[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 190 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61722-61726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21546]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-357-822, A-301-804, A-729-804, A-421-814, A-517-806, A-489-842, A-
520-809]
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Argentina, Colombia,
Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Turkey, and the
United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative Critical
Circumstances Determinations, in Part
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Argentina,
Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Turkey
(Turkey), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is being, or is likely to
be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The
period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020.
The estimated margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary
Determinations'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary determinations.
DATES: Applicable September 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta at (202) 482-2593
(Argentina); Hermes Pinilla at (202) 482-3477 (Colombia); David Crespo
at (202) 482-3693 (Egypt); Bryan Hansen at (202) 482-3683 (the
Netherlands); Drew Jackson at (202) 482-4406 (Saudi Arabia); David
Goldberger at (202) 482-4136 (Turkey); and Charles Doss at (202) 482-
4474 (UAE), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce published the notice of initiation of these investigations
on May 13, 2020.\1\ Acindar Industria De Sinal S.A. (Acindar) is the
sole mandatory respondent in the investigation covering PC strand from
Argentina; Knight S.A.S. (Knight SAS) is the sole mandatory respondent
in the investigation covering PC strand from Colombia; United Wires
Company Elsewedy is the sole mandatory respondent in the investigation
covering PC strand from Egypt; Nedri Spanstaal BV is the sole mandatory
respondent in the investigation covering PC strand from the
Netherlands; National Metal Manufacturing & Casting Co. (National Metal
Manufacturing) is the sole mandatory respondent in the investigation
covering PC strand from Saudi Arabia; Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S.
(Celik Halat) and G[uuml]ney [Ccedil]elik Hasir ve Demir (G[uuml]ney
Celik) are the mandatory respondents in the investigation covering PC
strand from Turkey; and GSS International Trading FZE (GSS) and Gulf
Steel Strands FZE (Gulf Steel) are the mandatory respondents in the
investigation covering PC strand from the UAE. For a complete
description of the events that followed the initiation of these
investigations, see the Preliminary Decision Memoranda.\2\ A list of
topics
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included in the Preliminary Decision Memoranda is included as Appendix
II to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memoranda are public
documents and are 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
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memoranda can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of
the Preliminary Decision Memoranda are identical in content.
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\1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina,
Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi
Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and
the United Arab Emirates: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair Value
Investigations, 85 FR 28605 (May 13, 2020) (Initiation Notice).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina, Colombia,
Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and the United Arab
Emirates'' dated concurrently with this notice; and Memorandum,
``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the Less-
Than-Fair Value Investigation of Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand from Turkey,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice (collectively, Preliminary Decision Memoranda).
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Scope of the Investigations
The product covered by these investigations is PC strand. For a
full description of the scope of these investigations, see the ``Scope
of the Investigations,'' in Appendix I of this notice.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the Preamble to Commerce's regulations,\3\ the
Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise
issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).\4\ However, Commerce
received no comments on the scope of these investigations from
interested parties.
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\3\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; Final Rule,
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) (Preamble).
\4\ See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 28606.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting these investigations in accordance with
section 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant
to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has preliminarily
relied upon facts otherwise available to assign estimated weighted-
average dumping margins to the mandatory respondents in these seven
investigations because none of the respondents either submitted a
response to Commerce's antidumping duty questionnaire, or submitted a
timely response to Commerce's antidumping duty questionnaire. Further,
Commerce is preliminarily determining that these mandatory respondents
failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of their ability to
comply with a request for information and is using an adverse inference
when selecting from among the facts otherwise available (i.e., applying
adverse facts available (AFA)) to these respondents, in accordance with
section 776(b) of Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary determinations, see the Preliminary Decision
Memoranda.
Critical Circumstances
On August 24, 2020, the petitioners \5\ timely filed critical
circumstances allegations, pursuant to section 733(e)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.206(c)(1), alleging that critical circumstances exist with
respect to imports of the subject merchandise from Colombia, Egypt, and
the Netherlands.\6\ On August 28, 2020, Commerce requested that the
petitioners file an addendum to their critical circumstances
allegation.\7\ In response, the petitioners filed an addendum providing
the requested additional U.S. import data.\8\ We received no rebuttal
information from interested parties.
