[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 98 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23417-23420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10879]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-836, A-580-891, A-469-816, A-489-831, A-412-826]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy, the Republic of 
Korea, Spain, the Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: 
Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty 
Determinations for Spain and the Republic of Turkey

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

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), 
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty orders on carbon and alloy steel 
wire rod (wire rod) from Italy, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Spain, 
the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), and the United Kingdom. In addition, 
Commerce is amending its affirmative final determinations for Spain and 
Turkey to correct ministerial errors.

DATES: Applicable May 21, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner at (202) 482-6312 
(Italy), Lingjun Wang at (202) 482-2316 (Korea), Chelsey Simonovich or 
Davina Friedmann at (202) 482-1979 or (202) 482-0698 (Spain), Ryan 
Mullen or Ian Hamilton at (202) 482-5260 and (202) 482-4798, 
respectively (Turkey), and Alice Maldonado at (202) 482-4682 (United 
Kingdom), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(a), 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on March 
28, 2018, Commerce published its affirmative final determinations in 
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of wire rod from Italy, 
Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.\1\
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    \1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 13230 (March 
28, 2018); Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the Republic of 
Korea: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value and Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 83 
FR 13228 (March 28, 2018) and the accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum; Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Spain: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Final 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 83 FR 13233 (March 
28, 2018) (Spain Final Determination) and the accompanying Issues 
and Decision Memorandum; Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from 
Turkey: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 83 FR 13249 
(March 28, 2018) (Turkey Final Determination) and the accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum; Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from 
the United Kingdom: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, 83 FR 13252 (March 28, 2018) and the accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    On March 27, 2018, Nucor Corporation, a petitioner in these 
investigations (the petitioner), alleged that Commerce made a 
ministerial error in the Turkey Final Determination with regard to 
programming language identifying the U.S. date of sale for respondent 
Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S. (Habas).\2\ On 
April 13, 2018, Commerce issued a ministerial error memorandum agreeing 
that it made a ministerial error, but found that revisions to the 
programming language had no impact on the final margin for Habas.\3\ On 
April 17, 2018, the petitioner commented on Commerce's ministerial 
error memorandum and alleged that Commerce misplaced the revised 
programming language used to correct Habas' U.S. date of sale, which 
incorrectly resulted in no change to the calculated margin.\4\ Habas 
did not comment on either allegation.
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    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
From the Republic of Turkey: Ministerial Error Allegation,'' dated 
March 27, 2018.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Carbon 
and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Turkey: Allegation of Ministerial 
Error in the Final Determination,'' dated April 13, 2018.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
from the Republic of Turkey: Comments on the Department's 
Ministerial Error Memorandum,'' dated April 17, 2018.
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    On April 3, 2018, Global Steel Wire S.A., CELSA Atlantic S.A., and 
Compan[iacute]a Espa[ntilde]ola de Laminaci[oacute]n (collectively, 
CELSA) alleged that Commerce made ministerial errors by 
mischaracterizing the destination codes in the final margin program in 
the Spain Final Determination. Additionally, CELSA alleges that 
Commerce failed to deduct all applicable U.S. constructed

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export price (CEP) expenses in the margin calculation program.\5\
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    \5\ See CELSA's Letter, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of 
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Spain: Ministerial Errors 
Contained in the Final Determination,'' dated April 3, 2018.
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    On May 11, 2018, the ITC notified Commerce of its affirmative final 
determinations that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the 
Act, by reason of LTFV imports of subject merchandise from Italy, 
Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, and its determinations 
that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of 
wire rod from Spain and the United Kingdom that are subject to 
Commerce's affirmative critical circumstances findings.\6\
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    \6\ See Letter from the ITC to the Honorable Gary Taverman, May 
11, 2018 (Notification of ITC Final Determinations); see also Carbon 
and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, 
and the United Kingdom, Investigation Nos. 701-TA-573-574 and 731-
TA-1350, 1351, 1354, 1355, and 1358 (Final) (May 2018).
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Scope of the Orders

    The product covered by these orders is wire rod from Italy, Korea, 
Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. For a complete description of 
the scope of the orders, see the Appendix to this notice.

