[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16381-16382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07890]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. Nos. 701-TA-573-574 and 731-TA-1350, 1351, 1354, 1355, and 1358 
(Final)]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy, Korea, Spain, 
Turkey, and the United Kingdom; Supplemental Schedule for the Subject 
Investigations

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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DATES: March 28, 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{time}  Belarus, the Russian Federation, and the United Arab 
Emirates,\2\ {2{time}  South

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Africa \3\ and Ukraine \4\ and, most recently, {3{time}  Italy, Korea, 
Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.\5\ The Commission, therefore, is 
issuing a supplemental schedule for its investigations on imports of 
carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, 
Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
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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.
    \5\ See generally 83 FR 13228-13254, March 28, 2018 (Commerce's 
final affirmative determinations of sales at less than fair value of 
carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, 
and the United Kingdom, and Commerce's final affirmative 
determinations regarding countervailable subsidies by the 
governments of Italy and Turkey).
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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 April 13, 2018. The staff report in the final phase 
of these investigations will be placed in the nonpublic record and a 
public version will be issued thereafter.
    Supplemental party comments may address only Commerce's final 
determinations regarding imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire 
rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. 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: April 11, 2018.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-07890 Filed 4-13-18; 8:45 am]
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