[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34115-34116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15436]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-048]


Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Expedited Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has completed its 
expedited review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from the 
People's Republic of China (China) and finds that Jiangsu Tiangong 
Tools Company Limited (TG Tools) received countervailable subsidies 
during period of review (POR) January 1, 2015, through December 31, 
2015.

DATES: Applicable July 19, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Mullen, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-5260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this expedited review 
on March 21, 2018.\1\ A summary of the events that occurred since we 
published the Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the 
issues raised by parties for the final results, may be found in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum \2\ issued concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice. 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 http://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 
signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version are 
identical in content.
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    \1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from 
the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Expedited Review, 83 FR 12337 (March 21, 2018) 
(Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Expedited Review of the Countervailing Duty Order 
on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate 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 Order

    The product covered by this order is CTL plate. A full description 
of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\3\
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    \3\ Id.
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Methodology

    Commerce conducted this CVD expedited review in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.214(k). For a full description of the methodology underlying 
our conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The subsidy 
programs under review, and the issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs submitted by the parties, are discussed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues that parties raised, and to 
which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached 
as an Appendix to this notice.
    Based on our review and analysis of the comments received from 
parties, we made certain changes to TG Tools' subsidy rate calculations 
since the Preliminary Results. For a discussion of these changes, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum and the Final Calculation 
Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ Id; see also Memorandum, ``Final Results Calculations for TG 
Tools'' (June 13, 2018).
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Final Results of the Expedited Review

    As a result of this expedited review, we determine the 
countervailable subsidy rate to be:

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                        Company                            Subsidy rate
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Jiangsu Tiangong Tools Company Limited, Tiangong Aihe     26.90 percent
 Company Limited, Jiangsu Tiangong Group Company
 Limited, Jiangsu Tiangong Mould Steel R&D Center
 Company Limited.......................................
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Cash Deposit Instructions

    Pursuant to section 19 CFR 351.214(k)(3)(iii), the final results of 
this expedited review will not be the basis for the assessment of 
countervailing duties. Upon the issuance of these final results, 
Commerce will instruct Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect 
cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the companies 
subject to this expedited review, at the rates shown above, on 
shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final 
results of this expedited review. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

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Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to 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 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 sanctionable 
violation.
    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.214(k).

    Dated: July 13, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
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. Subsidies Valuation
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: TG Tools' Ministerial Error Allegation
    Comment 2: AFA for Land Use for LTAR
    Comment 3: Cross-Ownership Standard for TG Tools
    Comment 4: Electricity for LTAR Calculation
    Comment 5: Ocean Freight Benchmark
    Comment 6: VAT in Benchmarks
    Comment 7: Policy Loan Calculations
    Comment 8: Import Tariff and VAT Exemptions Calculation
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2018-15436 Filed 7-18-18; 8:45 am]
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