Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 71743-71746 [2014-28461]
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PRC 9
Estimated weightedaverage dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter or producer
PRC-Wide Entity ..................................................................................................................................................................
407.52
Germany
CD Walzholz ........................................................................................................................................................................
Thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel EBG GMBH ........................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................
98.84
98.84
86.29
Japan
JFE Steel Corporation .........................................................................................................................................................
Sumitomo Corporation .........................................................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................
204.79
204.79
135.59
Korea
POSCO/Daewoo International Corporation .........................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................
6.88
6.88
Sweden
Surahammars Bruks AB ......................................................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................
126.72
98.46
Taiwan
China Steel Corporation ......................................................................................................................................................
Leicong Industrial Company, Ltd .........................................................................................................................................
All Others .............................................................................................................................................................................
Critical Circumstances
Notifications to Interested Parties
With regard to the ITC’s negative
critical circumstances determination on
imports of NOES from the PRC,
Germany, Japan, and Sweden, we will
instruct CBP to lift suspension and to
refund any cash deposit made to secure
the payment of estimated antidumping
duties with respect to entries of the
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after February 21, 2014 (i.e., 90 days
prior to the date of publication of the
preliminary determinations), but before
May 22, 2014, the publication date of
the preliminary determinations.
This notice constitutes the AD orders
with respect to NOES from the PRC,
Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and
Taiwan pursuant to section 736(a) of the
Act. Interested parties can find a list of
AD orders currently in effect at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html.
These orders are published in
accordance with sections 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.
Dated: November 26, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
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9 As
explained in the Germany, Japan, the PRC,
and Sweden Final Determinations, the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin for the PRCwide entity will be adjusted for export subsidies.
See Germany, Japan, the PRC, and Sweden Final
Determinations, 79 FR at 61612. Accordingly, we
offset the estimated weighted-average dumping
margin for the PRC-wide entity of 407.52 percent
by the countervailing duty rate attributable to
export subsidies (i.e., 10.77 percent) to calculate the
cash deposit ad valorem rate for the PRC-wide
entity of 396.75 percent. For information regarding
these export subsidies, see PRC CVD Final
Determination and accompanying Issues and
Decision Memorandum at 8 (countervailed export
subsidy programs: Preferential Export Financing
from the Export-Import Bank of China (1.06
percent) and Tax Refunds for Reinvestment of FIE
Profits in Export-Oriented Enterprises (9.71
percent)).
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–932]
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2012–2013
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
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The Department of Commerce
(the ‘‘Department’’) published the
Preliminary Results of the fourth
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel
threaded rod from the People’s Republic
of China (‘‘PRC’’) on May 28, 2014.1 We
gave interested parties an opportunity to
comment on the Preliminary Results.
Based upon our analysis of the
comments and information received, we
made changes to the margin calculations
for these final results. The final
dumping margins are listed below in the
‘‘Final Results of Administrative
Review’’ section of this notice. The
period of review (‘‘POR’’) is April 1,
2012, through March 31, 2013.
DATES: Effective Date: December 3, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Hancock or Jerry Huang, 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 202–482–1394 or 202–482–
4047, respectively.
SUMMARY:
1 See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results and
Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2012–2013, 79 FR 30543
(May 28, 2014) (‘‘Preliminary Results’’), and
accompanying Decision Memorandum.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Analysis of Comments Received
Background
We addressed all issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs by parties in
these reviews in the I&D Memo, and
attached to this notice, in Appendix I,
a list of the issues which parties raised.
The I&D Memo is a public document
and is on file in the Central Records
Unit (‘‘CRU’’), Room 7046 of the main
Department of Commerce building, as
well as electronically via Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and in the
CRU. In addition, a complete version of
the I&D Memo can be accessed directly
on the internet at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed I&D Memo and the
electronic versions of the I&D Memo are
identical in content.
The Department published the
Preliminary Results on May 28, 2014.2
Between May 21, 2014, and July 15,
2014, the Department issued
supplemental questionnaires to RMB
Fasteners Ltd., IFI & Morgan Ltd., and
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part Co., Ltd.
