Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation: Final Results and Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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-821-809] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) did not make a bona fide sale during the period of review (POR) December 1, 2016 through November 30, 2017. Therefore, we are rescinding this administrative review. DATES: Applicable August 8, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McGowan or Joshua DeMoss, 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) 482-3019 or (202) 482-3362, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 19, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this review in the Federal Register   [ 1 ] and invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On March 25, 2019, we received case briefs from NLMK and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. On April 1, 2019, we received a rebuttal brief from a petitioner ( i.e., Nucor Corporation). Further, on June 27, 2019, we held a public hearing regarding issues raised in case and rebuttal briefs. Scope of the Order The product covered by this administrative review is certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products (hot-rolled steel) from Russia. For the full text of the scope of the order, see t…