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1See Tin Mill Products from Germany: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Critical 

Circumstances Determination, Postponement of 

Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 88 FR 57078 (August 22, 2023) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Final Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances in the Investigation of Tin Mill 

Products from Germany,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated August 16, 2023 (Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this 

memorandum (Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 

5See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Response of thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH,’’ 

dated October 26, 2023; ‘‘Verification of the Sales 

Response of thyssenkrupp Steel North America 

Inc.,’’ dated October 30, 2023; and ‘‘Verification of 

the Cost Response of thyssenkrupp Rasselstein 

GmbH,’’ dated November 2, 2023. 

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. 

• Tin-free steel coated with a metallic 

chromium layer between 100–200 mg/m2 

and a chromium oxide layer between 5–30 

mg/m2; chemical composition of 0.05% 

maximum carbon, 0.03% maximum silicon, 

0.60% maximum manganese, 0.02% 

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. 

• 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. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

VI. Final Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

VII. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Ocean Freight and Marine 

Insurance Revenue 

Comment 2: Per-Unit Cost of Production 

Based on Theoretical Weight or Actual 

Weight 

Comment 3: Scrap Offset Adjustment 

Comment 4: Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) 

Adjustment 

Comment 5: Application of Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–851] 

Tin Mill Products From Germany: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Final 

Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

imports of tin mill products from 

Germany are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable January 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George McMahon or Carolyn Adie, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1167 and (202) 482–6250, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 22, 2023, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the LTFV investigation of tin mill 

products from Germany, in which it also 

postponed the final determination until 

January 4, 2024.1 We invited interested 

parties to comment on the Preliminary 

Determination. 

A summary of the 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.2 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 https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are tin mill products from 

Germany. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

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 Appendix I. 

Verification 

Commerce verified the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation, 

consistent with section 782(i) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Specifically, Commerce conducted onsite verifications of the information and 

data on home market sales, U.S. sales, 

and cost of production submitted by 

thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH (TKR).5

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by interested 

parties in this investigation are 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of the issues 

addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is attached to this notice 

as Appendix II. 


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6See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 4. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

We made certain changes to the 

margin calculation for TKR since the 

Preliminary Determination. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act 

provides that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all other 

producers and exporters not 

individually investigated shall be equal 

to the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for individually investigated 

exporters and producers, excluding 

rates that are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act, i.e., facts otherwise available. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated an individual estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

the sole mandatory respondent, TKR, 

that is not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available. 

Consequently, Commerce assigned the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin calculated for TKR to all other 

producers and exporters of the 

merchandise under consideration, 

pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 

Act. 

Final Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 735(a)(3) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, 

Commerce continues to find that critical 

circumstances do not exist for all 

companies in Germany. For a full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s critical 

circumstances analysis, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum.6

Final Determination 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH 6.88 

All Others .................................... 6.88 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with this final determination to 

interested parties within five days of 

any 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). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend 

liquidation of all entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I of this notice, which were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after August 22, 

2023, the date of publication of the 

Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. These suspension of 

liquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), upon 

the publication of this notice, we will 

instruct CBP to require a cash deposit 

for estimated antidumping duties for 

such entries as follows: (1) the cash 

deposit rate for the respondent listed in 

the table above is the company-specific 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin listed for the respondent in the 

table; (2) if the exporter is not the 

respondent listed in the table above, but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate is the company-specific estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

listed for the producer of the subject 

merchandise in the table above; and (3) 

the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers and exporters is the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin listed in the table above. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its final affirmative determination of 

sales at LTFV. Because Commerce’s 

final determination is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports or 

sales (or the likelihood of sales) for 

importation of tin mill products no later 

than 45 days after this final 

determination. If the ITC determines 

that such injury does not exist, this 

proceeding will be terminated, all cash 

deposits posted will be refunded, and 

suspension of liquidation will be lifted. 

If the ITC determines that such injury 

does exist, Commerce will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section 

above. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

disposition 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This final determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(c). 