(collectively ‘‘the RMB/IFI Group’’). On
June 18, 2014, and July 22, 2014, the
RMB/IFI Group submitted its responses
to those supplemental questionnaires.
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309,
we invited parties to comment on our
Preliminary Results. Between August 4,
2014, and August 11, 2014, interested
parties submitted case and rebuttal
briefs. Additionally, on August 25,
2014, the Department extended the
deadline for the final results to
November 4, 2014.3 Moreover, on
October 22, 2014, the Department again
extended the final results to November
24, 2014.4
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
includes steel threaded rod. The subject
merchandise is currently classifiable
under subheading 7318.15.5051,
7318.15.5056, 7318.15.5090, and
7318.15.2095 of the United States
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
(‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of the
order, which is contained in the
accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (‘‘I&D Memo’’), is
dispositive.5
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2 Id.
3 See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, through James
Doyle, Office Director, from Julia Hancock, Senior
International Trade Compliance Analyst, ‘‘Certain
Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of
China: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Administrative Review’’ (August 25, 2014).
4 See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, through James
Doyle, Office Director, from Jerry Huang, Senior
International Trade Compliance Analyst, ‘‘Certain
Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s Republic of
China: Second Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Administrative Review’’ (October 22,
2014).
5 For a full description of the scope of the order,
see Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for
the Final Results of Fourth Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Steel Threaded Rod
from the People’s Republic of China’’ (November
21, 2014) (‘‘I&D Memo’’).
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and
comments received from interested
parties regarding our Preliminary
Results, we revised the margin
calculations for the RMB/IFI Group.
Specifically, we incorporated into our
calculations a revised database that was
submitted by the RMB/IFI Group after
the Preliminary Results.6 For a list of all
issues addressed in these final results,
please refer to Appendix I
accompanying this notice.
PRC-Wide Rate and PRC-Wide Entity
For the PRC-Wide Entity, the
Department in the Preliminary Results
assigned the rate of 206 percent, the
only rate ever determined for the PRCWide Entity in this proceeding.7
Because this rate is the same as the PRCWide rate from previous segments in
this proceeding and nothing on the
record of the instant review calls into
question the reliability of the PRC-Wide
rate, we find it appropriate to continue
to apply the PRC-Wide rate of 206
percent.8
In the Preliminary Results, the
Department determined that those
companies which did not demonstrate
eligibility for a separate rate are
properly considered part of the PRC6 See Memorandum to the File, through Scot T.
Fullerton, Program Manager, Office V, from Julia
Hancock and Jerry Huang, Senior Case Analysts,
Office V, ‘‘Final Results for RMB/IFI Group’’
(November 21, 2014) (‘‘RMB/IFI Group Final
Results Analysis Memo’’).
7 See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 30544, and
accompanying Decision Memorandum at 5–6.
8 See, e.g., Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 8907, 8910
(February 27, 2009).
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Wide Entity.9 Since the Preliminary
Results, none of these companies
submitted comments regarding these
findings. Therefore, we continue to treat
these companies as part of the PRCWide Entity.10
Additionally, in the Preliminary
Results, for 68 companies, the
Department found that, while the
request for review had been withdrawn,
none of these companies had a separate
rate. Accordingly, these 68 companies
remained part of the PRC-wide entity,
which remained under review for the
Preliminary Results.11 Thus, the
Department did not rescind the review
for any of these 68 companies in the
Preliminary Results.12 Since the
Preliminary Results, no party has
presented any information to the
contrary and thus, these 68 companies
remain part of the PRC-Wide Entity,
which remains under review for the
final results.13
Final Results of Administrative Review
The weighted-average dumping
margins for the administrative review
are as follows:
Exporter
IFI & Morgan Ltd. and RMB
Fasteners Ltd. (collectively
‘‘RMB/IFI Group’’) .................
PRC-Wide Rate 14 ....................
Weightedaverage
margin
(percent)
47.62
206.00
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the
9 See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 30544, and
accompanying Decision Memorandum at 5–6.
10 For a list of companies that are subject to this
administrative review as part of the PRC-Wide
Entity, see Appendix II to this notice.
11 See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 30544, and
accompanying Decision Memorandum at 5–6.
