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1The petitioners in the original investigation 

included the following: Bethlehem Steel Corp.; 

Ispat Inland Inc.; LTV Steel Company, Inc.; 

National Steel Corp.; U.S. Steel Group (a Unit of 

USX Corp.); California Steel Industries; Gallatin 

Steel Company; Geneva Steel; Gulf States Steel Inc.; 

Ipsco Steel Inc.; Steel Dynamics; Weirton Steel 

Corporation; and Independent Steelworkers Union. 

the Act, we are fully postponing the due 

date for the preliminary determinations 

to no later than 130 days after the day 

on which the investigations were 

initiated. However, as that date falls on 

a Sunday (i.e., March 15, 2015), the 

deadline for completion of the 

preliminary determinations is now 

March 16, 2015, the next business day. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l). 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–821–809] 

Termination of the Suspension 

Agreement on Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled 

Carbon-Quality Steel Products From 

the Russian Federation, Rescission of 

2013–2014 Administrative Review, and 

Issuance of Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) is terminating the 

Agreement Suspending the 

Antidumping Investigation on Certain 

Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality 

Steel Products from the Russian 

Federation (‘‘Agreement’’), rescinding 

the 2013–2014 administrative review of 

the agreement, and issuing an 

antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) order on hotrolled steel products from the Russian 

Federation. The Department is directing 

the suspension of liquidation to begin 

on December 19, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sally C. Gannon or Judith Wey Rudman, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–0162 or (202) 482–0192, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 15, 1998, the Department 

initiated an AD investigation on imports 

of hot-rolled steel from the Russian 

Federation. See Initiation of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations: 

Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled CarbonQuality Steel Products from Brazil, 

Japan, and the Russian Federation, 63 

FR 56607 (October 22, 1998). On 

November 25, 1998, the ITC published 

its preliminary determination that there 

was a reasonable indication that an 

industry in the United States was 

threatened with material injury by 

reason of imports of the subject 

merchandise from the Russian 

Federation. See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel 

Products From Brazil, Japan, and 

Russia, 63 FR 65221 (November 25, 

1998). On February 25, 1999, the 

Department published its preliminary 

determination that hot-rolled steel from 

the Russian Federation was being, or 

was likely to be, sold in the United 

States at less than fair value. See Notice 

of Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value: Hot-Rolled FlatRolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products 

From the Russian Federation, 64 FR 

9312, February 25, 1999. 

On July 12, 1999, the Department and 

the Ministry of Trade (‘‘MOT’’) of the 

Russian Federation signed the 

Agreement, under section 734(l) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the 

Act’’), which suspended the AD 

investigation on hot-rolled steel from 

the Russian Federation. See Suspension 

of Antidumping Duty Investigation: HotRolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel 

Products From the Russian Federation, 

64 FR 38642 (July 19, 1999). The basis 

for this action was an agreement 

between the Department and the MOT 

accounting for substantially all imports 

of hot-rolled steel from the Russian 

Federation, wherein the MOT agreed to 

restrict exports of hot-rolled steel from 

all Russian producers/exporters to the 

United States and to ensure that such 

exports were sold at or above the agreed 

reference prices. The MOT was the 

predecessor to the Economy Ministry, 

which is now the relevant agency 

representing the Government of the 

Russian Federation for purposes of this 

Agreement. 

Upon the request of the petitioners in 

this proceeding, the investigation was 

continued and the Department made an 

affirmative final determination of sales 

at less than fair value.1 See Notice of 

Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value: Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled 

Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the 

Russian Federation, 64 FR 38626 (July 

19, 1999) (Final Determination). In its 

Final Determination, the Department 

calculated weighted-average dumping 

margins of 73.59 percent for Joint Stock 

Company (‘‘JSC’’) Severstal, a 

respondent company in the 

investigation, and 184.56 percent as the 

Russia-wide rate. Likewise, the 

International Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) 

continued its investigation and made an 

affirmative determination of material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States. See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel 

Products From Brazil and Russia, 64 FR 

46951 (August 27, 1999) (Final ITC 

Determination). 

