[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20711-20712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08178]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1505-1507, 1510-1511, 1513, and 1515 
(Final)]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Indonesia, Italy, 
Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine; Scheduling of the 
Final Phase of Antidumping Duty Investigations

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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DATES: April 9, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence Jones ((202) 205-3358), 
Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need 
special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact 
the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information 
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its 
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for these 
investigations may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective September 23, 2020, the Commission 
established a general schedule for the conduct of the final phase of 
its investigations on prestressed concrete steel wire strand (``PC 
strand'') from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, 
Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, 
Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates,\1\ following preliminary 
determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') that 
imports of subject PC strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, 
Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates 
were being sold at less than fair value (``LTFV'') and subsidized by 
the government of Turkey.\2\ Notice of the scheduling of the
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    \1\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina, 
Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Saudi 
Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and 
the United Arab Emirates; Scheduling of the Final Phase of 
Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Investigations, 85 FR 
63576, October 8, 2020.
    \2\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire from the Republic of Turkey: 
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 
Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, in 
Part, 85 FR 59287, September 21, 2020; 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 LTFV and 
Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determinations, in 
Part, 85 FR 61722, September 30, 2020. See also Commerce's 
additional preliminary determination: Prestressed Concrete Steel 
Wire Strand from Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR 61726, September 30, 2020; and 
Commerce's postponement of the remaining preliminary determinations: 
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Indonesia, Italy, 
Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 85 FR 55413, September 8, 2020.
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    final phase of the Commission's investigations and of a public 
hearing held in connection therewith was given by posting copies of the 
notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade 
Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal 
Register on October 8, 2020 (85 FR 63576). In light of the restrictions 
on access to the Commission building due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 
Commission conducted its hearing through written testimony and video 
conference on December 10, 2020. All persons who requested the 
opportunity were permitted to participate.

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    The Commission subsequently issued its final determinations that an 
industry in the United States was materially injured by reason of 
imports of PC strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Netherlands, 
Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates provided for 
in subheading 7312.10.30 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (``HTSUS'') that have been found by the Commerce to be 
sold in the United States at LTFV and subsidized by the government of 
Turkey. Commerce has issued final affirmative antidumping duty 
determinations with respect to PC strand from Indonesia,\3\ Italy,\4\ 
Malaysia,\5\ South Africa,\6\ Spain,\7\ Tunisia,\8\ and Ukraine.\9\ 
Accordingly, the Commission currently is issuing a supplemental 
schedule for its antidumping duty investigations on imports of PC 
strand from Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, 
and Ukraine. This supplemental schedule is as follows: the deadline for 
filing supplemental party comments on Commerce's final antidumping duty 
determinations is April 19, 2021. Supplemental party comments may 
address only Commerce's final antidumping duty determinations regarding 
imports of PC strand from Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, 
Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine. These supplemental final comments may not 
contain new factual information and may not exceed five (5) pages in 
length. The supplemental staff report in the final phase of these 
investigations regarding subject imports from Indonesia, Italy, 
Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine will be placed in 
the nonpublic record on May 4, 2021; and a public version will be 
issued thereafter.
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    \3\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Indonesia: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and 
Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part, 
86 FR 18495, April 9, 2021.
    \4\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Italy: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and 
Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 86 FR 18505, 
April 9, 2021.
    \5\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Malaysia: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 
18502, April 9, 2021.
    \6\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from South Africa: 
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 
FR 18497, April 9, 2021.
    \7\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Spain: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and 
Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 86 FR 18512, 
April 9, 2021.
    \8\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Tunisia: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR 
18508, April 9, 2021.
    \9\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Ukraine: Final 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and 
Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 86 FR 18498, 
April 9, 2021.
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    For further information concerning these investigations see the 
Commission's notice cited above and the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 
207, subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207). Additional written submissions 
to the Commission, including requests pursuant to section 201.12 of the 
Commission's rules, shall not be accepted unless good cause is shown 
for accepting such submissions, or unless the submission is pursuant to 
a specific request by a Commissioner or Commission staff.
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's 
rules, each document filed by a party to the investigations must be 
served on all other parties to the investigations (as identified by 
either the public or BPI service list), and a certificate of service 
must be timely filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for 
filing without a certificate of service.

    Authority: : These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is 
published pursuant to section 207.21 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued Date: April 15, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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