[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59771-59773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24219]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-412-824]
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the United Kingdom:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the
producer/exporter subject to this review made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR)
September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable November 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 19, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of the
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cold-
rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the United
Kingdom.\1\ The administrative review covers one producer or exporter
of the subject merchandise, Caparo Precision Strip, Ltd./Liberty
Performance Steels Ltd. (Liberty).\2\ We gave interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results, and we received a
case brief from Liberty.\3\ We did not receive any rebuttal briefs.
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\1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the United
Kingdom: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017-2018, 84 FR 34868 (July 19, 2019) (Preliminary
Results).
\2\ In the Initiation Notice, we initiated a review of ``Caparo
Precision Strip, Ltd./Liberty Performance Steels, Ltd.'' See
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 83 FR 57411, 57417 (November 15, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
We have previously determined that Liberty Performance Steels Ltd.
is the successor-in-interest to Caparo Precision Strip, Ltd.
\3\ See Liberty's Letter, ``Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the United Kingdom: Liberty Performance Steels, Ltd.
Case Brief,'' dated August 19, 2019.
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Commerce conducted this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the antidumping duty order are certain
cold-rolled (cold-reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not
annealed, painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-
metallic substances. The products subject to this review are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060,
7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070,
7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530, 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520,
7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000,
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7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500,
7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030,
7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000,
7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and
7226.92.8050. The products subject to the Order may also enter under
the following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061,
7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000,
and 7229.90.1000. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description is
dispositive. A full description of the scope of the order is contained
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from the United Kingdom: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
The issues raised by Liberty in its case brief have been addressed
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at http://access.trade.gov and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Enforcement and Compliance
website at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and
Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as the
appendix to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on the comments received we made changes for these final
results which are enumerated in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of the Administrative Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin
exists for Liberty for the period of September 1, 2017 through August
31, 2018.
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Liberty Performance Steels Ltd.............................. 21.71
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Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review.
For Liberty, we calculated importer-specific assessment rates on
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered
value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\5\ For
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Liberty for
which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to 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. We intend to issue
liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of these
final results of review.
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\5\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in
Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of this notice for all shipments of cold-rolled steel from
the United Kingdom entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Liberty will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by
producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a
prior completed segment of the proceeding, then 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
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review,
a prior review, or the original investigation but the producer has been
covered in a prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent segment
for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other producers or exporters will continue to be 22.58 percent, the
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.\6\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\6\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil,
India, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Determinations for Brazil and the United
Kingdom and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 64432, 64434 (September
20, 2016).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce presuming that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative
review in
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accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: October 30, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Major-Input Adjustment
Comment 2: Ministerial Error
VI. Recommendation
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