On August 26, 2011, at the request of 

Nucor Corporation, a domestic 

interested party, the Department 

initiated an administrative review of the 

Agreement for the period of review from 

July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011. See 

Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews and Requests for Revocation in 

Part, 76 FR 53404 (August 26, 2011). On 

November 30, 2012, the Department and 

the Economy Ministry signed a revision 

to the Agreement that updated the 

reference prices and revised the 

mechanism for calculating the reference 

prices. On December 6, 2012, the 

Department published its final results of 

administrative review and the 

November 30, 2012, revision to the 

Agreement. See Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled 

Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the 

Russian Federation; 2010–2011; Final 

Results of Administrative Review and 

Revision of Agreement Suspending 

Antidumping Duty Investigation, 77 FR 

72820 (December 6, 2012). 

On July 10, 2014, domestic interested 

parties Nucor Corporation, 

ArcelorMittal USA LLC, United States 

Steel Corporation, Gallatin Steel 

Company, Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), 

and SSAB N.A.D., Inc., filed a 

submission alleging that the revised 

Agreement had failed to achieve its 

statutory purpose of preventing the 

suppression or undercutting of price 

levels of domestic producers by imports 

of hot-rolled steel from the Russian 

Federation and that the Department 

should terminate the agreement and 

impose antidumping duties on imports 

of hot-rolled steel from the Russian 

Federation. On August 29, 2014, at the 

request of Russian Hot-Rolled Steel 

producers JSC Severstal and 

Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), the 

Department initiated an administrative 

review of the Agreement for the period 

of July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. 

See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 79 FR 51548 (August 29, 2014) 

(‘‘2013–2014 Administrative Review’’). 

On October 17, 2014, the Department 

issued a letter to the Economy Ministry 

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stating that it had made a final decision 

to exercise its option under Section X.C 

of the Agreement to terminate the 

Agreement, effective in 60 days. On 

October 22, 2014, the Trade 

Representative of the Russian 

Federation in the USA requested by 

letter that the Department clarify the 

exact date of termination of the 

Agreement. On October 27, 2014, the 

Department clarified, by letter to the 

Trade Representative, that it considered 

the official date of notification to the 

Economy Ministry to be October 20, 

2014 (i.e., the date the Economy 

Ministry received the notification) and 

the effective date of termination of the 

Agreement to be December 19, 2014. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the AD 

order is certain hot-rolled flat-rolled 

carbon-quality steel products. The 

covered merchandise is classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) at 

subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 

7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 

7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 

7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 

7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 

7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 

7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 

7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 

7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 

7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 

7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 

7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 

7208.90.00.00, 7210.70.30.00, 

7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 

7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 

7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 

7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 

7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 

7211.19.75.90, 7212.40.10.00, 

7212.40.50.00, 7212.50.00.00. Certain 

hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality 

steel covered include: vacuum degassed, 

fully stabilized; high strength low alloy; 

and the substrate for motor lamination 

steel may also enter under the following 

tariff numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 

7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 

7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 

7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 

7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 

7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 

7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 

7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.01.80. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and Customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

covered merchandise is dispositive. 

See Appendix I for the full 

description of merchandise covered by 

the Order. 

Termination of Suspended 

Investigation and Issuance of AD Order 

As discussed above, on October 20, 

2014, the Department notified the 

Economy Ministry of its decision to 

terminate the Agreement pursuant to 

Section X.C of the Agreement, which 

states (in part): 

MOT or DOC may terminate this 

Agreement at any time upon written notice 

to the other party. Termination shall be 

effective 60 days after such notice is given. 

Upon termination of this Agreement, the 

provisions of U.S. antidumping law and 

regulations shall apply. 

As noted above, the underlying 

investigation in this proceeding was 

continued pursuant to section 734(g) of 

the Act, following the acceptance of the 

Agreement. The Department made a 

final affirmative AD determination, and 

the ITC found material injury. See Final 

Determination and ITC Final Injury 

Determination, respectively. Therefore, 

in accordance with section 735(c) of the 

Act, the Department is issuing an AD 

order and instructing U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, effective December 19, 

2014, which is 60 days from the date the 

Department gave notice to the Economy 

Ministry of that it was terminating the 

Agreement, as described above. 