12 See, e.g., Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven
Selvedge From the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR
47363, 47365 (August 8, 2012), unchanged in
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From
the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 20102011, 78 FR 10130 (February 13, 2013). A change
in practice with respect to the conditional review
of the PRC-wide entity is not applicable to this
administrative review. See Antidumping
Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional
Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME
Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65964,
65969–70 (November 4, 2013).
13 For a list of companies that are subject to this
administrative review as part of the PRC-Wide
Entity, see Appendix II to this notice.
14 The PRC-Wide Entity includes the companies
listed in Appendix II to this notice.
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Department will determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review. The
Department intends to issue appropriate
assessment instructions directly to CBP
15 days after publication of the final
results of this administrative review.
Where the respondent reported
reliable entered values, we calculated
importer (or customer)-specific ad
valorem rates by aggregating the
dumping margins calculated for all U.S.
sales to each importer (or customer) and
dividing this amount by the total
entered value of the sales to each
importer (or customer).15 Where the
Department calculated a weightedaverage dumping margin by dividing the
total amount of dumping for reviewed
sales to that party by the total sales
quantity associated with those
transactions, the Department will direct
CBP to assess importer-specific
assessment rates based on the resulting
per-unit rates.16 Where an importer- (or
customer-) specific ad valorem or perunit rate is greater than de minimis, the
Department will instruct CBP to collect
the appropriate duties at the time of
liquidation.17 Where an importer- (or
customer-) specific ad valorem or perunit rate is zero or de minimis, the
Department will instruct CBP to
liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.18
The Department announced a
refinement to its assessment practice in
non-market economy cases. Pursuant to
this refinement in practice, for entries
that were not reported in the U.S. sales
databases submitted by companies
individually examined during this
review, the Department will instruct
CBP to liquidate such entries at the
PRC-Wide rate. Additionally, if the
Department determines that an exporter
had no shipments of the 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.19
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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 entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
15 See
19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
16 Id.
17 Id.
18 See
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
19 See
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consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the
exporters listed above, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the
final results of review (except, if the rate
is zero or de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5
percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be
required for that 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 206 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 exporters that supplied that nonPRC exporter. The deposit requirements
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations
performed within five days of the date
of publication of this notice to parties in
this proceeding in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final
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 POR. 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.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written 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.
We are issuing and publishing these
final results of administrative review in
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accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i) of the Act.
Dated: November 21, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix I—Issues and Decision
Memorandum
Comment I: Selection of the Surrogate
Country
Comment II: Surrogate Value for Steel Wire
Rod
Comment III: Surrogate Financial Ratio
Calculations
Comment IV: Surrogate Value for Brokerage
and Handling
Comment V: Denominator for Brokerage and
Handling, and Inland Freight
Comment VI: Zeroing Methodology
Appendix II—Companies Subject to the
Administrative Review That Are Part of
the PRC-Wide Entity
Aihua Holding Group Co. Ltd.
Autocraft Industry (Shanghai) Ltd.
Autocraft Industry Ltd.
Billion Land Ltd.
C And H International Corporation
Changshu City Standard Parts Factory
China Brother Holding Group Co. Ltd.
China Friendly Nation Hardware Technology
Limited
Ec International (Nantong) Co. Ltd.
Fastco (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Fastwell Industry Co. Ltd.
Fuda Xiongzhen Machinery Co., Ltd.
Fuller Shanghai Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd.
Haiyan Evergreen Standard Parts Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Hurras Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Hurras Import Export Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Jianhe Hardware Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Everbright Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Grand Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Great Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Lizhan Hardware Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Tongwang Machinery Co., Ltd.
Jiabao Trade Development Co. Ltd.
Jiangsu Zhongweiyu Communication
Equipment Co. Ltd.
Jiashan Steelfit Trading Co. Ltd.
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part
Jiaxing Yaoliang Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Jinan Banghe Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
Macropower Industrial Inc.
Midas Union Co., Ltd.
Nanjing Prosper Import & Export Corporation
Ltd.
New Pole Power System Co. Ltd.
Ningbiao Bolts & Nuts Manufacturing Co.
