Notice of a preliminary determination in an antidumping duty investigation of grain-oriented electrical steel from the Russian Federation (A-462-821)

1. On 05/12/2014, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and critical circumstances in the antidumping duty investigation of grain-oriented electrical steel from the Russian Federation (79 FR 26941). 2. The products covered by this investigation are grain-oriented silicon electrical steel. Grain-oriented silicon electrical steel is a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight lengths. The grain-oriented silicon electrical steel that is subject to this investigation is currently classifiable under subheadings 7225.11.0000, 7226.11.1000, 7226.11.9030, and 7226.11.9060 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive. Excluded are flat-rolled products not in coils that, prior to importation into the United States, have been cut to a shape and undergone all punching, coating, or other operations necessary for classification in Chapter 85 of the HTSUS as a transformer part (i.e., laminations). 3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-821-821. For CBP purposes only, the investigation number A-462-821 should be used. 4. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from the Russian Federation from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of grain-oriented electrical steel from the Russian Federation that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 02/11/2014, which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 02/11/2014, for entries of grain-oriented electrical steel from the Russian Federation from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins: Producer and/or Exporter: OJSC Novoliptesk Steel/VIZ-Steel LLC Case number: A-462-821-001 Cash deposit rate: 119.88% All Others Case Number: A-462-821-000 Cash Deposit Rate: 68.98% 5. If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply: A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit or bonding rate will be the producer's rate. B. Where neither the exporter nor the producer has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate of 68.98 percent to establish the cash deposit. 6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OII:AR.) 7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Michael B. Walsh