[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30543-30546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12380]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-932]


Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2012-2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is conducting 
the fourth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain steel threaded rod (``STR'') from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC''),\1\ for the period of review (``POR''), April 1, 2012, 
to March 31, 2013. The Department preliminarily determines that RMB 
Fasteners Ltd., IFI & Morgan Ltd., and Jiaxing Brother Standard Part 
Co., Ltd. (collectively ``the RMB/IFI Group'') sold subject merchandise 
in the United States at prices below normal value (``NV''). If these 
preliminary results are adopted in the final results, the Department 
will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 
2009) (``Order'').

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DATES:  Effective Date: May 28, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Jerry Huang, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1394 or (202) 
482-4047, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes steel threaded rod. 
The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under subheading 
7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, 7318.15.5090, and 7318.15.2095 of the 
United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTSUS''). Although the 
HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise is dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ For a full description of the scope of the Order, see 
Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD 
Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of Fourth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain 
Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China,'' 
(``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'') (May 16, 2014).

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Partial Rescission of the Administrative Review

    On September 13, 2013, the Department rescinded this administrative 
review with respect to seven companies named in the Initiation Notice 
based on the timely withdrawal of requests for review.\3\ At that time, 
the Department did not rescind the review for Zhejiang New Oriental 
Fastener Co., Ltd. (``Zhejiang New Oriental''), because that company 
had not yet established its entitlement to a separate rate. On November 
5, 2013, the Department issued the final results of the third 
administrative review of the Order and granted Zhejiang New Oriental a 
separate rate.\4\
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    \3\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China; 2012-2013; Partial Rescission of the Fourth Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 78 FR 56655 (September 13, 2013) (``Partial 
Rescission Notice''); see also Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for 
Revocation in Part, 78 FR 33052, 33056-58 (June 3, 2013) 
(``Initiation Notice''). The Department incorrectly included three 
companies in the Initiation Notice, which was corrected in a 
subsequent initiation notice, where the Department removed these 
three companies and instead correctly initiated on two other 
companies. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
53128, 53130, n.6 (August 28, 2013).
    \4\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China; Final Results of Third Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2011-2012, 78 FR 66330, 66332 (November 5, 2013).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. On July 5, 
2013, Vulcan Threaded Products, Inc. (``Petitioner'') timely withdrew 
its request for an administrative review on Zhejiang New Oriental.\5\ 
No other party had requested a review of Zhejiang New Oriental. Based 
on the timely withdrawal of the request for review and because Zhejiang 
New Oriental established its entitlement to a separate rate from a 
prior segment, the Department is rescinding this administrative review 
with respect to Zhejiang New Oriental, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).
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    \5\ See Letter to the Department from Petitioner, ``Certain 
Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: Petitioners' 
Withdrawal of Review Requests for Certain Companies'' (July 5, 
2013).
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PRC-Wide Entity

    On July 5, 2013, Petitioner timely withdrew its request for review 
for 76 companies.\6\ No other party requested a review on these 76 
companies.
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    \6\ Id.
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    For those eight companies referenced above for which a review was 
initiated, for which all review requests have been withdrawn, and which 
previously received separate rate status in a prior segment of this 
case, the Department rescinded the administrative review, in part, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\7\ Of the four companies for 
which Petitioner's requests for review remain standing, other than the 
mandatory respondent RMB/IFI Group which demonstrated eligibility for a 
separate rate, none are eligible for separate rate status or 
rescission, as they did not submit completed separate rate applications 
or certifications.\8\ Accordingly, the PRC-wide entity is under review 
for these preliminary results.
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    \7\ See Partial Rescission Notice.
    \8\ These companies are: Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd., 
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part, and Zhejiang Morgan Brother 
Technology Co., Ltd.
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    None of the remaining 68 companies for which Petitioner withdrew 
its request for review has a separate rate. While the requests for 
review of these companies were timely withdrawn, those companies remain 
a part of the PRC-wide entity. Thus, we are not rescinding this review 
with respect to these companies at this time, but the Department will 
make a determination with respect to the PRC-wide entity at the 
conclusion of these preliminary results and final results.\9\ As a 
result, all 71 companies for which a review was initiated and which 
have not established entitlement to a separate rate are under review as 
part of the PRC-wide entity.\10\ For our determination with respect to 
the PRC-wide entity, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \9\ See, e.g., Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 47363, 
47365 (August 8, 2012), unchanged in Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven 
Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010- 2011, 78 FR 10130 
(February 13, 2013). A change in practice with respect to the 
conditional review of the PRC-wide entity is not applicable to this 
administrative review. See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of 
Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in 
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket 
Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65964, 
65969-70 (November 4, 2013).
    \10\ See Appendix I for the list of these companies.
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''). 
Export prices have been calculated in accordance with section 772 of 
the Act. Because the PRC is a non-market economy (``NME'') within the 
meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, NV has been calculated in 
accordance with section 773(c) of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is 
available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and is 
available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the 
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version 
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the 
Internet at http://www.trade.gov/enforcement/. The signed Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period April 1, 2012, 
through March 31, 2013:

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                                                       Weighted- average
                       Exporter                           margin  (ad
                                                            valorem)
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IFI & Morgan Ltd. and RMB Fasteners Ltd.                           51.43
 (collectively ``RMB/IFI Group'')....................
PRC-Wide Rate \11\...................................             206.00
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Disclosure, Public Comment & Opportunity To Request a Hearing

