• Effective Date: Aug 08, 2015
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014
  • Cite as: 80 FR 68843 • Cite date: Nov 06, 2015

1. On 11/06/2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the People's Republic of China (80 FR 68843).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 5189305 dated 07/08/2015.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-570-027.

4. Because Commerce separately determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the People's Republic of China from the producers and/or exporters listed below (80 FR 68504, 11/05/2015), CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the People's Republic of China that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 08/08/2015 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 08/08/2015, for entries of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the People's Republic of China from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following subsidy rates:

Producer and/or Exporter: Angang Group Hong Kong Company Ltd.
Case number: C-570-027-002
Subsidy rate: 235.66%

Producer and/or Exporter: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-027-003
Subsidy rate: 235.66%

Producer and/or Exporter: Changshu Everbright Material Technology
Case number: C-570-027-004
Subsidy rate: 235.66%

Producer and/or Exporter: Duferco S.A.
Case number: C-570-027-005
Subsidy rate: 235.66%
Note: This rate also applies to the following companies: Hebei Iron & Steel Group and Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd.

Producer and/or Exporter: Handan Iron & Steel Group
Case number: C-570-027-006
Subsidy rate: 235.66%

5. Commerce separately found that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the People's Republic of China from the producers and/or exporters listed below (80 FR 68504, 11/05/2015). For imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the People's Republic of China from the producers and/or exporters listed below CBP shall suspend liquidation of such entries which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 11/06/2015. Effective 11/06/2015, for entries of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from the People's Republic of China from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following subsidy rates:

All Others
Case number: C-570-027-000
Subsidy rate: 26.26%

Producer and/or Exporter: Yieh Phui (China) Technomaterial Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-027-001
Subsidy rate: 26.26%

6. 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 OVII: ST.)

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

Sherri L. Hoffman