Notice2022-12094
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From the Republic of Turkey: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final Determination of Antidumping Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination
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Published
June 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
On May 26, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United States, Consol. Court no. 21-00045, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) remand redetermination pertaining to the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) covering the period of investigation April 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final determination and Commerce is amending the final determination and the resulting AD order with respect to the dumping margin assigned to Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. (Celik Halat) and all other producers and exporters of subject merchandise.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34241-34242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12094]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-489-842]
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From the Republic of
Turkey: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Final
Determination of Antidumping Investigation; Notice of Amended Final
Determination
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 26, 2022, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT)
issued its final judgment in Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United
States, Consol. Court no. 21-00045, sustaining the U.S. Department of
Commerce's (Commerce) remand redetermination pertaining to the
antidumping duty (AD) investigation of prestressed concrete steel wire
strand (PC strand) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) covering the
period of investigation April 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020. Commerce
is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony
with Commerce's final determination and Commerce is amending the final
determination and the resulting AD order with respect to the dumping
margin assigned to Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. (Celik Halat) and all
other producers and exporters of subject merchandise.
DATES: Applicable June 5, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, 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) 482-0208.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 11, 2020, Commerce published its Final Determination in
the AD investigation of PC strand from Turkey. Commerce assigned a
dumping margin of 53.65 percent to Celik Halat and all other producers
and exporters of subject merchandise.\1\ Commerce subsequently
published the AD order on PC strand from Turkey.\2\
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\1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina,
Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the Republic
of Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates: Final Affirmative
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determinations, in Part, 85 FR
80001 (December 11, 2021) (Final Determination). Commerce later
published a correction to the Final Determination to list the
adjusted cash deposit rates after accounting for export subsidies in
the companion countervailing duty investigation. See Prestressed
Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Republic of Turkey: Notice of
Correction to the Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 86 FR 11724 (February 26, 2021).
\2\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina,
Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the Republic
of Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86
FR 7703 (February 1, 2021).
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Celik Halat appealed Commerce's Final Determination. On February
15, 2022, the CIT remanded the Final Determination to Commerce,
instructing Commerce to determine Celik Halat's estimated weighted-
average dumping margin without applying section 776 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act) with respect to the filing of the
company's response to sections B and C of the AD questionnaire.\3\
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\3\ See Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United States, Slip
Op. 22-12, Consol. Court No. 21-00045 (CIT February 15, 2022).
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In its final remand redetermination, issued in April 2022, Commerce
reopened the record for Celik Halat to submit its response to sections
B and C of the AD questionnaire and used this information to calculate
Celik Halat's weighted-average dumping margin.\4\ As a result, Celik
Halat's revised weighted-average dumping margin is 17.88 percent. The
CIT sustained Commerce's final redetermination.\5\
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\4\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court
Remand, Consol. Court No. 21-00045, dated April 1, 2022.
\5\ See Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United States, Slip
Op. 22-54, Consol. Court No. 21-00045 (CIT May 26, 2022).
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Timken Notice
In its decision in Timken,\6\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\7\
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, pursuant
to section 516A[euro] a[euro](e) of the Act, Commerce must publish a
notice of court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Commerce
determination and must suspend liquidation of entries pending a
``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's May 26, 2022 judgment
constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not in harmony with
Commerce's Final Determination. Thus, this notice is published in
fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.
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\6\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.
1990) (Timken).
\7\ See Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United
States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Determination
Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending
its Final Determination with respect to Celik Halat as follows:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin Cash deposit rate
(percent) \8\
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Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. 17.88 17.39
All Others.................... 17.88 17.39
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\8\ The cash deposit rate for Celik Halat and the companies
covered by the all-others rate is adjusted for the export subsidies
found for Celik Halat in the final remand redetermination of the
companion countervailing duty investigation (i.e., 0.49 percent).
See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, Court
No. 21-00050, dated April 15, 2022, at 26-27 and 30-32, aff'd Celik
Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United States, Slip Op. 22-55, Consol.
Court No. 21-00050 (CIT May 26, 2022).
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Commerce will issue revised cash deposit instructions to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: May 31, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-12094 Filed 6-3-22; 8:45 am]
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