Notice2024-05172
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
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Published
March 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD order.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17819-17820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05172]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Continuation of Antidumping Duty
Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department
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of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission
(ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless
steel bar (SS Bar) from India would likely lead to the continuation or
recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United
States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD
order.
DATES: Applicable February 28, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg or 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) 482-1785, or (202) 482-1397,
respectively.
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, the ITC
instituted,\2\ and Commerce initiated,\3\ the fifth sunset review of
the Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). As a result of its review, Commerce determined that
revocation of the Order would likely lead to the continuation or
recurrence of dumping, and therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude
of the margins of dumping rates likely to prevail should the Order be
revoked.\4\
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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 Stainless Steel Bar from India; Institution of a Five-
Year Review, 88 FR 60486 (September 1, 2023).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 60438
(September 1, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
\4\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final Results of the
Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 89 FR
324 (January 3, 2024), and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (IDM).
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On February 28, 2024, the ITC published its determination, pursuant
to sections 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the Order would
likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.\5\
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\5\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India, 89 FR 14718 (February
28, 2024) (ITC Final Determination).
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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.\6\
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\6\ See Order.
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Continuation of the Order
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that
revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence
of dumping, and material injury to an industry in the United States,
pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby orders the
continuation of the Order. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will
continue to collect AD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time
of entry for all imports of subject merchandise.
The effective date of the continuation of the Order will be
February 28, 2024.\7\ Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to initiate the next five-year
reviews of the Order not later than 30 days prior to fifth anniversary
of the date of the last determination by the ITC.
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\7\ See ITC Final Determination.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an 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 violation which
is subject to sanctions.
Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance
with sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and published in
accordance with section 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: March 6, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-05172 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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