[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 22 (Friday, February 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9197-9198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02347]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-820]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Thailand: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on prestressed 
concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand. The period of 
review (POR) is January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. The review 
covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, The Siam 
Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW). We preliminarily determine that SIW 
did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value 
(NV). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Effective February 3, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sergio Balbontin or Brian Smith, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6478 or (202) 
482-1677, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order \1\ is PC strand from 
Thailand. The product is currently classified under subheadings 
7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 of the Harmonized Tariff System of the 
United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of 
merchandise subject to the scope is dispositive.\2\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand from Thailand, 69 FR 4111 (January 28, 2004) 
(Order).
    \2\ A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in 
the memorandum to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Compliance, from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Prestressed Concrete Steel 
Wire Strand from Thailand'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated 
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) and 751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed export price is calculated in 
accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance 
with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the 
public 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 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the topics discussed in 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this 
notice.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this administrative review, we preliminarily 
determine that a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists 
for SIW for the POR.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, we intend to verify 
information relied upon in the final results.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the

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date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).
    Interested parties may submit case briefs not later than seven days 
after we issue the final verification report in this proceeding. 
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.\3\ 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.\4\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\5\ 
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. If a request for a hearing is made, the 
Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined.\6\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    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, unless the deadline is extended.\7\
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    \7\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall 
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review.\8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    If SIW's weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis in the 
final results of this review, we will calculate an importer-specific 
assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
antidumping duties calculated for the importer's examined sales and the 
total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). If SIW's weighted-average dumping margin continues to be 
zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we will instruct CBP 
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\9\
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after 
publication of the 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 the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate 
for SIW will be the rate established in the final results of this 
administrative review, except if the rate is de minimis within the 
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1) (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), in 
which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (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; (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 period for the manufacturer of the 
merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or 
exporters will continue to be 12.91 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\10\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \10\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    The Department is issuing and publishing these results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213.

    Dated: January 30, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Methodology
    Bona Fides Analysis
    Comparisons to Normal Value
    A. Determination of Comparison Method
    B. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
    C. Product Comparisons
Constructed Export Price
Normal Value
    A. Home-Market Viability and Comparison Market
    B. Level of Trade
    C. Cost of Production Analysis
    1. Calculation of COP
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of the COP Test
    D. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
Currency Conversion
Recommendation

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