[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54715-54717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23792]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-825]


Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
the sole exporter subject to this administrative review has made sales 
of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR) February 1, 2017, through August 8, 2017. We invite 
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable October 31, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This review covers one producer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Villares Metals S.A. (Villares). When the review was 
initiated, the period of review (POR) was February 1, 2017 through 
January 31, 2018. However, on October 3, 2018, as a result of a five-
year (sunset) review, Commerce revoked the antidumping duty order on 
imports of stainless steel bar (SSB) from Brazil, effective August 9, 
2017. As a result, the POR was revised to February 1, 2017, through 
August 8, 2017.\1\
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and 
Spain: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order (India) and Revocation 
of Antidumping Duty Orders (Brazil, Japan, and Spain), 83 FR 49910 
(October 3, 2018) (Revocation Notice).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is SSB. The SSB subject to the 
order is currently classifiable under subheadings 7222.10.00, 
7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). While the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
is dispositive. A full

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description of the scope of the order is contained in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \2\ See the Memorandum, ``Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil: 
Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2017-2018,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed 
export price and export price were calculated in accordance with 
section 772 of the Act. Normal value was calculated in accordance with 
section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our conclusions, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made 
available to the public 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 Commerce's Central Records Unit, located at Room 
B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of the topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached at the 
Appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for Villares for the 
period February 1, 2017, through August 8, 2017.

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Villares Metals S.A........................................        1.67
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days after public announcement of the 
preliminary results.\3\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\4\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement 
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\5\
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance. All documents must be filed electronically using ACCESS, 
which is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov. An 
electronically filed request must be received successfully in its 
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days after the 
date of publication of this notice.\6\ Requests should contain: (1) The 
party's name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised 
in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case 
briefs.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in 
any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, unless extended, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) and (2).

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this revised POR. If 
Villares' weighted-average dumping margin continues to be above de 
minimis in the final results of this review, we will calculate 
importer-specific assessment rates based on the ratio of the total 
amount of antidumping duties calculated for each importers' examined 
sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(b)(1).\7\ If Villares' weighted-average dumping margin is 
zero or de minimis in the final results of this review, we will 
instruct CBP not to assess duties on any of its entries in accordance 
with the Final Modification for Reviews.\8\
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    \7\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the 
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 
Reviews).
    \8\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8102.
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Villares for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company or 
companies involved in the transaction.
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of 
the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In the Revocation Notice, Commerce stated that it intends to issue 
instructions to CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to 
discontinue the collection of cash deposits on entries of subject 
merchandise, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after August 9, 
2017.\9\ Furthermore, because the antidumping duty order on SSB from 
Brazil has been revoked as a result of the Revocation Notice, Commerce 
will not issue cash deposit instructions at the conclusion of this 
administrative review.
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    \9\ See Revocation Notice, 83 FR 49911.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this period of review. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) 
and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 25, 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

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary

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II. Background
III. Period of Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Methodology
    (1) Comparisons to Normal Value
    A. Determination of Comparison Method
    B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
    (2) Product Comparisons
    (3) Date of Sale
    (4) Level of Trade/CEP Offset
    (5) Export Price and Constructed Export Price
    (6) Normal Value
    A. Home Market Viability and Comparison Market
    B. Cost of Production
    1. Calculation of Cost of Production
    2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
    3. Results of the COP Test
    C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

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