[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 143 (Friday, July 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44858-44859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16071]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-891]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that
POSCO, a producer and exporter of carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire
rod) from the Republic of Korea (Korea), sold subject merchandise in
the United States at prices below normal value during the period of
review (POR) October 31, 2017 through April 30, 2019. We invite all
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable July 24, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2316.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce is conducting the first administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on wire rod from Korea in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(B) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ On
December 11, 2018, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we
initiated this administrative review of the Order covering POSCO, the
sole producer and exporter of the subject merchandise.\2\
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\1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy, the Republic
of Korea, Spain, the Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom:
Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
Duty Determinations for Spain and the Republic of Turkey, 83 FR
23417 (May 21, 2018) (Order); see also Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire
Rod from the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom: Notice of
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 84
FR 13888 (April 8, 2019); and Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from
the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
Circumstances Review, 84 FR 27582 (June 13, 2019).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 33739 (July 15, 2019).
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On January 29, 2020, we extended the time limit for the preliminary
results of this review from 245 days to 364 days.\3\ On April 24, 2020,
Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days,
thereby extending the deadline for these results until July 20,
2020.\4\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2019,''
dated January 29, 2020.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
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For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
dated concurrently with these preliminary results and hereby adopted by
this notice.\5\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Carbon and Alloy
Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of Korea; 2017-2019,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The scope of the Order includes certain hot-rolled products of
carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately round cross
section, less than 19.00 mm in actual solid cross-sectional diameter.
Excluded from the scope are grade 1078 and higher tire cord quality
wire rod to be used in the production of tire cord wire. Also, excluded
from the scope are valve spring quality (VSQ) steel products which is
defined as wire rod. For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\6\ Id.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. Constructed export prices are calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. 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 http://access.trade.gov. The
signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
are identical in content.
Preliminary Results
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
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margin for the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter and producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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POSCO....................................................... 1.01
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, 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 an importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of those
sales. Where the mandatory respondent did not report entered value, we
calculated the entered value in order to calculate the assessment rate.
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.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the
respondent for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
The final results of this 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.\7\
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\7\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
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 POSCO will be
equal to POSCO's weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this 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 investigated companies not participating in this review,
the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in
which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, or the underlying investigation, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established
for the completed segment for the most recent POR for the producer of
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers
or exporters will continue to be 41.1 percent, the all-others rate
established in the underlying investigation.\8\ These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\8\ See Order, 81 FR at 23419.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\9\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance at a date to be
determined. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed no later than seven days after the time limit for
filing case briefs.\10\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal
briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument:
(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and
(3) a table of authorities.\11\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be
filed using ACCESS.\12\
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\10\ Commerce is exercising its discretion, under 19 CFR
351.309(d)(1), to alter the time limit for filing of rebuttal
briefs.
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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. An electronically-filed request for a hearing must be received
successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30
days after the date of publication of this notice.\13\ Hearing 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 issues
raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at a date and time to be determined.\14\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c); see also 19 CFR 351.303(b)(1).
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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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 temporarily modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.\15\
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\15\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise
extended.\16\
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\16\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 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 duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double 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 351.221(b)(4).
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Description of Products Under Review
IV. Comparisons to Normal Value
V. Date of Sale
VI. Constructed Export Price
VII. Normal Value
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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