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commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, 

and fibers in Annex 3–B of the 

Agreement. 

Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of 

the Agreement requires that the 

President ‘‘promptly’’ publish 

procedures for parties to exercise the 

right to make these requests. Section 

203(o)(4) of the Act authorizes the 

President to establish procedures to 

modify the list of fabrics, yarns, or fibers 

not available in commercial quantities 

in a timely manner in either the United 

States or Colombia as set out in Annex 

3–B of the Agreement. The President 

delegated the responsibility for 

publishing the procedures and 

administering commercial availability 

requests to the Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(‘‘CITA’’), which issues procedures and 

acts on requests through the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Office of 

Textiles and Apparel (‘‘OTEXA’’) (See 

Proclamation No. 8818, 77 FR 29519, 

May 18, 2012). 

The intent of the U.S.-Colombia TPA 

Commercial Availability Procedures is 

to foster the use of U.S. and regional 

products by implementing procedures 

that allow products to be placed on or 

removed from a product list, on a timely 

basis, and in a manner that is consistent 

with normal business practice. The 

procedures are intended to facilitate the 

transmission of requests; allow the 

market to indicate the availability of the 

supply of products that are the subject 

of requests; make available promptly, to 

interested entities and the public, 

information regarding the requests for 

products and offers received for those 

products; ensure wide participation by 

interested entities and parties; allow for 

careful review and consideration of 

information provided to substantiate 

requests, responses and rebuttals; and 

provide timely public dissemination of 

information used by CITA in making 

commercial availability determinations. 

CITA must collect certain information 

about fabric, yarn, or fiber technical 

specifications and the production 

capabilities of Colombian and U.S. 

textile producers to determine whether 

certain fabrics, yarns, or fibers are 

available in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner in the United States or 

Colombia, subject to Section 203(o) of 

the Act. 

II. Method of Collection 

Participants in a commercial 

availability proceeding must submit 

public versions of their Requests, 

Responses or Rebuttals electronically 

(via email) for posting on OTEXA’s 

website. Confidential versions of those 

submissions which contain business 

confidential information must be 

delivered in hard copy to the Office of 

Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) at the 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0625–0272. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

16. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours 

per Request, 2 hours per Response, and 

1 hour per Rebuttal. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 89. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $5,340. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title II, Section 

203(o) of the United States-Colombia 

Trade Promotion Agreement 

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 112–42). 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22689 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–602–812, A–351–862, A–122–871, A–201– 

863, A–421–818, A–791–829, A–583–878, A– 

489–855, A–520–811, A–552–843] 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From Australia, Brazil, 

Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, 

South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of 

Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable September 25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maisha Cryor at (202) 482–5831 

(Australia and Canada), Nathan Araya at 

(202) 482–3401 (Brazil), William Horn 

at (202) 482–4868 (Mexico), Kabir 

Archuletta at (202) 482–2593 (the 

Netherlands), Jacob Saude at (202) 482– 

0981 (South Africa), Fred Baker and 

Monique Cummings at (202) 482–2924 

and (202) 482–3996, respectively 

(Taiwan), Brittany Bauer at (202) 482– 

3860 (the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye 

(Tu ̈rkiye)), Toni Page at (202) 482–1398 

(the United Arab Emirates (UAE)), and 

Jacob Waddell at (202) 482–1369 (the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(Vietnam)), AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On September 5, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received antidumping duty (AD) 

petitions concerning imports of certain 

corrosion-resistant steel products 

(CORE) from Australia, Brazil, Canada, 

Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, 

Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and Vietnam 

filed in proper form on behalf of Steel 

Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), Nucor Corporation 

(Nucor), United States Steel Corporation 

(U.S. Steel), Wheeling-Nippon Steel, 

Inc. (Wheeling-Nippon), and the United 

Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union, AFL–CIO, CLC (the 

USW), domestic producers of CORE and 

a certified union, which represents 

workers engaged in the production of 

CORE in the United States (collectively, 


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1See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated September 5, 2024 (the Petitions). 

Nucor is not a petitioner with respect to the AD/ 

CVD petitions on CORE from Mexico. U.S. Steel, 

Wheeling-Nippon, and the USW are not petitioners 

with respect to the AD/CVD petitions on CORE 

from Canada. 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated September 9, 2024 (General 

Issues Questionnaire); see also Country-Specific AD 

Supplemental Questionnaires: Australia 

Supplemental, Brazil Supplemental, Canada 

Supplemental, Mexico Supplemental, the 

Netherlands Supplemental, South Africa 

Supplemental, Taiwan Supplemental, Tu ̈rkiye 

Supplemental, UAE Supplemental, and Vietnam 

Supplemental, dated September 9, 2024; 

Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Second Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated September 16, 2024 (Second 

General Issues Questionnaire); Second CountrySpecific AD Supplemental Questionnaires: the 

Netherlands Second Supplemental and Vietnam 

Second Supplemental, dated September 17, 2024; 

and Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Call,’’ dated September 

19, 2024. 

4See Petitioners’ Letters, ‘‘Response to General 

Issues Questionnaire and Amendment to Volume I 

of Petitions,’’ dated September 12, 2024 (First 

General Issues Supplement); see also CountrySpecific AD Supplemental Responses: Australia AD 

Supplement, Brazil AD Supplement, Canada AD 

Supplement, Mexico AD Supplement, the 

Netherlands AD Supplement, South Africa AD 

Supplement, Taiwan AD Supplement, Tu ̈rkiye AD 

Supplement, UAE AD Supplement, and Vietnam 

AD Supplement, dated September 12, 2024; 

Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Response to Second 

General Issues Supplemental Questionnaire and 

Amendment to Volume I of Petitions,’’ dated 

September 18, 2024 (Second General Issues 

Supplement); Country-Specific AD Supplemental 

Responses: Second Netherlands AD Supplement 

and Second Vietnam AD Supplement, dated 

September 18, 2024; and Petitioners’ Letter, 

‘‘Response to Third General Issues Questionnaire 

and Amendment to Volume I of Petitions,’’ dated 

September 20, 2024 (Third General Issues 

Supplement). 

5SDI, Nucor, U.S. Steel, and Wheeling-Nippon 

are interested parties under section 771(9)(C) of the 

Act, while the USW is an interested party under 

section 771(9)(D) of the Act. 

6See section on ‘‘Determination of Industry 

Support for the Petitions,’’ infra. 

7See General Issues Questionnaire; see also 

Second General Issues Questionnaire. 

8See First General Issues Supplement at 7–9 and 

Exhibit Supp. I–55; see also Second General Issues 

Supplement at 2–3 and Exhibit 2nd Supp I–7. 

9See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble); see also 19 CFR 351.312. 

10See 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) (defining ‘‘factual 

information’’). 