Ningbo Beilun Milfast Metalworks Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Dexin Fastener Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Fastener Factory
Ningbo Fengya Imp. And Exp. Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Holy Hardware Import And
Export Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Wit Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Yixie Import & Export Co.
Ltd.
Ningbo Jinding Fastening Pieces Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Mpf Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Panxiang Imp. & Exp, Co. Ltd.
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Ningbo Yinzhou Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co.
Ltd
Ningbo Zhongjiang Petroleum Pipes &
Machinery Co. Ltd.
Orient International Holding Shanghai
Rongheng Intl Trading Co. Ltd.
Prosper Business And Industry Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Free Trade Zone Health Intl.
Qingdao Top Steel Industrial Co. Ltd.
Shaanxi Succeed Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai East Best Foreign Trade Co.
Shanghai East Best International Business
Development Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Fortune International Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Furen International Trading
Shanghai Nanshi Foreign Economic Co.
Shanghai Overseas International Trading Co.
Ltd.
Shanghai Printing & Dyeing And Knitting
Mill
Shanghai Printing & Packaging Machinery
Corp.
Shanghai Recky International Trading Co.,
Ltd.
Shanghai Sinotex United Corp. Ltd.
T and C Fastener Co. Ltd.
T and L Industry Co. Ltd.
Wuxi Metec Metal Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Heiter Industries Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Heiter Mfg & Trade Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Jin Zeen Fasteners Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology Co.
Ltd.
Zhejiang Yanfei Industrial Co., Ltd (a/k/a
Jiangsu Ronry Nico Co., Ltd., Formerly
Jiangsu Yanfei Industrial Co., Ltd.)
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–851]
Certain Preserved Mushrooms From
the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2013/2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: December 3, 2014.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
preserved mushrooms from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC) covering the
period February 1, 2013, through
January 31, 2014. We preliminarily
determine that sales made by Linyi City
Kangfa Foodstuff Drinkable Co., Ltd.
(Kangfa), and Zhangzhou Gangchang
Canned Foods Co., Ltd. (Gangchang)
were made below normal value (NV).
We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael J. Heaney, or Robert James AD/
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CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4475 or (202) 482–
0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The products covered by this order
are certain preserved mushrooms,
whether imported whole, sliced, diced,
or as stems and pieces. The certain
preserved mushrooms covered under
this order are the species Agaricus
bisporus and Agaricus bitorquis.
‘‘Certain Preserved Mushrooms’’ refers
to mushrooms that have been prepared
or preserved by cleaning, blanching, and
sometimes slicing or cutting. These
mushrooms are then packed and heated
in containers including, but not limited
to, cans or glass jars in a suitable liquid
medium, including, but not limited to,
water, brine, butter or butter sauce.
Certain preserved mushrooms may be
imported whole, sliced, diced, or as
stems and pieces. Included within the
scope of this order are ‘‘brined’’
mushrooms, which are presalted and
packed in a heavy salt solution to
provisionally preserve them for further
processing. The merchandise subject to
this order is classifiable under
subheadings: 2003.10.0127,
2003.10.0131, 2003.10.0137,
2003.10.0143, 2003.10.0147,
2003.10.0153, and 0711.51.0000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and Customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this
order is dispositive.1
No Shipments Certification
On June 2, 2014, (1) Dezhou Kaihang
Agricultural Science Technology Co.,
Ltd., (Dezhou Kaihang), (2) Fujian
Haishan Foods Co., Ltd. (Fujian
Haishan), (3) Fujian Pinghe Baofeng
Canned Foods (Fujian Pinghe), (4)
Fujian Zishan Group Co., Ltd. (Fujian
Zishan), 5) Inter-Foods (Dongshan) Co.,
Ltd. (Inter-Foods), (6) Xiamen Longhuai
Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Xiamen
Longhuai), (7) Xiamen International
Trade & Industrial Co., Ltd. (XITIC), and
1 See Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the
People’s Republic of China; 2013/2014 from
Christian Marsh Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, dated November 25,
2014 (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), issued
concurrently with and hereby adopted by this
notice.
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(8) Zhangzhou Hongda Import & Export
Trading Co., Ltd. (Zhangzhou Hongda)
submitted no shipment certifications.
