[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70496-70498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27641]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-095, C-570-096]


Aluminum Wire and Cable From the People's Republic of China: 
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

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

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(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on imports of aluminum wire 
and cable from the People's Republic of China (China).

DATES: Applicable December 23, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Decker or Caitlin Monks at (202) 
482-0196 and (202) 482-2670, respectively, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
VII, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In accordance with sections 705(d) and 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), on October 30, 2019, Commerce published its 
affirmative final determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation of aluminum wire and cable from China, and its 
affirmative final determination that countervailable subsidies are 
being provided to producers and exporters of aluminum wire and cable 
from China.\1\ On December 16, 2019, the ITC notified Commerce of its 
final affirmative determinations that an industry in the United States 
is materially injured by reason of LTFV imports and subsidized imports 
of aluminum wire and cable from China, within the meaning of sections 
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.\2\
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    \1\ See Aluminum Wire and Cable from the People's Republic of 
China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value, 84 FR 58134 (October 30, 2019) (AD Final Determination); see 
also Aluminum Wire and Cable from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 84 FR 58137 
(October 30, 2019) (CVD Final Determination).
    \2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final 
Determinations,'' dated December 16, 2019 (ITC Notification); see 
also Aluminum Wire and Cable from China, Inv. No. 701-TA-611 and 
731-TA-1428 (USITC Publication 5001).
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by these orders are aluminum wire and cable 
from China. For a complete description of the scope of the orders, see 
the Appendix to this notice.

AD Order

    As stated above, on December 16, 2019, in accordance with section 
735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination 
that an industry in the United States is materially injured within the 
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of imports of 
aluminum wire and cable from China that are sold in the United States 
at LTFV. Therefore, in accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we 
are issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that imports of 
aluminum wire and cable from China are materially injuring a U.S. 
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from China entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption are subject to the 
assessment of antidumping duties.
    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 aluminum wire and cable from China. Antidumping 
duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of aluminum wire and 
cable from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after June 5, 2019, the date of publication of the AD Preliminary 
Determination,\3\ but will not include entries occurring after the 
expiration of the provisional measures period and before publication of 
the ITC's final injury determination, as further described below.
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    \3\ See Aluminum Wire and Cable from the People's Republic of 
China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 84 FR 26069 
(June 5, 2019) (AD Preliminary Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation--AD

    In accordance with section 736 of the Act, we will instruct CBP to 
continue the suspension of liquidation on entries of aluminum wire and 
cable from China, effective on the date of publication in the Federal 
Register of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination. These 
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further 
notice.
    We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the 
amounts indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of 
publication in the Federal Register of the ITC's final affirmative 
injury determination, CBP will require, at the same time as importers 
would normally deposit estimated duties on the subject merchandise, a 
cash deposit equal to the exporter/producer-specific estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins listed below. As stated in the AD 
Final Determination, Commerce made certain adjustments for export 
subsidies from the CVD Final Determination to the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins to determine each of the cash deposit rates.

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                                                                                     Estimated     Cash  deposit
                                                                                    weighted -         rate
                                                                                      average     (adjusted  for
                   Exporter                                 Producer                  dumping         subsidy
                                                                                      margin         offsets)
                                                                                     (percent)       (percent)
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Changfeng Wire & Cable Co., Ltd...............  Changfeng Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.           58.51           47.83
Wuxi Jiangnan Cable Co., Ltd..................  Wuxi Jiangnan Cable Co., Ltd....           58.51           47.83
China-wide entity.............................  ................................           63.47           52.79
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Provisional Measures--AD

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued 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 
Commerce to extend that four-month period to no more than six months. 
At the request of exporters that account for a significant proportion 
of aluminum wire and cable from China, Commerce extended the four-month 
period to six months in this proceeding.\4\ In the underlying 
investigation, Commerce published the AD Preliminary Determination on 
June 5, 2019. Therefore, the extended period, beginning on the date of 
publication of the AD Preliminary Determination, ended on December 1, 
2019. Furthermore, section 737(b) of the Act states that definitive 
duties are to begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final 
injury determination.
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    \4\ Id.
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    Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our 
practice, Commerce will instruct CBP to

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terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without 
regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries of aluminum wire and 
cable from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
after December 1, 2019, the date on which the provisional measures 
expired, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of 
the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register. 
Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of publication of the 
ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.

