[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34241-34242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12094]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-842]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From the Republic of 
Turkey: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final 
Determination of Antidumping Investigation; Notice of Amended Final 
Determination

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 26, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) 
issued its final judgment in Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United 
States, Consol. Court no. 21-00045, sustaining the U.S. Department of 
Commerce's (Commerce) remand redetermination pertaining to the 
antidumping duty (AD) investigation of prestressed concrete steel wire 
strand (PC strand) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) covering the 
period of investigation April 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020. Commerce 
is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony 
with Commerce's final determination and Commerce is amending the final 
determination and the resulting AD order with respect to the dumping 
margin assigned to Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. (Celik Halat) and all 
other producers and exporters of subject merchandise.

DATES: Applicable June 5, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, 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) 482-0208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 11, 2020, Commerce published its Final Determination in 
the AD investigation of PC strand from Turkey. Commerce assigned a 
dumping margin of 53.65 percent to Celik Halat and all other producers 
and exporters of subject merchandise.\1\ Commerce subsequently 
published the AD order on PC strand from Turkey.\2\
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    \1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina, 
Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the Republic 
of Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates: Final Affirmative 
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final 
Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determinations, in Part, 85 FR 
80001 (December 11, 2021) (Final Determination). Commerce later 
published a correction to the Final Determination to list the 
adjusted cash deposit rates after accounting for export subsidies in 
the companion countervailing duty investigation. See Prestressed 
Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Republic of Turkey: Notice of 
Correction to the Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, 86 FR 11724 (February 26, 2021).
    \2\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina, 
Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the Republic 
of Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 
FR 7703 (February 1, 2021).
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    Celik Halat appealed Commerce's Final Determination. On February 
15, 2022, the CIT remanded the Final Determination to Commerce, 
instructing Commerce to determine Celik Halat's estimated weighted-
average dumping margin without applying section 776 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act) with respect to the filing of the 
company's response to sections B and C of the AD questionnaire.\3\
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    \3\ See Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United States, Slip 
Op. 22-12, Consol. Court No. 21-00045 (CIT February 15, 2022).
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    In its final remand redetermination, issued in April 2022, Commerce 
reopened the record for Celik Halat to submit its response to sections 
B and C of the AD questionnaire and used this information to calculate 
Celik Halat's weighted-average dumping margin.\4\ As a result, Celik 
Halat's revised weighted-average dumping margin is 17.88 percent. The 
CIT sustained Commerce's final redetermination.\5\
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    \4\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Consol. Court No. 21-00045, dated April 1, 2022.
    \5\ See Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United States, Slip 
Op. 22-54, Consol. Court No. 21-00045 (CIT May 26, 2022).
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken,\6\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\7\ 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, pursuant 
to section 516A[euro] a[euro](e) of the Act, Commerce must publish a 
notice of court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Commerce 
determination and must suspend liquidation of entries pending a 
``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's May 26, 2022 judgment 
constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not in harmony with 
Commerce's Final Determination. Thus, this notice is published in 
fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.
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    \6\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken).
    \7\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United 
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Determination

    Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending 
its Final Determination with respect to Celik Halat as follows:

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                                  Weighted-average
       Producer/exporter           dumping margin     Cash deposit rate
                                     (percent)               \8\
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Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S.                17.88                17.39
All Others....................                17.88                17.39
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Cash Deposit Requirements
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    \8\ The cash deposit rate for Celik Halat and the companies 
covered by the all-others rate is adjusted for the export subsidies 
found for Celik Halat in the final remand redetermination of the 
companion countervailing duty investigation (i.e., 0.49 percent). 
See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, Court 
No. 21-00050, dated April 15, 2022, at 26-27 and 30-32, aff'd Celik 
Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United States, Slip Op. 22-55, Consol. 
Court No. 21-00050 (CIT May 26, 2022).
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    Commerce will issue revised cash deposit instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 31, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-12094 Filed 6-3-22; 8:45 am]
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