[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1698-1699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00026]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-932]


Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: 
Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-
2015

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') published the 
Final Results of the sixth administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain steel threaded rod from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'') on November 22, 2016. The period of review (``POR'') is 
April 1, 2014, through March 31, 2015. This review covers two PRC 
exporters of subject merchandise, RMB Fasteners Ltd., IFI & Morgan 
Ltd., and Jiaxing Brother Standard Part Co., Ltd. (collectively ``the 
RMB/IFI Group''), and Zhejiang New Oriental Fastener Co., Ltd. (``New 
Oriental''). The amended final dumping margins are listed below in the 
``Final Results of Administrative Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective January 6, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker, 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) 482-0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published in the Federal Register the Final Results 
of this administrative review on November 22, 2016.\1\ On December 2, 
2016, New Oriental filed a timely allegation that the Department made 
two ministerial errors in the Final Results and requested, pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.224, that the Department correct the alleged ministerial 
errors. No other party

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submitted ministerial error allegations or rebuttal comments.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2014-2015, 81 FR 8300 (November 22, 2016) (``Final Results''), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (``IDM'').
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is steel threaded rod.\2\ 
Steel threaded rod is certain threaded rod, bar, or studs, of carbon 
quality steel, having a solid, circular cross section, of any diameter, 
in any straight length, that have been forged, turned, cold-drawn, 
cold-rolled, machine straightened, or otherwise cold-finished, and into 
which threaded grooves have been applied. Certain steel threaded rod 
subject to the order is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') at subheadings 7318.15.5051, 
7318.15.5056, 7318.15.5090, and 7318.15.2095. Although the HTSUS 
subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise is dispositive.\3\
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    \2\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 
2009).
    \3\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, from Christian Marsh, 
regarding ``Sixth Antidumping Administrative Review of Certain Steel 
Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: Ministerial Error 
Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice (``Ministerial 
Errors Memo'').
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Amended Final Results

    Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), 
defines ``ministerial error'' as including ``errors in addition, 
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting 
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type 
of unintentional error which the administering authority considers 
ministerial.'' After analyzing New Oriental's comments, we have 
determined, in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e), that we made certain ministerial errors in the final 
results with respect to our calculation of surrogate financial 
ratios.\4\
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    \4\ See Ministerial Errors Memo.
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    For a detailed discussion of these ministerial errors, as well as 
the Department's analysis of these errors, see Ministerial Errors Memo. 
In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), we 
are amending the Final Results of this administrative review of certain 
steel threaded rod from the PRC. The dumping margins for the period of 
review for these amended final results are as follows:

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                                                             Weighted-
                                                              average
                        Exporter                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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RMB Fasteners Ltd., and IFI & Morgan Ltd. (``RMB/IFI                0.00
 Group'')...............................................
Zhejiang New Oriental Fasteners Co., Ltd. (``New                    5.40
 Oriental'')............................................
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    These amended final results and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(h), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.224(e).

    Dated: December 23, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-00026 Filed 1-5-17; 8:45 am]
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