Notice2024-23697
Antidumping Duty Order on Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod and Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, and Preliminary Intent To Rescind Scope Inquiry
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Published
October 15, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
Based on a request from Logistical Resource Development Inc. (LRD), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating and issuing preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from the People's Republic of China (China) to revoke the orders, in part, with respect to certain products. We also preliminarily intend to rescind the scope inquiry with respect to the same products. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82972-82975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23697]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-104, C-570-105]
Antidumping Duty Order on Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded
Rod and Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded
Rod From the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary
Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews and Intent To Revoke the
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, and Preliminary
Intent To Rescind Scope Inquiry
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on a request from Logistical Resource Development Inc.
(LRD), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating and
issuing preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) of
the antidumping duty (AD) order on alloy and certain carbon steel
threaded rod and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on carbon and
alloy steel threaded rod from the People's Republic of China (China) to
revoke the orders, in part, with respect to certain products. We also
preliminarily intend to rescind the scope inquiry with respect to the
same products. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison Hollander, 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) 482-3004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
published the Orders.\1\ On August 23, 2024, LRD, an importer of
subject merchandise, requested, through CCRs, that Commerce
retroactively revoke the Orders, in part, pursuant to section
751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19
CFR 351.216(b) with respect to certain wheels studs.\2\ LRD stated that
it qualifies as an importer of wheel studs currently subject to duties
and, as such, is an interested party pursuant to section 771(9)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(ii).\3\ On August 30, 2024, Vulcan
Threaded Rod Products Inc. (the petitioner) submitted comments
indicating that it does not oppose the partial scope revocation
requested in LRD's CCR request.\4\
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\1\ See Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 19929
(April 9, 2020) (AD Order), and Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod
from India and the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty
Orders, 85 FR 19927 (April 9, 2020) (CVD Order) (collectively
Orders).
\2\ See LRD's Letter, ``Request for an Expedited Changed
Circumstances Review to Amend the Scope of the Order,'' dated August
23, 2024 (CCR Request).
\3\ Id. at 1.
\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Comments on CCR
Request,'' dated August 30, 2024 (Petitioner's Comments).
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On September 3, 2024, Commerce requested that LRD provide
additional information related to its CCR Request.\5\ LRD timely
responded to the questionnaire on September 17, 2024.\6\ In its CCR
Supplement, LRD provided statements from three domestic producers, All
Ohio Threaded Rod (All Ohio); Highland Thread, Inc. (Highland Thread);
and Bay Standard Manufacturing Inc. (Bay Standard), indicating that
they either were not interested in participating in the CCRs or were
not contesting LRD's proposal.\7\ The petitioner timely responded to
the supplemental questionnaire on September 17, 2024, and provided
information on the production of domestic like product.\8\ On September
24, 2024, Commerce requested that LRD and the petitioner provide
further supplemental information relating to production values of
domestic producers.\9\ On September 24, 2024, the petitioner timely
responded and demonstrated that it and All Ohio, Highland Thread, and
Bay Standard collectively represent ``substantially all'' of the
production of the domestic like product.\10\ No interested parties
filed comments opposing the CCR Request. Further, LRD requested that
Commerce conduct expedited CCRs.\11\
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\5\ Commerce requested LRD to provide a signed attestation from
the petitioner and additional domestic producers, as necessary,
indicating that these entities account for 85 percent of the
industry by production volume. See Commerce's Letter, ``Supplemental
Questionnaire,'' dated September 3, 2024.
\6\ See LRD's Letter, ``Reply to Supplemental Questionnaire,''
dated September 17, 2024 (LRD CCR Supplement).
\7\ Id. at Exhibits 1-3.
\8\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Vulcan's Attestation on Domestic
Production,'' dated September 17, 2024 (Vulcan CCR Supplemental).
Given that the petitioner's production data is business proprietary
information, the petitioner responded directly to Commerce.
\9\ See Commerce's Letters, ``Second Supplemental
Questionnaire,'' dated September 24, 2024; and ``Supplemental
Questionnaire,'' dated September 24, 2024.
\10\ See 19 CFR 222(g)(1)(i); see also Petitioner's Letter,
``Vulcan's Supplemental Questionnaire Response,'' dated September
27, 2024, at 2.
\11\ See CCR Request at 1.
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Scope of the Orders
Appendices I and II contain the scope of the AD Order and the scope
of the CVD Order, respectively.