Both XITIC and Zhangzhou Hongda
currently have separate rate status.
Accordingly, on October 17, 2014, the
Department sent an inquiry to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
determine whether CBP entry data is
consistent with the no shipments
certifications from XITIC and
Zhangzhou Hongda. The Department
received no information contrary to
either XITIC’s or Zhangzhou Hongda’s
claims of no shipments. Based on the
no-shipment certifications and our
analysis of the CBP information, we
preliminary determine that both XITIC
and Zhangzhou Hongda did not have
any reviewable transactions during the
POR. In addition, for both XITIC and
Zhangzhou Hongda, the Department
finds that consistent with its recently
announced refinement to its assessment
practice in non-market economy (NME)
cases, it is appropriate not to rescind the
review in part in this circumstance but,
rather, to complete the review with
respect to both XITIC and Zhangzhou
Hongda and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final
results of the review.2 However, since
Dezhou Kaihang, Fujian Haishan, Fujian
Pinghe, Fujian Zishan, Inter-Foods, and
Xiamen Longhuai were part of the PRCwide entity at the outset of this
administrative review, and continue to
be part of the PRC-wide entity in this
administrative review, we are not
making a determination of no shipments
with respect to Dezhou Kaihang, Fujian
Haishan, Fujian Pinghe, Fujian Zishan,
Inter-Foods, and Xiamen Longhuai for
the preliminary results of the instant
administrative review.
Methodology
The Department conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, 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 (ACCESS).3
2 See Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
3 On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and
Compliance’s AD and CVD Centralized Electronic
Service System (‘‘IA ACCESS’’) to AD and CVD
Centralized Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’).
The Web site location was changed from https://
iaacess.trade.gov to https://access.trade.gov. The
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71743-71746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28461]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-932]
Certain Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') published the
Preliminary Results of the fourth administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain steel threaded rod from the People's
Republic of China (``PRC'') on May 28, 2014.\1\ We gave interested
parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results. Based
upon our analysis of the comments and information received, we made
changes to the margin calculations for these final results. The final
dumping margins are listed below in the ``Final Results of
Administrative Review'' section of this notice. The period of review
(``POR'') is April 1, 2012, through March 31, 2013.
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\1\ See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 30543 (May 28, 2014)
(``Preliminary Results''), and accompanying Decision Memorandum.
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DATES: Effective Date: December 3, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Jerry Huang, 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 202-482-1394
or 202-482-4047, respectively.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published the Preliminary Results on May 28,
2014.\2\ Between May 21, 2014, and July 15, 2014, the Department issued
supplemental questionnaires to RMB Fasteners Ltd., IFI & Morgan Ltd.,
and Jiaxing Brother Standard Part Co., Ltd. (collectively ``the RMB/IFI
Group''). On June 18, 2014, and July 22, 2014, the RMB/IFI Group
submitted its responses to those supplemental questionnaires.
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\2\ Id.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309, we invited parties to comment on
our Preliminary Results. Between August 4, 2014, and August 11, 2014,
interested parties submitted case and rebuttal briefs. Additionally, on
August 25, 2014, the Department extended the deadline for the final
results to November 4, 2014.\3\ Moreover, on October 22, 2014, the
Department again extended the final results to November 24, 2014.\4\
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\3\ See Memorandum to Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
through James Doyle, Office Director, from Julia Hancock, Senior
International Trade Compliance Analyst, ``Certain Steel Threaded Rod
from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Administrative Review'' (August 25, 2014).
\4\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
through James Doyle, Office Director, from Jerry Huang, Senior
International Trade Compliance Analyst, ``Certain Steel Threaded Rod
from the People's Republic of China: Second Extension of Deadline
for Final Results of Administrative Review'' (October 22, 2014).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order includes steel threaded rod.
The subject merchandise is currently classifiable under subheading
7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, 7318.15.5090, and 7318.15.2095 of the
United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTSUS''). Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes,
our written description of the scope of the order, which is contained
in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (``I&D Memo''), is
dispositive.\5\
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\5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see
Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of Fourth Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's
Republic of China'' (November 21, 2014) (``I&D Memo'').
