Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's Republic of China: Negative Final Determination of Circumvention Involving South Africa

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-570-026, C-570-027] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE), completed in South Africa using carbon hot-rolled steel (HRS) and/or cold-rolled steel (CRS) flat products (substrate) sourced from the People's Republic of China (China) (merchandise subject to these inquiries), are not circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on CORE from China at this time. DATES: Applicable June 7, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Griffith, 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) 482-6430. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 18, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary determination  [ 1 ] that imports of CORE completed in South Africa are not circumventing the China CORE Orders at this time. [ 2 ] A summary of events that occurred since Commerce published the Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. [ 3 ] The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically v…