Proposed Partial Revocation of the Orders <SUP>12</SUP>
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\12\ See Petitioner's Comments at 2-3; CCR Request at 4-5.
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The products subject to the proposed partial revocation are certain
wheel studs with the following characteristics:
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm
long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded
band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is
also M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm
long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded
band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is
also M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 80mm,
part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band
which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M12
diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 95mm
long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded
band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion
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that is also M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M14 diameter and 1.25RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 75mm,
part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band
which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M14
diameter and 1.25RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M14 diameter and 1.25RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 92mm,
part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band
which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M14
diameter and 1.25RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm,
part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band
which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is M14
diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm,
part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band
which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is
M14x1.25.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 44mm
long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded
band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is M14
diameter and 1.5 thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M14 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm
long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded
band which creates a 12.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also
M14 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M14 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 64mm
long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded
band which creates and 21.5mm threaded section for insertion that is
also M14 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 61mm
long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded
band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion.
<bullet> a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread
spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm
long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded
band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is M14
diameter and 1.5 thread spacing.
Initiation of CCRs
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Act, Commerce will conduct a
CCR upon receipt of a request from an interested party that shows
changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order.
Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that
Commerce may revoke an order (in whole or in part) if it determines
that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of
the domestic like product have expressed a lack of interest in the
order, in whole or in part. In its administrative practice, Commerce
has interpreted ``substantially all'' to mean producers accounting for
at least 85 percent of the total U.S. production of the domestic like
product covered by the order.\13\ Further, 19 CFR 351.222(g)(2)
provides that Commerce will conduct a CCR under 19 CFR 351.216, and may
revoke an order, in whole or in part, if it determines that revocation
is warranted.
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\13\ See, e.g., Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic
of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent to Revoke Order in Part, 77
FR 42276 (July 18, 2012), unchanged in Certain Cased Pencils from
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination to Revoke Order, in
Part, 77 FR 53176 (August 31, 2012).
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce determines that the
information submitted by LRD, the petitioner, and other domestic
producers, indicates that substantially all the domestic industry no
longer has a continued interest in having the scope of the Orders cover
certain wheel studs described above. Thus, there are changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the Orders. Therefore,
in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216(d), 19
CFR 351.221(c)(3), and 19 CFR 351.222(g), we are initiating these CCRs.
Preliminary Results of the CCRs and Intent To Revoke the Orders, in
Part
Section 351.221(c)(3)(ii) of Commerce's regulations permits
Commerce to combine the notice of initiation of a CCR and the notice of
preliminary results if Commerce concludes that expedited action is
warranted.\14\ In this instance, because the record contains
information necessary to make a preliminary finding, we find that
expedited action is warranted and have combined the notice of
initiation and the notice of preliminary results.\15\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii); see also Certain Pasta from
Italy: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review, 80 FR 33480, 33480-41 (June 12, 2015)
(Pasta from Italy Preliminary Results), unchanged in Certain Pasta
from Italy: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review, 80 FR
48807 (August 14, 2015) (Pasta from Italy Final Results).
\15\ See, e.g., Pasta from Italy Preliminary Results, 80 FR at
33480-41, unchanged in Pasta from Italy Final Results, 80 FR at
48807.
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Pursuant to section 751(d)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(g),
Commerce preliminarily determines that there is a reasonable basis to
believe that changed circumstances exist sufficient to warrant partial
revocation of the Orders. As explained above, domestic threaded rod
producers accounting for greater than 85 percent of the domestic
industry, including the original petitioner and other domestic threaded
rod producers, have expressed no interest in opposing LRD's CCR
Request.\16\ Substantially all of the domestic industry appears to have
no interest in maintaining the Orders with respect to the specific
products which are the subject of LRD's request.\17\ The domestic
industry has not commented on whether the proposed partial scope
revocation should be retroactive.
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\16\ See LRD CCR Supplement at Exhibits 1-3; and Vulcan
Supplemental Response at 2.
\17\ See LRD CCR Supplement at Exhibits 1-3; and Petitioner's
Letter, ``Comments on CCR Request,'' dated August 30, 2024, at 2.
