Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 71776 [2012-29275]
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requirements of the scope of the Order
as listed under the ‘‘Scope of the
Antidumping Duty Order’’ section
above.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–932]
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the
People’s Republic of China:
Affirmative Preliminary Determination
of Circumvention of the Antidumping
Duty Order
Methodology
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) preliminarily
determines that imports from the
People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) of
certain steel threaded rod products with
1.25 percent or more chromium, by
weight, produced by Gem-Year
Industrial Co., Ltd. (‘‘Gem-Year’’), and
otherwise meeting the description of inscope merchandise, are within the class
or kind of merchandise subject to the
Order.1
DATES: Effective Date: December 4, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni
Dach, Office 9, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–1655.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Department has conducted this
preliminary determination of
circumvention in accordance with
section 781(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (‘‘the Act’’), and 19 CFR
351.225. For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, please see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
proprietary document with a public
version, and the public version is on file
electronically via Import
Administration’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘IA
ACCESS’’). IA ACCESS is available to
registered users at http://
iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central
Records Unit, room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete public version of
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
can be accessed directly on the internet
at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and
the electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order
Preliminary Findings
The merchandise covered by the order
is steel threaded rod.2 Certain steel
threaded rod subject to the order is
currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) at subheadings
7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056,
7318.15.5090, and 7318.15.2095.
Although the subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes,
the written product description remains
dispositive.3
As detailed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, we
preliminarily determine that imports
from the PRC of certain steel threaded
rod products with 1.25 percent or more
chromium, by weight, produced by
Gem-Year, and otherwise meeting the
description of in-scope merchandise, are
subject to the Order. This preliminary
determination applies only to
merchandise produced by Gem-Year.
Scope of the Circumvention Inquiry
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.225(l)(2), we are directing U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
to suspend liquidation of entries of
merchandise subject to this inquiry
produced by Gem-Year, and entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after January 5,
2012, the date of the initiation of this
inquiry. We will also instruct CBP to
require a cash deposit of estimated
duties at the applicable rates for each
unliquidated entry of the product
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after January 5,
2012, the date of the initiation of this
inquiry, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.225(l)(2).
AGENCY:
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The merchandise subject to this
antidumping circumvention inquiry
consists of steel threaded rod from the
PRC produced by Gem-Year containing
greater than 1.25 percent chromium, by
weight, and otherwise meeting the
1 See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the
People’s Republic of China: Notice of Antidumping
Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 2009) (‘‘Order’’).
2 See Preliminary Analysis Memorandum for the
Circumvention Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the
People’s Republic of China, for the Producer Known
as Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd. (‘‘Preliminary
Decision Memorandum’’) issued concurrently with
this notice for a complete description of the Scope
of the Order.
3 See Order.
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Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to
comment on the preliminary results and
may submit case briefs and/or written
comments according to a schedule
released by the Department concurrent
with this notice. Interested parties will
be notified by the Department of the
location and time of any hearing, if one
is requested. 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 Import Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, filed
electronically using 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 20 days after the
date of publication of this notice.4
Requests should contain the party’s
name, address, and telephone number,
the number of participants, and a list of
the issues to be discussed. If a request
for a hearing is made, we will inform
parties of the scheduled date for the
hearing which will be held at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
location to be determined.5 Parties
should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing.
This preliminary determination of
circumvention is in accordance with
section 781(c) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.225.
Dated: November 23, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-932]
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China:
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') preliminarily
determines that imports from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'')
of certain steel threaded rod products with 1.25 percent or more
chromium, by weight, produced by Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Gem-
Year''), and otherwise meeting the description of in-scope merchandise,
are within the class or kind of merchandise subject to the Order.\1\
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\1\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of
China: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14,
2009) (``Order'').
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DATES: Effective Date: December 4, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Dach, Office 9, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1655.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order
The merchandise covered by the order is steel threaded rod.\2\
Certain steel threaded rod subject to the order is currently
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(``HTSUS'') at subheadings 7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, 7318.15.5090,
and 7318.15.2095. Although the subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written product description remains
dispositive.\3\
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\2\ See Preliminary Analysis Memorandum for the Circumvention
Inquiry of the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel Threaded Rod
from the People's Republic of China, for the Producer Known as Gem-
Year Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Preliminary Decision Memorandum'')
issued concurrently with this notice for a complete description of
the Scope of the Order.
\3\ See Order.
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Scope of the Circumvention Inquiry
The merchandise subject to this antidumping circumvention inquiry
consists of steel threaded rod from the PRC produced by Gem-Year
containing greater than 1.25 percent chromium, by weight, and otherwise
meeting the requirements of the scope of the Order as listed under the
``Scope of the Antidumping Duty Order'' section above.
Methodology
The Department has conducted this preliminary determination of
circumvention in accordance with section 781(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.225. For a full
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, please see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a proprietary document with a public version, and the
public version is on file electronically via Import Administration's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (``IA ACCESS''). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at
http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete
public version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed
Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Findings
As detailed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we
preliminarily determine that imports from the PRC of certain steel
threaded rod products with 1.25 percent or more chromium, by weight,
produced by Gem-Year, and otherwise meeting the description of in-scope
merchandise, are subject to the Order. This preliminary determination
applies only to merchandise produced by Gem-Year.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(l)(2), we are directing U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to suspend liquidation of
entries of merchandise subject to this inquiry produced by Gem-Year,
and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
January 5, 2012, the date of the initiation of this inquiry. We will
also instruct CBP to require a cash deposit of estimated duties at the
applicable rates for each unliquidated entry of the product entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 5, 2012,
the date of the initiation of this inquiry, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.225(l)(2).
Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary
results and may submit case briefs and/or written comments according to
a schedule released by the Department concurrent with this notice.
Interested parties will be notified by the Department of the location
and time of any hearing, if one is requested. 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 Import
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed electronically using
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 20 days after
the date of publication of this notice.\4\ Requests should contain the
party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request
for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled date for
the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
location to be determined.\5\ Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing.
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
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This preliminary determination of circumvention is in accordance
with section 781(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225.
Dated: November 23, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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