[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8798-8800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02905]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-820]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Thailand: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from 
Thailand was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) 
during the period of review (POR) of January 1, 2021, through December 
31, 2021. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable February 10, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Samantha Kinney, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 
482-2285, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On January 28, 2004, Commerce published the antidumping duty order 
on PC strand from Thailand.\1\ On March 9, 2022, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.221(c)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the 
Order, covering one producer/exporter, The Siam Industrial Wire Co., 
Ltd. (SIW).\2\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand from Thailand, 69 FR 4111 (January 28, 2004) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 13252 (March 9, 2022).
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), on September 23, 2022, Commerce determined that it 
was not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review 
within 245 days and extended the deadline for the preliminary results 
of this review until January 31, 2023.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021,'' dated 
September 23, 2022.
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    For a detailed description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\ 
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is available 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 Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand 
from Thailand: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is PC strand from Thailand. 
Products subject to the Order are currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 
7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive. For a complete 
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Act. For a full description of the 
methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the period January 1, 2021, through December 31, 
2021:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd..........................        2.18
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these 
preliminary results of review to interested parties with an 
administrative protective order within five days of the date of 
publication of the preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs

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no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be 
filed no later than seven days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\5\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding 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.\6\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 
ACCESS.\7\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Temporary Rule 
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of 
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via ACCESS, 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 (3) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in 
the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends 
to hold a hearing at a time and date to be determined.\8\ Parties 
should confirm the date, time, and location of the hearing two days 
before the scheduled date.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    An electronically filed document must be received successfully in 
its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 
p.m. Eastern Time on the date that the document is due. Note that 
Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for 
serving documents containing business proprietary information, until 
further notice.\9\
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    \9\ See Temporary Rule.
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in 
any case or rebuttal briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, unless this deadline is extended.\10\
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    \10\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce intends to determine, and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review. 
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
administrative review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is 
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment 
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until 
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has 
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
    If SIW's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis 
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, and 
because SIW reported entered values for all of its sales, we intend to 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates based on the 
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those sales, in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We intend to instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review 
when the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final 
results of this review is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent). If 
SIW's overall weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis or 
where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de 
minimis, in the final results of review, we intend to instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\11\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by SIW for 
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United 
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the 
all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation \12\ if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\13\
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    \12\ See Order, 69 FR at 4111.
    \13\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of this administrative 
review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 
cash deposit rate for SIW will be that established in the final results 
of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 
percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) 
for previously investigated companies not participating in this review, 
the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit 
rate published for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the underlying 
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 
12.91 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\14\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \14\ See Order, 69 FR at 4111.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: January 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion

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VI. Recommendation

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