```

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104080-104083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30387]

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-831]

Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final 
Determination of No Shipments; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the 
producers/exporters subject to this administrative review made sales of 
subject merchandise at prices less than normal value during the period 
of review (POR), July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. Additionally, 
Commerce determines that two companies for which we initiated a review 
had no shipments during the POR.

DATES: Applicable December 20, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Genevieve Coen, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 16, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of the 2022-2023 administrative review \1\ of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless

[[Page 104081]]

steel sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan.\2\ We invited interested 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\3\ On September 16, 
2024, domestic interested parties \4\ submitted a case brief.\5\ On 
December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue the final 
results in this administrative review by 90 days.\6\ Accordingly, the 
deadline for these final results is now March 14, 2025.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: 
Preliminary Results, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and 
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2022-
2023, 89 FR 66683 (August 16, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order; Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils from United Kingdom, Taiwan, and South Korea, 64 
FR 40555 (July 27, 1999) (Order).
    \3\ See Preliminary Results, 89 FR 66683.
    \4\ The domestic interested parties are North American Stainless 
and Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC (collectively, Domestic Interested 
Parties).
    \5\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Case Brief 
Submitted on Behalf of Domestic Interested Parties,'' dated 
September 16, 2024 (Domestic Interested Parties' Case Brief).
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Seven producers and/or exporters of the subject merchandise remain 
subject to this review. Commerce selected two companies, Tung Mung 
Development Co Ltd. (Tung Mung) and Yieh Trading Corporation (Yieh 
Corporation) for individual examination.\7\ Two companies reported 
having no shipments during the POR, see ``Determination of No 
Shipments'' section below.\8\ The remaining producers and/or exporters 
not selected for individual examination are listed in the ``Final 
Results of the Review'' section of this notice.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated March 4, 
2024.
    \8\ See Yieh United Steel Corporation's (YUSCO) Letter, ``No 
Shipment Certification,'' dated October 11, 2023 (YUSCO No Shipment 
Certification); see also Tung Mung's Letters, ``Aluminum Extrusions 
from China {sic{time} ,'' dated April 1, 2024; ``Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip in Coils (SSSSC) from Taiwan,'' dated April 17, 
2024.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The domestic interested parties did not argue for any changes from 
the Preliminary Results. Because Commerce received no comments 
requiring changes to the Preliminary Results, we have not modified our 
analysis and no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register 
notice. Accordingly, the final results are unchanged from the 
Preliminary Results, and we are adopting the Preliminary Results as the 
final results of this review. Commerce conducted this review in 
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is certain stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils. For a complete description of the scope, see 
the appendix to this notice.

Determination of No Shipments

    As noted in the Preliminary Results, we received no-shipment claims 
from YUSCO and Tung Mung. In the Preliminary Results, we preliminary 
determined that YUSCO and Tung Mung made no shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR. We received no 
comments from interested parties with respect to this claim. Therefore, 
because the record indicates that these companies did not export 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, we continue to 
find that that they had no reviewable transactions during the POR. 
Accordingly, consistent with Commerce's practice, we intend to instruct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate any existing 
entries of merchandise produced or exported by YUSCO and Tung Mung at 
the rate for the intermediate reseller, if available, or at the all-
others rate.\9\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \9\ See, e.g., Magnesium Metal from the Russian Federation: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 
26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in Magnesium Metal from the 
Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rate for Non-Selected Companies

    The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment 
of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual 
examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative 
review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce 
looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for 
calculating the all-others rate in a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, for guidance when calculating the weighted-average 
dumping margin for companies which were not selected for individual 
examination in an administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of 
the Act, the all-others rate is normally an amount equal to the 
weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 
established for exporters and producers individually investigated, 
excluding rates that are zero, de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 
percent), or determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
    For the final results, Commerce based the weighted-average dumping 
margin for Yieh Corporation, a mandatory respondent in this review, 
entirely on facts otherwise available with adverse inferences (AFA). 
