[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 190 (Friday, October 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48030-48032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19408]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-469-821]
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Spain: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that the producer/exporter subject to this administrative
review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV)
during the period of review (POR), June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 3, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 4, 2021, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on
prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Spain in the
Federal Register.\1\ On July 29, 2024, based on
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timely requests for review from the petitioners \2\ and Global Special
Steel Products S.A.U. (d.b.a. Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L.)
(TYCSA),\3\ we initiated an administrative review of the Order with
respect to one company, TYCSA.\4\
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\1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Indonesia,
Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 29998 (June 4, 2021) (Order).
\2\ The petitioners are Insteel Wire Products Company, Sumiden
Wire Products Corporation, and Wire Mesh Corporation.
\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Request for
Initiation of 2023-2024 Administrative Review,'' dated June 27,
2024; See TYCSA's Letter, ``Request for Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated June 28, 2024.
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 60871 (July 29, 2024).
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On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\5\ On May 22, 2025, we extended
the deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review
to no later than August 27, 2025,\6\ and on August 14, 2025, we
extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this
administrative review to no later than September 26, 2025.\7\ For a
complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this
review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 22,
2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023-2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
August 14, 2025.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the 2023-2024 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Spain,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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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 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.
Scope of the Order
The product subject to the Order is PC strand from Spain. For a
full description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We calculated
export price and constructed export price in accordance with section
772 of the Act. We calculated NV in accordance with section 773 of the
Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the
period June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024:
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Weighted-average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Global Special Steel Products S.A.U. (d.b.a. 13.14
Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L.)..............
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties its calculations
performed in these preliminary results, within five days of any public
announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days
of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.\9\ Pursuant to 19
CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested
parties to submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 21 days after
the date of the 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 briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\11\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\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 Procedures).
\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 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).\13\
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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.
\13\ See APO and Service Final 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 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
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including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any
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 this administrative review, pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value
of those sales. Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), or an importer specific assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this review
shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries
of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\14\
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\14\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by TYCSA for
which the company did not know that the merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at
the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation (i.e., 14.75 percent),\15\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\16\
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\15\ See Order.
\16\ For a full description 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 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 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 the company
listed above 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 previously reviewed or investigated
companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most
recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the company was
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 14.75 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\17\ These deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\17\ See Order.
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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) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2)
and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 26, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Recommendation
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