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In light of the domestic producers' statements of no interest in
opposing the revocation of the Orders, in part, with respect to the
wheel studs as described by LRD, and in the absence of any other
interested party comments addressing the issue of domestic industry
support, we preliminarily conclude that producers accounting for
substantially all of the production of the domestic like product to
which the Orders pertain lack interest in the relief provided by the
Orders with respect to wheel studs that are the subject of LRD's
revocation request. Thus, we preliminarily determine that changed
circumstances warrant revocation of the Orders, in part, with respect
to such wheel studs as described above by LRD. Accordingly, we are
notifying the public of our intent to revoke the Orders, in part, with
respect to wheel studs described in the ``Proposed Partial Revocation
of the Orders'' section above.
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Additionally, LRD requested that Commerce find this scope exclusion
applies retroactively to January 1, 2022. If we make a final
determination to revoke the Orders in part, we intend to apply the
partial revocation to unliquidated entries of merchandise subject to
the CCRs that were entered or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption, as of January 1, 2022.
Intent To Rescind Scope Inquiry
On December 22, 2024, Commerce received a request for a scope
ruling from LRD on whether the same thirteen wheel studs described
above are subject to the Orders.\18\ Commerce initiated this scope
inquiry on January 22, 2024.\19\ Because these 13 wheel studs are the
subject of this CCR, and we preliminarily intend to revoke the Orders,
in part, with respect to these 13 wheels studs, we also preliminarily
intend to rescind the scope inquiry, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.225(f)(6).
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\18\ See LRD's Letters, ``Application for a Scope Ruling for
Wheel Studs on Alloy and Certain Threaded Rod from the People's
Republic of China,'' dated December 22, 2023.
\19\ See Memorandum, ``Initiation of Scope Inquiries on Wheel
Studs,'' dated January 22, 2024.
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Public Comment
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may
submit case briefs not later than 14 days after the date of publication
of this notice.\20\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the due date
for case briefs.\21\
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\20\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the filing of case
briefs.
\21\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In these CCRs, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\22\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the
comment summaries included in the Issues and Decision Memorandum that
will accompany the final results in these CCRs. We request that
interested parties include footnotes for relevant citations in the
public executive summary of each issue. Note that Commerce has amended
certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in
19 CFR 351.303(f).\23\ An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on the day on which it is due.
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\22\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\23\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a
hearing within 14 days of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.\24\ Hearing requests should contain the following
information: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2)
the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be
discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to issues
raised in the briefs.\25\ If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined.
Parties should confirm the date and the time of the hearing two days
before the scheduled date.
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\24\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR
351.310(c) to alter the time limit for requesting a hearing.
\25\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Final Results of CCRs
Unless extended, consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), Commerce
intends to issue the final results of these CCRs no later than 270 days
after the date on which these reviews were initiated or 45 days if all
parties agree to the preliminary results. If, in the final results of
these reviews, we continue to determine that changed circumstances
warrant the revocation of the Orders, in part, we will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate without regard to
antidumping or countervailing duties, and to refund any estimated
antidumping and countervailing duties deposited on all unliquidated
entries of the merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after January 1, 2022, that are covered by the
revocation in part. The current requirement for cash deposits of
estimated antidumping or countervailing duties on all entries of
subject merchandise will continue unless they are modified pursuant to
the final results of these changed CCRs.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice of initiation and preliminary results is published in
accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216(b)), and
19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii).
Dated: October 7, 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.
Appendix I
The scope of the antidumping duty order covers alloy and certain
carbon steel threaded rod. Alloy and certain carbon steel threaded
rod are certain threaded rod, bar, or studs, of carbon or alloy
steel, having a solid, circular cross section of any diameter, in
any straight length. Alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod are
normally drawn, cold-rolled, threaded, and straightened, or it may
be hot-rolled. In addition, the alloy and certain carbon steel
threaded rod, bar, or studs subject to this order are non-headed and
threaded along greater than 25 percent of their total actual length.
A variety of finishes or coatings, such as plain oil finish as a
temporary rust protectant, zinc coating (i.e., galvanized, whether
by electroplating or hot-dipping), paint, and other similar finishes
and coatings, may be applied to the merchandise.
Alloy steel threaded rod is normally produced to American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications A193 B7/B7m,
A193 B16, A320 L7/L7m, A320 L43, A354 BC and BD, and F1554 Grade
105. Other specifications are Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
specification 1429 grades 5 and 8, International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) specification 898 class 8.8 and 10.9, and
American Petroleum Institute (API) specification 20E. Certain carbon
steel threaded rod is normally produced to ASTM specification A449.
