[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1520-1523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00327]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-848]


Tin Mill Products From the Republic of Turkey: Final Negative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that

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tin mill products from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) are not being, 
or are not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair 
value (LTFV) for the period of investigation January 1, 2022, through 
December 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable January 10, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Janz, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2972.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 22, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register its 
preliminary determination in the LTFV investigation of tin mill 
products from Turkey, in which we also postponed the final 
determination until January 4, 2023.\1\ We invited interested parties 
to comment on the Preliminary Determination.\2\ No interested party 
submitted comments. Accordingly, the final determination of the LTFV 
investigation remains unchanged from the Preliminary Determination and 
no Issues and Decision Memorandum accompanies this notice.
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    \1\ See Tin Mill Products from the Republic of Turkeys: 
Preliminary Negative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Postponement of Final Determination, 88 FR 57087 (August 22, 
2023) (Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Preliminary Determination.
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Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are tin mill products 
from Turkey. For a complete description of the scope of this 
investigation, see the appendix to this notice.

Scope Comments

    During the course of this investigation, Commerce received scope 
comments from parties. Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope Decision 
Memorandum to address these comments and set aside a period of time for 
parties to address scope issues in scope-specific case and rebuttal 
briefs.\3\ We received comments from parties on the Preliminary Scope 
Decision Memorandum, which we address in the Final Scope Decision 
Memorandum.\4\ We did not make any changes to the scope of the 
investigation from the scope published in the Preliminary 
Determination, as noted in the appendix to this notice.
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,'' 
dated August 16, 2023 (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Final Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated 
concurrently with this memorandum (Final Scope Decision Memorandum).
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Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), in September and October 2023, we conducted verifications of 
the sales and cost information submitted by Toscelik Profil ve Sac 
Endustrisi A.S. and Tosyali Toyo Celik A.S., collectively, Tosyali 
Toyo/Toscelik Profil,\5\ for use in our final determination. We used 
standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant 
sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by 
Tosyali Toyo/Toscelik Profil.\6\
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    \5\ In the Preliminarily Determination, we determined the 
following companies comprise a single entity: Tosyali Toyo Celik 
A.S. and Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. (i.e., Tosyali Toyo/
Toscelik Profil). See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Affiliation and 
Collapsing Analysis Memorandum for Tosyali Toyo Celik A.S. and 
Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S.,'' dated August 16, 2023. No 
party challenged this determination for the final determination. 
Accordingly, we continue to treat these companies as part of a 
single entity for the purposes of this investigation.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of the Sales Response,'' 
dated November 1, 2023; and Memorandum, ``Verification of the Cost 
Response,'' dated November 3, 2023.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Determination

    We are incorporating Tosyali Toyo/Toscelik Profil's revised 
databases, submitted at Commerce's request, into this final 
determination, which reflect changes based on minor corrections Tosyali 
Toyo/Toscelik Profil submitted at verification, as well as minor 
discrepancies found by Commerce.\7\ For additional details, see the 
Final Analysis Memorandum.\8\
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    \7\ See Tosyali Toyo/Toscelik Profil's Letter, ``Tosyali Toyo 
Response to Request for Revised Databases,'' dated November 6, 2023.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Analysis for the Final Determination for 
Tosyali Toyo Celik A.S. and Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi 
A.S.,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Final Analysis Memorandum).
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Final Determination

    The final estimated weighted-average dumping margin is as follows:

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                                                               Estimated
                                                               weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/Producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Tosyali Toyo Celik A.S.; Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi          0.00
 A.S........................................................
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    Consistent with section 735(a)(4) of the Act, Commerce disregards 
de minimis rates. Accordingly, Commerce determines that the single 
entity comprised of Tosyali Toyo Celik A.S. and Toscelik Profil ve Sac 
Endustrisi A.S., i.e., the only individually examined respondent, has 
not made sales of subject merchandise at LTFV.
    Furthermore, Commerce has not calculated an estimated weighted-
average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters pursuant 
to sections 735(c)(1)(B) and (c)(5) of the Act because it has not made 
an affirmative determination of sales at LTFV.

Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations performed in this 
final determination within five days of its public announcement or, if 
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Suspension of Liquidation

    In the Preliminary Determination, the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margin for Tosyali Toyo/Toscelik Profil was zero percent and, 
therefore, we did not suspend liquidation of entries of tin mill 
products from Turkey.\9\ Because Commerce has now made a final negative 
determination of sales at LTFV with regard to the subject merchandise, 
Commerce will not direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend 
liquidation or to require a cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties for entries of tin mill products from Turkey.
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    \9\ See Preliminary Determination, 88 FR at 57088.
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U.S. International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the 
U.S. International Trade Commission of this final negative 
determination of sales at LTFV. As our final determination is negative, 
this proceeding is terminated in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of 
the Act.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice will serve as the final reminder to parties subject to 
an 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 or 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 violation which is subject 
to sanction.

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Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination and this notice are issued and published 
pursuant to sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.210(c).

    Dated: January 4, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--Scope of the Investigation

    The products within the scope of this investigation are 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.
    All products that meet the written physical description are 
within the scope of this investigation unless specifically excluded. 
The following products are outside and/or specifically excluded from 
the scope of this investigation:
    <bullet> Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel 
with a thickness 0.238 mm (85 pound base box) (<plus-minus> 10%) or 
0.251 mm (90 pound base box) (<plus-minus> 10%) or 0.255 mm (<plus-
minus> 10%) with 770 mm (minimum width) (<plus-minus> 1.588 mm) by 
900 mm (maximum length if sheared) sheet size or 30.6875 inches 
(minimum width) (<plus-minus> 1/16 inch) and 35.4 inches (maximum 
length if sheared) sheet size; with type MR or higher (per ASTM) 
A623 steel chemistry; batch annealed at T2 \1/2\ anneal temper, with 
a yield strength of 31 to 42 kpsi (214 to 290 Mpa); with a tensile 
strength of 43 to 58 kpsi (296 to 400 Mpa); with a chrome coating 
restricted to 32 to 150 mg/m\2\; with a chrome oxide coating 
restricted to 6 to 25 mg/m\2\ with a modified 7B ground roll finish 
or blasted roll finish; with roughness average (Ra) 0.10 to 0.35 
micrometers, measured with a stylus instrument with a stylus radius 
of 2 to 5 microns, a trace length of 5.6 mm, and a cut-off of 0.8 
mm, and the measurement traces shall be made perpendicular to the 
rolling direction; with an oil level of 0.17 to 0.37 grams/base box 
as type BSO, or 2.5 to 5.5 mg/m\2\ as type DOS, or 3.5 to 6.5 mg/
m\2\ as type ATBC; with electrical conductivity of static probe 
voltage drop of 0.46 volts drop maximum, and with electrical 
conductivity degradation to 0.70 volts drop maximum after stoving 
(heating to 400 degrees F for 100 minutes followed by a cool to room 
temperature).
    <bullet> Single reduced electrolytically chromium- or tin-coated 
steel in the gauges of 0.0040 inch nominal, 0.0045 inch nominal, 
