Federal Register International Trade Alert for 08 October 2019

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FR Alert – Covering:10/08/2019

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Notice
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on biodiesel from Argentina for the period August 28, 2017 through December 31, 2018. DATES: Applicable October 8, 2019. [[Page 53675]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Dunne, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2328. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 8, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of CVD order on biodiesel from Argentina for the period August 28, 2017 through December 31, 2018.\1\ On February 28, 2019, the petitioner \2\ filed a timely request for review of 18 exporters and importers, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
[19-21926][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of this countervailing duty (CVD) order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the levels indicated in the “Final Results of Review” section of this notice. DATES: Applicable October 8, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Hamilton, 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) 482-4798. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 30, 2002, Commerce published its CVD order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Brazil.\1\ On July 3, 2014, at the conclusion of the second sunset review, Commerce issued a notice of continuation of the Order.\2\ On June 4, 2019, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the third sunset review of the CVD order on wire rod from Brazil pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from the following domestic parties: Nucor
[19-21937][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the “Final Results of Sunset Reviews” section of this notice. DATES: Applicable October 8, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8362. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On June 4, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the notice of initiation of the sunset reviews of the AD orders \1\ on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago, pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of [[Page 53674]] 
[19-21936][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot- rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products (hot-rolled steel) from the Russian Federation. The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2018. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable October 8, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston Cox, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5041. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In response to Commerce’s notice of opportunity to request an administrative review on hot-rolled steel from the Russian Federation,\1\ Nucor Corporation, AK Steel Corporation, ArcelorMittal USA LLC, United States Steel Corporation, California Steel Industries, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and SSAB Enterprises LLC (domestic interested parties) timely requested an administrative review with respect to Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), Severstal PAO, and Severstal Export GmbH.\2\
[19-21938][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
[Notices] [Page 53673] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-21934] ======================================================================= ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [B-61-2019] Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 155–Calhoun/Victoria Counties, Texas; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Caterpillar, Inc. (Tractors and Forestry Machines); Victoria, Texas The Calhoun/Victoria Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 155, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf of Caterpillar, Inc. (Caterpillar) located in Victoria, Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
[19-21934][Full Article] [PDF]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Notice
SUMMARY: This document announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver from Bradford White Corporation (“BWC”), which seeks a waiver for a specified consumer water heater basic model from the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) test procedure used for determining the efficiency of consumer water heaters. BWC asserts that for that identified basic model, application of the calculation specified in the DOE test procedure to determine recovery efficiency yields an “artificially high” value that in turn results in a lower overall uniform energy factor value. Consequently, BWC seeks to use an alternate test procedure to address issues involved in testing the basic model identified in its petition. More specifically, BWC has requested that DOE waive the equation for calculating recovery efficiency of the consumer gas-fired storage water heater basic model for which the first occurrence of the main burner cutting out (“cut- out”) occurs during a draw. Instead, BWC requests that the recovery efficiency for this water heater be calculated using a revised recovery efficiency equation that accounts for the first cut-out occurring during a draw. For the reasons discussed in this document, DOE grants BWC an interim waiver from the DOE’s consumer water heater test procedure for the basic model listed in the interim waiver, subject to use
[19-21935][Full Article] [PDF]

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Notice
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that strontium chromate from France is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) for the period of investigation (POI) July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. The final estimated weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the “Final Determination” section of this notice. DATES: Applicable October 8, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Joshua Simonidis, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 or (202) 482-0608, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On May 17, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Determination of sales at LTFV of strontium chromate from France, in which we also postponed the final determination until September 30, 2019.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Determination, as well as a full
[19-21807][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that strontium chromate from Austria is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. The final estimated weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the “Final Determination” section of this notice. DATES: Applicable October 8, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Brian Smith, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3640 or (202) 482-1766, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On May 17, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Determination, in which we also postponed the final determination until September 30, 2019.\1\ On June 18, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Amended Preliminary Determination.\2\ We invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary determination, as amended. A summary of the events that
[19-21808][Full Article] [PDF]

PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

Agency Notice
[Presidential Documents] [Pages 53983-53984] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-22159] [[Page 53981]] Vol. 84 Tuesday, No. 195 October 8, 2019 Part V The President
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