[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 324-325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28931]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of the Expedited 
Fifth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India 
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the 
levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review'' 
section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garry Kasparov, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 21, 1995, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the AD Order on SS Bar from India.\1\ On September 1, 2023, Commerce 
published Initiation Notice of the fifth sunset review of the Order, 
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2).\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year Reviews, 88 FR 60438 (September 
1, 2023) (Initiation Notice).

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    On September 15, 2023, Commerce received a notice of intent to 
participate from Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible Industries 
LLC, Electralloy, a G.O., Carlson, Inc. Company, Marcegaglia Stainless 
Richburg, LLC, North American Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy 
Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, the 
petitioners) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The petitioners claimed interested party status 
under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of a domestic like 
product in the United States.
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    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Notice of Intent to 
Participate,'' dated September 15, 2023.
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    On September 29, 2023, we received a timely, adequate substantive 
response to the Initiation Notice from the petitioners within the 30-
day deadline specified in 19 CFR 218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We received no 
substantive response from respondent parties nor was a hearing 
requested.
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    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Substantive Response,'' dated 
September 29, 2023 (Petitioners' Substantive Response).
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    On October 25, 2023, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive adequate substantive responses 
from any other interested parties.\5\ As a result, pursuant to section 
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 
conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset review of the Order.
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    \5\ See Commerce's Letter ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
September 1, 2023,'' dated October 25, 2023.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is SS Bar. SS Bar means 
articles of stainless steel in straight lengths that have been either 
hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or otherwise cold-
finished, or ground, having a uniform solid cross section along their 
whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, 
rectangles (including squares), triangles, hexagons, octagons or other 
convex polygons. SS Bar includes cold-finished SS Bars that are turned 
or ground in straight lengths, whether produced from hot-rolled bar or 
from straightened and cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that have 
indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced during the 
rolling process.
    Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless 
steel semi-finished products, cut length flat-rolled products (i.e., 
cut length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness have 
a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or 
more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at 
least twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed products in coils, 
of any uniform solid cross section along their whole length, which do 
not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products), and angles, 
shapes and sections.
    Imports of these products are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of the Order is dispositive.

Analysis of the Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins of dumping 
likely to prevail if the Order was revoked.\6\ A list of topics 
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as the 
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 directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless 
Steel Bar from India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted 
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum)
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Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of 
the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be at rates up to 21.02 
percent.

Administrative Protective Order

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

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).

    Dated: December 27, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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 Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of Margin of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-28931 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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