    The Department will disclose the calculations used in our analysis 
to parties in this review within five days of the date of publication 
of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    \11\ The PRC-wide entity includes the companies listed in 
Appendix I.
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    Interested parties may submit case briefs within 30 days after the 
date of publication of these preliminary results of review.\12\ 
Rebuttals to case briefs, which must be limited to issues raised in the 
case briefs, must be filed within five days after the time limit for 
filing case briefs.\13\ Parties who submit arguments are requested to 
submit with the argument (a) a statement of the issue, (b) a brief 
summary of the argument, and (c) a table of authorities.\14\ Parties 
submitting briefs should do so pursuant to the Department's electronic 
filing system, IA ACCESS.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)-(2).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
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    Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.\15\ Hearing requests should contain the 
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to 
be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in 
the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be 
notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.\16\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis 
of all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication 
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine, 
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review.\17\ The Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final 
results of this review.
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    For any individually examined respondent whose weighted average 
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final 
results, the Department will calculate importer-specific assessment 
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value 
of sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importer- 
(or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is greater than de minimis, the 
Department will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the 
time of liquidation.\18\ Where either a respondent's weighted average 
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer- (or customer-) 
specific ad valorem is zero or de minimis, the Department will instruct 
CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\19\ We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries containing 
subject merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity at the PRC-wide 
rate.
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    The Department announced a refinement to its assessment practice in 
NME cases. Pursuant to this refinement in practice, for entries that 
were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by companies 
individually examined during the administrative review, the Department 
will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide rate. 
Additionally, if the Department determines that an exporter had no 
shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that 
entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's 
rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\20\ The final results of 
this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties 
on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review 
and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.
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    \20\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the 
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the companies listed above 
that have a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that 
established in the final results of this review (except, if the rate is 
zero or de minimis, then zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for 
previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not 
listed above that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing 
exporter-specific rate; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, 
the cash deposit rate will be that for the PRC-wide entity; and (4) for 
all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not received 
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to 
the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter.
    These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: May 16, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Companies Subject to the Administrative Review That Are Part of the 
PRC-Wide Entity

Aihua Holding Group Co. Ltd.
Autocraft Industry (Shanghai) Ltd.
Autocraft Industry Ltd.
Billion Land Ltd.
C And H International Corporation
Changshu City Standard Parts Factory
China Brother Holding Group Co. Ltd.
China Friendly Nation Hardware Technology Limited
Ec International (Nantong) Co. Ltd.
Fastco (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Fastwell Industry Co. Ltd.
Fuda Xiongzhen Machinery Co., Ltd.
Fuller Shanghai Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd.
Haiyan Evergreen Standard Parts Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Hurras Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Hurras Import Export Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Jianhe Hardware Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Everbright Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Grand Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Great Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Lizhan Hardware Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Tongwang Machinery Co., Ltd.
Jiabao Trade Development Co. Ltd.

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Jiangsu Zhongweiyu Communication Equipment Co. Ltd.
Jiashan Steelfit Trading Co. Ltd.
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part
Jiaxing Yaoliang Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Jinan Banghe Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
Macropower Industrial Inc.
Midas Union Co., Ltd.
Nanjing Prosper Import & Export Corporation Ltd.
New Pole Power System Co. Ltd.
Ningbiao Bolts & Nuts Manufacturing Co.
Ningbo Beilun Milfast Metalworks Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Dexin Fastener Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Fastener Factory
Ningbo Fengya Imp. And Exp. Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Holy Hardware Import And Export Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Wit Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Yixie Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Jinding Fastening Pieces Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Mpf Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Panxiang Imp. & Exp, Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Yinzhou Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co. Ltd
Ningbo Zhongjiang Petroleum Pipes & Machinery Co. Ltd.
Orient International Holding Shanghai Rongheng Intl Trading Co. Ltd.
Prosper Business And Industry Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Free Trade Zone Health Intl.
Qingdao Top Steel Industrial Co. Ltd.
Shaanxi Succeed Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai East Best Foreign Trade Co.
Shanghai East Best International Business Development Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Fortune International Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Furen International Trading
Shanghai Nanshi Foreign Economic Co.
Shanghai Overseas International Trading Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Printing & Dyeing And Knitting Mill
Shanghai Printing & Packaging Machinery Corp.
Shanghai Recky International Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Sinotex United Corp. Ltd.
T and C Fastener Co. Ltd.
T and L Industry Co. Ltd.
Wuxi Metec Metal Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Heiter Industries Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Heiter Mfg & Trade Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Jin Zeen Fasteners Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Yanfei Industrial Co., Ltd (a/k/a Jiangsu Ronry Nico Co., 
Ltd., Formerly Jiangsu Yanfei Industrial Co., Ltd.)

Appendix II

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:
1. Background
2. Respondent Selection
3. Scope of the Order
4. Non-Market Economy Country
5. Separate Rates
6. PRC-Wide Entity
7. Surrogate Country and Surrogate Value Data
8. Surrogate Country
9. Date of Sale
10. U.S. Price--Export Price
11. Normal Value
12. Fair Value Comparisons
13. Factor Valuations
14. Currency Conversion
15. Conclusion

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