[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17819-17820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05172]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Continuation of Antidumping Duty 
Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department

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of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission 
(ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless 
steel bar (SS Bar) from India would likely lead to the continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United 
States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD 
order.

DATES: Applicable February 28, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg or 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) 482-1785, or (202) 482-1397, 
respectively.

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, the ITC 
instituted,\2\ and Commerce initiated,\3\ the fifth sunset review of 
the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act). As a result of its review, Commerce determined that 
revocation of the Order would likely lead to the continuation or 
recurrence of dumping, and therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude 
of the margins of dumping rates likely to prevail should the Order be 
revoked.\4\
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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 Stainless Steel Bar from India; Institution of a Five-
Year Review, 88 FR 60486 (September 1, 2023).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 60438 
(September 1, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
    \4\  See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final Results of the 
Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 89 FR 
324 (January 3, 2024), and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum (IDM).
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    On February 28, 2024, the ITC published its determination, pursuant 
to sections 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the Order would 
likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.\5\
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    \5\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India, 89 FR 14718 (February 
28, 2024) (ITC Final Determination).
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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.\6\
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    \6\ See Order.
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Continuation of the Order

    As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that 
revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence 
of dumping, and material injury to an industry in the United States, 
pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the 
continuation of the Order. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will 
continue to collect AD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time 
of entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
    The effective date of the continuation of the Order will be 
February 28, 2024.\7\ Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year 
reviews of the Order not later than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary 
of the date of the last determination by the ITC.
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    \7\ See ITC Final Determination.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary 
information in this segment of the proceeding. 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 sanctions.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance 
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in 
accordance with section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).

    Dated: March 6, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
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