Further, we found that the mandatory respondent's total AFA dumping 
margin of 21.10 percent is reasonably reflective of the non-selected 
companies' potential dumping margins during the POR.\10\ Therefore, we 
are assigning the margin of 21.10 percent to the four companies not 
individually examined.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \10\ See Preliminary Results PDM.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Final Results of Review

    We assigned the following weighted-average dumping margins for the 
companies listed below for the period July 1, 2022, through June 30, 
2023:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter or producer                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yieh Trading Corporation....................................       21.10
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following
 Companies:
    Chia Far Industrial Factory Co., Ltd....................       21.10
    Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Company Ltd......................       21.10
    Tang Eng Iron Works Company, Ltd........................       21.10
    Yu Ting Industries Co., Ltd.............................       21.10
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Disclosure

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results within five days of any 
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five 
days of the date of publication of the notice of the final results in 
the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 
because we have made no changes from the Preliminary Results, there are 
no new calculations to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b) 
for these final results.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.
    For the final results, we will instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem 
assessment rate equal to the dumping margins shown above to all entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR which were produced and/or 
exported by Yieh Corporation. For the companies that were not selected 
for individual examination, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties at the assessment rate assigned to the companies, based on the 
methodology described in the ``Rate for Non-Selected Companies'' 
section, above.

[[Page 104082]]

    As indicated above, for YUSCO and Tung Mung, we will instruct CBP 
to liquidate any existing entries of merchandise produced by these 
companies, but exported by other parties, at the rate for the 
intermediate reseller, if available, or at the all-others rate.
    Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to 
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the final 
results of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is 
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment 
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until 
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has 
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).\11\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \11\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue 
Liquidation Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 3995 (January 
15, 2021).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for each company 
listed above will be that established in the final results of this 
review; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not 
participating in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed 
segment of this proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, or a previous 
segment, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate established for the most recently completed segment for the 
producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other producers or exporters will continue to be 12.61 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value 
investigation.\12\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \12\ See Order.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

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), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of return or destruction of APO materials 
or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5)

    Dated: December 13, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

    The merchandise subject to the Order are certain stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils. Stainless steel is an alloy steel 
containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 
percent or more of chromium, with or without other elements. The 
subject sheet and strip is a flat-rolled product in coils that is 
greater than 9.5 mm in width and less than 4.75 mm in thickness, and 
that is annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise 
descaled. The subject sheet and strip may also be further processed 
(e.g., cold-rolled, polished, aluminized, coated, etc.) provided 
that it maintains the specific dimensions of sheet and strip 
following such processing.
    The products subject to the Order are classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) statistical 
reporting numbers 7219.13.00.31, 7219.13.00.51, 7219.13.00.71, 
7219.13.00.81, 7219.14.00.30, 7219.14.00.65, 7219.14.00.90, 
7219.32.00.05, 7219.32.00.20, 7219.32.00.25, 7219.32.00.35, 
7219.32.00.36, 7219.32.00.38, 7219.32.00.42, 7219.32.00.44, 
7219.33.00.05, 7219.33.00.20, 7219.33.00.25, 7219.33.00.35, 
7219.33.00.36, 7219.33.00.38, 7219.33.00.42, 7219.33.00.44, 
7219.34.00.05, 7219.34.00.20, 7219.34.00.25, 7219.34.00.30, 
7219.34.00.35, 7219.35.00.05, 7219.35.00.15, 7219.35.00.30, 
7219.35.00.35, 7219.90.00.10, 7219.90.00.20, 7219.90.00.25, 
7219.90.00.60, 7219.90.00.80, 7220.12.10.00, 7220.12.50.00, 
7220.20.10.10, 7220.20.10.15, 7220.20.10.60, 7220.20.10.80, 
7220.20.60.05, 7220.20.60.10, 7220.20.60.15, 7220.20.60.60, 
7220.20.60.80, 7220.20.70.05, 7220.20.70.10, 7220.20.70.15, 
7220.20.70.60, 7220.20.70.80, 7220.20.80.00, 7220.20.90.30, 
7220.20.90.60, 7220.90.00.10, 7220.90.00.15, 7220.90.00.60, and 
7220.90.00.80. Although the HTS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and Customs purposes, Commerce's written description of 
the merchandise is dispositive.
