[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88964-88965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26120]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-821, C-560-813]


Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India and 
Indonesia: Final Results of the Expedited Fourth Sunset Reviews of the 
Countervailing Duty Orders

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) orders on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from India and 
Indonesia would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
countervailable subsidies at the levels indicated in the ``Final 
Results of the Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable November 12, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Zukowski, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 3, 2001, Commerce published the Orders on hot-rolled 
steel from India and Indonesia.\1\ On July 1, 2024, Commerce published 
the notice of initiation of the fourth five-year (sunset) reviews of 
the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\2\ From July 15 through July 16, 2024, Commerce 
received notices of intent to participate from Cleveland-Cliffs 
Inc.,\3\ Nucor Corporation,\4\ United States Steel Corporation,\5\ 
Steel Dynamics, Inc., and SSAB Enterprises, LLC \6\ (collectively, the 
domestic interested parties), within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i). Each of the domestic interested parties claimed 
interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.102(b)(29)(v) as producers of the domestic like product.
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination and Notice of 
Countervailing Duty Orders: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from India and Indonesia, 66 FR 60198 (December 3, 2001) 
(Orders).
    \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.
    \4\ See Nucor Corporation's Letters, ``Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel 
Flat Products from India: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset 
Review,'' dated July 15, 2024; and ``Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from Indonesia: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset 
Review,'' dated July 15, 2024.
    \5\ See United States Steel Corporation's Letter, ``Notice of 
Intent to Participate,'' dated July 16, 2024.
    \6\ See Steel Dynamics, Inc. and SSAB Enterprises, LLC's 
Letters, ``Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India: 
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated July 16, 2024; and 
``Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Indonesia: 
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated July 16, 2024.
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    On July 31, 2024, Commerce received adequate substantive responses 
from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline 
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\7\ Commerce did not receive a 
substantive response from any other interested party to this 
proceeding. On August 21, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. 
International Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate 
substantive response from respondent interested parties.\8\ As a 
result, Commerce conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the 
Orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and (C)(2).
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    \7\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Industry 
Substantive Response,'' dated July 31, 2024.
    \8\ 8 See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for July 2024,'' 
dated August 21, 2024.
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    On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\9\ The deadline for these 
final results is now November 5, 2024.
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    \9\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by the Orders is certain hot-rolled carbon 
steel flat products from India and Indonesia. For a complete 
description of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\10\
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    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited Fourth Sunset Reviews of the 
Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products from India and Indonesia,'' dated concurrently with, and 
adopted by, this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews, 
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization 
in the event of revocation of the Orders and the countervailable 
subsidy rates likely to prevail if the Orders were to be revoked, is 
provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an 
appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public 
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS), which is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, complete versions of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the CVD orders on hot-rolled steel from 
India would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a 
countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy 
rates:

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                                                   Net countervailable
              Producers/exporters                 subsidy rate (percent
                                                       ad valorem)
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Essar Steel Limited............................                   336.62
Ispat Industries Limited.......................                   360.23
Steel Authority of India Limited...............                   346.61
Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited............                   337.51
All Others.....................................                   344.44
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    Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the CVD order on hot-rolled steel from 
Indonesia would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a 
countervailable subsidies at the following net countervailable subsidy 
rates:

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                                                   Net countervailable
              Producers/exporters                 subsidy rate (percent
                                                       ad valorem)
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P.T. Krakatau Steel............................                    10.21
All Others.....................................                    10.21
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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 disposition of proprietary 
information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, 
which continues to govern business proprietary information in this 
segment of the proceeding. 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 the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    Commerce is issuing and publishing these 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 Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. 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 Subsidies
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-26120 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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