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4See Investigation No. 731–TA–1022 (Second 

Review): Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide From 

China, 79 FR 60183 (October 6, 2014). 

1See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). 

2See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, 

and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty 

Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 79 FR 16293 (March 25, 2014) 

(Preliminary Determination). 

3See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Issues 

and Decision Memorandum for the Final 

Determination in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from 

the People’s Republic of China’’ dated concurrently 

with and hereby adopted by this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

4See, e.g., Change in Policy Regarding Timing of 

Issuance of Critical Circumstances Determinations, 

63 FR 55364 (October 15, 1998). 

industry in the United States within a 

reasonably foreseeable time.4

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order is ground, pulverized or refined 

brown artificial corundum, also known 

as brown aluminum oxide or brown 

fused alumina, in grit size of 3⁄8 inch or 

less. Excluded from the scope of the 

order is crude artificial corundum in 

which particles with a diameter greater 

than 3⁄8 inch constitute at least 50 

percent of the total weight of the entire 

batch. The scope includes brown 

artificial corundum in which particles 

with a diameter greater than 3⁄8 inch 

constitute less than 50 percent of the 

total weight of the batch. The 

merchandise covered by this order is 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

2818.10.20.00 and 2818.10.20.90 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS). Although the 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise 

covered by the order is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Order 

As a result of the determinations by 

the Department and the ITC that 

revocation of the AD order would likely 

lead to a continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and material injury to an 

industry in the United States, pursuant 

to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, the 

Department hereby orders the 

continuation of the AD order on RBAO 

from the PRC. U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection will continue to collect AD 

cash deposits at the rates in effect at the 

time of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. The effective date of the 

continuation of the order will be the 

date of publication in the Federal 

Register of this notice of continuation. 

Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, 

the Department intends to initiate the 

next five-year review of the order not 

later than 30 days prior to the fifth 

anniversary of the effective date of 

continuation. 

This five-year (‘‘sunset’’) review and 

this notice are in accordance with 

section 751(c) of the Act and published 

pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: October 8, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–997] 

Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the 

People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Final Affirmative 

Critical Circumstances Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers/exporters of nonoriented electrical steel (NOES) from the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC). The 

Department also determines critical 

circumstances exist for imports of the 

subject merchandise from the PRC. The 

period of investigation is January 1, 

2012, through December 31, 2012. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 14, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Morris or Thomas Schauer, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–1779 and (202) 

482–0410, respectively. 

Background 

The petitioner in this investigation is 

AK Steel Corporation (Petitioner). This 

investigation covers 30 government 

programs. The respondents in this 

investigation are the Government of the 

PRC (the GOC) and Baoshan Iron & Steel 

Co., Ltd. (Baoshan). For this final 

determination, we continue to rely on 

facts available, with adverse inferences, 

for the GOC and for Baoshan, the only 

mandatory company-respondent, 

because they did not act to the best of 

their abilities and did not respond to 

our requests for information. Further, 

we continue to draw an adverse 

inference in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available to calculate the 

ad valorem rate for Baoshan.1

Period of Investigation 

The period for which we are 

measuring subsidies, or period of 

investigation, is January 1, 2012, 

through December 31, 2012. 

Case History 

The events that have occurred since 

the Department published the 

Preliminary Determination on March 25, 

2014,2 are discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.3 The Issues 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

iaaccess.trade.gov, and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

room 7046 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the Internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation consists of NOES, which 

includes cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy 

steel products, whether or not in coils, 

regardless of width, having an actual 

thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which 

the core loss is substantially equal in 

any direction of magnetization in the 

plane of the material. For a complete 

description of the scope of the 

investigation, see Appendix I to this 

notice. 

Critical Circumstances 

On February 25, 2014, Petitioner 

alleged that critical circumstances exist 

with respect to imports of NOES from 

the PRC. In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.206(c)(2)(i), we issued an 

affirmative preliminary critical 

circumstances determination not later 

than the date of the preliminary 

determination.4

We received no comments on our 

preliminary critical circumstances 

determination. Thus, in accordance 

with section 705(a)(2) of the Act, we 

determine critical circumstances exist 

with respect to Baoshan and all other 

producers/exporters. 

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5See, e.g., Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 

Products From Argentina, 66 FR 37007, 37008 (July 

16, 2001); see also Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination: Prestressed Concrete Steel 

Wire Strand From India, 68 FR 68356 (December 8, 

2003). 

