[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62086-62088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21656]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: On March 10, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (SSB) from India. The 
period of review (POR) is February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015. 
Based on comments received from interested parties, we have made 
changes to the preliminary results. The final dumping margin for this 
review is listed in the ``Final Results of the Review'' section below.

DATES: Effective September 8, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Shuler, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Following the Preliminary Results,\1\ the Department issued an 
additional supplemental questionnaire to Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd. 
(Bhansali) on March 20, 2015, and received a response on April 2, 
2015.\2\ We received timely filed case and rebuttal briefs from 
Bhansali and North American Stainless and Valbruna Slater Stainless, 
Inc. (the

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petitioners) and a case brief from Ambica Steels Limited (Ambica).\3\
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results, and 
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2014-2015, 81 FR 12694 (March 10, 2016) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Letter from the Department to Bhansali, ``Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar from India: Second 
Section D Supplemental Questionnaire,'' dated March 25, 2016; see 
also Letter from Bhansali, ``Bhansali Bright Bars Private Limited 
2nd Supplemental Response to Section D of Antidumping Duty 
Questionnaire,'' dated April 8, 2016.
    \3\ See Letter from the petitioners to the Department, 
``Petitioners' Case Brief,'' (Petitioner's CB), April 14, 2016; see 
also, letter from Bhansali to the Department, ``Certain Stainless 
Steel Bar Product from India: Bhansali's Case Brief,'' (Bhansali's 
CB), April 14, 2016; see also, letter from Ambica to the Department, 
``Stainless Steel Bar from India: Ambica Steels Ltd Case Brief,'' 
(Ambica's CB), April 14, 2016; see also letter from the petitioners 
to the Department, ``Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief,'' (Petitioners' 
RB), April 25, 2016; see also, letter from Bhansali to the 
Department, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India: Bhansali Bright Bars 
Private Limited's (Bhansali) Rebuttal Brief dated May 11, 2015,'' 
(Bhansali's RB), April 28, 2016.
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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. The written description 
is dispositive.\4\
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    \4\ For a full description of the scope of the order, 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 the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar from India'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum), 
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is incorporated herein by 
reference. A list of the issues which parties raised, and to which we 
respond in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 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 (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov/login.aspx, and it is available to all parties in the 
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
certain changes since the Preliminary Results. For a discussion of 
these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the respondents for the period 
February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015.

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                    Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd...........................            0.00
Ambica Steels Limited...................................            0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). The respondents' 
weighted-average dumping margin in these final results is zero percent. 
Therefore, we will instruct CBP to liquidate all appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties. The Department intends to issue 
the appropriate assessment instructions for Ambica and Bhansali to CBP 
15 days after the date of publication of these final results.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Ambica and Bhansali for which it 
did not know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In 
such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate companies 
involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

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 subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates 
for Ambica and Bhansali will be the rates 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 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, 
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 12.45 percent, the ``all 
others'' rate established in the order.\5\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \5\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 
28, 1994).
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final 
results of review within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Notifications

    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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 the terms of an APO is a 
sanctionable violation.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.


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    Dated: September 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Issues Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether to Name Respondents' Customers in Final 
Liquidation Instructions
    Comment 2: Whether Bhansali is an Uncooperative Respondent
    Comment 3: Whether the Department Should Accept Bhansali's Sales 
and Cost Data
    Comment 4: Whether the Department Properly Handled the Billing 
Adjustments in the Preliminary Results
VI. Recommendation

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