11See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). 

12See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and 

Compliance: Change of Electronic Filing System 

Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014) for details 

of Commerce’s electronic filing requirements, 

effective August 5, 2011. Information on using 

ACCESS can be found at https://access.trade.gov/ 

help.aspx and a handbook can be found at https:// 

access.trade.gov/help/Handbook_on_Electronic_

Filing_Procedures.pdf. 

the petitioners).1 The AD Petitions were 

accompanied by countervailing duty 

(CVD) petitions concerning imports of 

CORE from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and 

Vietnam.2

Between September 9 and 19, 2024, 

Commerce requested supplemental 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petitions in supplemental 

questionnaires.3 The petitioners 

responded to Commerce’s supplemental 

questionnaires between September 12 

and 20, 2024.4

In accordance with section 732(b) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), the petitioners allege that imports 

of CORE from Australia, Brazil, Canada, 

Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, 

Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and Vietnam 

are being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV) within the meaning of section 

731 of the Act, and that imports of such 

products are materially injuring, or 

threatening material injury to, the CORE 

industry in the United States. Consistent 

with section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the 

Petitions were accompanied by 

information reasonably available to the 

petitioners supporting their allegations. 

Commerce finds that the petitioners 

filed the Petitions on behalf of the 

domestic industry, because the 

petitioners are interested parties, as 

defined in sections 771(9)(C) and (D) of 

the Act.5 Commerce also finds that the 

petitioners demonstrated sufficient 

industry support for the initiation of the 

requested LTFV investigations.6

Periods of Investigation 

Because the Petitions were filed on 

September 5, 2024, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(1), the period of 

investigation (POI) for Australia, Brazil, 

Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South 

Africa, Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, and the UAE 

LTFV investigations is July 1, 2023, 

through June 30, 2024. Because Vietnam 

is a non-market economy (NME) 

country, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.204(b)(1), the POI for the Vietnam 

LTFV investigation is January 1, 2024, 

through June 30, 2024. 

Scope of the Investigations 

The product covered by these 

investigations is CORE from Australia, 

Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, 

Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and Vietnam. For a 

full description of the scope of these 

investigations, see the appendix to this 

notice. 

Comments on the Scope of the 

Investigations 

On September 9 and 16, 2024, 

Commerce requested information and 

clarification from the petitioners 

regarding the proposed scope to ensure 

that the scope language in the Petitions 

is an accurate reflection of the products 

for which the domestic industry is 

seeking relief.7 On September 12 and 

18, 2024, the petitioners provided 

clarifications and revised the scope.8

The description of merchandise covered 

by these investigations, as described in 

the appendix to this notice, reflects 

these clarifications. 

As discussed in the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations, we are setting 

aside a period for interested parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(i.e., scope).9 Commerce will consider 

all scope comments received from 

interested parties and, if necessary, will 

consult with interested parties prior to 

the issuance of the preliminary 

determinations. If scope comments 

include factual information,10 all such 

factual information should be limited to 

public information. To facilitate 

preparation of its questionnaires, 

Commerce requests that scope 

comments be submitted by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time (ET) on October 15, 2024, 

which is 20 calendar days from the 

signature date of this notice.11 Any 

rebuttal comments, which may include 

factual information, and should also be 

limited to public information, must be 

filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 25, 

2024, which is 10 calendar days from 

the initial comment deadline. 

Commerce requests that any factual 

information that parties consider 

relevant to the scope of these 

investigations be submitted during that 

period. However, if a party subsequently 

finds that additional factual information 

pertaining to the scope of the 

investigations may be relevant, the party 

must contact Commerce and request 

permission to submit the additional 

information. All scope comments must 

be filed simultaneously on the records 

of the concurrent LTFV and CVD 

investigations. 

Filing Requirements 

All submissions to Commerce must be 

filed electronically via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

unless an exception applies.12 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

the time and date it is due. 

Comments on Product Characteristics 

Commerce is providing interested 

parties an opportunity to comment on 

the appropriate physical characteristics 

of CORE to be reported in response to 

Commerce’s AD questionnaires. This 


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13See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1). 

14See section 771(10) of the Act. 

15See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 

2d 1, 8 (CIT 2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. 

v. United States, 688 F. Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), 

aff’d Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 865 

F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). 

16For a discussion of the domestic like product 

analysis as applied to these cases and information 

regarding industry support, see Checklists, 

‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation 

Checklists: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists), 

at Attachment II, Analysis of Industry Support for 

the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions 

Covering Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of 

Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the 

Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Attachment II). 

These checklists are on file electronically via 

ACCESS. 

17See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

18 Id. 

19 Id. 

20 Id. 

21 Id. 

22See Stelco’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on Industry 

Support for the Petitions and Request for Polling,’’ 

dated September 18, 2024. 

23See Dofasco’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on Industry 

Support and Request for Industry Polling,’’ dated 

September 18, 2024. 

information will be used to identify the 

key physical characteristics of the 

subject merchandise in order to report 

the relevant factors of production (FOP) 

or cost of production (COP) accurately, 

as well as to develop appropriate 

product comparison criteria. 

Interested parties may provide any 

information or comments that they feel 

are relevant to the development of an 

accurate list of physical characteristics. 

Specifically, they may provide 

comments as to which characteristics 

are appropriate to use as: (1) general 

product characteristics; and (2) product 

comparison criteria. We note that it is 

not always appropriate to use all 

product characteristics as product 

comparison criteria. We base product 

comparison criteria on meaningful 

commercial differences among products. 

In other words, although there may be 

some physical product characteristics 

utilized by manufacturers to describe 

CORE, it may be that only a select few 

product characteristics take into account 

commercially meaningful physical 

characteristics. In addition, interested 

parties may comment on the order in 

which the physical characteristics 

should be used in matching products. 

Generally, Commerce attempts to list 

the most important physical 

characteristics first and the least 

important characteristics last. 

In order to consider the suggestions of 

interested parties in developing and 

issuing the AD questionnaires, all 

product characteristics comments must 

be filed by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 15, 

2024, which is 20 calendar days from 

the signature date of this notice.13 Any 

rebuttal comments must be filed by 5:00 

p.m. ET on October 25, 2024, which is 

10 calendar days from the initial 

comment deadline. All comments and 

submissions to Commerce must be filed 

electronically using ACCESS, as 

explained above, on the record of each 

of the LTFV investigations. 

Determination of Industry Support for 

the Petitions 

Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires 

that a petition be filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) 

of the Act provides that a petition meets 

this requirement if the domestic 

producers or workers who support the 

petition account for: (i) at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product; and (ii) more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

portion of the industry expressing 

support for, or opposition to, the 

petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) 

of the Act provides that, if the petition 

does not establish support of domestic 

producers or workers accounting for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product, 

Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or 

rely on other information in order to 

determine if there is support for the 

petition, as required by subparagraph 

(A); or (ii) determine industry support 

using a statistically valid sampling 

method to poll the ‘‘industry.’’ 

Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines 

the ‘‘industry’’ as the producers as a 

whole of a domestic like product. Thus, 

to determine whether a petition has the 

requisite industry support, the statute 

directs Commerce to look to producers 

and workers who produce the domestic 

like product. The U.S. International 

Trade Commission (ITC), which is 

responsible for determining whether 

‘‘the domestic industry’’ has been 

injured, must also determine what 

constitutes a domestic like product in 

order to define the industry. While both 

Commerce and the ITC apply the same 

statutory definition regarding the 

domestic like product,14 they do so for 

different purposes and pursuant to a 

separate and distinct authority. In 

addition, Commerce’s determination is 

subject to limitations of time and 

information. Although this may result in 

different definitions of the like product, 

such differences do not render the 

decision of either agency contrary to 

law.15

Section 771(10) of the Act defines the 

domestic like product as ‘‘a product 

which is like, or in the absence of like, 

most similar in characteristics and uses 

with, the article subject to an 

investigation under this title.’’ Thus, the 

reference point from which the 

domestic like product analysis begins is 

‘‘the article subject to an investigation’’ 

(i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to 

be investigated, which normally will be 

the scope as defined in the petition). 

With regard to the domestic like 

product, the petitioners do not offer a 

definition of the domestic like product 

distinct from the scope of the 

investigations.16 Based on our analysis 

of the information submitted on the 

record, we have determined that CORE, 

as defined in the scope, constitutes a 

single domestic like product, and we 

have analyzed industry support in terms 

of that domestic like product.17

In determining whether the 

petitioners have standing under section 

732(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered 

the industry support data contained in 

the Petitions with reference to the 

domestic like product as defined in the 

‘‘Scope of the Investigations,’’ in the 

appendix to this notice. To establish 

industry support, the petitioners 

provided the 2023 total shipments of the 

domestic like product for the U.S. 

producers and workers that support the 

Petitions and compared this to the 

estimated total 2023 shipments of the 

domestic like product for the entire 

domestic industry.18 The petitioners 

estimated total shipments of the 

domestic like product for the entire 

domestic industry based on shipment 

data from the American Iron and Steel 

Institute and made certain adjustments 

to these data to approximate total 

shipments of the domestic like product 

in 2023.19 Because total industry 

production data for the domestic like 

product for 2023 are not reasonably 

available to the petitioners, and the 

petitioners have established that 

shipments are a reasonable proxy for 

production data,20 we have relied on the 

data provided by the petitioners for 

purposes of measuring industry 

support.21

On September 18, 2024, we received 

timely filed comments on industry 

support from several parties: Stelco, Inc. 

(Stelco), a Canadian producer/exporter 

of CORE; 22 ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P. 

(Dofasco), a Canadian producer and 

exporter of CORE; 23 Ternium USA and 

Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. 

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24See Ternium’s Letters, ‘‘Comments on 

Petitioners’ Standing,’’ dated September 18, 2024 

(Ternium Letter I), and ‘‘Entry of Appearance,’’ 

dated September 13, 2024. 

25See GOC and Government of Ontario’s Letter, 

‘‘Industry Support Comments,’’ dated September 

18, 2024. 

26See Ternium Letter I at 3. 

27See Memorandum, ‘‘Consultations with 

Officials from the Government of Canada.,’’ dated 

September 19, 2024; see also GOC’s Letter, 

‘‘Government of Canada’s Consultations Materials,’’ 

dated September 20, 2024. 

28See Petitioners’ Letters, ‘‘Response to 

Comments on Industry Support and Request for 

Polling,’’ dated September 20, 2024 (Petitioners’ 

Response I), ‘‘Response to Comments on Industry 

Support,’’ dated September 20, 2024 (Petitioners’ 

Response II), and ‘‘Response to Comments on 

Petitioners’ Standing,’’ dated September 20, 2024 

(Petitioners’ Response III). 

29See Stelco’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Comments on 

Industry Support for the Petitions and Request for 

Polling,’’ dated September 20, 2024; see also 

Dofasco’s Letter, ‘‘Rebuttal Comments to 

Petitioners’ Response to the Second General Issues 

Questionnaire and Amendment to Volume I of 

Petitions,’’ dated September 20, 2024; and 

Ternium’s Letter, ‘‘Ternium’s Second Comments on 

Petitioners’ Standing,’’ dated September 20, 2024. 

30See Ternium’s Letter, ‘‘Ternium’s Third 

Comments on Petitioners’ Standing,’’ dated 

September 24, 2024. 

31For further discussion, see Attachment II of the 

Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

32 Id.; see also section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

33See Attachment II of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

34 Id. 

35 Id. 

36See Attachment II of the Canada AD Initiation 

Checklist. 

37 Id.; see also section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act. 

38See Attachment II of the Canada AD Initiation 

Checklist. 

39 Id. 

40 Id. 

41For further information regarding negligibility 

and the injury allegation, see Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists at Attachment III, Analysis of 

Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and 

Causation for the Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Petitions Covering Certain Corrosion-Resistant 

Steel Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, 

Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Attachment III). 

42See Attachment III of the Country-Specific AD 

Initiation Checklists. 

and importer of CORE and a Mexican 

producer/exporter of CORE, 

respectively; 24 and Government of 

Canada (GOC) and the Government of 

Ontario (collectively).25 In its 

September 18, 2024, submission, 

Ternium stated that it opposed the 

Mexico AD Petition.26 In addition, in 

consultations held by Commerce 

officials with representatives of the GOC 

on September 19, 2024, regarding the 

Canada CVD Petition, the GOC raised 

industry support concerns relating to 

both the CVD and AD Petitions.27 On 

September 20, 2024, the petitioners 

responded to the comments from Stelco, 

GOC, Dofasco, and Ternium in timely 

filed rebuttal submissions.28 Also on 

September 20, 2024, Stelco, Dofasco, 

and Ternium submitted additional 

comments.29 On September 24, 2024, 

Ternium submitted additional 

comments and provided its 2023 

shipments and production.30

Our review of the data provided in the 

Petitions, the First General Issues 

Supplement, Second General Issues 

Supplement, the Third General Issues 

Supplement, Petitioners’ Response I, 

Petitioners’ Response II, Petitioners’ 

