[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14912-14913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07296]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-825]
Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that stainless
steel bar (SSB) from Brazil has been sold at less than normal value
during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2017, through August 8,
2017.
DATES: Applicable April 12, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, 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
On October 31, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on SSB from
Brazil.\1\ The administrative review covers one producer or exporter of
the subject merchandise, Villares Metals S.A. (Villares). We gave
interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary
Results, and we received a case brief from Villares.\2\ We did not
receive a rebuttal brief. 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.\3\ If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance
with Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next business
day. Accordingly, the revised deadline for the final results of this
review is now April 9, 2019.
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\1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 83 FR 54715
(October 31, 2018) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Villares' case brief, ``Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil:
Case Brief of Villares Metals SA,'' dated November 30, 2018.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Partial 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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Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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). Although the HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of the order is dispositive. A full
description of the scope of the order is contained tin the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\4\
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil: Issues
and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
The issue raised by Villares in its case brief has been addressed
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and 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 is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Enforcement and
Compliance website at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. A list of the
topics discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as
an Appendix to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
We did not make any changes for these final results.
Final Results of the Administrative Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin
exists for Villares for the period of February 1, 2017, through August
8, 2017.
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Villares Metals S.A..................................... 1.67
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Assessment
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), and the Final Modification,\5\ Commerce intends to
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping
duties and liquidate all appropriate entries for Villares covered by
this review. For Villares, we calculated importer-specific assessment
rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping duties
calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total entered
value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\6\
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\5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012) (Final Modification).
\6\ Id.
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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
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,
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2017.\7\ Furthermore, because the antidumping duty order on SSB from
Brazil 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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\7\ 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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Notification to Importers
This notice 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 duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (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 or
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective
order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and
terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results of an administrative
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: April 9, 2019.
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 Issues and Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issue
Whether to adjust the Comparison Time Periods for purposes of
applying the Cohen's D-Test
V. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2019-07296 Filed 4-11-19; 8:45 am]
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