[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 65 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16795-16796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06828]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods From India: Final Results of 
the Expedited Fourth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this review, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
certain stainless steel wire rods from India (wire rods) would likely 
lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping at the margins 
identified in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective April 6, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andre Gziryan or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:

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(202) 482-2201 and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 1993, the Department published the AD order on wire 
rods from India.\1\ On December 1, 2016, the Department published the 
notice of initiation of the fourth sunset review of the AD order on 
wire rods,\2\ pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).
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    \1\ Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods 
from India, 58 FR 63335 (December 1, 1993).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 81 FR 86697 
(December 1, 2016) (Notice of Initiation).
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    On December 13, 2016, the Department received a notice of intent to 
participate on behalf of Carpenter Technology Corporation, North 
American Stainless, and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. 
(collectively, the domestic interested parties) within the 15-day 
period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). The domestic interested 
parties claimed interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the 
Act as manufacturers in the United States of a domestic like product 
for the proceeding.
    On January 3, 2017, the Department received a complete substantive 
response to the Notice of Initiation from the domestic interested 
parties within the 30-day period, specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ We received no substantive responses from any 
respondent interested parties. As a result, pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the 
Department conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the AD 
order on wire rods from India.
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    \3\ See Letter from domestic interested parties regarding 
``Five-Year (Sunset) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Stainless Steel Wire Rod From India--Petitioners' Substantive 
Response,'' dated January 3, 2017.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the AD order is certain stainless steel 
wire rods from India, which are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed and/
or pickled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in 
coils. The wire rods subject to this order are currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0017, 7221.00.0018, 
7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 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 merchandise subject to the order is dispositive.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum from Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary 
Gary Taverman to Acting Assistant Secretary Ronald K. Lorentzen 
entitled, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain 
Stainless Steel Wire Rods from India,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum), at 2, for a full 
description of the scope of the order.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review, including the likelihood 
of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the 
margins likely to prevail if the order is revoked, are addressed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this 
notice.\5\ 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 http://access.trade.gov, and 
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.
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    \5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
the Department determines that revocation of the AD order on wire rods 
from India would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping, and that the margins likely to prevail would be weighted-
average margins up to 48.80 percent.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to the parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of propriety information disclosed 
under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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 subject 
to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing the final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

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