0.0050 inch nominal, 0.0061 inch nominal (55 pound base box weight), 
0.0066 inch nominal (60 pound base box weight), and 0.0072 inch 
nominal (65 pound base box weight), regardless of width, temper, 
finish, coating or other properties.
    <bullet> Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel 
in the gauge of 0.024 inch, with widths of 27.0 inches or 31.5 
inches, and with T-1 temper properties.
    <bullet> Single reduced electrolytically chromium coated steel, 
with a chemical composition of 0.005% max carbon, 0.030% max 
silicon, 0.25% max manganese, 0.025% max phosphorous, 0.025% max 
sulfur 0.070% max aluminum, and the balance iron, with a metallic 
chromium layer of 70- 130 mg/m\2\, with a chromium oxide layer of 5-
30 mg/m\2\, with a tensile strength of 260-440 N/mm\2\, with an 
elongation of 28-48%, with a hardness (HR-30T) of 40-58, with a 
surface roughness of 0.5-1.5 microns Ra, with magnetic properties of 
Bm (kg) 10.0 minimum, Br (kg) 8.0 minimum, Hc (Oe) 2.5-3.8, and MU 
1400 minimum, as measured with a Riken Denshi DC magnetic 
characteristic measuring machine, Model BHU-60.
    <bullet> Bright finish tin-coated sheet with a thickness equal 
to or exceeding 0.0299 inch, coated to thickness of \3/4\ pound 
(0.000045 inch) and 1 pound (0.00006 inch).
    <bullet> Electrolytically chromium coated steel having ultra 
flat shape defined as oil can maximum depth of 5/64 inch (2.0 mm) 
and edge wave maximum of 5/64 inch (2.0 mm) and no wave to penetrate 
more than 2.0 inches (51.0 mm) from the strip edge and coilset or 
curling requirements of average maximum of 5/64 inch (2.0 mm) (based 
on six readings, three across each cut edge of a 24 inches (61 cm) 
long sample with no single reading exceeding 4/32 inch (3.2 mm) and 
no more than two readings at 4/32 inch (3.2 mm)) and (for 85 pound 
base box item only: crossbuckle maximums of 0.001 inch (0.0025 mm) 
average having no reading above 0.005 inch (0.127 mm)), with a 
camber maximum of \1/4\ inch (6.3 mm) per 20 feet (6.1 meters), 
capable of being bent 120 degrees on a 0.002 inch radius without 
cracking, with a chromium coating weight of metallic chromium at 100 
mg/m\2\ and chromium oxide of 10 mg/m\2\, with a chemistry of 0.13% 
maximum carbon, 0.60% maximum manganese, 0.15% maximum silicon, 
0.20% maximum copper, 0.04% maximum phosphorous, 0.05% maximum 
sulfur, and 0.20% maximum aluminum, with a surface finish of Stone 
Finish 7C, with a DOS-A oil at an aim level of 2 mg/square meter, 
with not more than 15 inclusions/foreign matter in 15 feet (4.6 
meters) (with inclusions not to exceed 1/32 inch (0.8 mm) in width 
and 3/64 inch (1.2 mm) in length), with thickness/temper 
combinations of either 60 pound base box (0.0066 inch) double 
reduced CADR8 temper in widths of 25.00 inches, 27.00 inches, 27.50 
inches, 28.00 inches, 28.25 inches, 28.50 inches, 29.50 inches, 
29.75 inches, 30.25 inches, 31.00 inches, 32.75 inches, 33.75 
inches, 35.75 inches, 36.25 inches, 39.00 inches, or 43.00 inches, 
or 85 pound base box (0.0094 inch) single reduced CAT4 temper in 
widths of 25.00 inches, 27.00 inches, 28.00 inches, 30.00 inches, 
33.00 inches, 33.75 inches, 35.75 inches, 36.25 inches, or 43.00 
inches, with width tolerance of \1/8\ inch, with a thickness 
tolerance of 0.0005 inch, with a maximum coil weight of 20,000 
pounds (9071.0 kg), with a minimum coil weight of 18,000 pounds 
(8164.8 kg), with a coil inside diameter of 16 inches (40.64 cm) 
with a steel core, with a coil maximum outside diameter of 59.5 
inches (151.13 cm), with a maximum of one weld (identified with a 
paper flag) per coil, with a surface free of scratches, holes, and 
rust.
    <bullet> Electrolytically tin coated steel having differential 
coating with 1.00 pound/base box equivalent on the heavy side, with 
varied coating equivalents in the lighter side (detailed below), 
