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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–865]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products From the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2012–2013
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain hotrolled carbon steel flat products (‘‘hotrolled steel’’) from the People’s Republic
of China (‘‘PRC’’), covering the period of
review (‘‘POR’’) November 1, 2012
through October 31, 2013. The
Department preliminarily determines
that Baosteel Group Corporation,
Shanghai Baosteel International
Economic & Trading Co., Ltd., and
Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
(collectively, ‘‘Baosteel’’) had no
shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.
DATES: Effective Date: July 30, 2014.
AGENCY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Hampton, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202)
482–0116.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on hot-rolled
steel from the PRC pursuant to section
751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘Act’’). On November 29,
2001, the Department published in the
Federal Register an antidumping duty
order on hot-rolled steel from the PRC.1
On November 27, 2013, and December
2, 2013, Nucor Corporation (‘‘Nucor’’)
and United States Steel Corporation
(‘‘U.S. Steel’’), respectively, submitted
requests for an administrative review of
Baosteel.2 On December 30, 2013,
1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the
People’s Republic of China, 66 FR 59561 (November
29, 2001).
2 See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from the People’s Republic of China:
Request for Administrative Review, dated
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7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00,
7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and
7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00,
7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and
7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
subject to the order is dispositive.5
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat
products of a rectangular shape, of a
width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither
clad, plated, nor coated with metal and
whether or not painted, varnished, or
coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances, in coils (whether or
not in successively superimposed
layers), regardless of thickness, and in
straight lengths of a thickness of less
than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring
at least 10 times the thickness. The
merchandise subject to the order is
classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) at subheadings:
7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00,
7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00,
7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30,
7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30,
7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30,
7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30,
7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15,
7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90,
7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30,
7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30,
7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00,
7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00,
7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00,
7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00,
7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00,
7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, and
7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon
steel flat products covered by the order,
including: vacuum degassed fully
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and
the substrate for motor lamination steel
may also enter under the following tariff
numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00,
7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90,
7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
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pursuant to the requests from Nucor and
U.S. Steel, the Department published a
notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on hot-rolled steel from the PRC
covering the period November 1, 2012,
to October 31, 2013, for one company,
Baosteel.3 On January 27, 2013, in
response to the Department’s Initiation
Notice, Baosteel certified that it had no
sales of subject merchandise during the
POR.4
Methodology
November 27, 2013, and Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel
Flat Products from the People’s Republic of China:
Request for Administrative Review, dated December
2, 2013.
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and
Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 79392
(December 30, 2013) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
4 See Letter from Baosteel regarding Certain HotRolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the People’s
Republic of China Certification of No Sales, dated
January 27, 2013 (‘‘Baosteel No Sales
Certification’’).
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For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusion, please see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘IA
ACCESS’’). IA ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://iaaccess.
trade.gov and in the Central Records
Unit, room 7046 of the main Department
of Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Internet at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
As noted in the ‘‘Background’’ section
above, Baosteel has submitted a timelyfiled certification indicating that it had
no sales of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.6 Based
on the certification of Baosteel and our
analysis of U.S. Customs & Border
Protection (‘‘CBP’’) information, the
Department preliminarily determines
that Baosteel did not have any
reviewable transactions during the POR.
In addition, consistent with the
Department’s refinement to its
assessment practice in non-market
economy (‘‘NME’’) cases, the
Department finds that it is appropriate
5 For a complete description of the scope of the
subject antidumping duty order, see Memorandum
to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian
Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations, entitled
‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of
2012–2013 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products from the People’s Republic of China’’
(‘‘Preliminary Decision Memorandum’’), dated
concurrently with these results and hereby adopted
by this notice.
6 See Baosteel No Sales Certification.
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not to rescind the review in these
circumstances but rather, to complete
the review with respect to Baosteel and
issue appropriate instructions to CBP
based on the final results of the review.7
Disclosure and Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit cases
briefs no later than 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.
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.8 Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.9
Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘IA
ACCESS’’).10
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, or to participate if one is
requested, must submit a written
request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via IA ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
the Department’s electronic records
system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.11
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address and telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs.
The Department will 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.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the
Department will determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. The Department
intends to issue assessment instructions
7 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694, 65694–95 (October 24, 2011)
(‘‘Assessment Practice Refinement’’) and the
‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section below.
