[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 134 (Monday, July 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41954-41955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15040]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-026, C-570-027]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's
Republic of China: Negative Final Determination of Circumvention
Involving Guatemala
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports
of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE), completed in
Guatemala using carbon hot-rolled steel (HRS) and/or cold-rolled steel
(CRS) flat products manufactured in the People's Republic of China
(China), are not circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CORE from China at this time.
DATES: Applicable July 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Drew Jackson, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4406.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 18, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register
its preliminary determination \1\ that imports of CORE completed in
Guatemala are not circumventing the China CORE Orders at this time.\2\
A summary of events that occurred since Commerce published the
Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues
raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\ The Issues and 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 Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of
the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
People's Republic of China: Negative Preliminary Determination of
Circumvention Involving Guatemala, 85 FR 8840 (February 18, 2020)
(Preliminary Determination) and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India,
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25,
2016); see also Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, Italy, Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016)
(collectively, China CORE Orders).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Anti-Circumvention Inquiries Involving Guatemala of the Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from the People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are certain flat-rolled steel
products, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant
metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel-
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or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished,
laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances in
addition to the metallic coating. For a complete description of the
scope of the orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiries
These anti-circumvention inquiries cover CORE completed in
Guatemala from HRS and/or CRS substrate input manufactured in China and
subsequently exported to the United States (merchandise subject to
these inquiries).
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in
these inquiries are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A
list of the issues raised is attached to this notice at the Appendix.
Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested
parties and our findings at verification, we made no revisions to the
Preliminary Determination.
Final Negative Determination of Circumvention
We determine that exports to the United States of CORE completed in
Guatemala from HRS and/or CRS substrate manufactured in China are not
circumventing the China CORE Orders at this time.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice will serve as the only reminder to all parties subject
to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (amended) and 19 CFR
351.225(f).
Dated: July 6, 2020.
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 Orders
IV. Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiries
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
VI. Statutory Framework
VII. Statutory Analysis
VIII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Ternium Guatemala Consumed Chinese-Origin
Steel During the POI
Comment 2: Whether to Implement a Certification Regime
IX. Recommendation
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