with a continuous cast steel chemistry of type MR, with a surface 
finish of type 7B or 7C, with a surface passivation of 0.7 mg/square 
foot of chromium applied as a cathodic dichromate treatment, with 
coil form having restricted oil film weights of 0.3-0.4 grams/base 
box of type DOS-A oil, coil inside diameter ranging from 15.5 to 17 
inches, coil outside diameter of a maximum 64 inches, with a maximum 
coil weight of 25,000 pounds, and with temper/coating/dimension 
combinations of: (1) CAT4 temper, 1.00/.050 pound/base box coating, 
70 pound/base box (0.0077 inch) thickness, and 33.1875 inch ordered 
width; or (2) CAT5 temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box coating, 75 
pound/base box (0.0082 inch) thickness, and 34.9375 inch or 34.1875 
inch ordered width; or (3) CAT5 temper, 1.00/0.50 pound/base box 
coating, 107 pound/base box (0.0118 inch) thickness, and 30.5625 
inch or 35.5625 inch ordered width; or (4) CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.50 
pound/base box coating, 85 pound/base box (0.0093 inch) thickness, 
and 35.5625 inch ordered width; or (5) CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.25 
pound/base box coating, 60 pound/base box (0.0066 inch) thickness, 
and 35.9375 inch ordered width; or (6) CADR8 temper, 1.00/0.25 
pound/base box coating, 70 pound/base box (0.0077 inch) thickness, 
and 32.9375 inch, 33.125 inch, or 35.1875 inch ordered width.
    <bullet> Electrolytically tin coated steel having differential 
coating with 1.00 pound/base box equivalent on the heavy side, with 
varied coating equivalents on the lighter side (detailed below), 
with a continuous cast steel chemistry of type MR, with a surface 
finish of type 7B or 7C, with a surface passivation of 0.5 mg/square 
foot of chromium applied as a cathodic dichromate treatment, with 
ultra flat scroll cut sheet form, with CAT5 temper with 1.00/0.10 
pound/base box coating, with a lithograph logo printed in a uniform 
pattern on the 0.10 pound coating side with a clear protective coat, 
with both sides waxed to a level of 15-20 mg/216 sq. inch, with 
ordered dimension combinations of (1) 75 pound/base box (0.0082 
inch) thickness and 34.9375 inch x 31.748 inch scroll cut 
dimensions; or (2) 75 pound/base box (0.0082 inch) thickness and 
34.1875 inch x 29.076 inch scroll cut dimensions; or (3) 107 pound/
base box (0.0118 inch) thickness and 30.5625 inch x 34.125 inch 
scroll cut dimension.
    <bullet> Tin-free steel coated with a metallic chromium layer 
between 100-200 mg/m\2\ and a chromium oxide layer between 5-30 mg/
m\2\; chemical composition of 0.05% maximum carbon, 0.03% maximum 
silicon, 0.60% maximum manganese, 0.02%

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maximum phosphorous, and 0.02% maximum sulfur; magnetic flux density 
(Br) of 10 kg minimum and a coercive force (Hc) of 3.8 Oe minimum.
    <bullet> Tin-free steel laminated on one or both sides of the 
surface with a polyester film, consisting of two layers (an 
amorphous layer and an outer crystal layer), that contains no more 
than the indicated amounts of the following environmental hormones: 
1 mg/kg BADGE (BisPhenol--A Di-glycidyl Ether), 1 mg/kg BFDGE 
(BisPhenol--F Di-glycidyl Ether), and 3 mg/kg BPA (BisPhenol--A).
    The merchandise subject to this investigation is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS), under HTSUS subheadings 7210.11.0000, 7210.12.0000, 
7210.50.0020, 7210.50.0090, 7212.10.0000, and 7212.50.0000 if of 
non-alloy steel and under HTSUS subheadings 7225.99.0090, and 
7226.99.0180 if of alloy steel. Although the subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of the investigation is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2024-00327 Filed 1-9-24; 8:45 am]
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