[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35727-35728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14708]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-843, A-570-990]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire From Mexico and the 
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on prestressed 
concrete steel rail tie wire (PC tie wire) from Mexico and the People's 
Republic of China (PRC).

DATES: Effective Date: June 24, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith (PRC) or Brandon Custard 
(Mexico), AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1766 or (202) 482-1823, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on May 5, 2014, 
the Department published its affirmative final determinations of sales 
at less-than-fair-value in the antidumping duty investigations of PC 
tie wire from Mexico and the PRC, respectively.\1\ On June 17, 2014, 
the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative determinations that 
an industry in the United States is materially injured within the 
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of less-than-
fair-value imports of PC tie wire from Mexico and the PRC.\2\
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    \1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire From Mexico: 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 25571 
(May 5, 2014); and Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire From the People's 
Republic of China, 79 FR 25572 (May 5, 2014).
    \2\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire From Mexico and 
the People's Republic of China, Investigation No. 701-TA-1207 and 
731-TA-1208 (Final), June 2014.
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these orders are high carbon steel wire; 
stress relieved or low relaxation; indented or otherwise deformed; 
meeting at a minimum the physical, mechanical, and chemical 
requirements of the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) A881/
A881M specification; regardless of shape, size or alloy element levels; 
suitable for use as prestressed tendons in concrete railroad ties (PC 
tie wire). High carbon steel is defined as steel that contains 0.6 
percent or more of carbon by weight.
    PC tie wire is classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS) subheading 7217.10.8045, but may also be 
classified under subheadings 7217.10.7000, 7217.10.8025, 7217.10.8030, 
7217.10.8090, 7217.10.9000, 7229.90.1000, 7229.90.5016, 7229.90.5031, 
7229.90.5051, 7229.90.9000, and 7312.10.3012. Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the scope of these orders is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    As stated above, on June 17, 2014, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determinations in these investigations, in which it found material 
injury with respect to PC tie wire from Mexico and the PRC.\3\ Because 
the ITC determined that imports of PC tie wire from Mexico and the PRC 
are materially injuring a U.S. industry, all unliquidated entries of 
such merchandise from Mexico and the PRC, entered or withdrawn from 
warehouse, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \3\ Id.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties 
equal to the amounts listed below for all relevant entries of PC tie 
wire from Mexico and the PRC. These antidumping duties will be assessed 
on unliquidated entries of PC tie wire from Mexico and the PRC entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 12, 
2013, the date of publication of the preliminary determinations,\4\ but 
will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the 
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final 
injury determination as further described below.
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    \4\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire from Mexico: 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Postponement of Final Determination, 78 FR 75544 (December 12, 
2013); and Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire From the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 78 FR 
75545 (December 12, 2013).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation on all entries of PC 
tie wire from Mexico and the PRC. We will also instruct CBP to require 
cash deposits equal to the amounts as indicated below. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's 
final affirmative injury determinations, CBP will require, at the same 
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average antidumping duty margins listed below.\5\
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    \5\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect 
for more than four months except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six 
months. At the request of exporters that account for a significant 
proportion of PC tie wire from Mexico and the PRC, we extended the 
four-month period to no more than six months.\6\ In the underlying 
investigations, the Department published the preliminary determinations 
on December 12, 2013. Therefore, the six-month period beginning on the 
date of publication of the preliminary determinations ended

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on June 10, 2014. Furthermore, section 737(b) of the Act states that 
definitive duties are to begin on the date of publication of the ITC's 
final injury determination.
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    \6\ See letters to the Department from Aceros Camesa, S.A. de 
C.V. (Mexico), dated November 19, 2013; and from Silvery Dragon 
Technology and Trading Co., Ltd. Tianjin (PRC), dated November 19, 
2013.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of PC tie wire from Mexico and the PRC entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after June 10, 2014, the date 
the provisional measures expired, until and through the day preceding 
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determinations in the 
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.
    The weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                        Weighted-average
            Country             Manufacturer/exporter   margin (percent)
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Mexico........................  Aceros Camesa, S.A.                 9.99
                                 de C.V..
                                All Others...........               9.99
PRC...........................  Silvery Dragon Group               31.40
                                 Technology and
                                 Trading Co. Ltd.
                                 Tianjin/Silvery
                                 Dragon Prestressed
                                 Materials Co., Ltd.
                                 Tianjin.
                                PRC-wide Entity \7\..              35.31
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
PC tie wire from Mexico and the PRC pursuant to section 736(a) of the 
Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders 
currently in effect at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
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    \7\ The PRC-wide entity includes Wuxi Jinyang Metal Products 
Co., Ltd. and Shanxi New-Mile International Trade Co., Ltd.
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    These orders are published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and section 351.211 of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: June 18, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-14708 Filed 6-23-14; 8:45 am]
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