[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53675-53676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21937]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-351-833]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Brazil: Final 
Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of this countervailing duty 
(CVD) order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a 
countervailable subsidy at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results 
of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable October 8, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Hamilton, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4798.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 30, 2002, Commerce published its CVD order on carbon and 
certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Brazil.\1\ On July 3, 
2014, at the conclusion of the second sunset review, Commerce issued a 
notice of continuation of the Order.\2\ On June 4, 2019, Commerce 
published the notice of initiation of the third sunset review of the 
CVD order on wire rod from Brazil pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ Commerce received a notice 
of intent to participate from the following domestic parties: Nucor 
Corporation and Commercial Metals Company (collectively, the domestic 
interested parties),\4\ within the deadline specified

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in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i). Each of the companies claimed interested 
party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as a domestic producer 
of wire rod.
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    \1\ See Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 
Final Negative Critical Circumstances Determination: Carbon and 
Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, 67 FR 55805 (August 30, 
2002).
    \2\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, 
Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago: Continuation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, 79 FR 38008 (July 3, 
2014).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 84 FR 25741 
(June 4, 2019).
    \4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Carbon and 
Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil: Notice of Intent to 
Participate in Review,'' dated June 19, 2019 (in which they noted 
that Charter Steel, EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel, Liberty Steel USA, 
and Optimus Steel LLC also support the continuation of the order and 
are willing to participate in this sunset review).
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    Commerce received an adequate substantive response from the 
domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 
CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ We did not receive a substantive response from 
any other domestic or interested parties in this proceeding, nor was a 
hearing requested.
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    \5\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Carbon and 
Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil: Notice of Intent to 
Participate in Review,'' {sic{time}  dated July 3, 2019.
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    On July 29, 2019, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive 
response from respondent interested parties.\6\ As a result, pursuant 
to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 
Commerce has conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the CVD 
order on wire rod from Brazil.
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    \6\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 1, 
2019,'' dated July 29, 2019.
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Scope of the Order

    This order covers certain carbon and alloy steel wire rods. A full 
description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum,\7\ which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results of the Expedited Third 
Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum. The issues discussed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of 
a countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable subsidy rates 
likely to prevail if this order were revoked. The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 
registered users at https://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records 
Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. A list of the topics 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this 
notice as an Appendix. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at 
http://www.enforcement.trade.gove/frn/. The signed and the electronic 
versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b)(1) and (3) of the Act, we 
determine that revocation of the countervailing duty order on wire rod 
from Brazil would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
countervailable subsidy at the rates listed below:

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                                                              Net
          Manufacturers/producers/exporters             countervailable
                                                       subsidy (percent)
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Companhia Siderurgica Belgo-Mineira (Belgo Mineira)..               6.74
Gerdau S.A...........................................               2.31
All Others...........................................               4.53
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only 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. Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This five-year (sunset) review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: October 2, 2019.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations Enforcement and 
Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Final Results of Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2019-21937 Filed 10-7-19; 8:45 am]
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