[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 76 (Monday, April 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21826-21827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08299]
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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; 2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has completed its
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on prestressed
concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand for the period of
review (POR) January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. We continue to
find that that The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW) did not make
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the
POR.
DATES: Applicable April 20, 2020.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Samantha Kinney, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-1766 or 202-482-
2285, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 5, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results in
the Federal Register.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on
the Preliminary Results. No interested parties submitted comments or a
request for a hearing. Commerce conducted this review in accordance
with section 751(a) 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; 2018,
85 FR 6501 (February 5, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order \2\ 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.
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\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); see also Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from
Brazil, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Thailand:
Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Finding/Orders and
Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 22708 (April 23, 2015).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
As no parties submitted comments on the margin calculation
methodology used in the Preliminary Results, Commerce made no
adjustments to that methodology in the final results of this review.
Final Results of the Review
In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that SIW did not
make sales of subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR. As we
have not received any information to contradict our preliminary
finding, we continue to determine in the final results that SIW did not
make sales of subject merchandise at less than NV during the POR.
Accordingly, Commerce determines that a weighted-average dumping margin
of 0.00 percent exists for entries of subject merchandise that were
produced and/or exported by SIW.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b),
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 these final results of administrative
review. Because we calculated a zero margin for SIW in the final
results of this review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of these final results of administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise from Thailand entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided by sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash
deposit rate for SIW will be equal to zero; (2) for previously
investigated companies not covered in this review but covered in a
completed prior segment of this proceeding, 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
previous review, or the original 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
subject 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 investigation.\3\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\3\ 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 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 double
antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (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: April 7, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-08299 Filed 4-17-20; 8:45 am]
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