    Excluded from the scope of the Order are the following: (1) 
sheet and strip that is not annealed or otherwise heat treated and 
pickled or otherwise descaled, (2) sheet and strip that is cut to 
length, (3) plate (i.e., flat-rolled stainless steel products of a 
thickness of 4.75 mm or more), (4) flat wire (i.e., cold-rolled 
sections, with a prepared edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of 
not more than 9.5 mm), and (5) razor blade steel. Razor blade steel 
is a flat-rolled product of stainless steel, not further worked than 
cold-rolled (cold-reduced), in coils, of a width of not more than 23 
mm and a thickness of 0.266 mm or less, containing, by weight, 12.5 
to 14.5 percent chromium, and certified at the time of entry to be 
used in the manufacture of razor blades. See Chapter 72 of the 
HTSUS, ``Additional U.S. Note'' ' 1(d).
    Also excluded from the scope of the Order are certain specialty 
stainless steel products described below. Flapper valve steel is 
defined as stainless steel strip in coils containing, by weight, 
between 0.37 and 0.43 percent carbon, between 1.15 and 1.35 percent 
molybdenum, and between 0.20 and 0.80 percent manganese. This steel 
also contains, by weight, phosphorus of 0.025 percent or less, 
silicon of between 0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of 0.020 
percent or less. The product is manufactured by means of vacuum arc 
remelting, with inclusion controls for sulphide of no more than 0.04 
percent and for oxide of no more than 0.05 percent. Flapper valve 
steel has a tensile strength of between 210 and 300 ksi, yield 
strength of between 170 and 270 ksi, plus or minus 8 ksi, and a 
hardness (Hv) of between 460 and 590. Flapper valve steel is most 
commonly used to produce specialty flapper valves in compressors.
    Also excluded is a product referred to as suspension foil, a 
specialty steel product used in the manufacture of suspension 
assemblies for computer disk drives. Suspension foil is described as 
302/304 grade or 202 grade stainless steel of a thickness between 14 
and 127 microns, with a thickness tolerance of plus-or-minus 2.01 
microns, and surface glossiness of 200 to 700 percent Gs. Suspension 
foil must be supplied in coil widths of not more than 407 mm, and 
with a mass of 225 kg or less. Roll marks may only be visible on one 
side, with no scratches of measurable depth. The material must 
exhibit residual stresses of 2 mm maximum deflection, and flatness 
of 1.6 mm over 685 mm length.
    Certain stainless steel foil for automotive catalytic converters 
is also excluded from the scope of the Order. This stainless steel 
strip in coils is a specialty foil with a thickness of between 20 
and 110 microns used to produce a metallic substrate with a 
honeycomb structure for use in automotive catalytic converters. The 
steel contains, by weight, carbon of no more than 0.030 percent, 
silicon of no more than 1.0 percent, manganese of no more than 1.0 
percent, chromium of between 19 and 22 percent, aluminum of no less 
than

[[Page 104083]]

5.0 percent, phosphorus of no more than 0.045 percent, sulfur of no 
more than 0.03 percent, lanthanum of less than 0.002 or greater than 
0.05 percent, and total rare earth elements of more than 0.06 
percent, with the balance iron.
