp.
18. Unity Special Steel Co., Ltd.
19. Wexcel International Co., Ltd.
20. Yieh Corp; Yieh Trading Corporation
21. Yeou Yih Steel Co., Ltd.
22. Yeou Ting Industries Co., Ltd.
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