[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15955-15956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05273]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-412-826, A-469-816, A-475-836, A-489-831, A-520-808, A-580-891, A-
791-823, A-821-824, A-822-806, A-823-816]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Belarus, Italy, the 
Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Republic of South 
Africa, Spain, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab 
Emirates, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Expedited First 
Sunset Reviews of Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the 
antidumping duty (AD) orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod 
(steel wire rod) from Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea (Korea), 
the Russian Federation (Russia), the Republic of South Africa (South 
Africa), Spain, the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), Ukraine, the United 
Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United Kingdom would be likely to lead to 
the continuation or recurrence of dumping at the dumping margins 
identified in the ``Final Results of Reviews'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable March 15, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Macey Mayes, AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4473.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2022, Commerce published the notice of initiation of 
the first sunset reviews of the AD orders on steel wire rod from 
Belarus, Italy, Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, 
the UAE, and the United Kingdom pursuant to section 751(c) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ On December 14 and 15, 
2022, Charter Steel, Commercial Metals Company, Liberty Steel USA, 
Nucor Corporation, and Optimus Steel LLC (collectively, the domestic 
interested parties), notified Commerce of their intent to participate 
within the 15-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\2\ The 
domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as producers of the domestic like product 
in the United States.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 73757 
(December 1, 2022) (Notice of Initiation); see also Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, the Russian Federation, and the United 
Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 3297 (January 24, 
2018), as corrected in Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, 
the Russian Federation, and the United Arab Emirates: Notice of 
Correction to Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 5402 (February 7, 2018) 
(correcting one of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS) numbers listed in the scope); Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Wire Rod from Italy, the Republic of Korea, Spain, the Republic of 
Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended 
Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determinations for Spain and the 
Republic of Turkey, 83 FR 23417 (May 21, 2018); and Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of South Africa and Ukraine: 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 11175 (March 14, 2018) (collectively, 
Orders).
    \2\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic 
Interested Parties' Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated 
December 14, 2022 (Belarus); Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, 
``Domestic Interested Parties' Notice of Intent to Participate,'' 
dated December 15, 2022 (Italy); Domestic Interested Parties' 
Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' dated December 15, 2022 (Korea); Domestic Interested 
Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' dated December 14, 2022 (Russia); Domestic Interested 
Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' dated December 14, 2022 (South Africa); Domestic 
Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Notice of 
Intent to Participate,'' dated December 14, 2022 (Spain); Domestic 
Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Notice of 
Intent to Participate,'' dated December 14, 2022 (Turkey); Domestic 
Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Notice of 
Intent to Participate,'' dated December 14, 2022 (Ukraine); Domestic 
Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Notice of 
Intent to Participate,'' dated December 14, 2022 (the UAE); and 
Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' 
Notice of Intent to Participate,'' dated December 15, 2022 (United 
Kingdom).
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    Commerce received complete substantive responses to the Notice of 
Initiation with respect to the Orders from the domestic interested 
parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\3\ Commerce received no substantive responses from 
respondent interested parties. As a result, pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 
conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders.
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    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic 
Interested Parties' Substantive Response,'' dated December 29, 2022 
(Belarus Substantive Response); Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, 
``Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive Response,'' dated January 
3, 2023 (Italy Substantive Response); Domestic Interested Parties' 
Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive Response,'' dated 
December 29, 2022 (Korea Substantive Response); Domestic Interested 
Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive 
Response,'' dated December 29, 2022 (Russia Substantive Response); 
Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' 
Substantive Response,'' dated December 30, 2022 (South Africa 
Substantive Response); Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, 
``Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive Response,'' dated 
December 30, 2022 (Spain Substantive Response); Domestic Interested 
Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive 
Response,'' dated December 30, 2022 (Turkey Substantive Response); 
Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic Interested Parties' 
Substantive Response,'' dated December 30, 2022 (Ukraine Substantive 
Response); Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic 
Interested Parties' Substantive Response,'' dated December 29, 2022 
(UAE Substantive Response); and Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, 
``Domestic Interested Parties' Substantive Response,'' dated 
December 29, 2022 (United Kingdom Substantive Response).
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Scope of the Orders

    The scope of the Orders is carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod 
from Belarus, Italy, Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, 
Ukraine, the UAE, and the United Kingdom. The merchandise subject to 
the Orders is classified in the HTSUS at subheadings: 7213.91.3011, 
7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3093; 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 
7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 
7227.90.6030, and 7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products entered under 
subheadings

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7213.99.0090 and 7227.90.6090 of the HTSUS also may be included in this 
scope if they meet the physical description of subject merchandise. 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written product description remains dispositive.
    For a full description of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
from Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, 
the Republic of South Africa, Spain, the Republic of Turkey, 
Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews 
is provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, including the 
likelihood of the continuation or recurrence of dumping and the 
magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail if the Orders 
were revoked. A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and 
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically 
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed at 
https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Final Results of the Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to 
the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of the 
dumping margins likely to prevail would be up to 280.02 percent for 
Belarus, 18.89 percent for Italy, 41.10 percent for Korea, 756.93 
percent for Russia, 142.26 percent for South Africa, 32.64 percent for 
Spain, 4.44 percent for Turkey, 44.03 percent for Ukraine, 84.10 
percent for the UAE, and 147.63 percent for the United Kingdom.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(5)(ii).

    Dated: March 8, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Margins Likely To Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-05273 Filed 3-14-23; 8:45 am]
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