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
10 See 19 CFR 351.303.
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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to CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of the final results of
review. Pursuant to the refinement to its
assessment practice in NME cases, if the
Department continues to determine that
an exporter under review had no
shipments of subject merchandise, any
suspended entries that entered under
that exporter’s case number (i.e., at that
exporter’s rate) will be liquidated at the
PRC-wide rate.12
July 23, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Architecture Services Trade Mission to
Qatar
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Baosteel,
which claimed no shipments, the cash
deposit rate will remain unchanged
from the rate assigned to the company
in the most recently completed review
of the company; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed PRC and nonPRC exporters not listed above that have
separate rates, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the exporter-specific rate
published for the most recent period; (3)
for all PRC exporters of subject
merchandise which have not been
found to be entitled to a separate rate,
the cash deposit rate will be the PRCwide rate of 90.83 percent; and (4) for
all non-PRC exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate applicable to the PRC
exporter(s) that supplied that non-PRC
exporter. These deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
The Department is issuing and
publishing these results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act.
12 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Assessment Practice Refinement, 76 FR at 65694–
95.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Mission Description
The United States Department of
Commerce, International Trade
Administration (ITA), with support
from the American Institute of
Architects (https://www.aia.org), is
organizing an executive-led
Architecture Services Trade Mission to
Qatar, with an optional mission stop in
Saudi Arabia, from November 16–19,
2014. The purpose of the mission is to
introduce U.S. firms to Saudi Arabia
and Qatar’s rapidly expanding
infrastructure projects, and to assist U.S.
companies in pursuing export
opportunities in this sector. The mission
is designed for U.S. architectural,
project management, and design
services companies. The mission also
will help U.S. companies already doing
business in Saudi Arabia and Qatar to
increase their footprint and deepen their
business interests. Target sectors
holding high potential for U.S exporters
include: Master planning (regional
design—city planning or regional
planning, port re-development—design
of the walkways, buildings, etc. along
the port); hospitals and health care
architecture; hospitality; airports/other
transportation infrastructure facility
architecture; architectural services for
mixed-use projects; sports and
entertainment; and educational
facilities. The optional stop in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia will take place November
16–17, prior to the Doha, Qatar stop.
U.S. companies that would like to add
the optional stop should indicate this on
their application.
The mission will help participating
firms and associations/organizations
gain market insights, make industry
contacts, solidify business strategies,
and advance specific projects, with the
goal of increasing U.S. architectural
services exports. The mission will
include market briefings, one-on-one
business appointments with prescreened potential buyers, agents,
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distributors, industry leaders, and joint
venture partners; meetings with state
and local government officials (in Qatar
only); and networking events.
Participating in an official U.S. industry
delegation, rather than traveling on their
own, will enhance the companies’
ability to identify opportunities in Qatar
and Saudi Arabia.
The mission will be supported by the
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
(https://www.aia.org). All U.S.
architecture/construction/engineering
(ACE) trade associations or
organizations are encouraged to apply.
The mission is open to all U.S. firms,
service providers, and organizations in
the ACE sector, whether or not they are
members of AIA or any other ACE trade
association/organization. Selection
criteria for participation, as set out
below, apply equally for all applicants.
Commercial Setting
Qatar
The U.S.-Qatar trade relationship is
going through a massive transformation.
The U.S. posted a trade surplus of
nearly $3.7 billion in 2013, with record
U.S. exports to Qatar of $5 billion. U.S.
exports to Qatar in 2013 established a
new record, growing by 38.6% over
2012, when U.S. exports totaled $3.58
billion, the previous record high. U.S.
exports to Qatar continued to be strong
in early 2014. Despite Qatar’s small
population (Qatar is a country of only
two million people and only 250,000
Qataris), they rank as the fifth largest
market in the Middle East and North
Africa region, only behind the much
larger markets of the UAE, Saudi Arabia,
Israel and Egypt. Over the past 3 years
exports have grown by 57%.
With Qatar’s 2030 Vision to transform
itself from a carbon-based economy
combined with the award of the 2022
FIFA World Cup, Qatar is spending over
$250 billion on physical infrastructure
and other developments over the next
five years. Projects include the new
Hamad International Airport (Phase I
just completed, Phase II being planned),
the New Doha Port Project (the world’s
largest greenfield port project), road
conversion (conversion of UK-style
roundabouts to U.S. road layouts), new
rail lines (three subway lines and three
light-rail tram systems), new stadiums
(between 9–12 to be built), as well as
hospitals, schools, commercial and
hospitality venues.
