Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 33995-33997 [E9-16655]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 133 / Tuesday, July 14, 2009 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–571–831] Fresh Garlic from The People’s Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski, Scott Lindsay, or Summer Avery, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1395, (202) 482–0780, or (202) 482– 4052, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Background On December 24, 2008, the Department of Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of fresh garlic from the People’s Republic of Chain covering the period November 1, 2007 through October 31, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, and Request for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 79055 (December 24, 2008). The preliminary results of this administrative review are currently due no later than August 2, 2009. Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department shall issue preliminary results in an administrative review of a antidumping duty order within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the order for which the administrative review was requested. However, if the Department determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the aforementioned specified time limits, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) allow the Department to extend the 245-day period to 365 days. Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), we determine that it is not practicable to complete the results of this review within the original time limit. The Department needs additional time to analyze a significant amount of information, which was recently submitted, and to determine whether any additional information is required. VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:50 Jul 13, 2009 Jkt 217001 Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department has decided to extend the time limit for the preliminary results from 245 days to 365 days. The preliminary results will now be due no later than November 30, 2009. Unless extended, the final results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) of the Department’s regulations. This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: July 8, 2009. John M. Andersen, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. E9–16653 Filed 7–13–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–351–825] Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On March 9, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel bar from Brazil. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2008. We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results. Based on our analysis of the comments received and an examination of our calculations, we have made changes for the final results. The final weighted– average dumping margin is listed below in the ‘‘Final Results of the Review’’ section of this notice. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Cartsos or Minoo Hatten, AD/ CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–5287 or (202) 482– 1690, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On March 9, 2009, the Department published Stainless Steel Bar From PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 33995 Brazil: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 10022 (March 9, 2009), in the Federal Register (Preliminary Results). The administrative review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Villares Metals S.A. (VMSA). We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On April 20, 2009, we received a case brief from the petitioners (Carpenter Technology Corporation, Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc., Electralloy Corporation, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., and Universal Stainless). On April 27, 2009, we received a rebuttal brief from the respondent, VMSA. We did not receive a request for a hearing. The Department is conducting this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Scope of the Order The scope of the order covers stainless steel bar (SSB). The term SSB with respect to the order 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. SSB includes cold–finished SSBs 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. The SSB subject to the order is currently classifiable under subheadings 7222.10.0005, 7222.10.0050, 7222.20.0005, 7222.20.0045, 7222.20.0075, and 7222.30.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs E:\FR\FM\14JYN1.SGM 14JYN1 33996 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 133 / Tuesday, July 14, 2009 / Notices purposes, the written description of the scope of the order is dispositive. Verification As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we verified sales information VMSA provided (see Preliminary Results). Since the publication of the Preliminary Results, we have verified cost information provided by VMSA using standard verification procedures, including on–site inspection of the manufacturer’s facility, the examination of relevant cost and financial records, and the selection of original documentation containing relevant information. Our verification results are outlined in the public version of the verification report, dated April 7, 2009, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, room 1117 of the main Commerce building. mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Analysis of Comments Received The issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in the ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum’’ (Decision Memorandum) from John M. Andersen, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary, dated July 7, 2009, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which parties have raised and to which we have responded is in the Decision Memorandum and attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Decision Memorandum, which is a public document, is on file in the Central Records Unit, main Department building, Room 1117, and accessible on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/ index. html. The paper copy and electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Changes Since the Preliminary Results Based on our findings at the cost verification and analysis of the comments received, we have recalculated VMSA’s cost of manufacture of the rolled products to include the additional depreciation expense on the new rolling mill for May through October 2007. Consistent with the Preliminary Results, we have calculated VMSA’s financial–expense ratio using the consolidated audited financial statements of the highest consolidated entity, Voelstalpine A.G., for fiscal year 2008. We have recalculated the cost–of-sales denominator used in the financial– expense ratio to exclude the distribution–center operations costs and, thus, have revised the financial– expense ratio for the final results accordingly. We have also recalculated the ratio for VMSA’s general and VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:50 Jul 13, 2009 Jkt 217001 administrative (G&A) expenses to exclude the revenue recognized from the reversal of contingencies which VMSA had claimed as an offset to G&A expense. See Final Cost Calculation Memorandum from Laurens Van Hauten to Neal Halper, dated, July 7, 2009, and Final Analysis Memorandum, dated July 7, 2009, for detailed information on these changes. Final Results of Review As a result of our review, we determine that the weighted–average dumping margin for VMSA is 4.96 percent for the period February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2008. Assessment Rates The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated importer/customer–specific assessment rates for these final results of review. We divided the total dumping margins for the reviewed sales by the total entered value of those reviewed sales for each reported importer or customer. We will instruct CBP to assess the importer/customer–specific rate uniformly, as appropriate, on all entries of subject merchandise made by the relevant importer or customer during the POR. See 19 CFR 351.212(b). The Department clarified its ‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment of Antidumping Duties). This clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by VMSA for which VMSA did not know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries of VMSA–produced merchandise at the all–others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this clarification, see Assessment of Antidumping Duties. The Department intends to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of these final results of review. Cash–Deposit Requirements The following deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of this notice of final results of administrative review for all shipments of SSB from Brazil entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash– deposit rate for VMSA will be 4.96 percent; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash–deposit rate will continue to be the company–specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less–thanfair–value investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash–deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer has its own rate, the cash–deposit rate will be the all–others rate for this proceeding, 19.43 percent, as established in the investigation. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil, 59 FR 66914 (December 28, 1994). These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice. Notification to Parties This notice also serves as a reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 doubled antidumping duties. This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of the destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. These final results of administrative review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: July 7, 2009. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. Appendix List of Issues Addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum Comment 1 - Level of Trade Comment 2 - Depreciation Expenses of Expenses on New Rolling Mill E:\FR\FM\14JYN1.SGM 14JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 133 / Tuesday, July 14, 2009 / Notices Comment 3 - Income Offsets to General and Administrative Expenses Comment 4 - Financial–Expense Ratio [FR Doc. 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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-825]


Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On March 9, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel bar from Brazil. The 
period of review (POR) is February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2008. 
We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary 
results. Based on our analysis of the comments received and an 
examination of our calculations, we have made changes for the final 
results. The final weighted-average dumping margin is listed below in 
the ``Final Results of the Review'' section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Cartsos or Minoo Hatten, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
5287 or (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 9, 2009, the Department published Stainless Steel Bar From 
Brazil: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
74 FR 10022 (March 9, 2009), in the Federal Register (Preliminary 
Results). The administrative review covers one producer/exporter of the 
subject merchandise, Villares Metals S.A. (VMSA).
    We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. On April 
20, 2009, we received a case brief from the petitioners (Carpenter 
Technology Corporation, Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc., Electralloy 
Corporation, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., and Universal 
Stainless). On April 27, 2009, we received a rebuttal brief from the 
respondent, VMSA. We did not receive a request for a hearing.
    The Department is conducting this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).

Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order covers stainless steel bar (SSB). The term 
SSB with respect to the order 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. SSB includes 
cold-finished SSBs 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. The SSB subject to the order is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7222.10.0005, 7222.10.0050, 7222.20.0005, 
7222.20.0045, 7222.20.0075, and 7222.30.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs

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purposes, the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we verified sales 
information VMSA provided (see Preliminary Results). Since the 
publication of the Preliminary Results, we have verified cost 
information provided by VMSA using standard verification procedures, 
including on-site inspection of the manufacturer's facility, the 
examination of relevant cost and financial records, and the selection 
of original documentation containing relevant information. Our 
verification results are outlined in the public version of the 
verification report, dated April 7, 2009, which is on file in the 
Central Records Unit, room 1117 of the main Commerce building.

Analysis of Comments Received

    The issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum'' (Decision Memorandum) from John 
M. Andersen, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, 
Acting Assistant Secretary, dated July 7, 2009, which is hereby adopted 
by this notice. A list of the issues which parties have raised and to 
which we have responded is in the Decision Memorandum and attached to 
this notice as an Appendix. The Decision Memorandum, which is a public 
document, is on file in the Central Records Unit, main Department 
building, Room 1117, and accessible on the Web at https://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/index. html. The paper copy and electronic version 
of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our findings at the cost verification and analysis of the 
comments received, we have recalculated VMSA's cost of manufacture of 
the rolled products to include the additional depreciation expense on 
the new rolling mill for May through October 2007. Consistent with the 
Preliminary Results, we have calculated VMSA's financial-expense ratio 
using the consolidated audited financial statements of the highest 
consolidated entity, Voelstalpine A.G., for fiscal year 2008. We have 
recalculated the cost-of-sales denominator used in the financial-
expense ratio to exclude the distribution-center operations costs and, 
thus, have revised the financial-expense ratio for the final results 
accordingly. We have also recalculated the ratio for VMSA's general and 
administrative (G&A) expenses to exclude the revenue recognized from 
the reversal of contingencies which VMSA had claimed as an offset to 
G&A expense. See Final Cost Calculation Memorandum from Laurens Van 
Hauten to Neal Halper, dated, July 7, 2009, and Final Analysis 
Memorandum, dated July 7, 2009, for detailed information on these 
changes.

Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determine that the weighted-average 
dumping margin for VMSA is 4.96 percent for the period February 1, 
2007, through January 31, 2008.

Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we have calculated 
importer/customer-specific assessment rates for these final results of 
review. We divided the total dumping margins for the reviewed sales by 
the total entered value of those reviewed sales for each reported 
importer or customer. We will instruct CBP to assess the importer/
customer-specific rate uniformly, as appropriate, on all entries of 
subject merchandise made by the relevant importer or customer during 
the POR. See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties). This clarification will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by VMSA for which VMSA did 
not know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries of 
VMSA-produced merchandise at the all-others rate if there is no rate 
for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. For a 
full discussion of this clarification, see Assessment of Antidumping 
Duties.
    The Department intends to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 
days after the publication of these final results of review.

Cash-Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of SSB from Brazil entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash-deposit rate 
for VMSA will be 4.96 percent; (2) for previously reviewed or 
investigated companies not listed above, the cash-deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent 
period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a 
prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation but the 
manufacturer is, the cash-deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) if 
neither the exporter nor the manufacturer has its own rate, the cash-
deposit rate will be the all-others rate for this proceeding, 19.43 
percent, as established in the investigation. See Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar 
From Brazil, 59 FR 66914 (December 28, 1994). These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Parties

    This notice also serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of the 
destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order 
is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act.

    Dated: July 7, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

List of Issues Addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Comment 1 - Level of Trade
Comment 2 - Depreciation Expenses of Expenses on New Rolling Mill

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Comment 3 - Income Offsets to General and Administrative Expenses
Comment 4 - Financial-Expense Ratio
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