[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 169 (Friday, September 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60484-60486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18914]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-685 and 731-TA-1599-1606 (Final)]


Tin Mill Products From Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, 
South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom; Scheduling of the 
Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Investigations

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the 
final phase of countervailing and antidumping duty investigation Nos. 
701-TA-685 and 731-TA-1599-1606 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 
1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether an industry in the United 
States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the 
establishment of an industry in the United States is materially 
retarded, by reason of imports of tin mill products from Canada, China, 
Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United 
Kingdom, provided for in subheadings 7210.11.00, 7210.12.00, 
7210.50.00, 7212.10.00, 7212.50.00, 7225.99.00, and 7226.99.01 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. The Department of 
Commerce (``Commerce'') has preliminary determined imports of tin mill 
products from China to be subsidized and imports of tin mill products 
from Canada, China, and Germany to be sold at less-than-fair value. In 
addition, Commerce has made negative preliminary determinations of 
sales at less-than-fair value in the antidumping duty investigations on 
tin mill products from the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, 
and the United Kingdom.

DATES: August 22, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caitlyn Hendricks (202-205-2058), 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for

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these investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic 
docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Scope.--For purposes of these investigations, Commerce has defined 
the subject merchandise as ``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.'' \1\
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    \1\ A full description of the subject merchandise covered in the 
scope of these investigations is contained in the Federal Register 
notices of Commerce's preliminary countervailing and antidumping 
duty determinations on tin mill products. 88 FR 41373, June 26, 
2023; 88 FR 57078, 88 FR 57081, 88 FR 57084, 88 FR 57087, 88 FR 
57090, 88 FR 57093, 88 FR 57096, 88 FR 57099, August 22, 2023.
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    Background.--The final phase of these investigations is being 
scheduled pursuant to sections 705(b) and 731(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
1671d(b) and 1673d(b)), as a result of affirmative preliminary 
determinations by Commerce that certain benefits which constitute 
subsidies within the meaning of Sec.  703 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b) 
are being provided to manufacturers, producers, or exporters in China 
of tin mill products, and that such products from Canada, China, and 
Germany are being sold in the United States at less than fair value 
within the meaning of Sec.  733 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b).\2\ The 
investigations were requested in petitions filed on January 18, 2023, 
by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Cleveland, Ohio and the United Steel, Paper 
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and 
Service Workers International Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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    \2\ While Commerce has preliminarily determined that imports of 
tin mill products from the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, 
and the United Kingdom are not being and are not likely to be sold 
in the United States at less-than-fair value, the Commission is 
continuing its investigative activities pursuant to Sec.  207.21 of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.21(c)).
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    For further information concerning the conduct of this phase of the 
investigations, hearing procedures, and rules of general application, 
consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, 
subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and C (19 
CFR part 207).
    Participation in the investigations and public service list.--
Persons, including industrial users of the subject merchandise and, if 
the merchandise is sold at the retail level, representative consumer 
organizations, wishing to participate in the final phase of these 
investigations as parties must file an entry of appearance with the 
Secretary to the Commission, as provided in Sec.  201.11 of the 
Commission's rules, no later than 21 days prior to the hearing date 
specified in this notice. A party that filed a notice of appearance 
during the preliminary phase of the investigations need not file an 
additional notice of appearance during this final phase. The Secretary 
will maintain a public service list containing the names and addresses 
of all persons, or their representatives, who are parties to the 
investigations.
    Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic 
filings during this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's 
Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). 
No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic 
filings will be accepted until further notice.
    Limited disclosure of business proprietary information (BPI) under 
an administrative protective order (APO) and BPI service list.--
Pursuant to Sec.  207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the Secretary 
will make BPI gathered in the final phase of these investigations 
available to authorized applicants under the APO issued in the 
investigations, provided that the application is made no later than 21 
days prior to the hearing date specified in this notice. Authorized 
applicants must represent interested parties, as defined by 19 U.S.C. 
1677(9), who are parties to the investigations. A party granted access 
to BPI in the preliminary phase of the investigations need not reapply 
for such access. A separate service list will be maintained by the 
Secretary for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.
    Staff report.--The prehearing staff report in the final phase of 
these investigations will be placed in the nonpublic record on October 
18, 2023, and a public version will be issued thereafter, pursuant to 
Sec.  207.22 of the Commission's rules.
    Hearing.--The Commission will hold a hearing in connection with the 
final phase of these investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on November 
1, 2023. Requests to appear at the hearing should be filed in writing 
with the Secretary to the Commission on or before October 26, 2023. Any 
requests to appear as a witness via videoconference must be included 
with your request to appear. Requests to appear via videoconference 
must include a statement explaining why the witness cannot appear in 
person; the Chairman, or other person designated to conduct the 
investigation, may in their discretion for good cause shown, grant such 
a request. Requests to appear as remote witness due to illness or a 
positive COVID-19 test result may be submitted by 3 p.m. the business 
day prior to the hearing. Further information about participation in 
the hearing will be posted on the Commission's website at https://www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/calendar.html.
    A nonparty who has testimony that may aid the Commission's 
deliberations may request permission to present a short statement at 
the hearing. All parties and nonparties desiring to appear at the 
hearing and make oral presentations should attend a prehearing 
conference, if deemed necessary, to be held at 9:30 a.m. on October 30, 
2023. Parties shall file and serve written testimony and presentation 
slides in connection with their presentation at the hearing by no later 
than 4:00 p.m. on October 31, 2023. Oral testimony and written 
materials to be submitted at the public hearing are governed by 
sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 207.24 of the Commission's rules. 
Parties must submit any request to present a portion of their hearing 
testimony in camera no later than 7 business days prior to the date of 
the hearing.
    Written submissions.--Each party who is an interested party shall 
submit a prehearing brief to the Commission. Prehearing briefs must 
conform with the provisions of Sec.  207.23 of the Commission's rules; 
the deadline for filing is October 25, 2023. Parties shall also file 
written testimony in connection with their presentation at the hearing, 
and posthearing briefs, which must conform with the provisions of Sec.  
207.25 of the Commission's rules. The deadline for filing posthearing 
briefs is November 8, 2023. In addition, any person who has not entered 
an appearance as a party to the investigations may submit a written 
statement of information pertinent to the subject of the 
investigations, including statements of support or opposition to the 
petitions, on or before November 8, 2023. On November 22, 2023, the 
Commission will make available to parties all information on which they 
have not had an opportunity to comment. Parties may submit final 
comments on this

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information on or before November 27, 2023, but such final comments 
must not contain new factual information and must otherwise comply with 
Sec.  207.30 of the Commission's rules. All written submissions must 
conform with the provisions of Sec.  201.8 of the Commission's rules; 
any submissions that contain BPI must also conform with the 
requirements of Sec. Sec.  201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's 
rules. The Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures, available on the 
Commission's website at https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates upon the Commission's 
procedures with respect to filings.
    Additional written submissions to the Commission, including 
requests pursuant to Sec.  201.12 of the Commission's rules, shall not 
be accepted unless good cause is shown for accepting such submissions, 
or unless the submission is pursuant to a specific request by a 
Commissioner or Commission staff.
    In accordance with Sec. Sec.  201.16(c) and 207.3 of the 
Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the 
investigations must be served on all other parties to the 
investigations (as identified by either the public or BPI service 
list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary 
will not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service.
    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under authority 
of title VII of the Act; this notice is published pursuant to Sec.  
207.21 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: August 28, 2023.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-18914 Filed 8-31-23; 8:45 am]
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