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\5\ The petitioners are Insteel Wire Products Company, Sumiden
Wire Products Corporation, and Wire Mesh Corporation (collectively,
the petitioners).
\6\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand from Colombia, Egypt, and Netherlands--Petitioners'
Allegation of Critical Circumstances,'' dated August 24, 2020.
\7\ See Commerce's Letter dated August 28, 2020. Commerce asked
the petitioners to provide U.S. import data for subject merchandise
from Colombia, Egypt, and the Netherlands for February 2020 through
April 2020, as the base period, and import data for May 2020 through
July 2020, as the comparison period. Commerce also provided an
opportunity for interested parties other than the petitioners to
submit factual information to rebut, clarify, or correct factual
information in the addendum.
\8\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand from Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Taiwan and Turkey--
Petitioners' Updated Import Volume Data for Their Critical
Circumstances Allegations,'' dated September 8, 2020 (Addendum to
Allegation).
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On September 2, 2020, the petitioners timely filed a critical
circumstances allegation, pursuant to section 733(e)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.206(c)(1), alleging that critical circumstances exist with
respect to imports of the PC strand from Turkey.\9\ Also on September
2, 2020, Commerce requested that Celik Halat provide monthly quantity
and value (Q&V) data.\10\ On September 3, 2020, Commerce requested that
the petitioners file an addendum to their critical circumstances
allegation.\11\ In response, Celik Halat filed the requested Q&V data
and the petitioners filed an addendum providing the requested
additional U.S. import data.\12\ The petitioners did not file a
critical circumstances allegation with respect to Argentina, Saudi
Arabia, or the UAE.
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\9\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand from Taiwan and Turkey--Petitioners' Allegation of Critical
Circumstances,'' dated September 2, 2020.
\10\ See Commerce's Letter dated September 2, 2020.
\11\ See Commerce's Letter dated September 3, 2020.
\12\ See Celik Halat's Letter, ``Pre-Stressed Concrete Steel
Wire Strand from Turkey: Initial Critical Circumstances Response of
Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S.,'' dated September 4, 2020; and
Addendum to Allegation.
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Section 733(e)(1) of the Act provides that Commerce will
preliminarily determine that critical circumstances exist in an LTFV
investigation if there is a reasonable basis to believe or suspect
that: (A) There is a history of dumping and material injury by reason
of dumped imports in the United States or elsewhere of the subject
merchandise, or the person by whom, or for whose account, the
merchandise was imported knew or should have known that the exporter
was selling the subject merchandise at less than its fair value and
that there was likely to be material injury by reason of such sales;
and (B) there have been massive imports of the subject merchandise over
a relatively short period. We preliminarily determine that critical
circumstances exist with respect to imports of PC strand exported by
(1) Knight SAS from Colombia; (2) United Wires Company Elsewedy and all
other producers/exporters from Egypt; (3) Nedri Spanstaal BV from the
Netherlands; and (4) Celik Halat, G[uuml]ney Celik, and all other
producers/exporters from Turkey.\13\
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\13\ For a full description of Commerce's preliminary critical
circumstances determinations, see the Preliminary Decision
Memoranda.
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All-Others Rate
Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) of the Act provides that in the preliminary
determination Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for
all exporters and producers not individually investigated, in
accordance with section 735(c)(5) of the Act. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of
the Act states that generally the estimated rate for all others shall
be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins established for exporters and producers
individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins,
and any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. The
estimated weighted-average dumping margins in these preliminary
determinations were determined entirely under section 776 of the Act.
In cases where no weighted-average dumping margins other than zero, de
minimis, or those determined entirely under section 776 of the Act have
been established for individually examined entities, in accordance with
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section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, Commerce typically averages the
margins alleged in the petitions and applies the results to all other
entities not individually examined.
With respect to Argentina, in the Petitions,\14\ the petitioners
calculated only one margin. Therefore, for the all-others rate in the
investigation covering PC strand from Argentina, we preliminarily
assigned the only margin alleged for subject merchandise from Argentina
in the Petitions, which is 60.40 percent.\15\
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\14\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia,
Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates--Petition for the
Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties,'' dated April
16, 2020 (the Petitions) at Volume II; and AD Investigation
Initiation Checklist: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from
Argentina (May 6, 2020).
