Notice2023-28931
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
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Published
January 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review" section of this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 324-325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28931]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of the Expedited
Fifth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the
levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review''
section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garry Kasparov, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 21, 1995, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the AD Order on SS Bar from India.\1\ On September 1, 2023, Commerce
published Initiation Notice of the fifth sunset review of the Order,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2).\2\
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year Reviews, 88 FR 60438 (September
1, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
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On September 15, 2023, Commerce received a notice of intent to
participate from Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible Industries
LLC, Electralloy, a G.O., Carlson, Inc. Company, Marcegaglia Stainless
Richburg, LLC, North American Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy
Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, the
petitioners) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The petitioners claimed interested party status
under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of a domestic like
product in the United States.
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\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated September 15, 2023.
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On September 29, 2023, we received a timely, adequate substantive
response to the Initiation Notice from the petitioners within the 30-
day deadline specified in 19 CFR 218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We received no
substantive response from respondent parties nor was a hearing
requested.
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\4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Substantive Response,'' dated
September 29, 2023 (Petitioners' Substantive Response).
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On October 25, 2023, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive adequate substantive responses
from any other interested parties.\5\ As a result, pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset review of the Order.
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\5\ See Commerce's Letter ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on
September 1, 2023,'' dated October 25, 2023.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is SS Bar. SS Bar means
articles of stainless steel in straight lengths that have been either
hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or otherwise cold-
finished, or ground, having a uniform solid cross section along their
whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals,
rectangles (including squares), triangles, hexagons, octagons or other
convex polygons. SS Bar includes cold-finished SS Bars that are turned
or ground in straight lengths, whether produced from hot-rolled bar or
from straightened and cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that have
indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced during the
rolling process.
Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless
steel semi-finished products, cut length flat-rolled products (i.e.,
cut length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness have
a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or
more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at
least twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed products in coils,
of any uniform solid cross section along their whole length, which do
not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products), and angles,
shapes and sections.
Imports of these products are currently classifiable under
subheadings 7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description
of the scope of the Order is dispositive.
Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins of dumping
likely to prevail if the Order was revoked.\6\ A list of topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as the
appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless
Steel Bar from India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum)
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Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of
the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be at rates up to 21.02
percent.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). 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 violation which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
Dated: December 27, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of Margin of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2023-28931 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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