Response III, and other information 

readily available to Commerce, indicates 

that the petitioners have established 

industry support for the Petitions.31

With respect to the Australia, Brazil, 

Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, 

Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, UAE, and Vietnam AD 

Petitions, we determine that the 

domestic producers and workers that 

support these AD Petitions account for 

more than 50 percent of the total 

production of the domestic like product 

and, as such, Commerce is not required 

to take further action to evaluate 

industry support (e.g., polling).32

Second, the domestic producers and 

workers have met the statutory criteria 

for industry support under section 

732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act because the 

domestic producers and workers who 

support the Australia, Brazil, Mexico, 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, 

Tu ̈rkiye, UAE, and Vietnam AD 

Petitions account for at least 25 percent 

of the total production of the domestic 

like product.33 Finally, the domestic 

producers and workers have met the 

statutory criteria for industry support 

under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act 

because the domestic producers and 

workers who support the Australia, 

Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands, South 

Africa, Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, UAE, and 

Vietnam AD Petitions account for more 

than 50 percent of the production of the 

domestic like product produced by that 

portion of the industry expressing 

support for, or opposition to, the 

Petitions.34 Accordingly, Commerce 

determines that the Australia, Brazil, 

Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, 

Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, UAE, and Vietnam AD 

Petitions were filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry within the meaning 

of section 732(b)(1) of the Act.35

With respect to the Canada AD 

Petition, based on information provided 

in the Petition and supplemental 

responses thereto, we determine that the 

domestic producers (or workers) have 

met the statutory criteria for industry 

support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of 

the Act, because the domestic producers 

(or workers) who support the Canada 

AD Petition account for at least 25 

percent of the total production of the 

domestic like product.36 Because the 

Canada AD Petition and supplemental 

submissions did not establish support 

from domestic producers (or workers) 

accounting for more than 50 percent of 

the total production of the domestic like 

product, Commerce was required to take 

further action in order to evaluate 

industry support.37 In this case, 

Commerce was able to rely on other 

information, in accordance with section 

732(c)(4)(D)(i) of the Act, to determine 

industry support.38 Based on 

information provided in the Petitions, 

supplemental responses, and other 

information readily available to 

Commerce, the domestic producers (or 

workers) have met the statutory criteria 

for industry support under section 

732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the 

domestic producers (or workers) who 

support the Canada AD Petition account 

for more than 50 percent of the 

production of the domestic like product 

produced by that portion of the industry 

expressing support for, or opposition to, 

the Canada AD Petition.39 Accordingly, 

Commerce determines that the Canada 

AD Petition was filed on behalf of the 

domestic industry within the meaning 

of section 732(b)(1) of the Act.40

Allegations and Evidence of Material 

Injury and Causation 

The petitioners allege that the U.S. 

industry producing the domestic like 

product is being materially injured, or is 

threatened with material injury, by 

reason of the imports of the subject 

merchandise sold at LTFV. In addition, 

with respect to Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

Taiwan, and Vietnam, the petitioners 

allege that subject imports exceed the 

negligibility threshold provided for 

under section 771(24)(A) of the Act.41

With respect to Australia, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Tu ̈rkiye, and 

the UAE, while the allegedly dumped 

imports from each of these countries do 

not individually exceed the statutory 

requirements for negligibility, the 

petitioners provided data demonstrating 

that the aggregate import share from 

these five countries is 9.01 percent, 

which exceeds the seven percent 

threshold established by the exception 

in section 771(24)(A)(ii) of the Act.42

The petitioners contend that the 

industry’s injured condition is 

illustrated by the significant volume of 

subject imports; reduced market share; 

underselling and price depression and/ 

or suppression; and low and declining 

capacity utilization; and declines in 

U.S. commercial shipment values, net 

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44 Id. 

45See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

46See Taiwan AD Initiation Checklist. 

47See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

48 In accordance with section 773(b)(2) of the Act, 

for the Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, and 

the UAE investigations, Commerce will request 

information necessary to calculate the constructed 

value (CV) and COP to determine whether there are 

reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that sales 

of the foreign like product have been made at prices 

that represent less than the COP of the product. 

49See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

50 Id. 

51See South Africa AD Initiation Checklist. 

52 Id. 

53See, e.g., Raw Honey from the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 89 FR 64411 

(August 7, 2024), and accompanying NME Analysis 

Memorandum at 5. 

54See Vietnam AD Initiation Checklist. 

55 Id. 

56 Id. 

57 Id. 

58See Country-Specific AD Initiation Checklists. 

59 Id. 

60 Id. 

61 Id. 

income.43 We assessed the allegations 

and supporting evidence regarding 

material injury, threat of material injury, 

causation, cumulation, as well as 

negligibility, and we have determined 

that these allegations are properly 

supported by adequate evidence and 

meet the statutory requirements for 

initiation.44

Allegations of Sales at LTFV 

The following is a description of the 

allegations of sales at LTFV upon which 

Commerce based its decision to initiate 

LTFV investigations of imports of CORE 

from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, 

Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and Vietnam. The 

sources of data for the deductions and 

adjustments relating to U.S. price and 

normal value (NV) are discussed in 

greater detail in the Country-Specific 

AD Initiation Checklists. 

U.S. Price 

For Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

the Netherlands, South Africa, Tu ̈rkiye, 

the UAE, and Vietnam, the petitioners 

based export price (EP) on the POI 

average unit values (AUVs) derived 

from official U.S. import statistics for 

imports of CORE produced in and 

exported from each country.45 For 

Taiwan, the petitioners based EP on a 

transaction-specific AUV (i.e., monthand port-specific AUV) derived from 

official import statistics and tied to ship 

manifest data.46 For each country, the 

petitioners made certain adjustments to 

U.S. price to calculate a net ex-factory 

U.S. price, where applicable.47

Normal Value 48

For Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

the Netherlands, Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, and 

the UAE, the petitioners based NV on 

home market pricing information they 

obtained for CORE produced in and 

sold, or offered for sale, in the 

respective countries during the 

applicable time period.49 For Canada, 

the Netherlands, and the UAE, the 

petitioners provided information 

indicating that the prices for CORE sold 

or offered for sale in the respective 

countries were below the COP. 

Therefore, for Canada, the Netherlands, 

and the UAE, the petitioners based NV 

on constructed value (CV).50 For South 

Africa, the petitioners stated that they 

were unable to obtain home market or 

third country pricing information for 

CORE to use as a basis for NV.51

Therefore, for South Africa, the 

petitioners calculated NV based on 

CV.52 For further discussion of CV for 

Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, 

and the UAE, see the section ‘‘Normal 

Value Based on Constructed Value,’’ 

below. 

Commerce considers Vietnam to be an 

NME country.53 In accordance with 

section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Act, any 

determination that a foreign country is 

an NME country shall remain in effect 

until revoked by Commerce. Therefore, 

we continue to treat Vietnam as an NME 

country for purposes of the initiation of 

the Vietnam LTFV investigation. 

Accordingly, we base NV on FOPs 

valued in a surrogate market economy 

country in accordance with section 

773(c) of the Act. 

