[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44633-44634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11125]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-820]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Thailand: Final 
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) 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.

DATES: Applicable May 21, 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 February 2, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
Preliminary Results of the 2022 administrative review \1\ of the 
antidumping duty order on PC strand from Thailand.\2\ The review covers 
the sole mandatory respondent, The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. 
(SIW). We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results.\3\ On April 3, 2024, the petitioners submitted a case 
brief.\4\ On April 8, 2024, SIW submitted a rebuttal brief.\5\ Neither 
party argued for any changes from the Preliminary Results. Because 
Commerce received no comments requiring changes to the Preliminary 
Results, we have not modified our analysis and no decision memorandum 
accompanies this Federal Register notice. Accordingly, the final 
results are unchanged from the Preliminary Results, and we are adopting 
the Preliminary Results as the final results of this review. Commerce 
conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Thailand: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022; 
89 FR 7370 (February 2, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ 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).
    \3\ See Preliminary Results.
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Case Brief,'' dated 
April 3, 2024 (Petitioners' Case Brief). The Petitioners in this 
proceeding are Insteel Wire Products Company, Sumiden Wire Products 
Corporation, and Wire Mesh Corp. (collectively, the petitioners).
    \5\ See SIW's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief of The Siam Industrial 
Wire Co., Ltd.,'' dated April 8, 2024.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this Order is prestressed concrete steel 
wire strand produced from wire of non-stainless, non-galvanized steel, 
which is suitable for use in prestressed concrete (both pre-tensioned 
and post-tensioned) applications. The product definition encompasses 
covered and uncovered strand and all types, grades, and diameters of PC 
strand. The merchandise subject to the Order is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise subject to the scope is 
dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    Although the petitioners and SIW submitted comments, neither party 
requested changes to the Preliminary Results in this review. While the 
petitioners requested corroboration of the reporting of SIW's suppliers 
of wire rod in future reviews,\6\ the petitioners rescinded their 
request for review, and there are no other outstanding review requests 
for the upcoming review period. Additionally, at this stage, the 
petitioners did not request further corroboration of SIW's reporting of 
wire rod inputs for this POR.\7\ Therefore, their arguments, raised for 
this administrative review, are moot. Any additional corroboration of 
reporting by SIW's input suppliers, however, will be considered in the 
context of a future review.
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    \6\ See Petitioners' Case Brief at 2.
    \7\ Id.
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    As a result of this review, we determine the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the POR:

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

    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in final results within five days of any public announcement 
or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of 
publication of the notice of final results in the Federal Register, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because we have made no 
changes from the Preliminary Results, there are no new calculations to 
disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b) for these final results.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review.
    Where the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is either 
zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent),\8\ we will instruct 
CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties. Accordingly, because SIW's weighted-average dumping margin is 
zero percent, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the 
respondent for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined 
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed 
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 12.91 percent) determined in the 
original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation \9\ if there is no 
rate for the intermediate

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company(ies) involved in the transaction.\10\
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    \9\ See Order, 69 FR at 4111.
    \10\ 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 
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 for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date in the 
Federal Register of the final results of this administrative review, 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 (i.e., 
0.00 percent); (2) for merchandise exported by a producer or exporter 
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 for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding in which the producer or exporter 
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, 
or a previous segment, but the producer is, 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 ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the LTFV 
investigation.\11\ These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \11\ See Order, 69 FR at 4111.
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (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 sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: May 15, 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-11125 Filed 5-20-24; 8:45 am]
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