Dated: January 4, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

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: 

• Single reduced electrolytically 

chromium coated steel with a thickness 0.238 

mm (85 pound base box) (± 10%) or 0.251 

mm (90 pound base box) (± 10%) or 0.255 

mm (± 10%) with 770 mm (minimum width) 

(± 1.588 mm) by 900 mm (maximum length 

if sheared) sheet size or 30.6875 inches 

(minimum width) (± 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 


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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/m2; with a chrome oxide coating 

restricted to 6 to 25 mg/m2 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 cutoff 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/ 

m2 as type DOS, or 3.5 to 6.5 mg/m2 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). 

• 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. 

• 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. 

• 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/m2, with a chromium oxide layer of 5– 

30 mg/m2, with a tensile strength of 260–440 

N/mm2, 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. 

• 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). 

• 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/m2 and chromium 

oxide of 10 mg/m2, 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. 

• 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. 

• 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. 

• Tin-free steel coated with a metallic 

chromium layer between 100–200 mg/m2 and 

a chromium oxide layer between 5–30 mg/ 

m2; chemical composition of 0.05% 

maximum carbon, 0.03% maximum silicon, 

0.60% maximum manganese, 0.02% 

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. 

• 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. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

VI. Final Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

VII. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Verification and Adverse Facts 

Available (AFA) 

Comment 2: U.S. Billing Adjustment 

Comment 3: Salvage Sales 

Comment 4: Major Input Cost Adjustment 

Comment 5: Application of the Cohen’s d 

Test 

Comment 6: Denominator of the Cohen’s d 

Test 


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1See Tin Mill Products from the People’s 

Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment 

of Final Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination, 88 FR 41373 (June 26, 2023) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2Preliminary Determination, 88 FR at 41373. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Tin Mill Products from the People’s 

Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated August 16, 2023 (Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this 

memorandum (Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum). 

6See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; see also section 

771(5)(E) of the Act regarding benefit; and section 

771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity. 

7See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 1. 

Comment 7: Differential Pricing Analysis Is 

World Trade Organization (WTO) 

Inconsistent 

Comment 8: The Domestic Tin Mill 

Industry 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–00322 Filed 1–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–151] 

Tin Mill Products From the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Final Affirmative Critical 

Circumstances Determination, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

tin mill products from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). The period 

of investigation is January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. 

DATES: Applicable January 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Genevieve Coen or Melissa Porpotage, 

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) 482–3251 or 

(202) 482–1413, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 26, 2023, Commerce 

published its Preliminary 

Determination 1 in the Federal Register. 

Commerce invited parties to comment 

on the Preliminary Determination.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the Preliminary 

Determination, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.3 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are tin mill products from 

China. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

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.4

We received comments from parties on 

the Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, which we address in the 

Final Scope Decision Memorandum.5

We did not make any changes to the 

scope of the investigation from the 

scope published in the Preliminary 

Determination, as noted in Appendix I. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation, and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs that were 

submitted by parties in this 

investigation, are discussed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. For a list of 

the issues raised by interested parties 

and addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, see Appendix 

II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found to be 

countervailable, Commerce determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.6 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

In making this final determination, 

Commerce relied, in part, on facts 

otherwise available, pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For 

a full discussion of our application of 

adverse facts available (AFA), see the 

section ‘‘Use of Facts Available and 

Adverse Inferences’’ in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied on in making its final 

determination in this investigation. 

However, in August 2023, we took 

additional steps in lieu of on-site 

verifications to verify the information 

relied upon in making this final 

determination, in accordance with 

section 782(i) of the Act, by conducting 

virtual verification of one of the 

mandatory respondents, Shougang 

Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. 

(Jingtang Iron). 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part 

In accordance with sections 703(e)(1), 

and 776(a) and (b) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.206, as well as our analysis of 

comments received regarding our 

affirmative preliminary determination of 

critical circumstances,7 Commerce 

continues to find that critical 

circumstances exist with respect to 

imports of tin mill products from China 

for one of the mandatory respondents, 

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Baoshan 

Iron). In addition, we continue to find 

that critical circumstances do not exist 

with respect to imports of tin mill 

products from Jingtang Iron and 

companies not individually examined. 

For a full description of the 

methodology and results of Commerce’s 

critical circumstances analysis, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the information at verification and 

comments received from interested 

parties, we made changes to the subsidy 

rate calculations for Jingtang Iron. For a 

discussion of the comments received, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 


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