[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35069-35071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09454]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-104]


Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd. (Ningbo 
Dongxin), the sole mandatory respondent in this review and an exporter 
of alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod (threaded rod) from the 
People's Republic of China (China), sold subject merchandise in the 
United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of 
review April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. Additionally, Commerce is 
rescinding this review with respect to Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength 
Bolts Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Zhongjiang). Interested parties are invited to 
comment on these preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable May 1, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudia Cott, 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) 482-4270.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 9, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping duty order on threaded rod from China.\1\ On June 12, 2023, 
based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order 
covering two companies: Ningbo Dongxin and Ningbo Zhongjiang.\2\ On 
November 30, 2023, we extended the deadline for these preliminary 
results of this review to April 26, 2024.\3\ For a complete description 
of the events that occurred since the initiation of this review, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the 
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 19929 
(April 9, 2020) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 38021 (June 12, 2023).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated November 
30, 2023.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Alloy and 
Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of 
China; 2022-2023,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order 5
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    \5\ See Order.
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is alloy and certain carbon 
steel threaded rod from China. For a complete description of the scope 
of the order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. On June 
16, 2023, Ningbo Zhongjiang timely withdrew its request for an

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administrative review of itself within the 90-day deadline.\6\ No other 
parties requested a review of Ningbo Zhongjiang. Therefore, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding the 
administrative review of Ningbo Zhongjiang.
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    \6\ See Ningbo Zhongjiang's Letter, ``Zhongjiang Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated June 16, 2023.
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Separate Rates

    Commerce preliminarily determines that Ningbo Dongxin is eligible 
to receive a separate rate in this administrative review.\7\ For 
additional information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The 
Preliminary 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \7\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 10-11.
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China-Wide Entity

    Commerce's policy regarding the conditional review of the China-
wide entity applies to this administrative review.\8\ Under this 
policy, the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party 
specifically requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the 
entity. Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity in 
this review, the China-wide entity is not under review, and the China-
wide entity's rate (i.e., 48.91 percent) \9\ is not subject to change.
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    \8\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in 
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity 
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
    \9\ See Order, 85 FR at 19930, adjusted for export subsidies as 
outlined in Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 18117 (March 27, 2023) 
(Threaded Rod from China 2021-2022).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average 
dumping margin exists for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 
2023, for the mandatory respondent:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                          Exporter                              dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd...................       35.10
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed in these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs to Commerce 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 not later than five days after the 
date for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who submit case or 
rebuttal briefs in this administrative review must submit: (1) a table 
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\11\
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    \10\ 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 Service).
    \11\ 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.\12\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the public 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 public executive summary of each issue.
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    \12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
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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 case and rebuttal briefs.
    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 Service.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, including the results of 
its analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days 
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the final results, Commerce shall determine and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise covered by 
this review.
    If an examined respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is not 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results 
of this review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment 
rate for antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales and the total 
entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\15\ If the weighted-average dumping margin for Ningbo 
Dongxin or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis 
in the final results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries

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without regard to antidumping duties.\16\ The final results of this 
administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of 
antidumping duties 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 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).
    \16\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    \17\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    For Ningbo Zhongjiang, for which we are rescinding this 
administrative review, antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at 
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, 
during the period of review, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i).
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
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 of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of review, as provided in section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 
Act: (1) for the subject merchandise exported by the company listed 
above that has a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be equal to 
the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of 
this administrative review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, 
then zero cash deposit will be required); (2) for previously 
investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise not listed above that received a separate rate in a prior 
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of 
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the China-wide 
entity, i.e., 48.91 percent; \18\ and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters 
of subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that 
supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \18\ See Order, 85 FR at 19930, adjusted for export subsidies as 
outlined in Threaded Rod from China 2021-2022.
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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 and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. 
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's 
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping 
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the 
amount of the countervailing duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of this 
administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.213, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: April 25, 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.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Adjustment Under Section 777A(f) of the Act
VIII. Recommendation

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