Notice2022-02324
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020
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Published
February 4, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review of January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6509-6511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02324]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-820]
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Thailand: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand
was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the
period of review of January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
DATES: Applicable February 4, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max Goldman or Brian Smith, 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) 482-3896 or (202)
482-1766, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 28, 2004, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on PC strand from Thailand.\1\ Commerce
initiated this administrative review on February 26, 2021.\2\ This
review covers one company, The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW). On
May 25, 2021, Thai Wire Products Public Company Limited (Thai Wire
Company) timely withdrew its request for review with respect to
itself.\3\ Based on this timely withdrawal and the fact that no other
party requested review of this company, we rescinded this review with
respect to Thai Wire Company, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).\4\
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\1\ 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).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 12599 (March 4, 2021) (Initiation
Notice).
\3\ See Thai Wire Company's Letter, ``Administrative Review
Withdrawal,'' dated May 25, 2021.
\4\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Thailand:
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020,
86 FR 33231 (June 24, 2021).
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On September 10, 2021, we extended the deadline for the preliminary
results of this review to January 28, 2022.\5\ For a detailed
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review,
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand
from Thailand: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2020
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 10, 2021.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand
from Thailand: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is PC strand from Thailand.
Products subject to the Order are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings
7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive. For a complete
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Constructed export price was calculated in accordance with section 772
of the Act. NV 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
<a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
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version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Results
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margin for the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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The Siam Industrial Wire Co. Ltd........................... 0.98
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results of review to interested parties within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication
of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, the content of which is limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days
after the date for filing case briefs.\7\ 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.\8\ Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS \9\ and must be served on
interested parties.\10\ Executive summaries should be limited to five
pages total, including footnotes.
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Temporary Rule
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\9\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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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, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed electronically via Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS,
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2)
the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues parties intend to
discuss. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, Commerce intends to hold a hearing at a time and date to be
determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions to Commerce must be filed using ACCESS \12\ and
must be served on interested parties.\13\ An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's
electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the
date that the document is due. Commerce has modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary
information until further notice.\14\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
\14\ 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 the issues raised in
any case or rebuttal briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, unless this deadline is extended.\15\
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\15\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
Commerce shall determine, and U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\16\ If
SIW's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e.,
less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, and given
that SIW reported entered values, we intend to calculate importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rates for the merchandise based on the
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales
made during the POR to each importer and the total entered value of
those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We intend to
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review when the importer-specific assessment rate
calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis
(i.e., 0.50 percent). Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). If SIW's
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final
results of review, we intend to instruct CBP not to assess duties on
any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for
Reviews.\17\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\17\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews) (``Where the weighted-average
margin of dumping for the exporter is determined to be zero or de
minimis, no antidumping duties will be assessed.'').
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by SIW for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation (as amended) \18\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\19\ Commerce
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days
after the date of publication of the final results of this
administrative 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).
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\18\ See Order.
\19\ 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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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of this administrative
review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for SIW will be that 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 investigated companies not participating in this review,
the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit
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, a prior review, or the underlying
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding
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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, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation (as amended).\20\
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\20\ 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)(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 to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: January 28, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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