\15\ See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of
Germany, 73 FR 38986, 38987 (July 8, 2008), and accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2; and AD Investigation
Initiation Checklist: Argentina.
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With respect to Colombia, in the Petitions,\16\ the petitioners
calculated only one margin. Therefore, for the all-others rate in the
investigation covering PC strand from Colombia, we preliminarily
assigned the only margin alleged for subject merchandise from Colombia
in the Petitions, as recalculated for the purposes of initiation, which
is 86.09 percent.\17\
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\16\ See Petitions at Volume III.
\17\ We note that the petitioners revised the calculated rate
from that submitted in the Petitions. See Petitions at Volume III;
and Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand
from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia,
Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates--Petitioners' Amendment to
Volume III Related to Antidumping Duties from Colombia,'' dated
April 27, 2020 at 4 and Exhibit AD-CO-SUPP-3; and AD Investigation
Initiation Checklist: Colombia.
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With respect to Egypt, in the Petitions,\18\ the petitioners
calculated only one margin. Therefore, for the all-others rate in the
investigation covering PC strand from Egypt, we preliminarily assigned
the only margin alleged for subject merchandise from Egypt in the
Petitions, as recalculated for the purposes of initiation, which is
29.72 percent.\19\
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\18\ See Petitions at Volume IV.
\19\ We note that the petitioners revised the calculated rate
from that submitted in the Petitions. See Petitions at Volume IV;
Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from
Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands,
Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine,
and United Arab Emirates--Petitioners' Amendment to Volume IV
Related to Antidumping Duties from Egypt,'' dated April 27, 2020 at
4 and Exhibit AD-EG-SUPP-2; and AD Investigation Initiation
Checklist: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Egypt.
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With respect to the Netherlands, in the Petitions,\20\ the
petitioners calculated only one margin. Therefore, for the all-others
rate in the investigation covering PC strand from the Netherlands, we
preliminarily assigned the only margin alleged for subject merchandise
from the Netherlands in the Petitions, which is 30.86 percent.\21\
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\20\ See Petitions at Volume VIII.
\21\ See AD Investigation Initiation Checklist: Prestressed
Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Netherlands.
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With respect to Saudi Arabia, in the Petitions,\22\ the petitioners
calculated only one margin. Therefore, for the all-others rate in the
investigation covering PC strand from Saudi Arabia, we preliminarily
assigned the only margin alleged for subject merchandise from Saudi
Arabia in the Petitions, which is 194.40 percent.\23\
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\22\ See Petitions at Volume IX.
\23\ See AD Investigation Initiation Checklist: Prestressed
Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Saudi Arabia.
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With respect to Turkey, in the Petitions,\24\ the petitioners
calculated only one margin. Therefore, for the all-others rate in the
investigation covering PC strand from Turkey, we preliminarily assigned
the only margin alleged for subject merchandise from Turkey in the
Petitions, which is 53.65 percent.\25\
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\24\ See Petitions at Volume XIV.
\25\ See AD Investigation Initiation Checklist: Prestressed
Concrete Steel Wire Strand Turkey.
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With respect to the UAE, in the Petitions,\26\ the petitioners
calculated only one margin. Therefore, for the all-others rate in the
investigation covering PC strand from the UAE, we preliminarily
assigned the only margin alleged for subject merchandise from the UAE
in the petitions, as recalculated for the purposes of initiation, which
is 170.65 percent.\27\
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\26\ See Petitions at Volume XVI.
\27\ We note that the petitioners revised the calculated rate
from that submitted in the petitions. See Petitions at Volume XVI;
and Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand
from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia,
Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, and United Arab Emirates--Petitioners' Amendment to
Volume XVI Related to Antidumping Duties from the United Arab
Emirates,'' dated April 27, 2020 at 4 and Exhibit AD-AE-SUPP-3; and
AD Investigation Initiation Checklist: Prestressed Concrete Steel
Wire Strand from the United Arab Emirates.