The petitioners claim that Morocco is 

an appropriate surrogate country for 

Vietnam because it is a market economy 

that is at a level of economic 

development comparable to that of 

Vietnam and is a significant producer of 

comparable merchandise.54 The 

petitioners provided publicly available 

information from Morocco to value all 

FOPs.55 Based on the information 

provided by the petitioners, we believe 

it is appropriate to use Morocco as a 

surrogate country for Vietnam to value 

all FOPs for initiation purposes. 

Interested parties will have the 

opportunity to submit comments 

regarding surrogate country selection 

and, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(3)(i), will be provided an 

opportunity to submit publicly available 

information to value FOPs within 30 

days before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determination. 

Factors of Production 

Because information regarding the 

volume of inputs consumed by 

Vietnamese producers/exporters was 

not reasonably available, the petitioners 

used product-specific consumption 

rates from a U.S. producer of CORE as 

a surrogate to value Vietnamese 

manufacturers’ FOPs.56 Additionally, 

the petitioners calculated factory 

overhead, selling, general, and 

administrative (SG&A) expenses, and 

profit based on the experience of a 

Moroccan producer of comparable 

merchandise.57

Normal Value Based on Constructed 

Value 

As noted above for Canada, the 

Netherlands, and the UAE, the 

petitioners provided information 

indicating that the prices for CORE sold 

or offered for sale in the respective 

countries were below the COP. Also as 

noted above, for South Africa, the 

petitioners stated that they were unable 

to obtain home market or third-country 

prices for CORE to use as a basis for NV. 

Therefore, for Canada, the Netherlands, 

South Africa, and the UAE, the 

petitioners calculated NV based on 

CV.58

Pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, 

the petitioners calculated CV as the sum 

of the cost of manufacturing, SG&A 

expenses, financial expenses, and 

profit.59 For Canada, the Netherlands, 

South Africa, and the UAE, in 

calculating the cost of manufacturing, 

the petitioners relied on the production 

experience and input consumption rates 

of a U.S. producer of CORE, valued 

using publicly available information 

applicable to the respective countries, 

where applicable.60 In calculating SG&A 

expenses, financial expenses, and profit 

ratios, the petitioners relied on the fiscal 

year 2023 financial statements of 

producers of comparable merchandise 

domiciled in each country, 

respectively.61

Fair Value Comparisons 

Based on the data provided by the 

petitioners, there is reason to believe 

that imports of CORE from Australia, 

Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, 

Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and Vietnam are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at LTFV. Based on 

comparisons of EP to NV in accordance 

with sections 772 and 773 of the Act, 

the estimated dumping margins for 

CORE for each of the countries covered 

by this initiation are as follows: (1) 

Australia—45.86 to 51.79 percent; (2) 

Brazil—52.03 to 107.67 percent; (3) 

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63See Petitions at Volume I (page 27 and Exhibits 

I–9 through I–14 and I–16); see also First General 

Issues Supplement at 7 and Exhibits Supp. I–14 and 

Supp. I–16. 

64See Country-Specific Memoranda, ‘‘Release of 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Entry Data,’’ 

dated September 23 and 25, 2024. 

65See Petitions at Volume I (page 27 and Exhibit 

I–15); see also First General Issues Supplement at 

7 and Exhibit Supp. I–15. 

66See 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 Corrosion-Resistant 

Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice of Third 

Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value Pursuant to Court Decision and 

Partial Exclusion from Antidumping Duty Order, 88 

FR 58245 (August 25, 2023). 

67See Petitions at Volume I (page 27 and Exhibit 

I–17). 

68See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 

from the People’s Republic of China: Affirmative 

Final Determination of Circumvention Involving the 

United Arab Emirates, 85 FR 41957 (July 13, 2020). 

Mexico—27.46 to 41.94 percent; (5) the 

Netherlands—12.70 to 20.51 percent; (6) 

South Africa—53.81 to 53.86 percent ; 

(7) Taiwan—67.81 percent; (8) 

Tu ̈rkiye—18.30 to 34.59 percent; (9) the 

UAE—77.09 to 78.53 percent; and (10) 

Vietnam—195.23 percent.62

Initiation of LTFV Investigations 

Based upon the examination of the 

Petitions and supplemental responses, 

we find that they meet the requirements 

of section 732 of the Act. Therefore, we 

are initiating LTFV investigations to 

determine whether imports of CORE 

from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, 

Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and Vietnam are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at LTFV. In accordance 

with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, 

we will make our preliminary 

determinations no later than 140 days 

after the date of these initiations. 

Respondent Selection 

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, and Tu ̈rkiye 

In the Petitions, the petitioners 

identified six companies in Australia, 

eight companies in Brazil, five 

companies in Canada, six companies in 

Mexico, seven companies in the 

Netherlands, three companies in South 

Africa, and 27 companies in Tu ̈rkiye as 

producers/exporters of CORE.63

Following standard practice in LTFV 

investigations involving market 

economy countries, in the event 

Commerce determines that the number 

of companies is large, and it cannot 

individually examine each company 

based upon Commerce’s resources, 

where appropriate, Commerce intends 

to select mandatory respondents based 

on U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) data for imports under the 

appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading(s) listed in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations,’’ in the appendix. 

On September 23 and 25, 2024, 

Commerce released CBP data on imports 

of CORE from Australia, Brazil, Canada, 

Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, 

and Tu ̈rkiye under administrative 

protective order (APO) to all parties 

with access to information protected by 

APO and indicated that interested 

parties wishing to comment on CBP data 

and/or respondent selection must do so 

within three business days of the 

publication date of the notice of 

initiation of these investigations.64

Comments must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS. An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety via ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

ET on the specified deadline. Commerce 

will not accept rebuttal comments 

regarding the CBP data or respondent 

selection. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

Instructions for filing such applications 

may be found on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

Taiwan 

In the Petitions, the petitioners 

identified 13 companies in Taiwan as 

producers and/or exporters of CORE.65

In the event that Commerce determines 

that the number of companies is large, 

and it cannot individually examine each 

company based upon Commerce’s 

resources, where appropriate, 

Commerce intends to select mandatory 

respondents based on quantity and 

value (Q&V) questionnaires issued to 

potential respondents. Following 

standard practice in LTFV 

investigations involving market 

economy countries, Commerce would 

normally select respondents based on 

CBP entry data for imports under the 

appropriate HTSUS subheading(s) listed 

in the ‘‘Scope of the Investigations’’ in 

the Appendix. However, for the Taiwan 

LTFV investigation, due to the existing 

AD order on imports of CORE from 

Taiwan,66 we cannot rely on CBP data 

in selecting respondents. Accordingly, 

for Taiwan, Commerce will send Q&V 

questionnaires to each producer and/or 

exporter for which there is complete 

address information on the record. 