Potential meetings may include:
Hamad International Airport (Phase II),
QRail; the Public Works Authority
(Ashghal); Qatar Supreme Committee
for Delivery and Legacy (2022 FIFA
World Cup); Katara Hospitality; and the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-865]
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-
rolled carbon steel flat products (``hot-rolled steel'') from the
People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the period of review
(``POR'') November 1, 2012 through October 31, 2013. The Department
preliminarily determines that Baosteel Group Corporation, Shanghai
Baosteel International Economic & Trading Co., Ltd., and Baoshan Iron
and Steel Co., Ltd. (collectively, ``Baosteel'') had no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.
DATES: Effective Date: July 30, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Hampton, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0116.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department is conducting an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel from the PRC pursuant to
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''). On
November 29, 2001, the Department published in the Federal Register an
antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel from the PRC.\1\ On November
27, 2013, and December 2, 2013, Nucor Corporation (``Nucor'') and
United States Steel Corporation (``U.S. Steel''), respectively,
submitted requests for an administrative review of Baosteel.\2\ On
December 30, 2013,
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pursuant to the requests from Nucor and U.S. Steel, the Department
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel from the PRC covering the
period November 1, 2012, to October 31, 2013, for one company,
Baosteel.\3\ On January 27, 2013, in response to the Department's
Initiation Notice, Baosteel certified that it had no sales of subject
merchandise during the POR.\4\
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic of China, 66
FR 59561 (November 29, 2001).
\2\ See Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the
People's Republic of China: Request for Administrative Review, dated
November 27, 2013, and Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from
the People's Republic of China: Request for Administrative Review,
dated December 2, 2013.
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR
79392 (December 30, 2013) (``Initiation Notice'').
\4\ See Letter from Baosteel regarding Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic of China
Certification of No Sales, dated January 27, 2013 (``Baosteel No
Sales Certification'').
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are certain hot-rolled carbon
steel flat products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or
greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and whether or not
painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic
substances, in coils (whether or not in successively superimposed
layers), regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths of a
thickness of less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 10
times the thickness. The merchandise subject to the order is classified
in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') at
subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00,
7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60,
7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60,
7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30,
7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90,
7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00,
7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00,
7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30,
7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90. Certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat
products covered by the order, including: vacuum degassed fully
stabilized; high strength low alloy; and the substrate for motor
lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers:
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00. Subject merchandise
may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30,
7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise subject to the order is
dispositive.\5\
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\5\ For a complete description of the scope of the subject
antidumping duty order, see Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, from Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, entitled ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results
of 2012-2013 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic of
China'' (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum''), dated concurrently
with these results and hereby adopted by this notice.
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Methodology
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusion, please see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA
ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the
main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the
Internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
As noted in the ``Background'' section above, Baosteel has
submitted a timely-filed certification indicating that it had no sales
of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.\6\ Based on
the certification of Baosteel and our analysis of U.S. Customs & Border
Protection (``CBP'') information, the Department preliminarily
determines that Baosteel did not have any reviewable transactions
during the POR. In addition, consistent with the Department's
refinement to its assessment practice in non-market economy (``NME'')
cases, the Department finds that it is appropriate not to rescind the
review in these circumstances but rather, to complete the review with
respect to Baosteel and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on
the final results of the review.\7\
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\6\ See Baosteel No Sales Certification.
\7\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011)
(``Assessment Practice Refinement'') and the ``Assessment Rates''
section below.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice. 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.\8\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.\9\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA ACCESS'').\10\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the
Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\11\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs.
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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The Department will 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.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions
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to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of the final results of
review. Pursuant to the refinement to its assessment practice in NME
cases, if the Department continues to determine that an exporter under
review had no shipments of subject merchandise, any suspended entries
that entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that
exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\12\
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\12\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Assessment
Practice Refinement, 76 FR at 65694-95.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Baosteel, which
claimed no shipments, the cash deposit rate will remain unchanged from
the rate assigned to the company in the most recently completed review
of the company; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed PRC and
non-PRC exporters not listed above that have separate rates, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published
for the most recent period; (3) for all PRC exporters of subject
merchandise which have not been found to be entitled to a separate
rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate of 90.83 percent;
and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate
applicable to the PRC exporter(s) that supplied that non-PRC exporter.
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
The Department is issuing and publishing these results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
July 23, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-17974 Filed 7-29-14; 8:45 am]
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