[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 69 (Thursday, April 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19927-19929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07483]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-888, C-570-105]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From India and the People's
Republic of China: 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 the countervailing duty orders on carbon and alloy
steel threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from India and the People's
Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable April 9, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Genevieve Coen at (202) 482-3251 or
Hannah Falvey at (202) 482-4889, AD/CVD Operations, Office V (India);
Thomas Schauer at (202) 482-0410 or Allison Hollander at (202) 482-
2805, AD/CVD Operations, Office I (China); Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with section 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), on February 18, 2020, Commerce published its
affirmative final determinations that countervailable
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subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of steel
threaded rod from India and China.\1\ On April 3, 2020, the ITC
notified Commerce of its affirmative determinations that an industry in
the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section
705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of subsidized imports of subject
merchandise from India and China.\2\
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\1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85 FR 8828 (February
18, 2020); and Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People's
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, 85 FR 8833 (February 18, 2020).
\2\ See Letter to Jeffrey Kessler, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from David S. Johanson,
Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding steel
threaded rod from China and India, (April 3, 2020) (ITC Letter).
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Scope of the Order
The scope of these orders covers steel threaded rod from India and
China. For a complete description of the scope, see the appendix to
this notice.
Countervailing Duty Orders
On April 3, 2020, in accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and
705(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
determinations in these investigations, in which it found that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
imports of steel threaded rod from India and China.\3\ Therefore, in
accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing these
countervailing duty orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of
steel threaded rod from India and China are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from India or China,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of countervailing duties.
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\3\ See ITC Letter.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon
further instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties for all relevant
entries of steel threaded rod from India and China. Countervailing
duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of steel threaded rod
from India and China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after July 29, 2019, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determinations,\4\ 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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\4\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 84 FR 36570 (July 29, 2019); see also Carbon and
Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 84 FR 36578 (July 29, 2019).
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce will instruct
CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of steel threaded rod
from India and China. We will also instruct CBP to require, pursuant to
section 706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of
the subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable
subsidy rates for the subject merchandise. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
India
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent)
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Daksh Fasteners......................................... 211.72
Mangal Steel Enterprises Limited........................ 6.07
All Others.............................................. 6.07
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China
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent)
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Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co., Ltd.......... 31.02
Zhejiang Junyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.................. 66.81
All Others.............................................. 41.17
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Provisional Measures
Section 703(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months. In the underlying investigations, Commerce
published the Preliminary Determinations on July 29, 2019. Therefore,
the four-month period beginning on the date of the publication of the
Preliminary Determinations ended on November 25, 2019.
In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act and our practice, we
instructed CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated
entries of steel threaded rod from India and China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption after November 25, 2019, the
date 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.
Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the countervailing duty orders with respect
to steel threaded rod from India and China pursuant to section 706(a)
of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of countervailing duty
orders currently in effect at http://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are issued and published in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: April 3, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
The merchandise covered by the scope of these orders is carbon
and alloy steel threaded rod. Steel threaded rod is certain threaded
rod, bar, or studs, of carbon or alloy steel, having a solid,
circular cross section of any diameter, in any straight length.
Steel threaded rod is normally drawn, cold-rolled, threaded, and
straightened, or it may be hot-rolled. In addition, the steel
threaded rod, bar, or studs subject to these orders are non-headed
and threaded along greater than 25 percent of their total actual
length. A variety of finishes or coatings, such as plain oil finish
as a temporary rust protectant, zinc coating (i.e., galvanized,
whether by electroplating or hot-dipping), paint, and other similar
finishes and coatings, may be applied to the merchandise.
Steel threaded rod is normally produced to American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications ASTM A36, ASTM A193 B7/
B7m, ASTM A193 B16, ASTM A307, ASTM A320 L7/L7M, ASTM A320 L43, ASTM
A354 BC and BD, ASTM A449, ASTM F1554-36, ASTM F1554-55, ASTM F1554
Grade 105, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
specification ASME B18.31.3, and American Petroleum Institute (API)
specification API 20E. All steel threaded rod meeting the physical
description set forth above is covered by the scope of these orders,
whether or not produced according to a particular standard.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above
description that has been finished, assembled, or packaged in a
third country, including by cutting, chamfering, coating, or
painting the threaded rod, by attaching the threaded rod to, or
packaging it with, another product, or any other finishing,
assembly, or packaging operation that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of these orders if performed in the
country of manufacture of the threaded rod.
Carbon and alloy steel threaded rod are also included in the
scope of these orders whether or not imported attached to, or in
conjunction with, other parts and accessories
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such as nuts and washers. If carbon and alloy steel threaded rod are
imported attached to, or in conjunction with, such non-subject
merchandise, only the threaded rod is included in the scope.
Excluded from the scope of these orders are: (1) Threaded rod,
bar, or studs which are threaded only on one or both ends and the
threading covers 25 percent or less of the total actual length; and
(2) stainless steel threaded rod, defined as steel threaded rod
containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5
percent or more of chromium, with our without other elements.
Excluded from the scope of the antidumping order on steel
threaded rod from the People's Republic of China is any merchandise
covered by the existing antidumping order on Certain Steel Threaded
Rod from the People's Republic of China. See Certain Steel Threaded
Rod from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Antidumping Duty
Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 2009).
Specifically excluded from the scope of these orders is threaded
rod that is imported as part of a package of hardware in conjunction
with a ready-to-assemble piece of furniture.
Steel threaded rod is currently classifiable under subheadings
7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, and 7318.15.5090 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Subject merchandise
may also enter under subheading 7318.15.2095 and 7318.19.0000 of the
HTSUS. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S.
Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope is
dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2020-07483 Filed 4-8-20; 8:45 am]
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