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Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by
parties in these reviews in the I&D Memo, and attached to this notice,
in Appendix I, a list of the issues which parties raised. The I&D Memo
is a public document and is on file in the Central Records Unit
(``CRU''), Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building, as
well as electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``ACCESS'').
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov and
in the CRU. In addition, a complete version of the I&D Memo can be
accessed directly on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed I&D Memo and the electronic versions of the I&D
Memo are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we revised the
margin calculations for the RMB/IFI Group. Specifically, we
incorporated into our calculations a revised database that was
submitted by the RMB/IFI Group after the Preliminary Results.\6\ For a
list of all issues addressed in these final results, please refer to
Appendix I accompanying this notice.
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\6\ See Memorandum to the File, through Scot T. Fullerton,
Program Manager, Office V, from Julia Hancock and Jerry Huang,
Senior Case Analysts, Office V, ``Final Results for RMB/IFI Group''
(November 21, 2014) (``RMB/IFI Group Final Results Analysis Memo'').
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PRC-Wide Rate and PRC-Wide Entity
For the PRC-Wide Entity, the Department in the Preliminary Results
assigned the rate of 206 percent, the only rate ever determined for the
PRC-Wide Entity in this proceeding.\7\ Because this rate is the same as
the PRC-Wide rate from previous segments in this proceeding and nothing
on the record of the instant review calls into question the reliability
of the PRC-Wide rate, we find it appropriate to continue to apply the
PRC-Wide rate of 206 percent.\8\
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\7\ See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 30544, and accompanying
Decision Memorandum at 5-6.
\8\ See, e.g., Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's
Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 74 FR 8907, 8910 (February 27, 2009).
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In the Preliminary Results, the Department determined that those
companies which did not demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate are
properly considered part of the PRC-Wide Entity.\9\ Since the
Preliminary Results, none of these companies submitted comments
regarding these findings. Therefore, we continue to treat these
companies as part of the PRC-Wide Entity.\10\
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\9\ See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 30544, and accompanying
Decision Memorandum at 5-6.
\10\ For a list of companies that are subject to this
administrative review as part of the PRC-Wide Entity, see Appendix
II to this notice.
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Additionally, in the Preliminary Results, for 68 companies, the
Department found that, while the request for review had been withdrawn,
none of these companies had a separate rate. Accordingly, these 68
companies remained part of the PRC-wide entity, which remained under
review for the Preliminary Results.\11\ Thus, the Department did not
rescind the review for any of these 68 companies in the Preliminary
Results.\12\ Since the Preliminary Results, no party has presented any
information to the contrary and thus, these 68 companies remain part of
the PRC-Wide Entity, which remains under review for the final
results.\13\
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\11\ See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 30544, and accompanying
Decision Memorandum at 5-6.
\12\ See, e.g., Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From
the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 47363,
47365 (August 8, 2012), unchanged in Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven
Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010- 2011, 78 FR 10130
(February 13, 2013). A change in practice with respect to the
conditional review of the PRC-wide entity is not applicable to this
administrative review. See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of
Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket
Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65964,
65969-70 (November 4, 2013).
\13\ For a list of companies that are subject to this
administrative review as part of the PRC-Wide Entity, see Appendix
II to this notice.
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Final Results of Administrative Review
The weighted-average dumping margins for the administrative review
are as follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter margin
(percent)
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IFI & Morgan Ltd. and RMB Fasteners Ltd. (collectively 47.62
``RMB/IFI Group'')........................................
PRC-Wide Rate \14\......................................... 206.00
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the
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Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this
review. The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the final
results of this administrative review.
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\14\ The PRC-Wide Entity includes the companies listed in
Appendix II to this notice.
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Where the respondent reported reliable entered values, we
calculated importer (or customer)-specific ad valorem rates by
aggregating the dumping margins calculated for all U.S. sales to each
importer (or customer) and dividing this amount by the total entered
value of the sales to each importer (or customer).\15\ Where the
Department calculated a weighted-average dumping margin by dividing the
total amount of dumping for reviewed sales to that party by the total
sales quantity associated with those transactions, the Department will
direct CBP to assess importer-specific assessment rates based on the
resulting per-unit rates.\16\ Where an importer- (or customer-)
specific ad valorem or per-unit rate is greater than de minimis, the
Department will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the
time of liquidation.\17\ Where an importer- (or customer-) specific ad
valorem or per-unit rate is zero or de minimis, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\18\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\16\ Id.