Amendments to Final Determinations

    With respect to the Turkey Final Determination, Commerce reviewed 
the record and agrees that the error identified by the petitioner with 
respect to the placement of the revised programming language 
constitutes a ministerial error within the meaning of section 735(e) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).\7\ Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.224(e), Commerce is amending the Turkey Final Determination to 
reflect the correction of this ministerial error in the calculation of 
the final margin assigned to Habas, which changes from 4.74 percent to 
4.93 percent.\8\ In addition, because the ``all-others'' rate is based 
on the margins for Habas and the other mandatory respondent, Icdas 
Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S. (Icdas),\9\ we are revising 
the ``all-others'' rate, which changes from 6.34 percent ad valorem to 
6.44 percent ad valorem, consistent with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 
Act, as stated in the Turkey Final Determination.\10\
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Carbon 
and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Turkey: Allegation of Ministerial 
Error Memorandum for the Amended Final Determination,'' dated May 
16, 2018.
    \8\ Id. at 3-4.
    \9\ Icdas' final margin remains unchanged; see Turkey Final 
Determination, 83 FR at 13250.
    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Carbon 
and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Turkey: Calculation of All-Others' 
Rate in Amended Final Determination,'' dated May 16, 2018.
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    With respect to the Spain Final Determination, Commerce reviewed 
the record and agrees that the errors identified by CELSA constitute 
ministerial errors within the meaning of section 735(e) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.224(f) and that it unintentionally incorrectly defined 
CELSA's U.S. destination codes in the final margin calculation 
program.\11\ Commerce also finds that it unintentionally failed to 
deduct one of CELSA's CEP expenses in the final margin calculation 
program.\12\
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    \11\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Carbon 
and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Spain: Ministerial Error Memorandum,'' 
dated May 15, 2018.
    \12\ Id.
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    Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending the 
Spain Final Determination to reflect the correction of ministerial 
errors made in the margin calculation for CELSA, which changes the 
final margin from 11.08 percent to 10.11 percent. In addition, because 
the ``all-others'' rate in the Spain Final Determination was based on 
the estimated weighted-average dumping margin calculated for CELSA,\13\ 
Commerce, consistent with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, is also 
amending the ``all-others'' rate, which changes from 11.08 percent ad 
valorem to 10.11 percent ad valorem, as stated in the Spain Final 
Determination.
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    \13\ See Spain Final Determination.
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Antidumping Duty Orders

    In accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determinations in these 
investigations, in which it found that an industry in the United States 
is materially injured by reason of imports of wire rod from Italy, 
Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.\14\ Therefore, in 
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are issuing these 
antidumping duty orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of 
wire rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom are 
materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such 
merchandise from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, 
entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the 
assessment of antidumping duties.
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    \14\ See Notification of ITC Final Determinations.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, 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 wire rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the 
United Kingdom. Antidumping duties will be assessed on unliquidated 
entries of wire rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United 
Kingdom entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after October 31, 2017, the date of publication of the Preliminary 
Determinations.\15\
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    \15\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 
50381 (October 31, 2017); Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the 
Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, and Preliminary Negative Determination of 
Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 50386 (October 31, 2017); Carbon and 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Spain: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 82 FR 50389 
(October 31, 2017); Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Turkey: 
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, and Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, 82 FR 50377 (October 31, 2017); Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Wire Rod from the United Kingdom: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 50394 
(October 31, 2017) (collectively, Preliminary Determinations).
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins

    The estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margin percentages 
and cash deposit rates are as follows:

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Exporter/producer                     Weighted-average dumping margins
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Italy:
    Ferriere Nord S.p.A./
     Acciaierie di Verona
     S.p.A\16\....................                  12.41
    Ferriera Valsider S.p.A.......                  18.89
    All-Others....................                  12.41
Korea:
    POSCO.........................                  41.10

