Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 1018-1019 [2015-00095]
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(Rugao Jiangbei); (18) RZBC Group
Shareholding Co., Ltd. (RZBC Group)
and RZBC; (19) Shandong Hongshide
Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shandong
Hongshide); (20) Shandong TTCA
Biochemistry Co., Ltd. (Shandong
TTCA); (21) Shihezi City Changyum
Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Shihezi City
Changyum); (22) Weifang Ensign
Industry Co., Ltd. (Weifang Ensign); (23)
Wuhan Shuangfeng Citric Acid Co., Ltd.
(Wuhan Shuangfeng); (24) Yixing Union
Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Yixing Union);
(25) Yixing Zhenfen Medical Chemical
Co., Ltd. (Yixing Zhenfen); and (26)
Yunnan No. 2 Fuel Factory (Yunnan
Fuel).
On June 27, 2014, in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), the Department
published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation of administrative
review with respect to these
companies.4 On July 14, 2014, RZBC
withdrew their request for an
administrative review. In addition, on
August 6, 2014, the petitioners
withdrew their request for an
administrative review for all of the
above-listed companies except Laiwu
Taihe.
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Rescission, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the
Secretary will rescind an administrative
review, in whole or in part, if a party
that requested the review withdraws the
request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of
the requested review. The petitioners’
and RZBC’s withdrawal of their requests
were submitted within the 90-day
period and, thus, are timely. Because
the petitioners’ and RZBC’s withdrawal
of their requests for review are timely
and because no other party requested a
review of these companies, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
we are rescinding this administrative
review, in part, with respect to the
following companies: Changsha Huir,
Huangshi Xinghua, Hunan Dongting,
Jiali Bio Group, Juxian Hongde,
Lianyungang Debang, Lianyungang
Dongtai, Lianyungang Hengsheng,
Lianyungang Yunbo, Lianyungang
Zhengrong, Nantong Feiyu, Ningxiang
Xinyang, Penglai Marine Bio-Tech,
Qingdao Fuso, Reephos Chemical,
Rugao Jiangbei, RZBC Group and RZBC,
Shandong Hongshide, Shandong TTCA,
Shihezi City Changyum, Weifang
Ensign, Wuhan Shuangfeng, Yixing
Union, Yixing Zhenfen, and Yunnan
4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 79 FR
36462 (June 27, 2014).
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Fuel. The administrative review will
continue with respect to Laiwu Taihe.
Assessment
The Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries. For the companies
for which this review is rescinded,
countervailing duties shall be assessed
at rates equal to the cash deposit of
estimated countervailing duties required
at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, during the
period January 1, 2013, through
December 31, 2013, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department
intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of this notice.
Notification Regarding 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/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.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751 and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: January 5, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–013]
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire
Rod From the People’s Republic of
China: Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and
Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the
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International Trade Commission (ITC),
the Department is issuing a
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod
(steel wire rod) from the People’s
Republic of China (PRC). Also, as
explained in this notice, the Department
is amending its final determination to
correct an error with respect to the
identification of an affiliate of one of the
respondents.
DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Trainor or Reza Karamloo,
Office II, AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–4007 and (202) 482–4470,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 19, 2014, the
Department published its final
determination that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of steel wire
rod from the PRC.1 On January 2, 2015,
the ITC notified the Department of its
final determination pursuant to sections
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and section 705(d) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act)
that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reasons of
subsidized imports of subject
merchandise from the PRC.2 The ITC
also determined that critical
circumstances do not exist.3
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order covers certain
hot-rolled products of carbon steel and
alloy steel, in coils, of approximately
circular cross section, less than 19.00
mm in actual solid cross-sectional
diameter. Specifically excluded are steel
products possessing the above-noted
physical characteristics and meeting the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) definitions for
(a) stainless steel; (b) tool steel; (c) high
nickel steel; (d) ball bearing steel; or (e)
concrete reinforcing bars and rods. Also
excluded are free cutting steel (also
known as free machining steel) products
1 See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod
From the People’s Republic of China: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination, 79 FR 68858 (November 19, 2014)
(Final Determination).
2 See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod
From the People’s Republic of China, Investigation
Nos. 701–TA–512 and 731–TA–1248 (Final), USITC
Publication 4509, December 2014.
3 Id.
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published its affirmative Preliminary
Determination 5 in the Federal Register,
and before November 5, 2014, the date
on which the Department instructed
CBP to discontinue the suspension of
liquidation in accordance with section
703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the
Act states that the suspension of
liquidation pursuant to a preliminary
determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months. Entries of
steel wire rod made on or after
November 5, 2014, and prior to the date
of publication of the ITC’s final
determination in the Federal Register
are not liable for assessment of CVDs,
due to the Department’s
discontinuation, effective November 5,
2014, of the suspension of liquidation.
