[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69938-69940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28751]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-932]


Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') published the 
Preliminary Results of the fifth administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain steel threaded rod from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC'') on May 7, 2015.\1\ We gave interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. Based 
upon our analysis of the comments and information received, we made 
changes to the margin calculations for these final results. The final 
dumping margins are listed below in the ``Final Results of 
Administrative Review'' section of this notice. The period of review 
(``POR'') is April 1, 2013, through March 31, 2014.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 26222 (May 7, 2015) (``Preliminary 
Results'') and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective Date: November 12, 2015.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published the Preliminary Results on May 7, 2015.\2\ 
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309, we invited parties to comment on our 
Preliminary Results. Between June 22, 2015, and July 13, 2015, Vulcan 
Threaded Products Inc. (``Petitioner''), RMB Fasteners Ltd., and IFI & 
Morgan Ltd. (collectively ``RMB/IFI Group''), Gem-Year Industrial Co., 
Ltd. (``Gem-Year''), Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. (``HPS''), and 
Brighton Best International (``BBI'') submitted case and rebuttal 
briefs. On June 12, 2015, the Department extended the deadline for the 
final results to October 19, 2015 \3\, and again on October 6, 2015, to 
November 3, 2015.\4\ On September 9, 2015, the Department held a public 
hearing.
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    \2\ Id.
    \3\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through James Doyle, Office Director, from Julia Hancock, Senior 
International Trade Compliance Analyst, ``Certain Steel Threaded Rod 
from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final 
Results of Administrative Review'' (June 12, 2015).
    \4\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
through James Doyle, Office Director, from Julia Hancock, Senior 
International Trade Compliance Analyst, ``Certain Steel Threaded Rod 
from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final 
Results of Administrative Review'' (October 6, 2015).
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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 subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
our written description of the scope of the order, which is contained 
in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (``I&D Memo''), is 
dispositive.\5\
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    \5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see 
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 the Final Results of Fifth Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's 
Republic of China'' (November 3, 2015) (``I&D Memo'').
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Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by 
parties in this review in the I&D Memo. Attached to this notice, in 
Appendix I, is a list of the issues which parties raised. The I&D Memo 
is a public document and is on file in the Central Records Unit 
(``CRU''), Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building, as 
well as electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``ACCESS''). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and 
in the

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CRU. In addition, a complete version of the I&D Memo can be accessed 
directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed I&D Memo and the electronic versions of the I&D 
Memo are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we have now 
calculated a dumping margin based on the sales data and factors of 
production (``FOP'') data submitted by the RMB/IFI Group. Additionally, 
the Department has selected Thailand as the primary surrogate country 
and valued the RMB/IFI Group's FOP data/movement expenses with data 
from Thailand. For a list of all issues addressed in these final 
results, please refer to Appendix I accompanying this notice.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    The weighted-average dumping margin for the administrative review 
is as follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                          Exporter                              margin
                                                              (percent)
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IFI & Morgan Ltd. and RMB Fasteners Ltd. (collectively            39.42
 ``RMB/IFI Group'')........................................
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    In addition, the Department continues to find that the companies 
identified in Appendix II, attached to this notice, are part of the 
PRC-wide entity.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the ``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department has 
determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') shall 
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. The 
Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this 
administrative review.
    Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, we 
calculated importer (or customer)-specific ad valorem rates by 
aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each 
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total entered 
value of the sales to each importer (or customer).\6\ Where the 
Department calculated a weighted-average dumping margin by dividing the 
total amount of dumping for reviewed sales to that party by the total 
sales quantity associated with those transactions, the Department will 
direct CBP to assess importer-specific assessment rates based on the 
resulting per-unit rates.\7\ Where an importer- (or customer-) specific 
ad valorem or per-unit rate is greater than de minimis, the Department 
will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the time of 
liquidation.\8\ Where an importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem 
or per-unit rate is zero or de minimis, the Department will instruct 
CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\9\ 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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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \7\ Id.
    \8\ Id.
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    Pursuant to the Department's assessment practice, for entries that 
were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by companies 
individually examined during this review, the Department will instruct 
CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide entity 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 entity rate.\10\
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    \10\ 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 administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporter 
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the 
final results of review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, 
i.e., less than 0.5 percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be required 
for that company); (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and 
non-PRC exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published 
for the most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a separate 
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-Wide rate of 206 percent; 
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 exporters that supplied that non-PRC exporter. 
The deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.

Disclosure

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

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    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 or 
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 final results of administrative 
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 2, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I--Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Scope
III. Background
IV. Determination of the Methodology for the RMB/IFI Group
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Application of Total Adverse Facts Available 
(``AFA'') to Gem-Year

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    Comment 2: Application of the PRC-Wide Rate to Gem-Year and Not 
Granting a Separate Rate
    Comment 3: Opportunity To Submit Information on Corroborating 
PRC-Wide Rate
    Comment 4: Application of Total AFA to the RMB/IFI Group
    Comment 5: Application of the PRC-Wide Rate to the RMB/IFI Group 
and Not Granting a Separate Rate
    Comment 6: Selection of Surrogate Country
    Comment 7: Surrogate Value for Steel Wire Rod and Round Bar
    Comment 8: Surrogate Value for Labor
    Comment 9: Surrogate Financial Ratios
VI. Conclusion

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

Fastco (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd.
Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part.
Midas Union Co., Ltd.
New Pole Power System Co. Ltd.
Shanghai P&J International Trading Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology Co. Ltd.
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