[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6501-6502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02256]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-820]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Thailand: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW) did not make sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review 
(POR) January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable February 5, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Samantha Kinney, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 
482-2285, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 1, 2019, based on a timely request for review filed by the 
petitioners,\1\ we initiated an administrative review on prestressed 
concrete steel wire strand (PC Strand) from Thailand for SIW,\2\ the 
only company for which a review was requested.\3\ In September 2019, we 
extended the preliminary results of this review to no later than 
January 31, 2020.\4\ For a complete description of the events that 
followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.\5\
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    \1\ The petitioners are Insteel Wire Products Company, Sumiden 
Wire Products Corporation, and WMC Steel, LLC (collectively, the 
petitioners).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 12200 (April 1, 2019).
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 
Strand from Thailand: Petitioners' Request for 2018 Administrative 
Review,'' dated February 28, 2019.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand 
from Thailand: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018,'' dated September 24, 
2019.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Thailand,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order \6\ is PC Strand from Thailand. 
Products subject to the order are currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item 
numbers 7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012. Although the HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive. 
For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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    \6\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand from Thailand, 69 FR 4111 (January 28, 2004) 
(Order); see also Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from 
Brazil, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Thailand: 
Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Finding/Orders and 
Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 22708 (April 23, 2015).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Constructed export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 
of the Act. NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 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 https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Commerce 
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.htm. The signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of the topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an 
appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce preliminarily determines that 
a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for SIW for 
the period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.\7\
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    \7\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days of the date of publication of this notice.\8\ Interested 
parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after 
the date of publication of this notice.\9\ 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.\10\ 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.\11\ Case and rebuttal 
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\12\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\13\ Hearing 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

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raised in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the briefs. 
If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to notify parties 
of the time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.\14\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    An electronically-filed document must be received successfully in 
its entirety via ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the established 
deadline.
    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\15\
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    \15\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates

    Upon publication of the final results of this administrative 
review, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review.\16\
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    If SIW's calculated weighted-average dumping margin is above de 
minimis (i.e., greater than or equal to 0.5 percent) in the final 
results of this review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment 
ad valorem rates based on the ratio of the total amount of antidumping 
duties calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If 
SIW's weighted-average dumping margin continues to be zero or de 
minimis, or the importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis 
in the final results of review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate 
the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\17\
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    The final results of this review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated 
duties, where applicable.
    In accordance with our ``automatic assessment'' practice, for 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by SIW for which 
SIW did not know that the merchandise it sold to the intermediary 
(e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) 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(ies) involved in the transaction.\18\
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    \18\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for SIW will be the 
rate established in the final results of this administrative review, 
except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis 
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash 
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for companies not participating in this 
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific 
cash deposit rate published for the most recently-completed segment of 
this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the cash deposit rate established for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will 
continue to be 12.91 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation.\19\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \19\ See Order.
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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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: January 29, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

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