    Permanent magnet iron-chromium-cobalt alloy stainless strip is 
also excluded from the scope of the Order. This ductile stainless 
steel strip contains, by weight, 26 to 30 percent chromium, and 7 to 
10 percent cobalt, with the remainder of iron, in widths 228.6 mm or 
less, and a thickness between 0.127 and 1.270 mm. It exhibits 
magnetic remanence between 9,000 and 12,000 gauss, and a coercivity 
of between 50 and 300 oersteds. This product is most commonly used 
in electronic sensors and is currently available under proprietary 
trade names such as ``Arnokrome III.'' \13\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \13\ ``Arnokrome III'' ' is a trademark of the Arnold 
Engineering Company.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Certain electrical resistance alloy steel is also excluded from 
the scope of the Order. This product is defined as a non-magnetic 
stainless steel manufactured to American Society of Testing and 
Materials (ASTM) specification B344 and containing, by weight, 36 
percent nickel, 18 percent chromium, and 46 percent iron, and is 
most notable for its resistance to high temperature corrosion. It 
has a melting point of 1390 degrees Celsius and displays a creep 
rupture limit of 4 kilograms per square millimeter at 1000 degrees 
Celsius. This steel is most commonly used in the production of 
heating ribbons for circuit breakers and industrial furnaces, and in 
rheostats for railway locomotives. The product is currently 
available under proprietary trade names such as ``Gilphy 36.'' \14\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \14\ ``Gilphy 36'' ' is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Certain martensitic precipitation-hardenable stainless steel is 
also excluded from the scope of the Order. This high-strength, 
ductile stainless steel product is designated under the Unified 
Numbering System (UNS) as S45500-grade steel, and contains, by 
weight, 11 to 13 percent chromium, and 7 to 10 percent nickel. 
Carbon, manganese, silicon and molybdenum each comprise, by weight, 
0.05 percent or less, with phosphorus and sulfur each comprising, by 
weight, 0.03 percent or less. This steel has copper, niobium, and 
titanium added to achieve aging, and will exhibit yield strengths as 
high as 1700 Mpa and ultimate tensile strengths as high as 1750 Mpa 
after aging, with elongation percentages of 3 percent or less in 50 
mm. It is generally provided in thicknesses between 0.635 and 0.787 
mm, and in widths of 25.4 mm. This product is most commonly used in 
the manufacture of television tubes and is currently available under 
proprietary trade names such as ``Durphynox 17.'' \15\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \15\ ``Durphynox 17'' ' is a trademark of Imphy, S.A.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Finally, three specialty stainless steels typically used in 
certain industrial blades and surgical and medical instruments are 
also excluded from the scope of the Order. These include stainless 
steel strip in coils used in the production of textile cutting tools 
(e.g., carpet knives).\16\ This steel is similar to AISI grade 420 
but containing, by weight, 0.5 to 0.7 percent of molybdenum. The 
steel also contains, by weight, carbon of between 1.0 and 1.1 
percent, sulfur of 0.020 percent or less, and includes between 0.20 
and 0.30 percent copper and between 0.20 and 0.50 percent cobalt. 
This steel is sold under proprietary names such as ``GIN4 Mo.'' The 
second excluded stainless steel strip in coils is similar to AISI 
420-J2 and contains, by weight, carbon of between 0.62 and 0.70 
percent, silicon of between 0.20 and 0.50 percent, manganese of 
between 0.45 and 0.80 percent, phosphorus of no more than 0.025 
percent and sulfur of no more than 0.020 percent. This steel has a 
carbide density on average of 100 carbide particles per 100 square 
microns. An example of this product is ``GIN5'' steel. The third 
specialty steel has a chemical composition similar to AISI 420 F, 
with carbon of between 0.37 and 0.43 percent, molybdenum of between 
1.15 and 1.35 percent, but lower manganese of between 0.20 and 0.80 
percent, phosphorus of no more than 0.025 percent, silicon of 
between 0.20 and 0.50 percent, and sulfur of no more than 0.020 
percent. This product is supplied with a hardness of more than Hv 
500 guaranteed after customer processing, and is supplied as, for 
example, ``GIN6''.\17\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \16\ This list of uses is illustrative and provided for 
descriptive purposes only.
    \17\ ``GIN4 Mo,'' ``GIN5'' ' and ``GIN6'' ' are the proprietary 
grades of Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

[FR Doc. 2024-30387 Filed 12-19-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
```