Federal Register International Trade Alert for 21 August 2019

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FR Alert – Covering:08/21/2019

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Notice
SUMMARY: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) and sixty-eight of its non-U.S. affiliates were added to the Entity List effective May 16, 2019. Their addition to the Entity List imposed a licensing requirement under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) regarding the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of any item subject to the EAR to any of these sixty-nine listed Huawei entities. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is now adding forty-six additional non-U.S. affiliates of Huawei to the Entity List because they also pose a significant risk of involvement in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. Nineteen of these forty-six affiliated entities are being added to the existing entry for Huawei; the other twenty-seven entities are being added under new, separate entries. This rule also modifies the existing entries for Huawei and three Huawei affiliates in China by moving the three affiliates under the entry for Huawei instead of continuing to list them under separate entries, and by adding one alias and four addresses to the Huawei entry, including the addresses for those three affiliates. The entries for five other existing entries for Huawei affiliates in China, Belgium, and Brazil are also being modified by this rule. DATES: This rule is effective August 19, 2
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Agency Notice
[Notices] [Page 43580] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-17980] [[Page 43580]] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of the Materials Technical Advisory Committee The Materials Technical Advisory Committee will meet on September 5, 2019, 10:00 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues NW, Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with respect to technical questions that affect the
[19-17980][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
[Notices] [Pages 43580-43581] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-18024] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-122-866] Sodium Sulfate Anhydrous From Canada: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019. 
[19-18024][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Japan for the period May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review. DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hannah Falvey, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4889. Background On May 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from Japan for the period May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019.\1\ On May 31, 2019, Commerce received a timely request to conduct an administrative review of the AD order on CTL plate from Japan from Hitachi Metals, Ltd. (Hitachi Metals).\2\ On July 15, 2019, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the AD order on CTL plate from Japan with
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Agency Notice
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir) received countervailable subsidies for the production and export of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) during the period of review January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janae Martin or Jaron Moore, 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) 482-0238 or (202) 482-3640, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On November 15, 2018, Commerce published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on HWR pipes and tubes from Turkey.\1\ Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018 through the resumption of operations on January
[19-18011][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
[Notices] [Page 43580] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-17979] ———————————————————————– DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Industry and Security Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of the Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee The Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee will meet on September 4, 2019, 9:30 a.m., in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Constitution & Pennsylvania Avenues NW, Washington, DC. The Committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration with respect to technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable to transportation and related equipment or technology. 
[19-17979][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: On May 16, 2019, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) and sixty-eight of its non-U.S. affiliates were added to the Entity List. Their addition to the Entity List imposed a licensing requirement under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) regarding the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of any item subject to the EAR to any of these 69 listed Huawei entities. The Entity List-based licensing requirement applied in addition to any other license requirement, if any, applicable under the EAR to the transaction in question. On May 22, 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a temporary general license, effective May 20, 2019, that modified the effect of the listing in order to temporarily authorize engagement in certain transactions, involving the export, reexport, or transfer (in- country) of items subject to the EAR to the 69 listed Huawei entities. The U.S. Government has decided to extend the temporary general license through November 18, 2019. In order to implement this decision, this final rule revises the temporary general license to remove the expiration date of August 19, 2019, and substitutes the date of November 18, 2019. This final rule also makes certain clarifying changes to the authorized transactions under the temporary general license to improve public understanding. Lastly, this final r
[19-17920][Full Article] [PDF]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Agency Notice
SUMMARY: On July 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NOPR”) regarding proposals to amend the test procedures for clothes dryers and to request comment on the proposals and other aspects of clothes dryer testing. This notice also announced a webinar to be held on August 14, 2019, and stated that DOE would hold a public meeting on the proposal if one was requested by August 6, 2019. On July 29, 2019, DOE received a comment requesting a public meeting. On August 12, 2019, DOE published a Federal Register notice announcing a public meeting and webinar that will be held on August 28, 2019 and cancelled the previously announced webinar scheduled for August 14, 2019. On August 2, 2019 and August 5, 2019, DOE received subsequent comments requesting to move the webinar and public meeting into September 2019; therefore, DOE is changing the public meeting from August 28, 2019 to September 17, 2019 and extending the public comment period for submitting comments and data on the NOPR by 14 days to October 7, 2019. DATES: Meeting: DOE will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting will also be broadcast as a webinar. In addition, the comment period for the NOPR published on July 23, 2019 (84 FR 35484), is extended. DOE
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Agency Notice
[Notices] [Page 43615] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-17953] ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 731-TA-749 (Fourth Review)] Persulfates From China Determination On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject five-year review, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), that revocation of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.
