[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63081-63082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25196]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-469-805]


Stainless Steel Bar From Spain: Final Results of 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 an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
bar (SSB) from Spain. The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2012, 
through February 28, 2013. The review covers one producer/exporter of 
the subject merchandise, Gerdau Aceros Especiales Europa, S.L. 
(Gerdau).\1\ We determine that subject merchandise has not been sold at 
less than normal value during the POR.
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    \1\ We determine that Gerdau is the successor-in-interest to 
Sidenor Industrial S.L. For further discussion, see the memorandum 
from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless 
Steel Bar from Spain; 2012-2013'' dated concurrently with and hereby 
adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).

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DATES: Effective Date: October 22, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1690.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 23, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
and invited interested parties to comment.\2\ Carpenter Technology 
Corporation, Crucible Industries LLC, Universal Stainless & Alloy 
Products Inc., and Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, the 
petitioners) filed a case brief on May 30, 2014. Gerdau filed a 
rebuttal brief on June 4, 2014.
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    \2\ See Stainless Steel Bar From Spain: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 22622 
(April 23, 2014) (Preliminary Results).
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    The deadline for the final results of this review was August 21, 
2014. On July 16, 2014, we extended the deadline for the final results 
to October 20, 2014.\3\
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    \3\ See memorandum from Sandra Dreisonstok, International Trade 
Compliance Analyst, to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, ``Stainless 
Steel Bar from Spain: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013'' dated July 16, 
2014. In this memorandum, we inadvertently calculated an extended 
deadline of October 14, 2014 (60 days from the date of signature) 
instead of October 20, 2014 (60 days from the date of publication). 
See September 10, 2014, memorandum to the file from Sandra 
Dreisonstok, International Trade Compliance Analyst, clarifying this 
error.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is SSB. The SSB subject to the 
order is currently classifiable under subheadings 7222.10.00, 
7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes.\4\ The written 
description is dispositive.
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    \4\ A full description of the scope of the order is contained in 
the Preliminary Results, and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs by parties to this 
administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum. A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice as 
an appendix. The Issues and 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). Access to 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 Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we did not make any 
revisions to the margin calculations for Gerdau.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that a weighted-average 
dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for Gerdau for the period March 
1, 2012, through February 28, 2013.

Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. Because Gerdau's weighted-average dumping margin is zero, we 
will instruct CBP not to assess duties on any of its entries in 
accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews, i.e., 
``{w{time} here the weighted-average margin of dumping for the exporter 
is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping duties will be 
assessed.'' \5\
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    \5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 80102 (February 14, 
2012).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Gerdau for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\6\
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    \6\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
these final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of SSB from Spain entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by 
section 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act): (1) 
The cash deposit rate for Gerdau will be the rate established in the 
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) the 
cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 25.77 percent,\7\ the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \7\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar From Spain, 59 FR 66931 
(December 28, 1994).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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 this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction 
of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 16, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. List of Comments
    1. Non-Bona Fides U.S. Sales
    2. Post-Sale Invoicing of International Freight
III. Background
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
VI. Successor-in-Interest
VII. Recommendation

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