Use of Facts Otherwise Available, 

Including Adverse Inferences 

As stated above, for purposes of this 

final determination, we relied on facts 

available and applied an adverse 

inference (AFA) in accordance with 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, with 

regard to each program under 

investigation. A full discussion of our 

decision to rely on AFA is presented 

under the section ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we calculated 

a countervailing duty rate for the 

individually investigated producer/

exporter of the subject merchandise, 

Baoshan. With respect to the all-others 

rate, section 705(c)(5)(A)(ii) of the Act 

provides that if the countervailable 

subsidy rates established for all 

exporters and producers individually 

investigated are determined entirely in 

accordance with section 776 of the Act, 

the Department may use any reasonable 

method to establish an all-others rate for 

exporters and producers not 

individually investigated. In this case, 

the rate calculated for the investigated 

company is based entirely on adverse 

facts available under section 776 of the 

Act. There is no other information on 

the record upon which to determine an 

all-others rate. As a result, we used the 

adverse facts available rate assigned for 

Baoshan as the all-others rate. This 

method is consistent with the 

Department’s past practice.5

We determine the countervailable 

subsidy rates to be: 

Company 

Net subsidy 

rate 

(percent) 

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., 

Ltd ..................................... 158.88 

All Others .............................. 158.88 

As a result of our affirmative 

preliminary critical circumstances 

determination, pursuant to section 

703(e)(2) of the Act, we instructed U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of all entries of 

subject merchandise from the PRC 

which were entered or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

December 25, 2013, the date 90 days 

prior to the date of the publication of 

the Preliminary Determination in the 

Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 703(d) of 

the Act, we later issued instructions to 

CBP to discontinue the suspension of 

liquidation for countervailing duty 

purposes for subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

on or after July 23, 2014, but to continue 

the suspension of liquidation of all 

entries from December 25, 2013, 

through July 22, 2014. 

We will issue a countervailing duty 

order and reinstate the suspension of 

liquidation under section 706(a) of the 

Act if the United States International 

Trade Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, and 

we will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit of estimated countervailing 

duties for such entries of merchandise 

in the amounts indicated above. If the 

ITC determines that material injury, or 

threat of material injury, does not exist, 

this proceeding will be terminated and 

all estimated duties deposited or 

securities posted as a result of the 

suspension of liquidation will be 

refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of our 

determination. In addition, we are 

making available to the ITC all nonprivileged and non-proprietary 

information related to this investigation. 

We will allow the ITC access to all 

privileged and business proprietary 

information in our files, provided the 

ITC confirms that it will not disclose 

such information, either publicly or 

under an administrative protective order 

(APO), without the written consent of 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Return or Destruction of Proprietary 

Information 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to an APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/

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 that is subject to 

sanction. 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: October 6, 2014. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation consists of non-oriented 

electrical steel (NOES), which includes coldrolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel products, 

whether or not in coils, regardless of width, 

having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or 

more, in which the core loss is substantially 

equal in any direction of magnetization in the 

plane of the material. The term ‘‘substantially 

equal’’ means that the cross grain direction 

of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the 

straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling 

direction) of core loss. NOES has a magnetic 

permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla 

when tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent 

to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., parallel to) the 

rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800 value). 

NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 

percent of silicon but less than 3.5 percent 

of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of 

carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent of 

aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide coating, 

to which an insulation coating may be 

applied. 

NOES is subject to this investigation 

whether it is fully processed (i.e., fully 

annealed to develop final magnetic 

properties) or semi-processed (i.e., finished 

to final thickness and physical form but not 

fully annealed to develop final magnetic 

properties). Fully processed NOES is 

typically made to the requirements of ASTM 

specification A 677, Japanese Industrial 

Standards (JIS) specification C 2552, and/or 

International Electrotechnical Commission 

(IEC) specification 60404–8–4. Semiprocessed NOES is typically made to the 

requirements of ASTM specification A 683. 

However, the scope of this investigation is 

not limited to merchandise meeting the 

ASTM, JIS, and IEC specifications noted 

immediately above. 

NOES is sometimes referred to as coldrolled non-oriented (CRNO), non-grain 

oriented (NGO), non-oriented (NO), or coldrolled non-grain oriented (CRNGO) electrical 

steel. These terms are interchangeable. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are flat-rolled products not in 

coils that, prior to importation into the 

United States, have been cut to a shape and 

undergone all punching, coating, or other 

operations necessary for classification in 

Chapter 85 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as a 

part (i.e., lamination) for use in a device such 

as a motor, generator, or transformer. 