[19-17953][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
Summary Determination and To Review in Part a Final Initial Determination; Schedule for Filing Written Submissions on the Issues Under Review and on Remedy, the Public Interest and Bonding AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. ———————————————————————– SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review in part the presiding administrative law judge’s (“ALJ’s”) summary determination (“SD”) (Order No. 47) concerning importation and sale after importation and to review in part a final initial determination (“ID” or “final ID”) finding a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, with respect to U.S. Patent No. 7,779,011 (“the ‘011 patent”). The Commission requests briefing from the parties on certain issues under review, as set forth in this notice. The Commission also requests briefing from the parties, interested persons, and government agencies on the issues of remedy, the public interest, and bonding. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sidney A. Rosenzweig, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
[19-17981][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
[Notices] [Page 43615] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-18017] ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 731-TA-1123 (Second Review)] Steel Wire Garment Hangers From China Determination On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject five-year review, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), that revocation of the antidumping duty order on steel wire garment hangers from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.
[19-18017][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
[Notices] [Page 43618] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-17982] ———————————————————————– INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation Nos. 701-TA-450 and 731-TA-1122 (Second Review)] Laminated Woven Sacks From China Determinations On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject five-year reviews, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), that revocation of the countervailing and antidumping duty orders on laminated woven sacks from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. 
[19-17982][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 22, 2019, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Reynolds Presto Products Inc. of Lake Forest, Illinois. Supplements to the complaint were filed on August 8, 2019, and August 9, 2019. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain child resistant closures with slider devices having a user actuated insertable torpedo for selectively opening the closures and slider devices therefor by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,505,531 (“the ‘531 patent”); U.S. Patent No. 9,554,628 (“the ‘628 patent”); and U.S. Patent no. 10,273,058 (“the ‘058 patent”). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a general exclusion order, or in the alternative a limited exclusion order, and cease and desist orders. ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information contained therein, is available for inspection during official business hours (8:4
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Agency Notice
SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with a full review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. A schedule for the review will be established and announced at a later date. DATES: August 5, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nitin Joshi (202-708-1669), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting [[Page 43616]] the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this review may be viewed on the Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For further information concerning the conduct of this review and
[19-18010][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Rotating 3-D LiDar Devices and Products Containing the Same (Including Autonomous Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Industrial Machines, and Robotics), and Components Thereof, DN 3403; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant’s filing pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2000. The public version of the complaint can be accessed on the Commission’s Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov, and will be available for inspection during official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205- 2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server at United States International Trade Commission (USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov . The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission’s Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) at https://edis
[19-18018][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: Based on available information, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is self-initiating a country-wide anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE), completed in Malaysia using hot-rolled steel (HRS) and cold- rolled steel (CRS) flat products manufactured in Taiwan, are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on CORE from Taiwan. DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn at (202) 482-5848, AD/ CVD Operations, Office III or Barb Rawdon at (202) 482-0474, Office of Policy, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On June 3, 2015, AK Steel Corporation, ArcelorMittal USA LLC, California Steel Industries, Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel Corporation filed petitions seeking imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of CORE from China, India, Italy, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan.\1\ Following Commerce’s affirmative determination of dumping,\2\ and the
[19-18013][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-623 and 731-TA-1449 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”) to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports of vertical metal file cabinets from China, provided for in subheading 9403.10.0020 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily determined by the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) to be subsidized and sold at less-than-fair-value. DATES: July 24, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence Jones ((202) 205-3358), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these investigations may be viewe
[19-18019][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
Summary Based on available information, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is self-initiating country-wide anti-circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) completed in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Malaysia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (collectively, third countries) using hot-rolled steel (HRS) and cold-rolled steel (CRS) flat products manufactured in the People’s Republic of China (China) are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CORE from China. DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn at (202) 482-5848, AD/ CVD Operations, Office III or Justin Enck at (202) 482-1614, Office of Policy, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On June 3, 2015, AK Steel Corporation, ArcelorMittal USA LLC, California Steel Industries, Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and 
[19-18012][Full Article] [PDF]
Agency Notice
SUMMARY: On August 5, 2019, the Department of Commerce published notice in the Federal Register of a negative final countervailing duty determination in connection with the subject investigation concerning Thailand (84 FR 38007). Accordingly, the countervailing duty investigation concerning glycine from Thailand (Investigation No. 701- TA-605 (Final)) is terminated. DATES: August 5, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Feldpausch 202-205-2387, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server https://www.usitc.gov. The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. Authority: This investigation is being terminated under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 and pursuant to section 207.40(a) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.40(a)). This notice is 
[19-18009][Full Article] [PDF]