Rescission of Administrative Review 

Due to the termination of the 

Agreement, the Department is 

rescinding the 2013–2014 

Administrative Review of the 

Agreement, effective December 19, 

2014. 

Antidumping Duty Order 

In accordance with section 736(a)(1) 

of the Act, the Department is directing 

CBP to assess, beginning on December 

19, 2014, an antidumping duty equal to 

the weighted-average AD margins listed 

below. 

We are instructing CBP to require a 

cash deposit for each entry equal to the 

AD weighted-average margin rates 

found in the Department’s Final 

Determination, as listed below. These 

suspension-of-liquidation instructions 

will remain in effect until further notice. 

The all others rate applies to all 

producers and exporters of subject 

merchandise not specifically listed. The 

final AD ad valorem rates are as follows: 

Manufacturer/Exporter Weighted-average 

margin (percent) 

JSC Severstal ................. 73.59 

All Others ........................ 184.56 

This notice constitutes the AD order 

with respect to hot-rolled steel from the 

Russian Federation pursuant to section 

736(a) of the Act. This order is issued 

and published in accordance with 

section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.211(b). 

Dated: December 19, 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

For the purposes of this antidumping duty 

order, ‘‘hot-rolled steel’’ means certain hotrolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel 

products of a rectangular shape, of a width 

of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, 

nor coated with metal and whether or not 

painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or 

other non-metallic substances, in coils 

(whether or not in successively 

superimposed layers) regardless of thickness, 

and in straight lengths, of a thickness less 

than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at 

least 10 times the thickness. 

Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled 

products rolled on four faces or in a closed 

box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but 

not exceeding 1250 mm and of a thickness 

of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and 

without patterns in relief) of a thickness not 

less than 4.0 mm is not included within the 

scope of this order. 

Specifically subject to the scope of this 

order are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized 

(commonly referred to as interstitial-free 

(‘‘IF’’)) steels, high strength low alloy 

(‘‘HSLA’’) steels, and the substrate for motor 

lamination steels. IF steels are recognized as 

low carbon steels with micro-alloying levels 

of elements such as titanium and/or niobium 

added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen 

elements. HSLA steels are recognized as 

steels with micro-alloying levels of elements 

such as chromium, copper, niobium, 

titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. The 

substrate for motor lamination steels contains 

micro-alloying levels of elements such as 

silicon and aluminum. 

Steel products subject to the scope of this 

order, regardless of HTSUS definitions, are 

products in which: (1) Iron predominates, by 

weight, over each of the other contained 

elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent 

or less, by weight; and (3) none of the 

elements listed below exceeds the quantity, 

by weight, respectively indicated: 1.80 

Percent of manganese, or 1.50 percent of 

silicon, or 1.00 percent of copper, or 0.50 

percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of 

chromium, or 0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 

percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of nickel, or 

0.30 percent of tungsten, or 0.012 percent of 

boron, or 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or 

0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.41 percent of 

titanium, or 0.15 percent of vanadium, or 

0.15 percent of zirconium. 

All products that meet the physical and 

chemical description provided above are 

within the scope of this order unless 

otherwise excluded. The following products, 

by way of example, are outside and/or 

specifically excluded from the scope of this 

order: 

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—Alloy hot-rolled steel products in which 

at least one of the chemical elements exceeds 

those listed above (including e.g., ASTM 

specifications A543, A387, A514, A517, and 

A506). 

—SAE/AISI grades of series 2300 and 

higher. 

—Ball bearing steels, as defined in the 

HTSUS. 

—Tool steels, as defined in the HTSUS. 

—Silico-manganese (as defined in the 

HTSUS) or silicon electrical steel with a 

silicon level exceeding 1.50 percent. 

—ASTM specifications A710 and A736. 

—USS Abrasion-resistant steels (USS AR 

400, USS AR 500). 

