Notice2025-15133
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
August 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from India for the period of review (POR) April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. Commerce preliminary finds that Mangal Steel Enterprises Limited (Mangal) did not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 151 (Friday, August 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38445-38447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-887]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From India: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on carbon and
alloy steel threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from India for the period
of review (POR) April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. Commerce
preliminary finds that Mangal Steel Enterprises Limited (Mangal) did
not make sales of subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV)
during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 8, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Shore, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3261.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 9, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the AD
order on steel threaded rod from India.\1\ On April 1, 2024, Commerce
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review
of the Order for the POR.\2\ Pursuant to section
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751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.213(b)(1), Commerce received timely requests to conduct an
administrative review of the Order from Vulcan Threaded Products Inc.
(the petitioner) and Mangal.\3\ On June 12, 2024, Commerce initiated an
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on steel
threaded rod from India, in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act.\4\ This review covers one producer/exporter of subject
merchandise, Mangal.
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\1\ See 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) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 22390 (April 1,
2024).
\3\ See Mangal's Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review of
Anti-Dumping Duty of Mangal Steel Enterprises Limited,'' dated April
29, 2024; see also Petitioner's Letter, ``Vulcan Threaded Products
Inc.'s Request for an Administrative Review,'' dated April 30, 2024.
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 49844 (June 12, 2024) (Initiation
Notice), as corrected by Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 55567 (July 5,
2024).
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On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by seven days.\5\ On December 6, 2024,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, Commerce extended the
deadline for completing the preliminary results of this review to May
7, 2025.\6\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the preliminary
results of this review by an additional 90 days.\7\ The deadline for
these preliminary results is now August 5, 2025. For a description of
the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024,''
dated December 6, 2024.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Carbon and
Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the scope of this Order is carbon and alloy
steel threaded rod from India. A complete description of the scope of
the Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We calculated export price and constructed
export price in accordance with sections 772(a) and 772(b) of the Act,
respectively. We calculated NV in accordance with section 773 of the
Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is made available to the public 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
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is available at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margin exists during the period April 1, 2023, through
March 31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Mangal Steel Enterprises Limited........................... 0.00
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Verification
As provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to
verify certain information reported by Mangal prior to issuing its
final results.
Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties within
five days after public announcement of the preliminary results or, if
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of
publication of this notice.\9\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit
case briefs to Commerce no later than seven days after the date on
which the last verification report is issued in this administrative
review.\10\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing
case briefs.\11\ Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs
in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each
issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\12\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\11\ 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 Procedures).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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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 briefs that should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public,
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\13\ 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 this administrative review. 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).\14\
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\13\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\14\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS.\15\ Requests should
contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants and whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in
the hearing will be limited to those raised in case and rebuttal
briefs.\16\ 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 time of the hearing two days before the scheduled
date. Parties are reminded that all briefs and hearing requests must be
filed electronically using ACCESS and received in its entirety by 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the publication of this notice.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review,
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by
this review.\17\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if the weighted-
average dumping margin for Mangal is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less
than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review, we will
calculate importer-specific assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to
the total entered value of those same sales. If the respondent's
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final
results of review, or if an importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this
review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on
entries of merchandise covered by this review, and for future deposits
of estimated duties, where applicable.\18\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\18\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Mangal
for which the company did not know that the merchandise was destined
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries
at the all-others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value
(LTFV) investigation \19\ (i.e., 0.00 percent) if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\20\
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\19\ See Order, 85 FR at 19926.
\20\ For a full description of this practice, see Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping
Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the publication date of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for Mangal will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent
and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1),
in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise
exported by a company not covered in this review but covered in a prior
segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which it was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, or the original LTFV investigation, but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established
for the most recently-completed segment of this proceeding for the
producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all
other producers or exporters will continue to be 0.00 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation as adjusted for the
export subsidy rate in the companion countervailing duty
investigation.\21\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Final Results of Review
Unless extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after
the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period.
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the
amount of the countervailing duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 5, 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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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