[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45809-45810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20925]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-859]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty 
Order

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Based on an affirmative final determination by the Department 
of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission 
(ITC), the Department is issuing the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Taiwan.

DATES: Applicable: October 2, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun Jack Zhao or Kathryn Wallace at 
(202) 482-1396 and (202) 482-6251, respectively, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on June 27, 2017 
the Department published its affirmative final determination in the 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of rebar from Taiwan.\1\ On 
September 11, 2017, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determination that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured by reason of LTFV imports of subject merchandise from Taiwan 
within the meaning of 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.\2\ On September 15, 
the ITC published its final determination in the Federal Register.\3\
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    \1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 34925 (June 
27, 2017) (Final Determination).
    \2\ See Letter from the ITC to the Honorable Gary Taverman, 
September 11, 2017 (Notification of ITC Final Determination); see 
also Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan, Investigation No. 
731-TA-1339 (Final) (September 2017).
    \3\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan, 82 FR 43403 
(September 15, 2017).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is rebar from Taiwan. For a 
complete description of the scope of the order, see the Appendix to 
this notice.

Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the 
Department of its final determination in this investigation, in which 
it found that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of rebar from Taiwan. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are issuing this antidumping duty 
order. Because the ITC determined that imports of rebar from Taiwan are 
materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such 
merchandise from Taiwan, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties 
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise 
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the 
merchandise, for all relevant entries of rebar from Taiwan. Antidumping 
duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of rebar from Taiwan 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 
7, 2017, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination,\4\ 
but will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the 
provisional measures period and before publication in the Federal 
Register of the ITC's injury determination, as further described below.
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    \4\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 
12800 (March 7, 2017) (Preliminary Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department 
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all relevant 
entries of rebar from Taiwan, effective the date of publication of the 
ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal Register. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    The Department will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits for 
estimated antidumping duties equal to the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins indicated below. Accordingly, effective September 15, 
2017, the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative 
determination in the Federal Register, CBP will require, at the same 
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins listed below.\5\ The relevant all-others rates 
apply to all producers or exporters not specifically listed below.
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    \5\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation 
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in 
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six 
months. At the request of exporters that account for a significant 
proportion of rebar from Taiwan, the Department extended the four-month 
period to six months in this case.\6\ The Department published the 
preliminary determination on March 7, 2017. Therefore, the extended 
period, beginning on the date of publication of the preliminary 
determination, ended on September 3, 2017. Furthermore, section 737(b) 
of the Act states that the collection of final cash deposits will begin 
on the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
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    \6\ See Preliminary Determination 82 FR at 12801.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of rebar from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption after September 3, 2017, until and through 
September 14, 2017, the day preceding the date of publication of the 
ITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register.

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The weighted-average antidumping duty margin percentages are as 
follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Exporter/manufacturer                       dumping
                                                               margins
                                                              (percent)
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Power Steel Co., Ltd.......................................         3.50
Lo-Toun Steel and Iron Works Co., Ltd......................        32.01
All-Others.................................................         3.50
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
rebar from Taiwan, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested 
parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently in effect 
at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    This order is issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

    Dated: September 25, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this order is steel concrete 
reinforcing bar imported in either straight length or coil form 
(rebar) regardless of metallurgy, length, diameter, or grade or lack 
thereof. Subject merchandise includes deformed steel wire with bar 
markings (e.g., mill mark, size, or grade) and which has been 
subjected to an elongation test.
    The subject merchandise includes rebar that has been further 
processed in the subject countries or a third country, including but 
not limited to cutting, grinding, galvanizing, painting, coating, or 
any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise 
from the scope of this order if performed in the country of 
manufacture of the rebar.
    Specifically excluded are plain rounds (i.e., nondeformed or 
smooth rebar). Also excluded from the scope is deformed steel wire 
meeting ASTM A1064/A1064M with no bar markings (e.g., mill mark, 
size, or grade) and without being subject to an elongation test.
    The subject merchandise is classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) primarily under item numbers 
7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010. The subject 
merchandise may also enter under other HTSUS numbers including 
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000, 7221.00.0017, 7221.00.0018, 
7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, 7222.11.0001, 7222.11.0057, 
7222.11.0059, 7222.30.0001, 7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6030, 
7227.90.6035, 7227.90.6040, 7228.20.1000, and 7228.60.6000.
    HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes; 
however, the written description of the scope remains dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2017-20925 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P