[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68662-68664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27293]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-469-805]


Stainless Steel Bar From Spain: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
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, 2013, 
through February 28, 2014. The review covers one producer/exporter of 
the subject merchandise, Gerdau Aceros Especiales Europa, S.L. 
(Gerdau). We preliminarily determine that Gerdau had no shipments of 
subject merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective November 18, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov or Minoo Hatten,

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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, and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is SSB. The term SSB with 
respect to the order means articles of stainless steel in straight 
lengths that have been either hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, 
cold-rolled or otherwise cold-finished, or ground, having a uniform 
solid cross section along their whole length in the shape of circles, 
segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles, 
hexagons, octagons or other convex polygons. SSB includes cold-finished 
SSBs that are turned or ground in straight lengths, whether produced 
from hot-rolled bar or from straightened and cut rod or wire, and 
reinforcing bars that have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other 
deformations produced during the rolling process. Except as specified 
above, the term does not include stainless steel semi-finished 
products, cut-length flat-rolled products (i.e., cut-length rolled 
products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness have a width measuring 
at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or more in thickness 
having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the 
thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed products in coils, of any uniform 
solid cross section along their whole length, which do not conform to 
the definition of flat-rolled products), and angles, shapes and 
sections.
    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).
    Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.\1\
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    \1\ The HTSUS numbers provided in the scope changed since the 
publication of the order. See Amended Final Determination and 
Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Bar From Spain, 60 FR 11656 
(March 2, 1995).
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Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    We published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on SSB from Spain 
covering one company, Gerdau.\2\ On May 1, 2014, we requested the U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for all entries of SSB by 
Gerdau during the POR and found that there were no entries.\3\ We 
received a timely submission from Gerdau reporting that it did not have 
sales, shipments, or entries of the subject merchandise during the 
POR.\4\ We transmitted a ``No-Shipment Inquiry'' to CBP regarding this 
company.\5\ Pursuant to this inquiry, we received no notification from 
CBP of entries of subject merchandise from Gerdau. Accordingly, based 
on record evidence, we preliminarily determine that Gerdau had no 
shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. Further, consistent 
with our practice, we find that it is not appropriate to rescind the 
review with respect to Gerdau, but rather to complete the review and 
issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of 
this review.\6\
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    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 79 FR 
24398 (April 30, 2014).
    \3\ See Memorandum to the file entitled ``Stainless Steel Bar 
from Spain--Release of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
Data'' dated May 9, 2014.
    \4\ See Gerdau's letter entitled ``Stainless Steel Bar From 
Spain; Entry of appearance and notification of no shipments'' dated 
May 10, 2014.
    \5\ See CBP message 4140301 dated May 20, 2014; see also 
correction message 4160304 dated June 9, 2014.
    \6\ See, e.g., Magnesium Metal From the Russian Federation: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 
26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in Magnesium Metal From the 
Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
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Public Comment

    Interested parties may submit cases briefs no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, 
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later 
than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\8\ Parties who 
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged 
to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief 
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\9\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce. All documents must be filed 
electronically using Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA 
ACCESS).\10\ An electronically-filed request must be received 
successfully in its entirety by IA ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\11\ 
Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case briefs. The Department intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, including the results of 
its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 
120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \10\ IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov.
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    For the final results, if we continue to find that Gerdau had no 
shipments of subject merchandise, following issuance of the final 
results of review, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR 
produced by Gerdau for which this company did not know that the 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate un-reviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no 
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\12\
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    \12\ 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 the 
publication date of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Gerdau will 
remain unchanged from the rate assigned to the company in the most 
recently completed review of that company; (2) for other manufacturers 
and exporters covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published 
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which 
that manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not 
a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation, but the manufacturer is,

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the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most 
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of 
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 25.77 percent, the all-
others rate established in the investigation.\13\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \13\ See 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 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 this POR. 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this administrative review and notice 
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 7, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-27293 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]
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