—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the 

following chemical, physical and mechanical 

specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni 

0.10–0.14% 0.90% Max 0.025% Max 0.005% Max 0.30–0.50% 0.50–0.70% 0.20–0.40% 0.20% Max 

Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.063–0.198 inches; Yield Strength = 50,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 70,000–88,000 psi. 

—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the 

following chemical, physical and mechanical 

specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Mo 

0.10–0.16% 0.70–0.90% 0.025% Max 0.006% Max 0.30–0.50% 0.50–0.70% 0.25% Max 0.20% Max 0.21% Max 

Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim. 

—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the 

following chemical, physical and mechanical 

specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni V(wt.) Cb 

0.10–0.14% 1.30–1.80% 0.025% Max 0.005% Max 0.30–0.50% 0.50–0.70% 0.20–0.40% 0.20% Max 0.10 Max 0.08% Max 

Width = 44.80 inches maximum; Thickness = 0.350 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 80,000 ksi minimum; Tensile Strength = 105,000 psi Aim. 

—Hot-rolled steel coil which meets the 

following chemical, physical and mechanical 

specifications: 

C Mn P S Si Cr Cu Ni Nb Ca Al 

0.15% Max 1.40% Max 0.025% Max 0.010% Max 0.50% Max 1.00% Max 0.50% Max 0.20% Max 0.005% Min Treated 0.01–0.07% 

Width = 39.37 inches; Thickness = 0.181 inches maximum; Yield Strength = 70,000 psi minimum for thicknesses ≤0.148 inches and 65,000 psi minimum for 

thicknesses >0.148 inches; Tensile Strength = 80,000 psi minimum. 

—Hot-rolled dual phase steel, phasehardened, primarily with a ferriticmartensitic microstructure, contains 0.9 

percent up to and including 1.5 percent 

silicon by weight, further characterized by 

either (i) tensile strength between 540 N/mm2

and 640 N/mm2 and an elongation 

percentage ≥26 percent for thicknesses of 2 

mm and above, or (ii) a tensile strength 

between 590 N/mm2 and 690 N/mm2 and an 

elongation percentage ≥25 percent for 

thicknesses of 2mm and above. 

—Hot-rolled bearing quality steel, SAE 

grade 1050, in coils, with an inclusion rating 

of 1.0 maximum per ASTM E 45, Method A, 

with excellent surface quality and chemistry 

restrictions as follows: 0.012 percent 

maximum phosphorus, 0.015 percent 

maximum sulfur, and 0.20 percent maximum 

residuals including 0.15 percent maximum 

chromium. 

—Grade ASTM A570–50 hot-rolled steel 

sheet in coils or cut lengths, width of 74 

inches (nominal, within ASTM tolerances), 

thickness of 11 gauge (0.119 inches nominal), 

mill edge and skin passed, with a minimum 

copper content of 0.20 percent. 

The covered merchandise is classified in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’) at subheadings: 

7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 

7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 

7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 

7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30, 

7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 

7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 

7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 

7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 

7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 

7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 

7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 

7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90, 

7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, 7212.50.00.00. 

Certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality 

steel covered include: Vacuum degassed, 

fully stabilized; high strength low alloy; and 

the substrate for motor lamination steel may 

also enter under the following tariff numbers: 

7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 

7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 

7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 

7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 

7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, 7226.99.00.00 

and 7226.99.0180. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and Customs purposes, the written 

description of the covered merchandise is 

dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[Application No. 14–00003] 

Export Trade Certificate of Review 

ACTION: Notice of Application for an 

Export Trade Certificate of Review for 

Wayne Jones dba Imani Resource 

Service Application No. 14–00003. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Trade and 

Economic Analysis (‘‘OTEA’’) of the 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce, has received 

an application for an Export Trade 

Certificate of Review (‘‘Certificate’’). 

This notice summarizes the proposed 

application and requests comments 

relevant to whether the Certificate 

should be issued. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of Trade 

and Economic Analysis, International 

Trade Administration, (202) 482–5131 

(this is not a toll-free number) or email 

at etca@trade.gov. 

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