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Preliminary Determinations
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margins exist during the period April 1, 2019
through March 31, 2020:
Argentina
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Dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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Acindar Industria (Argentina) de Sinal S.A.................. 60.40
All Others.................................................. 60.40
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Colombia
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Dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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Knight SAS.................................................. 86.09
All Others.................................................. 86.09
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Egypt
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Dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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United Wires Company Elsewedy............................... 29.72
All Others.................................................. 29.72
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The Netherlands
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Dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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Nedri Spanstaal B.V......................................... 30.86
All Others.................................................. 30.86
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Saudi Arabia
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Dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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National Metal Manufacturing & Casting Co................... 194.40
All Others.................................................. 194.40
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Turkey
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Dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S............................... 53.65
G[uuml]ney [Ccedil]elik Hasir ve Demir...................... 53.65
All Others.................................................. 53.65
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United Arab Emirates
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Dumping
Exporter/producer margin
(percent)
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GSS International Trading FZE............................... 170.65
Gulf Steel Strands FZE...................................... 170.65
All Others.................................................. 170.65
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S.
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of all
entries of PC strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands,
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE, as described in the ``Scope of the
Investigations'' in Appendix I, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register.
Further, section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides that, given an
affirmative determination of critical circumstances, any suspension of
liquidation shall apply to unliquidated entries of merchandise entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the later of:
(a) The date which is 90 days before the date on which the suspension
of liquidation was first ordered; or (b) the date on which notice of
initiation of the investigation was published. In accordance with
733(e)(2)(A), suspension of liquidation of PC strand from Colombia,
Egypt, the Netherlands, and Turkey as described in the ``Scope of the
investigations'' in Appendix I, shall apply to unliquidated entries of
merchandise from imports of PC strand exported by: (1) Knight SAS from
Colombia; (2) United Wires Company Elsewedy and all other producers/
exporters from Egypt; (3) Nedri Spanstaal BV from the Netherlands; and
(4) Celik Halat, G[uuml]ney Celik, and all other producers/exporters
from Turkey, that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date which is 90 days before the
publication of this notice, the date suspension of liquidation is first
ordered.
We will also instruct CBP, pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d) to require a cash deposit equal to the
margins indicated in the charts above. These suspension of liquidation
instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
Verification
Because each mandatory respondent in these investigations did not
act to the best of their ability to provide information requested by
Commerce, and Commerce preliminarily determines each of the mandatory
respondents to be uncooperative, we will not conduct verifications.
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with a preliminary determination within five
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of
preliminary determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied AFA
to each mandatory respondent in these investigations, in accordance
with section 776 of the Act, there are no calculations to disclose.
Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
determinations no later than 30 days after the date of publication of
these preliminary determinations.\28\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than seven days
after the deadline date for case briefs.\29\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal
briefs in these proceedings 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.
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\28\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\29\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain:
(1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3)
a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is
made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
An electronically-filed document must be received successfully in
its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.\30\
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\30\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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Final Determinations
Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that
Commerce will issue the final determination within 75 days after the
date of its preliminary determination. Accordingly, Commerce will make
its final determinations no later than 75 days after the signature date
of these preliminary determinations.
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, Commerce will notify
the International Trade Commission (ITC) of our affirmative preliminary
determinations. If our final determinations are affirmative, the ITC
will determine before the later of 120 days after the date of these
preliminary determinations or 45 days after our final determinations
whether these imports are materially injuring, or threaten material
injury to, the U.S. industry.
Notification to Interested Parties
These determinations are issued and published in accordance with
sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: September 23, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigations
The merchandise covered by these investigations is prestressed
concrete steel wire strand (PC strand), produced from wire of non-
stainless, non-galvanized steel, which is suitable for use in
prestressed concrete (both pretensioned and post-tensioned)
applications. The product definition encompasses covered and
uncovered strand and all types, grades, and diameters of PC strand.
PC strand is normally sold in the United States in sizes ranging
from 0.25 inches to 0.70 inches in diameter. PC strand made from
galvanized wire is only excluded from the scope if the zinc and/or
zinc oxide coating meets or exceeds the 0.40 oz./ft2 standard set
forth in ASTM-A-475.
The PC strand subject to these investigations is currently
classifiable under subheadings 7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 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 these
investigations is dispositive.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memoranda
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Scope of the Investigations
V. Application of Facts Available, Use of Adverse Inferences, and
Calculation of All-Others Rate
VI. Preliminary Critical Circumstances Findings
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VII. Conclusion
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