[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11049-11050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05644]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-469-805]
Stainless Steel Bar From Spain: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Sidenor
Aceros Especiales S.L. (Sidenor) sold subject merchandise in the United
States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR) March 1, 2017, through August 8, 2017.
DATES: Applicable March 25, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trenton Duncan or Kabir Archuletta,
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3539 or (202)
482-2593, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative
review on stainless steel bar (SSB) from Spain on December 10, 2018.\1\
We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results;
however, no interested party submitted comments. Commerce conducted
this administrative review of the antidumping duty order on SSB from
Spain in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and (2) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ When the review was initiated, the
period of review (POR) was March 1, 2017, through Febrary 28, 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 Spain, effective August 9, 2017.\3\ As a
result, the POR was revised to March 1, 2017, through August 8,
2017.\4\
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\1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from Spain: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 83 FR 63478
(December 10, 2018) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order:
Stainless Steel Bar from Spain, 60 FR 11656 (March 2, 1995) (Order).
\3\ 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).
\4\ Id.
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Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\5\ If the new
deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's
practice, the deadline will become the next business day. The revised
deadline for the final results of this review is now May 20, 2019.
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\5\ See memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines
Affected by the Pai1ial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding
have been extended by 40 days.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is Stainless Steel Bar. The
merchandise subject to this order is currently classified under the
following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings: 7222.10.00, 7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, and
7222.30.00.\6\ Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope
of the order is dispositive.\7\
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\6\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see
Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from
Spain; 2017-2018,'' dated December 3, 2018.
\7\ The HTSUS numbers provided in the scope changed since the
publication of the order. See Amended Final Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Bar from Spain, 60 FR 11656
(March 2, 1995).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
As no parties submitted comments on the Preliminary Results, we
made no changes in the final results of this review.
Final Results of the Review
As there are no changes from, or comments upon, the Preliminary
Results, Commerce has not modified its analysis or calculations.
Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register
notice. We continue to find that Sidenor made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value during the POR.
Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping
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margin exists for the period March 1, 2017, through August 8, 2017:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Sidenor Aceros Especiales, S.L............................. 1.76
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Assessment Rates
Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries in this review, in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Commerce intends to
issue assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication
of these final results of review.
In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Sidenor
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.
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.\8\ Furthermore, because the antidumping duty order on SSB from
Spain has been revoked as a result of the Revocation Notice, Commerce
does not intend to issue cash deposit instructions at the conclusion of
this administrative review.
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\8\ 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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Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final 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 POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and
the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
Dated: March 20, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-05644 Filed 3-22-19; 8:45 am]
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