[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88966-88967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26143]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-549-818]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand: 
Final Results of Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the Countervailing 
Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that 
revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain hot-rolled 
carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Thailand would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable 
subsidies at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset 
Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable November 12, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Cloyd, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1246.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 3, 2001, Commerce published the CVD order on hot-rolled 
steel from Thailand.\1\ On July 1, 2024, Commerce published the notice 
of initiation of the fourth five-year sunset review of the Order, 
pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act) and 19 CFR 351.218(c).\2\ On July 15, 2024, and July 16, 
2024, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., 
SSAB Enterprises, LLC, and U.S. Steel Corporation (collectively, the 
domestic interested parties) filed timely notices of intent to 
participate in accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1).\3\ The domestic 
interested parties claim interested party status under section 
771(9)(C) of the Act, as producers of a domestic like product in the 
United States. Commerce received a substantive response from the 
domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We received no substantive response from the 
Royal Thai Government (RTG) or any other interested party in this 
proceeding.\5\ As a result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), we determined that the respondent 
interested parties did not provide an adequate response to the notice 
of initiation and, therefore, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) 
sunset review of the Order.
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    \1\ See Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand, 66 FR 60197 (December 3, 
2001) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 54435 
(July 1, 2024).
    \3\ See Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s Letter, ``Notice of Intent to 
Participate in Sunset Reviews,'' dated July 15, 2024; see also Nucor 
Corporation's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset 
Review,'' dated July 15, 2024; see also United States Steel 
Corporation's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated 
July 16, 2024; see also Steel Dynamics, Inc. and SSAB Enterprises, 
LLC's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated July 16, 
2024.
    \4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Industry 
Substantive Response,'' dated July 31, 2024.
    \5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for July 2024,'' 
dated August 21, 2024; see also 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2); and 
19 CFR 351.218 (e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is hot-rolled steel from Thailand. 
For a complete description of the scope of the

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Order, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Fourth Expedited Five-Year Sunset Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from Thailand,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is included in the appendix to this notice. The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via the 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.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the Order would be likely to lead to continuation or 
recurrence of countervailable subsidies at the following net 
countervailable subsidy rates:

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                                                  Subsidy rate (percent
                    Company                            ad valorem)
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Steel Industries Public Co. Ltd. (SSI).........                     2.38
All Others.....................................                     2.38
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.305(a). Timely 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 violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing the final results and this notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: November 5, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of a Countervailable 
Subsidy
    2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates Likely to Prevail
    3. Nature of the Subsidy
VI. Final Results of Review
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-26143 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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