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaire along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

CORE from Taiwan that do not receive 

Q&V questionnaires may still submit a 

response to the Q&V questionnaire and 

can obtain a copy of the Q&V 

questionnaire from Commerce’s website. 

Responses to the Q&V questionnaire 

must be submitted by the relevant 

Taiwanese producers/exporters no later 

than 5:00 p.m. ET on October 9, 2024, 

which is two weeks from the signature 

date of this notice. All Q&V 

questionnaire responses must be filed 

electronically via ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully, in its entirety, by 

ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 

the deadline noted above. 

UAE 

In the Petitions, the petitioners named 

five companies in the UAE as producers 

and/or exporters of CORE.67 In the event 

that Commerce determines that the 

number of companies is large, and it 

cannot individually examine each 

company based upon Commerce’s 

resources, where appropriate, 

Commerce intends to select mandatory 

respondents based on Q&V 

questionnaires issued to potential 

respondents. Following standard 

practice in LTFV investigations 

involving market economy countries, 

Commerce would normally select 

respondents based on CBP entry data for 

imports under the appropriate HTSUS 

subheading(s) listed in the ‘‘Scope of the 

Investigations’’ in the Appendix. 

However, for the UAE LTFV 

investigation, due to Commerce’s 

determination that certain imports of 

CORE from the UAE are circumventing 

the AD order on CORE from the People’s 

Republic of China,68 we cannot rely on 

CBP data in selecting respondents. 

Accordingly, for the UAE, Commerce 

will send Q&V questionnaires to each 

producer and/or exporter for which 

there is complete address information 

on the record. 

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaire along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

CORE from the UAE that do not receive 

Q&V questionnaires may still submit a 

response to the Q&V questionnaire and 

can obtain a copy of the Q&V 

questionnaire from Commerce’s website. 

Responses to the Q&V questionnaire 

must be submitted by the relevant UAE 

producers/exporters no later than 5:00 

p.m. ET on October 9, 2024, which is 

two weeks from the signature date of 


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69See Petitions at Volume I (page 27 and Exhibit 

I–18); see also First General Issues Supplement at 

7 and Exhibit Supp. I–18. 

70See Enforcement and Compliance’s Policy 

Bulletin No. 05.1, regarding, ‘‘Separate-Rates 

Practice and Application of Combination Rates in 

Antidumping Investigation involving NME 

Countries,’’ (April 5, 2005) at 6 (emphasis added), 

available on Commerce’s website at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/policy/bull05-1.pdf. 

71See section 733(a) of the Act. 

72 Id. 

73See 19 CFR 351.301(b). 

this notice. All Q&V questionnaire 

responses must be filed electronically 

via ACCESS. An electronically filed 

document must be received 

successfully, in its entirety, by ACCESS 

no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on the 

deadline noted above. 

Vietnam 

In the Petitions, the petitioners named 

17 companies in Vietnam as producers 

and/or exporters of CORE.69 Our 

standard practice for respondent 

selection in AD investigations involving 

NME countries is to select respondents 

based on quantity and value (Q&V) 

questionnaires in cases where 

Commerce has determined that the 

number of companies is large, and it 

cannot individually examine each 

company based upon its resources. 

Therefore, considering the number of 

producers and/or exporters identified in 

the Petitions, Commerce will solicit 

Q&V information that can serve as a 

basis for selecting exporters for 

individual examination in the event that 

Commerce determines that the number 

is large and decides to limit the number 

of respondents individually examined 

pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the 

Act. There are 17 Vietnamese producers 

and/or exporters identified in the 

Petitions. Commerce has determined 

that this number of producers and/or 

exporters is large, and thus, it will issue 

Q&V questionnaires to each potential 

respondent for which there is complete 

address information on the record. 

Commerce will post the Q&V 

questionnaires along with filing 

instructions on Commerce’s website at 

https://www.trade.gov/ec-adcvd-caseannouncements. Producers/exporters of 

CORE from Vietnam that do not receive 

Q&V questionnaires may still submit a 

response to the Q&V questionnaire and 

can obtain a copy of the Q&V 

questionnaire from Commerce’s website. 

Responses to the Q&V questionnaire 

must be submitted by the relevant 

Vietnamese producers/exporters no later 

than 5:00 p.m. ET on October 9, 2024, 

which is two weeks from the signature 

date of this notice. All Q&V 

questionnaire responses must be filed 

electronically via ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully, in its entirety, by 

ACCESS no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on 

the deadline noted above. 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(b). 

As stated above, instructions for filing 

such applications may be found on 

Commerce’s website at https://

www.trade.gov/administrativeprotective-orders. 

Separate Rates 

In order to obtain separate rate status 

in an NME investigation, exporters and 

producers must submit a separate rate 

application. The specific requirements 

for submitting a separate rate 

application in an NME investigation are 

outlined in detail in the application 

itself, which is available on Commerce’s 

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

Resources/nme/nme-sep-rate.html. The 

separate rate application will be due 30 

days after publication of this initiation 

notice. Exporters and producers must 

file a timely separate rate application if 

they want to be considered for 

individual examination. Exporters and 

producers who submit a separate rate 

application and have been selected as 

mandatory respondents will be eligible 

for consideration for separate rate status 

only if they respond to all parts of 

Commerce’s AD questionnaire as 

mandatory respondents. Commerce 

requires that companies from Vietnam 

submit a response both to the Q&V 

questionnaire and to the separate rate 

application by the respective deadlines 

to receive consideration for separate rate 

status. Companies not filing a timely 

Q&V questionnaire response will not 

receive separate rate consideration. 

Use of Combination Rates 

Commerce will calculate combination 

rates for certain respondents that are 

eligible for a separate rate in an NME 

investigation. The Separate Rates and 

Combination Rates Bulletin states: 

{w}hile continuing the practice of assigning 

separate rates only to exporters, all separate 

rates that {Commerce} will now assign in its 

NME investigation will be specific to those 

producers that supplied the exporter during 

the period of investigation. Note, however, 

that one rate is calculated for the exporter 

and all of the producers which supplied 

subject merchandise to it during the period 

of investigation. This practice applies both to 

mandatory respondents receiving an 

individually calculated separate rate as well 

as the pool of non-investigated firms 

receiving the {weighted average} of the 

individually calculated rates. This practice is 

referred to as the application of ‘‘combination 

rates’’ because such rates apply to specific 

combinations of exporters and one or more 

producers. The cash-deposit rate assigned to 

an exporter will apply only to merchandise 

both exported by the firm in question and 

produced by a firm that supplied the exporter 

during the period of investigation.70

Distribution of Copies of the Petitions 

In accordance with section 

732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.202(f), copies of the public version 

of the Petitions have been provided to 

the governments of Australia, Brazil, 

Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South 

Africa, Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and 

Vietnam via ACCESS. To the extent 

practicable, we will attempt to provide 

a copy of the public version of the 

Petitions to each exporter named in the 

Petitions, as provided under 19 CFR 

351.203(c)(2). 

