Notice2025-03826

Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From India, Taiwan, and Thailand: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

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Published
March 11, 2025

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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration

Abstract

As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on expedited carbon and alloy steel threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from the India, Taiwan, and Thailand would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Reviews" section of this notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11701-11702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03826]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-887, A-583-865, A-549-840]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From India, Taiwan, and 
Thailand: Final Results of the Expedited First Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the 
antidumping duty (AD) orders on expedited carbon and alloy steel 
threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from the India, Taiwan, and Thailand 
would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping at 
the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section 
of this notice.

DATES: Applicable March 11, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashlyn Holeyfield, Trade Agreements 
Policy and Negotiations, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0017.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 13, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the AD order on steel threaded rod from Thailand, and subsequently 
published AD orders for steel threaded rod from Taiwan on February 5, 
2020, and from India on April 9, 2020.\1\ On November 4, 2024, Commerce 
published the Initiation Notice of the first sunset reviews of the 
Orders, pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\2\ On November 19, 2024, Commerce received notices 
of intent to participate in these reviews from Vulcan Threaded Products 
Inc. (the domestic interested party) within the deadline specified in 
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The domestic interested party claimed 
interested party status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a 
producer of the domestic like product in the United States.\4\ On 
November 25, 2024 Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (ITC) that it received notices of intent to participate from 
the domestic interested party.\5\
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    \1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From Thailand: 
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 68108 (December 13, 2019); see also 
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty 
Order, 85 FR 6511 (February 5, 2020); and Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Threaded Rod From India: Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 85 FR 19925 (April 
9, 2020) (collectively, Orders).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 87543 
(November 4, 2024).
    \3\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Domestic 
Interested Parties' Notification of Intent to Participate,'' dated 
November 19, 2024.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
November 4, 2024,'' dated November 25, 2024.
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    On December 2, 2024, Commerce received adequate substantive 
responses from the domestic interested party.\6\ We received no 
substantive responses from respondent interested parties. On December 
26, 2024, Commerce notified the ITC that it did not receive substantive 
responses from any respondent interested parties.\7\ 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 expedited (120-day) sunset 
reviews of the Orders.
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    \6\ See Domestic Interested Party's Letters, ``Five-Year 
(Sunset) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Threaded Rod from Taiwan--Petitioner's Substantive Response to 
Notice of Initiation,'' dated December 2, 2024; ``Five-Year (Sunset) 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Threaded Rod from Thailand--Petitioner's Substantive Response to 
Notice of Initiation,'' dated December 2, 2024; and ``Five-Year 
(Sunset) Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Threaded Rod from the Republic of India--Petitioner's 
Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,'' dated December 2, 
2024.
    \7\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
November 4, 2024,'' dated December 26, 2024.
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Scope of the Orders

    The product covered by these Orders is steel threaded rod from 
India, Taiwan, and Thailand. For a full description of the scope, see 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews on Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Threaded Rod Steel Threaded Rod from India, Taiwan, and 
Thailand,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews, 
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail, is contained 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\ A list of topics discussed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as an 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="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be directly accessed at <a href="http://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">http://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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    \9\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to 
lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the 
magnitude of dumping likely to prevail would be margins up to 28.34 
percent for India, up to 32.26 percent for Taiwan, and up to 20.83 
percent for Thailand.\10\
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    \10\ See Orders.
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Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice serves as the only reminder to interested parties 
subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return/
destruction or conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary 
information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 
Timely 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 
351.221(c)(5)(ii).


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    Dated: March 4, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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 Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2025-03826 Filed 3-10-25; 8:45 am]
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