[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 215 (Thursday, November 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70585-70586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24564]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-843]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Republic of 
Turkey: Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination With Final 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Determinations

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

DATES: Applicable November 5, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Whitley Herndon or Jacob Garten, 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) 482-6274 or (202) 
482-3342, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 6, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated the 
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of prestressed concrete steel 
wire strand (PC strand) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey).\1\ 
Simultaneously, Commerce initiated the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigations of PC strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, 
Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, 
Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates 
(UAE).\2\ The CVD investigation and the LTFV investigations cover the 
same class or kind of merchandise.
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    \1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Republic 
of Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 85 FR 
28610 (May 13, 2020).
    \2\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina, 
Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi 
Arabia, South Africa, 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).
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Alignment With Final LTFV Determinations

    On September 22, 2020, in accordance with section 705(a)(1) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Insteel Wire Products 
Company, Sumiden Wire Products Corporation, and Wire Mesh Corp. 
(collectively, the petitioners) timely requested an alignment of the 
final CVD determination in this investigation with the final 
determinations in the LTFV investigations of PC strand from Argentina, 
Colombia, Egypt, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, and the 
UAE.\3\ The petitioners stated that, if certain of these final LTFV 
determinations are postponed, then they request that the final 
determination in this CVD investigation remain aligned with any LTFV 
final determinations that are not postponed. Therefore, in accordance 
with section 705(a)(1) of the

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Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4)(i), Commerce is aligning the final CVD 
determination with the final determinations in the LTFV investigations 
of PC strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Netherlands, Saudi 
Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, and the UAE. Consequently, the final CVD 
determination will be issued on the same date as these final LTFV 
determinations, which are currently scheduled to be issued no later 
than December 7, 2020, unless postponed.
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    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 
Strand from the Republic of Turkey--Petitioners' Request to Align 
Final Determinations,'' dated September 22, 2020. The petitioners' 
letter states that they request alignment with the final LTFV 
investigations of PC strand that are not postponed and scheduled to 
issue final determinations on December 7, 2020. As of the date of 
this notice, these investigations are PC strand from Argentina, 
Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, and 
the United Arab Emirates.
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 705(a)(1) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4)(i).

    Dated: October 30, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

[FR Doc. 2020-24564 Filed 11-4-20; 8:45 am]
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