ITC Notification 

Commerce will notify the ITC of our 

initiation, as required by section 732(d) 

of the Act. 

Preliminary Determinations by the ITC 

The ITC will preliminarily determine, 

within 45 days after the date on which 

the Petitions were filed, whether there 

is a reasonable indication that imports 

of CORE from Australia, Brazil, Canada, 

Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, 

Taiwan, Tu ̈rkiye, the UAE, and/or 

Vietnam are materially injuring, or 

threatening material injury to, a U.S. 

industry.71 A negative ITC 

determination for any country will 

result in the investigation being 

terminated with respect to that 

country.72 Otherwise, these LTFV 

investigations will proceed according to 

statutory and regulatory time limits. 

Submission of Factual Information 

Factual information is defined in 19 

CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) evidence 

submitted in response to questionnaires; 

(ii) evidence submitted in support of 

allegations; (iii) publicly available 

information to value factors under 19 

CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the 

adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 

351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence placed on 

the record by Commerce; and (v) 

evidence other than factual information 

described in (i)–(iv). Section 351.301(b) 

of Commerce’s regulations requires any 

party, when submitting factual 

information, to specify under which 

subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the 

information is being submitted 73 and, if 

the information is submitted to rebut, 

clarify, or correct factual information 

already on the record, to provide an 

explanation identifying the information 

already on the record that the factual 

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74See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

75See 19 CFR 351.301; see also Extension of Time 

Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, 

2013) (Time Limits Final Rule), available at https:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- 

22853.htm. 

76See 19 CFR 351.302; see also, e.g., Time Limits 

Final Rule. 

77See section 782(b) of the Act. 

78See Certification of Factual Information to 

Import Administration During Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 

17, 2013) (Final Rule). Additional information 

regarding the Final Rule is available at https://

access.trade.gov/Resources/filing/index.html. 

79See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069 

(September 29, 2023). 

correct.74 Time limits for the 

submission of factual information are 

addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, which 

provides specific time limits based on 

the type of factual information being 

submitted. Interested parties should 

review the regulations prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations. 

Particular Market Situation Allegation 

Section 773(e) of the Act addresses 

the concept of particular market 

situation (PMS) for purposes of CV, 

stating that ‘‘if a particular market 

situation exists such that the cost of 

materials and fabrication or other 

processing of any kind does not 

accurately reflect the cost of production 

in the ordinary course of trade, the 

administering authority may use 

another calculation methodology under 

this subtitle or any other calculation 

methodology.’’ When an interested 

party submits a PMS allegation pursuant 

to section 773(e) of the Act (i.e., a costbased PMS allegation), the submission 

must be filed in accordance with the 

requirements of 19 CFR 351.416(b), and 

Commerce will respond to such a 

submission consistent with 19 CFR 

351.301(c)(2)(v). If Commerce finds that 

a cost-based PMS exists under section 

773(e) of the Act, then it will modify its 

dumping calculations appropriately. 

Neither section 773(e) of the Act, nor 

19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v), sets a deadline 

for the submission of cost-based PMS 

allegations and supporting factual 

information. However, in order to 

administer section 773(e) of the Act, 

Commerce must receive PMS allegations 

and supporting factual information with 

enough time to consider the submission. 

Thus, should an interested party wish to 

submit a cost-based PMS allegation and 

supporting new factual information 

pursuant to section 773(e) of the Act, it 

must do so no later than 20 days after 

submission of a respondent’s initial 

section D questionnaire response. 

We note that a PMS allegation filed 

pursuant to sections 773(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III) 

or 773(a)(1)(C)(iii) of the Act (i.e., a 

sales-based PMS allegation) must be 

filed within 10 days of submission of a 

respondent’s initial section B 

questionnaire response, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(i) and 19 CFR 

351.404(c)(2). 

Extensions of Time Limits 

Parties may request an extension of 

time limits before the expiration of a 

time limit established under 19 CFR 

351.301, or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce. In general, an extension 

request will be considered untimely if it 

is filed after the expiration of the time 

limit established under 19 CFR 351.301, 

or as otherwise specified by 

Commerce.75 For submissions that are 

due from multiple parties 

simultaneously, an extension request 

will be considered untimely if it is filed 

after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due date. 

Under certain circumstances, Commerce 

may elect to specify a different time 

limit by which extension requests will 

be considered untimely for submissions 

which are due from multiple parties 

simultaneously. In such a case, we will 

inform parties in a letter or 

memorandum of the deadline (including 

a specified time) by which extension 

requests must be filed to be considered 

timely. An extension request must be 

made in a separate, standalone 

submission; under limited 

circumstances we will grant untimely 

filed requests for the extension of time 

limits, where we determine, based on 19 

CFR 351.302, that extraordinary 

circumstances exist. Parties should 

review Commerce’s regulations 

concerning the extension of time limits 

and the Time Limits Final Rule prior to 

submitting factual information in these 

investigations.76

Certification Requirements 

Any party submitting factual 

information in an AD or CVD 

proceeding must certify to the accuracy 

and completeness of that information.77

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 

351.303(g).78 Commerce intends to 

reject factual submissions if the 

submitting party does not comply with 

the applicable certification 

requirements. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

Interested parties must submit 

applications for disclosure under APO 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Parties wishing to participate in these 

investigations should ensure that they 

meet the requirements of 19 CFR 

351.103(d) (e.g., by filing the required 

letter of appearance). Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).79

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 732(c)(2) and 777(i) 

of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203(c). 

Dated: September 25, 2024. 

Ryan Majerus, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigations 

The products covered by these 

investigations are certain flat-rolled steel 

products, either clad, plated, or coated with 

corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, 

aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- 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. The products covered include coils 

that have a width of 12.7 mm or greater, 

regardless of form of coil (e.g., in 

successively superimposed layers, spirally 

oscillating, etc.). The products covered also 

include products not in coils (e.g., in straight 

lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and 

a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that 

measures at least 10 times the thickness. The 

products covered also include products not 

in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a 

thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width 

exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least 

twice the thickness. The products described 

above may be rectangular, square, circular, or 

other shape and include products of either 

rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section 

where such cross-section is achieved 

subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., 

products which have been ‘‘worked after 

rolling’’ (e.g., products which have been 

beveled or rounded at the edges). 