\17\ Id.
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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The Department announced a refinement to its assessment practice in
non-market economy cases. Pursuant to this refinement in practice, for
entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by
companies individually examined during this review, the Department will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-Wide rate.
Additionally, if the Department determines that an exporter had no
shipments of the 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.\19\
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\19\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
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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 entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For the exporters
listed above, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in the
final results of review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis,
i.e., less than 0.5 percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be required
for that 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 206 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 exporters that supplied that non-PRC exporter.
The deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure
We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final 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 POR. 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.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written 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.
We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: November 21, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--Issues and Decision Memorandum
Comment I: Selection of the Surrogate Country
Comment II: Surrogate Value for Steel Wire Rod
Comment III: Surrogate Financial Ratio Calculations
Comment IV: Surrogate Value for Brokerage and Handling
Comment V: Denominator for Brokerage and Handling, and Inland
Freight
Comment VI: Zeroing Methodology
Appendix II--Companies Subject to the Administrative Review That Are
Part of the PRC-Wide Entity
Aihua Holding Group Co. Ltd.
Autocraft Industry (Shanghai) Ltd.
Autocraft Industry Ltd.
Billion Land Ltd.
C And H International Corporation
Changshu City Standard Parts Factory
China Brother Holding Group Co. Ltd.
China Friendly Nation Hardware Technology Limited
Ec International (Nantong) Co. Ltd.
Fastco (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
Fastwell Industry Co. Ltd.
Fuda Xiongzhen Machinery Co., Ltd.
Fuller Shanghai Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd.
Haiyan Evergreen Standard Parts Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Hurras Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Hurras Import Export Co. Ltd.
Haiyan Jianhe Hardware Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Everbright Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Grand Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Great Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Lizhan Hardware Co. Ltd.
Hangzhou Tongwang Machinery Co., Ltd.
Jiabao Trade Development Co. Ltd.
Jiangsu Zhongweiyu Communication Equipment Co. Ltd.
Jiashan Steelfit Trading Co. Ltd.
Jiaxing Brother Standard Part
Jiaxing Yaoliang Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Jinan Banghe Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.
Macropower Industrial Inc.
Midas Union Co., Ltd.
Nanjing Prosper Import & Export Corporation Ltd.
New Pole Power System Co. Ltd.
Ningbiao Bolts & Nuts Manufacturing Co.
Ningbo Beilun Milfast Metalworks Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Dexin Fastener Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Fastener Factory
Ningbo Fengya Imp. And Exp. Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Holy Hardware Import And Export Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Wit Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Haishu Yixie Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Jinding Fastening Pieces Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Mpf Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Ningbo Panxiang Imp. & Exp, Co. Ltd.
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Ningbo Yinzhou Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.
Ningbo Zhongjiang High Strength Bolts Co. Ltd
Ningbo Zhongjiang Petroleum Pipes & Machinery Co. Ltd.
Orient International Holding Shanghai Rongheng Intl Trading Co. Ltd.
Prosper Business And Industry Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Free Trade Zone Health Intl.
Qingdao Top Steel Industrial Co. Ltd.
Shaanxi Succeed Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai East Best Foreign Trade Co.
Shanghai East Best International Business Development Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Fortune International Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Furen International Trading
Shanghai Nanshi Foreign Economic Co.
Shanghai Overseas International Trading Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Printing & Dyeing And Knitting Mill
Shanghai Printing & Packaging Machinery Corp.
Shanghai Recky International Trading Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Sinotex United Corp. Ltd.
T and C Fastener Co. Ltd.
T and L Industry Co. Ltd.
Wuxi Metec Metal Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Heiter Industries Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Heiter Mfg & Trade Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Jin Zeen Fasteners Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Morgan Brother Technology Co. Ltd.
Zhejiang Yanfei Industrial Co., Ltd (a/k/a Jiangsu Ronry Nico Co.,
Ltd., Formerly Jiangsu Yanfei Industrial Co., Ltd.)
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