CVD Order

    As stated above, on December 16, 2019, in accordance with section 
705(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination 
that the industry in the United States producing aluminum wire and 
cable is materially injured within the meaning of section 
705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of subsidized imports of aluminum 
wire and cable from China.\5\ Therefore, in accordance with section 
705(c)(2) of the Act, we are issuing this CVD order.
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    \5\ See ITC Notification.
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    As a result of the ITC's final determination, in accordance with 
section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct CBP to assess, upon 
further instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties on unliquidated 
entries of subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after April 8, 2019, the date on which 
Commerce published the CVD Preliminary Determination \6\ and before 
August 6, 2019, the effective date on which Commerce instructed CBP to 
discontinue the suspension of liquidation in accordance with section 
703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension 
of liquidation pursuant to a preliminary determination may not remain 
in effect for more than 120 days. Therefore, entries of subject 
merchandise from China made on or after August 6, 2019, and prior to 
the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal 
Register, are not subject to the assessment of countervailing duties 
due to Commerce's discontinuation of the suspension of liquidation.
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    \6\ See Aluminum Wire and Cable from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 
and Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 
Determination, 84 FR 13886 (April 8, 2019) (CVD Preliminary 
Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation--CVD

    In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce will direct CBP 
to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of subject merchandise 
from China, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final 
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register, and to 
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce pursuant to section 
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of aluminum 
wire and cable in an amount based on the net countervailable subsidy 
rates for the subject merchandise. On or after the date of publication 
of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register, 
Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time as importers 
would normally deposit estimated duties on the subject merchandise, a 
cash deposit for each entry of subject merchandise equal to the subsidy 
rates listed below.\7\ The all-others rate applies to all producers or 
exporters not specifically listed below, as appropriate.
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    \7\ See section 706(a)(3) of the Act.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Producer/exporter                        (percent)
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Shanghai Silin Special Equipment Co., Ltd \8\...........          165.63
Changfeng Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.........................           33.44
Shanghai Yang Pu Qu Gong................................          165.63
All Others..............................................           33.44
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Provisional Measures--CVD

    Section 703(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. Commerce published the affirmative 
Preliminary Determination on April 8, 2019. Therefore, the four-month 
period beginning on the date of the publication of the Preliminary 
Determination ended on August 5, 2019.
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    \8\ As discussed in the Preliminary Determination PDM, Commerce 
has also assigned Silin's rate to the entity named as cross-owned in 
its affiliation questionnaire response: Jiangxi Silin International 
Cable Co., Ltd.
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    In accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce instructed 
CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, 
without regard to CVD duties, unliquidated entries of aluminum wire and 
cable from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after August 6, 2019, the date on which the provisional CVD 
measures expired, through the day preceding the date of publication of 
the ITC final injury determinations in the Federal Register. Suspension 
of liquidation will resume on the date of publication of the ITC final 
injury determination in the Federal Register.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice constitutes the AD and CVD orders with respect to 
aluminum wire and cable from China pursuant to sections 706(a) and 
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of orders 
currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
    These orders are published in accordance with sections 706(a) and 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

     Dated: December 17, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

Scope of the Orders

    The scope of these orders covers aluminum wire and cable, which 
is defined as an assembly of one or more electrical conductors made 
from 8000 Series Aluminum Alloys (defined in accordance with ASTM 
B800), Aluminum Alloy 1350 (defined in accordance with ASTM B230/
B230M or B609/B609M), and/or Aluminum Alloy 6201 (defined in 
accordance with ASTM B398/B398M), provided that: (1) At least one of 
the electrical conductors is insulated; (2) each insulated 
electrical conductor has a voltage rating greater than 80 volts and 
not exceeding 1000 volts; and (3) at least one electrical conductor 
is stranded and has a size not less than 16.5 thousand circular mil 
(kcmil) and not greater than 1000 kcmil. The assembly may: (1) 
Include a grounding or neutral conductor; (2) be clad with aluminum, 
steel, or other base metal; or (3) include a steel support center 
wire, one or more connectors, a tape shield, a jacket or other 
covering, and/or filler materials.
    Most aluminum wire and cable products conform to National 
Electrical Code (NEC) types THHN, THWN, THWN-2, XHHW-2, USE, USE-2, 
RHH, RHW, or RHW-2, and also conform to Underwriters Laboratories 
(UL) standards UL-44, UL-83, UL-758, UL-854, UL-1063, UL-1277, UL-
1569, UL-1581, or UL-4703, but such conformity is not required for 
the merchandise to be included within the scope.
    The scope of the orders specifically excludes aluminum wire and 
cable products in lengths less than six feet, whether or not 
included in equipment already assembled at the time of importation.
    The merchandise covered by the orders is currently classifiable 
under subheading 8544.49.9000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS). Products subject to the scope may also 
enter under HTSUS subheading 8544.42.9090. The HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written 
description of the scope of the orders is dispositive.

[FR Doc. 2019-27641 Filed 12-20-19; 8:45 am]
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