[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7370-7372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02142]


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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; 2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds 
that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand 
was not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during 
the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. 
We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of 
review.

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Kinney, 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) 482-2285.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 28, 2004, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping (AD) duty order on PC strand from Thailand.\1\ On January 
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2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order for the 
POR.\2\ On March 14, 2023, based on timely requests for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an AD 
administrative review of the Order, covering one producer/exporter, The 
Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW).\3\
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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 Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 45 (January 3, 
2023).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 15642 (May 14, 2023).
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    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), on September 12, 2023, Commerce extended the 
deadline for the preliminary results of this review until January 31, 
2024.\4\ For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 
12, 2023.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Prestressed 
Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Thailand; 2022,'' 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. 
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. Constructed export price is calculated 
in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated in 
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying these 
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 
2022:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd..........................        0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these 
preliminary results to interested parties within five days after public 
announcement, or if there is no public announcement, within five days 
of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\6\ 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the 
case briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the date for 
filing case briefs.\8\ Interested parties who submit case briefs or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents 
listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\9\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Final Service Rule).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\10\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of 
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the executive summaries as the basis of the comment 
summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that will 
accompany the final results in this administrative review. We request 
that interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the 
executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended certain 
of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in 19 CFR 
351.303(f).\11\
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    \10\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \11\ See APO and Final Service Rule.
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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, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of 
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to 
those raised in the respective case briefs. An electronically filed 
hearing request must be received successfully in its entirety by 
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. If a 
request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold a hearing at a 
time and date to be determined.\12\ Parties should confirm the date, 
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as 
hearing requests, should be filed using ACCESS.\13\ An electronically-
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\14\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \14\ See APO and Final Service Rule.
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon completion of the 
final results of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, ADs on all 
appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by this review.\15\ 
If the weighted-average dumping margin for SIW 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, 
Commerce intends 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).

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We intend to instruct CBP to assess ADs 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 ADs.\16\ The final results of this administrative review 
shall be the basis for the assessment of ADs on entries of merchandise 
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of 
estimated duties, where applicable.\17\
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    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceedings: 
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment 
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
    \17\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    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 unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 12.91 percent) in the original 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation \18\ if there is no rate for 
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\19\
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    \18\ See Order, 69 FR at 4111.
    \19\ 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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    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).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication in the Federal Register 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 equal to the weighted-average 
dumping margin 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 merchandise exported by a 
company not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of 
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific cash deposit rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, or a previous segment, but the producer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established in the completed segment for 
the most recent period 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.\20\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \20\ See Order, 69 FR at 4111.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to 
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the 
results of its analysis of issues raised by interested parties in the 
written comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary 
results in the Federal Register.\21\
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    \21\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 
351.213(h).
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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 ADs 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 ADs occurred and 
the subsequent assessment of doubled ADs.

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 
351.213 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: January 29, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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
VI. Recommendation

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