• Effective Date: Jun 08, 2020
  • Period of Review: Apr 01, 2019 to Mar 31, 2020
  • Cite as: 85 FR 35068 • Cite date: Jun 08, 2020

1. Commerce does not automatically conduct administrative reviews of countervailing duty orders. Instead, reviews must be requested pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213.

2. Commerce has not received a request for an administrative review of the countervailing duty order for the period and on the merchandise identified below except for the firms listed in paragraph 3. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c), you are to liquidate all entries for all firms except those listed in paragraph 3 and assess countervailing duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption at the cash deposit or bonding rate in effect on the date of entry:

Product: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip
Country: The People's Republic of China
Case number: C-570-043
Period: 01/01/2019 through 12/31/2019

3. Entries of merchandise of the firms listed below should not be liquidated until specific instructions are issued. Continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of merchandise produced and/or exported by the listed firms entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 01/01/2019 through 12/31/2019:

Company: Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. (TISCO)
Case number: C-570-043-001

Company: Ningbo Baoxin Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Baosteel Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Baosteel Desheng Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-043-002

Company: Daming International Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Taigang Daming Metal Product Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-043-003

Entries may also have been made under C-570-043-000 or other company-specific numbers .

No case number was in place during the period of review for the companies listed below. Entries may have been made under C-570-043-000 or other company-specific numbers.