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    All-Others....................                  41.10
Spain:
    Global Steel Wire S.A./CELSA
     Atlantic S.A./Compan[iacute]a
     Espa[ntilde]ola de
     Laminaci[oacute]n............                  10.11
    ArcelorMittal Espana S.A......                  32.64
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    All-Others....................                  10.11
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                                     Weighted-average  Cash-deposit rate
                                     dumping margins       (adjusted for
                                            (percent)  export subsidies)
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Turkey:
    Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar                  4.93               1.05
     Istihsal Endustrisi A.S......
    Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve                7.94               4.15
     Ulasim Sanayi A.S............
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    All-Others....................               6.44               2.59
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United Kingdom:
    British Steel Limited.........                 147.63
    Longs Steel UK Limited........                 147.63
    All-Others....................                 147.63
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
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    \16\ Ferriere Nord S.p.A. and Acciaierie di Verona S.p.A. were 
treated as a single entity for the final determination.
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    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will 
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all relevant entries 
of wire rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, 
effective the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determinations in the Federal Register. These instructions suspending 
liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
    Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to 
the amounts as indicated below, which are adjusted for certain 
countervailable export subsidies, where appropriate. Accordingly, 
effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative 
injury determinations in the Federal Register, CBP will require, at the 
same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on the 
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the weighted-average 
dumping margins, adjusted for countervailable export subsidies, where 
appropriate, listed below.\17\ The relevant ``all-others'' rates apply 
to all producers or exporters not specifically listed below.
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    \17\ 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 
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months. 
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion 
of wire rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, 
Commerce extended the four-month period to six months in each case.\18\ 
Commerce published the Preliminary Determinations for all five 
underlying investigations on October 31, 2017. Therefore, the extended 
period, beginning on the date of publication of the Preliminary 
Determinations, ended on April 28, 2018. Furthermore, section 737(b) of 
the Act states that the collection of final, estimated cash deposits 
will begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final injury 
determinations.
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    \18\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy, the 
Republic of Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom: 
Postponement of Final Determinations of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation and Extension of Provisional Measures, 82 FR 51613 
(November 7, 2017).
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, Commerce will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of wire rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and 
the United Kingdom entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption after April 28, 2018, the final day on which the 
provisional measures were in effect in these proceedings, until and 
through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final 
injury determinations in the Federal Register. Suspension of 
liquidation will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final 
determinations in the Federal Register.

Critical Circumstances

    The ITC notified Commerce of its determinations that critical 
circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of wire rod from 
Spain and the United Kingdom subject to Commerce's critical 
circumstances finding.\19\ With regard to the ITC's negative critical 
circumstances determinations on imports of subject merchandise from 
Spain and the United Kingdom, Commerce will instruct CBP to lift 
suspension and to refund any cash deposits made to secure the payment 
of estimated antidumping duties with respect to entries of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after August 2, 2017 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of publication of 
the Preliminary Determinations), but before October 31, 2017, (i.e., 
the date of publication of the Preliminary Determinations).
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    \19\ Notification of ITC Final Determinations.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the antidumping orders with respect to wire 
rod from Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, 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.

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    These amended final determinations and orders are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 735(e) and 736(a) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.211(b) and 351.224(e) and (f).

    Dated: May 16, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these orders are certain hot-rolled 
products of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately 
round cross section, less than 19.00 mm in actual solid cross-
sectional diameter. Specifically excluded are steel products 
possessing the above-noted physical characteristics and meeting the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) definitions 
for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool steel; (c) high-nickel steel; (d) 
ball bearing steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing bars and rods. Also 
excluded are free cutting steel (also known as free machining steel) 
products (i.e., products that contain by weight one or more of the 
following elements: 0.1 percent or more of lead, 0.05 percent or 
more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of sulfur, more than 0.04 
percent of phosphorous, more than 0.05 percent of selenium, or more 
than 0.01 percent of tellurium). All products meeting the physical 
description of subject merchandise that are not specifically 
excluded are included in this scope.
    The products under these orders are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3093; 
7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 
7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, and 
7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products entered under subheadings 
7213.99.0090 and 7227.90.6090 of the HTSUS also may be included in 
this scope if they meet the physical description of subject 
merchandise above. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
scope of these proceedings is dispositive.

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