The subject merchandise is provided for in 

subheadings 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 

and 7226.19.9000 of the HTSUS. Subject 

merchandise may also be entered under 

subheadings 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090, 

7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, 7226.92.8050, 

7226.99.0180 of the HTSUS. Although 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

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1See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from 

Germany, Japan, and Sweden: Preliminary 

Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

and Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of 

Critical Circumstances, in Part, 79 FR 29423 (May 

22, 2014) (Preliminary Determinations). 

2See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 

and Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 29421 (May 22, 

2014) (Preliminary Determination PRC). 

3See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the 

People’s Republic of China, Germany, Japan, and 

Sweden: Postponement of Final Determinations of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 37718 (July 

2, 2014). 

Appendix II 

List of Comments in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2014–24377 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Architecture Services Trade Mission to 

Qatar, November 16–19, 2014 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Amendment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Commerce, International Trade 

Administration is amending the Notice 

published at 79 FR 44157, July 30, 2014, 

for the Architecture Services Trade 

Mission to Qatar, with an optional 

mission stop in Saudi Arabia, from 

November 16–19, 2014 to revise the 

mission description from executive-led 

to non-executive led. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Trade Missions Office 

Arica Young, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Washington, DC, Tel: 

613–317–7538, Email: Arica.Young@

trade.gov. 

Industry and Analysis 

Eugene Alford, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, 

Tel: 202–482–5071, Email: 

Eugene.Alford@trade.gov. 

Frank Spector, 

Acting, Trade Mission Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24427 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–843, A–588–872, A–570–996, A–401– 

809] 

Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from 

Germany, Japan, the People’s 

Republic of China, and Sweden: Final 

Affirmative Determinations of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Final 

Affirmative Determinations of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) determines that nonoriented electrical steel (NOES) from 

Germany, Japan, the People’s Republic 

of China (the PRC), and Sweden is 

being, or is likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV), as provided in section 735 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act). The final estimated weighted 

average dumping margins are shown in 

the ‘‘Final Determinations’’ section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 14, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick O’Connor at (202) 482–0989 

(Germany); Thomas Martin at (202) 482– 

3936 (Japan); Yang Jin Chun at (202) 

482–5760 (the PRC); or Drew Jackson at 

(202) 482–4406 (Sweden); AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 22, 2014, the Department 

published its preliminary affirmative 

determinations of sales at LTFV and 

preliminary affirmative determinations 

of critical circumstances, in part, in the 

LTFV investigations of NOES from 

Germany, Japan, Sweden,1 and the 

PRC.2 We invited interested parties to 

comment on our preliminary 

determinations. We received no 

comments in the investigations of NOES 

from Germany, Sweden, and the PRC. 

We received case and rebuttal briefs in 

the investigation of NOES from Japan. 

On June 23, 2014, we received case 

briefs from Marubeni Itochu Steel 

America Inc. and Nippon Steel & 

Sumitomo Metal Corporation. On June 

30, 2014, we received a rebuttal brief 

from AK Steel Corporation (Petitioner). 

On July 2, 2014, we postponed the final 

determinations of these LTFV 

investigations to October 6, 2014.3

Period of Investigations 

The period of investigation for the 

investigations of NOES from Germany, 

Japan and Sweden is July 1, 2012, 

through June 30, 2013. The period of 

investigation for the investigation of 

NOES from the PRC is January 1, 2013, 

through June 30, 2013. 

Scope of the Investigations 

The merchandise subject to these 

investigations consists of non-oriented 

electrical steel (NOES), which includes 

cold-rolled, flat-rolled, alloy steel 

products, whether or not in coils, 

regardless of width, having an actual 

thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which 

the core loss is substantially equal in 

any direction of magnetization in the 

plane of the material. The term 

‘‘substantially equal’’ means that the 

cross grain direction of core loss is no 

more than 1.5 times the straight grain 

direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of 

core loss. NOES has a magnetic 

permeability that does not exceed 1.65 

Tesla when tested at a field of 800 A/ 

m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along (i.e., 

parallel to) the rolling direction of the 

sheet (i.e., B800 value). NOES contains 

by weight more than 1.00 percent of 

silicon but less than 3.5 percent of 

silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of 

carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent 

of aluminum. NOES has a surface oxide 

coating, to which an insulation coating 

may be applied. 

NOES is subject to these 

investigations whether it is fully 

processed (i.e., fully annealed to 

develop final magnetic properties) or 

semi-processed (i.e., finished to final 

thickness and physical form but not 

fully annealed to develop final magnetic 

properties). Fully processed NOES is 

typically made to the requirements of 

ASTM specification A 677, Japanese 

Industrial Standards (JIS) specification 

C 2552, and/or International 

Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 

specification 60404–8–4. Semiprocessed NOES is typically made to the 

requirements of ASTM specification A 

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