Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry on Antidumping Duty Order

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-849] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Effective Date: February 18, 2016. SUMMARY: In response to a request from Nucor Corporation and SSAB Enterprises LLC (collectively “Domestic Producers”), the Department of Commerce (“Department”) is initiating a circumvention inquiry, pursuant to section 781(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the “Act”), to determine whether certain imports of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate (“CTL plate”) are circumventing the antidumping duty order on CTL plate from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”). [ 1 ] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick O'Connor or Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0989, and (202) 482-3936, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 17, 2015, Domestic Producers requested that the Department make a final circumvention ruling within 45 days pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(c)(2) and (d) with respect to CTL plate from the PRC with small amounts of any alloying elements added so as to classify the steel as alloy steel under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (“HTSUS”), regardless of exporter or importer. …