Ahonest Changjiang Stainless Co., Ltd.
Angang Hanyang Stainless Steel Corp. (LISCO)
Angang Guangzhou Stainless Steel Corporation (LISCO)
Anping Yuanjing Metal Products Co., Ltd.
Apex Industries Corporation
Baofeng Xianglong Stainless Steel (Baofeng Steel Group Co.)
Baojing Steel Ltd.
Baotou Huayong Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Beihai Chengde Ferronickel Stainless Steel
Beijing Dayang Metal Industry Co.
Beijing Hengsheng Tongda Stainless Steel
Beijing Jingnanfang Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.
Benxi Iron and Steel
Chain Chon Metal (Kunshan)
Chain Chon Metal (Foshan)
Changhai Stainless Steel
Changzhou General Import and Export
Changzhou Taiye Sensing Technology Co., Ltd.
Compart Precision Co.
Dalian Yirui Import and Export Agent Co., Ltd.
Dongbei Special Steel Group Co., Ltd.
Double Stone Steel
Etco (China) International Trading Co., Ltd.
FHY Corporation
Foshan Foreign Economic Enterprise
Foshan Hermes Steel Co., Ltd.
Foshan Jinfeifan Stainless Steel Co.
Foshan Topson Stainless Steel Co.
Fugang Group
Fujian Fuxin Special Steel Co., Ltd.
Fujian Kaixi Stainless Steel
Fujian Wuhang STS Products Co., Ltd.
Gangzhan Steel Developing Co., Ltd.
Globe Express Services Co., Ltd.
Golden Fund International Trading Co.
Guangdong Forward Metal Supply Chain Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Guangxin Suntec Metal Holdings Co., Ltd.
Guanghan Tiancheng Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd.
Guangxi Beihai Chengde Group
Guangxi Wuzhou Jinhai Stainless Steel Co.
Guangzhou Eversunny Trading Co., Ltd.
Haimen Senda Decoration Material Co.
Hanyang Stainless Steel Co. (LISCO)
Hebei Iron & Steel
Henan Tianhong Metal (Subsidiary of Foshan Mellow Stainless Steel Company)
Henan Xinjinhui Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. (aka Jinhui Group)
Huadi Steel Group Co., Ltd.
Ideal Products of Dongguan Ltd.
Irestal Shanghai Stainless Pipe (ISSP)
Jaway Metal Co., Ltd.
Jiangdu Ao Jian Sports Apparatus Factory
Jiangsu Daming Metal Products Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Jihongxin Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Winner Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Zhongda Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Jieyang Baowei Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Jinyun Xinyongmao
Jiuquan Iron & Steel (JISCO)
Kuehne & Nagel, Ltd. (Ningbo)
Lianzhong Stainless Steel Corp. (LISCO)
Lu Qin (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
Maanshan Sungood Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd.
Minmetals Steel Co., Ltd.
Nanhi Tengshao Metal Manufacturing Co.
NB (Ningbo) Rilson Export & Import Corp.
Ningbo Bestco Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Bingcheng Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Chinaworld Grand Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Dawon Resources Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone (Beilun Xiapu)
Ningbo Hog Slat Trading Co., Ltd.
Ningbo New Hailong Import & Export Co.
Ningbo Polaris Metal Products Co.
Ningbo Portec Sealing Component
Ningbo Qiyi Precision Metals Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Seduno Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Sunico International Ltd.
Ningbo Swoop Import & Export
Ningbo Yaoyi International Trading Co., Ltd.
Onetouch Business Service, Ltd.
Qianyuan Stainless Steel
Qingdao-Pohang Stainless Steel (QPSS)
Qingdao Rising Sun International Trading Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Sincerely Steel
Rihong Stainless Co., Ltd.
Ruitian Steel
Samsung Precision Stainless Steel (Pinghu) Co., Ltd.
Sejung Sea & Air Co., Ltd.
Shandong Huaye Stainless Steel Group Co., Ltd.
Shandong Mengyin Huarun Imp and Exp Co., Ltd.
Shandong Mingwei Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Dongjing Import & Export Co.
Shanghai Fengye Industry Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce Holdings Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Krupp Stainless (SKS)
Shanghai Metal Corporation
Shanghai Tankii Alloy Material Co., Ltd.
Shaoxing Andrew Metal Manufactured Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Brilliant Sign Co., Ltd.
Shaoxing Yuzhihang Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Wide International Trade Co., Ltd.
Sichuan Southwest Stainless Steel
Sichuan Tianhong Stainless Steel
Sino Base Metal Co., Ltd.
Suzhou Xinchen Precision Industrial Materials Co., Ltd.
Taishan Steel
Taiyuan Accu Point Technology, Co., Ltd.
Taiyuan Iron & Steel (TISCO)
Taiyuan Ridetaixing Precision Stainless Steel Incorporated Co., Ltd.
Taizhou Durable Hardware Co., Ltd.
Tiancheng Stainless Steel Products
Tianjin Fulida Supply Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Hongji Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Jiuyu Trade Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Teda Ganghua Trade Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Tianchengjida Import & Export Trade Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Tianguan Yuantong Stainless Steel
TISCO Stainless Steel (HK), Ltd.
Top Honest Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
TPCO Yuantong Stainless Steel Ware
Tsingshan Qingyuan
World Express Freight Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Baochang Metal Products Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Fangzhu Precision Materials Co.
Wuxi Grand Tang Metal Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Jinyate Steel Co., Ltd.
Wuxi Joyray International Corp.
Wuxi Shuoyang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Lizhou Hardware Spring Co., Ltd.
Xinwen Mining
Henan Xuyuan Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Yieh Corp., Ltd.
Yongjin Metal Technology
Yuyao Purenovo Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. (ZPSS)
Zhejiang Baohong Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Huashun Metals Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jaguar Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang New Vision Import & Export
Zhejiang Yongjin Metal Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhengzhou Mingtai Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhenjiang Huaxin Import & Export
Zhenjiang Yongyin Metal Tech Co.
Zhenshi Group Eastern Special Steel Co., Ltd.
Zun Hua City Transcend Ti-Gold

CBP officers must also examine entries under C-570-043-000 and all existing company-specific case numbers to ensure the continued suspension of liquidation of entries during the applicable period of review for the producers and/or exporters listed above.

4. There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.

5. Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise covered by paragraph 2 occurred with the publication of the notice of initiation of administrative review for the 04/2020 anniversary month (85 FR 35068, 06/08/2020). Unless instructed otherwise, for all other shipments of Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from The People's Republic of China you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the merchandise at the current rates.

6. The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash or bonds posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order. Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated countervailing duties is required through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.

7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by O:VII:CRJ.)

8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Alexander Amdur