[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5144-5145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02233]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1353 and 1356 (Final)]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From South Africa and 
Ukraine; Supplemental Schedule for the Subject Investigations

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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APPLICABLE DATE: January 30, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Corkran (202-205-3057), Office 
of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street 
SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these 
investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective September 5, 2017, the Commission 
established a general schedule for the conduct of the final phase of 
its investigations on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod,\1\ 
following preliminary determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(``Commerce'') that imports of the subject wire rod were subsidized by 
the governments of Italy and Turkey. To date, Commerce has issued final 
affirmative determinations with respect to the subject wire rod from 
(1) Belarus, the Russian Federation, and the United Arab Emirates \2\ 
and most recently (2) South Africa \3\ and Ukraine.\4\

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The Commission, therefore, is issuing a supplemental schedule for its 
investigations on imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod 
from South Africa and Ukraine.
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    \1\ Wire Rod From Belarus, Italy, Korea, Russia, South Africa, 
Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and the United 
Kingdom; Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty and 
Antidumping Duty Investigations, 82 FR 44001, September 20, 2017.
    \2\ Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Belarus, the 
Russian Federation, and the United Arab Emirates: Affirmative Final 
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Partial 
Affirmative Finding of Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 56214, November 
28, 2017.
    \3\ Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the Republic of South 
Africa: Affirmative Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Affirmative Finding of Critical Circumstances, 83 FR 2141, 
January 16, 2018.
    \4\ Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Ukraine: Affirmative 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 2135, 
January 16, 2018.
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    The Commission's supplemental schedule is as follows: The deadline 
for filing supplemental party comments on Commerce's final 
determinations is February 2, 2018; the staff report in the final phase 
of these investigations will be placed in the nonpublic record on 
February 9, 2018; and a public version will be issued thereafter.
    Supplemental party comments may address only Commerce's final 
determinations regarding of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod 
from South Africa and Ukraine. These supplemental final comments may 
not contain new factual information and may not exceed five (5) pages 
in length.
    For further information concerning these investigations see the 
Commission's notice cited above and the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 
207, subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).

    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is 
published pursuant to section 207.21 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: January 31, 2018.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-02233 Filed 2-2-18; 8:45 am]
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