For purposes of the width and thickness 

requirements referenced above: 

(1) Where the nominal and actual 

measurements vary, a product is within the 

scope if application of either the nominal or 

actual measurement would place it within 

the scope based on the definitions set forth 

above, and 

(2) where the width and thickness vary for 

a specific product (e.g., the thickness of 

certain products with non-rectangular crosssection, the width of certain products with 

non-rectangular shape, etc.), the 

measurement at its greatest width or 

thickness applies. 

Steel products included in the scope of 

these investigations are products in which: 

(1) iron predominates, by weight, over each 

of the other contained elements; and (2) the 

carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight. 

Subject merchandise also includes 

corrosion-resistant steel that has been further 

processed in a third country, including but 

not limited to annealing, tempering, painting, 


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1See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the 

Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duties,’’ dated September 5, 2024 (the Petitions). 

Nucor is not a petitioner with respect to the AD/ 

CVD petitions on CORE from Mexico. U.S. Steel, 

Wheeling-Nippon, and the USW are not petitioners 

with respect to the AD/CVD petitions on CORE 

from Canada. 

2 Id. 

3See Commerce’s Letters, ‘‘Supplemental 

Questions,’’ dated September 9, 2024 (General 

Issues Questionnaire), see also Country-Specific 

CVD Supplemental Questionnaires: Brazil 

Supplemental, Canada Supplemental, Mexico 

Supplemental, and Vietnam Supplemental, dated 

September 10 and 11, 2024; Commerce’s Letter, 

‘‘Second Supplemental Questions,’’ dated 

September 16, 2024 (Second General Issues 

Questionnaire); and Memorandum, ‘‘Phone Call,’’ 

dated September 19, 2024. 

4See Petitioners’ Letters, ‘‘Response to General 

Issues Questionnaire and Amendment to Volume I 

of Petitions,’’ dated September 12, 2024 (First 

General Issues Supplement); see also Petitioners’ 

Country-Specific CVD Supplemental Responses: 

Brazil CVD Supplement, Canada CVD Supplement, 

Mexico CVD Supplement, and Vietnam CVD 

Supplement, dated September 13 and 16, 2024; 

Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Response to Second 

General Issues Supplemental Questionnaire and 

Amendment to Volume I of Petitions,’’ dated 

September 18, 2024 (Second General Issues 

Supplement); and Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Response to 

Third General Issues Questionnaire and 

Amendment to Volume I of Petitions,’’ dated 

September 20, 2024 (Third General Issues 

Supplement). 

varnishing, trimming, cutting, punching and/ 

or slitting or any other processing that would 

not otherwise remove the merchandise from 

the scope of the investigations if performed 

in the country of manufacture of the in-scope 

corrosion resistant steel. 

All products that meet the written physical 

description are within the scope of these 

investigations unless specifically excluded. 

The following products are outside of and/or 

specifically excluded from the scope of these 

investigations: 

• Flat-rolled steel products either plated or 

coated with tin, lead, chromium, chromium 

oxides, both tin and lead (‘‘terne plate’’) or 

both chromium and chromium oxides (‘‘tin 

free steel’’), whether or not painted, 

varnished or coated with plastics or other 

non-metallic substances in addition to the 

metallic coating; 

• Clad products in straight lengths of 

4.7625 mm or more in composite thickness 

and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and 

measures at least twice the thickness; 

• Certain clad stainless flat-rolled 

products, which are three-layered corrosionresistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less 

than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that 

consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled product 

clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 

20%-60%-20% ratio; and 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty investigation on corrosion 

resistant steel from Taiwan are any products 

covered by the existing antidumping duty 

order on corrosion-resistant steel from 

Taiwan. 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, 

81FR 48390 (July 25, 2016); CorrosionResistant Steel Products from Taiwan: Notice 

of Third Amended Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value Pursuant to 

Court Decision and Partial Exclusion from 

Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 58245 

(August 25, 2023). 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

antidumping duty investigation on corrosionresistant steel from the United Arab Emirates 

and the antidumping duty and countervailing 

duty investigations on corrosion-resistant 

steel from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

are any products covered by the existing 

antidumping and countervailing duty orders 

on corrosion-resistant steel from the People’s 

Republic of China and the Republic of Korea 

and the antidumping duty order on 

corrosion-resistant steel from Taiwan. 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 CorrosionResistant Steel Products from India, Italy, 

Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic 

of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 

48387 (July 25, 2016). This exclusion does 

not apply to imports of corrosion-resistant 

steel that are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption in the United 

States for which the relevant importer and 

exporter certifications have been completed 

and maintained and all other applicable 

certification requirements have been met 

such that the entry is entered into the United 

States as not subject to the antidumping and 

countervailing duty orders on corrosionresistant steel from the People’s Republic of 

China, the antidumping and countervailing 

duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel from 

the Republic of Korea, or the antidumping 

duty order on corrosion-resistant steel from 

Taiwan. 

The products subject to the investigations 

are currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 

7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 

7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045, 7210.49.0091, 

7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 

7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 

7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 

7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 

7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 

7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7225.91.0000, 

7225.92.0000, 7226.99.0110, and 

7226.99.0130. 

The products subject to the investigations 

may also enter under the following HTSUS 

item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000, 

7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 

7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 

7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 

7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000, 

7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000. 

The HTSUS subheadings above are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes only. The written description of the 

scope of the investigations is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22592 Filed 10–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–863, C–122–872, C–201–864, C–552– 

844] 

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products From Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigations 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable September 25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Senoyuit and Sofia Pedrelli at 202–482– 

6106 and 202–482–4310 (Brazil), Colin 

Thrasher at 202–482–3004 (Canada), 

Maria Teresa Aymerich at 202–482– 

0499 (Mexico), and Mary Kolberg at 

202–482–1785 (the Socialist Republic of 

Vietnam (Vietnam)), AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petitions 

On September 5, 2024, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received countervailing duty (CVD) 

petitions concerning imports of certain 

corrosion-resistant steel products 

(CORE) from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, 

and Vietnam filed in proper form on 

behalf of Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), 

Nucor Corporation (Nucor), United 

States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), 

Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc. (WheelingNippon), and the United Steel, Paper 

and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 

Energy, Allied Industrial and Service 

Workers International Union, AFL–CIO, 

CLC (the USW), domestic producers of 

CORE and a certified union, which 

represents workers engaged in the 

production of CORE in the United States 

(collectively, the petitioners).1 The CVD 

petitions were accompanied by 

antidumping duty (AD) petitions 

concerning imports of CORE from 

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye, the United Arab 

Emirates, and Vietnam.2

Between September 9 and 19, 

Commerce requested supplemental 

information pertaining to certain aspects 

of the Petitions.3 Between September 12 

and 20, 2024, the petitioners filed 

timely responses to these requests for 

additional information.4

In accordance with section 702(b)(1) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 


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