All steel threaded rod meeting the physical description set forth
above is covered by the scope of this order, whether or not produced
according to a particular standard.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above
description that has been finished, assembled, or packaged in a
third country, including by cutting, chamfering, coating, or
painting the threaded rod, by attaching the threaded rod to, or
packaging it with, another product, or any other finishing,
assembly, or packaging operation that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the order if performed in the country
of manufacture of the threaded rod.
Alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod are also included in
the scope of this order whether or not imported attached to, or in
conjunction with, other parts and accessories such as nuts and
washers. If carbon and alloy steel threaded rod are imported
attached to, or in conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise,
only the threaded rod is included in the scope.
Excluded from the scope of this order are: (1) Threaded rod,
bar, or studs which are threaded only on one or both ends and the
threading covers 25 percent or less of the total actual length; and
(2) stainless steel threaded rod, defined as steel threaded rod
containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of
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carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or without other
elements.
Excluded from the scope of the antidumping order on steel
threaded rod from the People's Republic of China is any merchandise
covered by the existing antidumping order on certain steel threaded
rod from the People's Republic of China. See Certain Steel Threaded
Rod from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Antidumping Duty
Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 2009).
Specifically excluded from the scope of this order is threaded
rod that is imported as part of a package of hardware in conjunction
with a ready-to-assemble piece of furniture.
Alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod are currently
classifiable under subheadings 7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, and
7318.15.5090 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Subject merchandise may also enter under subheading
7318.15.2095 and 7318.19.0000 of the HTSUS. The HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes only. The
written description of the scope is dispositive.
Appendix II
The scope of the countervailing duty order covers carbon and
alloy steel threaded rod. Steel threaded rod is certain threaded
rod, bar, or studs, of carbon or alloy steel, having a solid,
circular cross section of any diameter, in any straight length.
Steel threaded rod is normally drawn, cold-rolled, threaded, and
straightened, or it may be hot-rolled. In addition, the steel
threaded rod, bar, or studs subject to this order are non-headed and
threaded along greater than 25 percent of their total actual length.
A variety of finishes or coatings, such as plain oil finish as a
temporary rust protectant, zinc coating (i.e., galvanized, whether
by electroplating or hot-dipping), paint, and other similar finishes
and coatings, may be applied to the merchandise.
Steel threaded rod is normally produced to American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications ASTM A36, ASTM A193 B7/
B7m, ASTM A193 B16, ASTM A307, ASTM A320 L7/L7M, ASTM A320 L43, ASTM
A354 BC and BD, ASTM A449, ASTM F1554-36, ASTM F1554-55, ASTM F1554
Grade 105, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
specification ASME B18.31.3, and American Petroleum Institute (API)
specification API 20E. All steel threaded rod meeting the physical
description set forth above is covered by the scope of this order,
whether or not produced according to a particular standard.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above
description that has been finished, assembled, or packaged in a
third country, including by cutting, chamfering, coating, or
painting the threaded rod, by attaching the threaded rod to, or
packaging it with, another product, or any other finishing,
assembly, or packaging operation that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of this order if performed in the country
of manufacture of the threaded rod.
Carbon and alloy steel threaded rod are also included in the
scope of this order whether or not imported attached to, or in
conjunction with, other parts and accessories such as nuts and
washers. If carbon and alloy steel threaded rod are imported
attached to, or in conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise,
only the threaded rod is included in the scope.
Excluded from the scope of this order are: (1) Threaded rod,
bar, or studs which are threaded only on one or both ends and the
threading covers 25 percent or less of the total actual length; and
(2) stainless steel threaded rod, defined as steel threaded rod
containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5
percent or more of chromium, with or without other elements.
Excluded from the scope of the antidumping order on steel
threaded rod from the People's Republic of China is any merchandise
covered by the existing antidumping order on certain steel threaded
rod from the People's Republic of China. See Certain Steel Threaded
Rod from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Antidumping Duty
Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 2009).
Specifically excluded from the scope of this order is threaded
rod that is imported as part of a package of hardware in conjunction
with a ready-to-assemble piece of furniture.
Steel threaded rod is currently classifiable under subheadings
7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, and 7318.15.5090 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Subject merchandise
may also enter under subheading 7318.15.2095 and 7318.19.0000 of the
HTSUS. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S.
Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope is
dispositive.
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