With regard to the ITC’s negative
critical circumstances determination,
the Department will instruct CBP to lift
suspension and refund any cash
deposits of estimated CVDs for entries
on or after April 9, 2014 (i.e., 90 days
prior to the date of the Preliminary
Determination), but before July 8, 2014.
Correction to the Final Determination
In the Final Determination we
inadvertently omitted Benxi Iron & Steel
(Group) Co., Ltd. from the list of
companies comprising Benxi Beiying
Iron & Steel Import & Export Corp./
Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel (Group) Co.,
Ltd.4 Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) Co.,
Ltd. is properly included in the list of
affiliates in the ‘‘Suspension of
Liquidation’’ section of this notice.
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(i.e., products that contain by weight
one or more of the following elements:
0.1 percent or more of lead, 0.05 percent
or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or
more of sulfur, more than 0.04 percent
of phosphorus, more than 0.05 percent
of selenium, or more than 0.01 percent
of tellurium). All products meeting the
physical description of subject
merchandise that are not specifically
excluded are included in this scope.
The products under order are
currently classifiable under subheadings
7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015,
7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3093,
7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000,
7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030,
7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6010,
7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, and
7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products
entered under subheadings
7213.99.0090 and 7227.90.6090 of the
HTSUS also may be included in this
scope if they meet the physical
description of subject merchandise
above. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this
order is dispositive.
In accordance with section 706 of the
Act, the Department will direct CBP to
reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
of steel wire rod from the PRC, effective
the date of publication of the ITC’s
notice of final determination in the
Federal Register, and to assess, upon
further instruction by the Department
pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act,
CVDs for each entry of the subject
merchandise in an amount based on the
net countervailable subsidy rates for the
subject merchandise. CBP must require,
at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on
this merchandise, a cash deposit equal
to the rates listed below:
Countervailing Duty Order
In accordance with sections
705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act, the
ITC notified the Department of its final
determination that the industry in the
United States producing steel wire rod
is materially injured by reason of
subsidized imports of steel wire rod
from the PRC. Therefore, in accordance
with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we are
publishing this CVD order.
Pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act,
the Department will direct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess,
upon further instruction by the
Department, CVDs on unliquidated
entries of steel wire rod entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after July 8, 2014,
the date on which the Department
4 See Final Determination at 68859, and the
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
for the Final Determination in the Countervailing
Duty Investigation of Carbon and Certain Alloy
Steel Wire Rod From the People’s Republic of China
at 1–2.
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Subsidy rate
(percent)
Benxi Steel 6 .........................
Hebei Iron & Steel Co Ltd
Tangshan Branch ..............
All Others ..............................
193.31
178.46
185.89
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the CVD order
with respect to steel wire rod from the
PRC pursuant to section 706(a) of the
Act. Interested parties may contact the
Department’s Central Records Unit,
Room 7046 of the main Commerce
Building, for copies of an updated list
of countervailing duty orders currently
in effect.
This order is issued and published in
accordance with section 706(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: January 2, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015–00095 Filed 1–7–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
5 See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod
From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination,
Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination, and Alignment of Final
Countervailing Duty Determination With Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR 38490
(July 8, 2014) (Preliminary Determination).
6 Benxi Steel is comprised of: Benxi Beiying Iron
& Steel Group Import & Export Corp.; Benxi Beiying
Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.; Benxi Steel Group
Corporation; Beitai Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.;
Benxi Northern Steel Rolling Co., Ltd.; Benxi
Beifang Gaosu Steel Wire Rod Co., Ltd.; Benxi
Beitai Gaosu Steel Wire Rod Co., Ltd.; Benxi
Northern Steel Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beifang Second
Rolling Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beitai Ductile Iron Pipes
Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Metallurgy
Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Real Estate
Development Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron & Steel (Group)
Co., Ltd.; Bei Tai Iron and Steel Group Imp. and
Exp. (Dalian) Co., Ltd.; and Bengang Steel Plate Co.,
Ltd.
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Company
International Trade Administration
[C–570–980]
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells,
Whether or Not Assembled Into
Modules, From the People’s Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2012; and Partial Rescission
of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells,
whether or not assembled into modules
(Solar Cells), from the People’s Republic
of China (PRC). The period of review
(POR) is March 26, 2012, through
December 31, 2012. This review covers
multiple exporters/producers, two of
which are being individually reviewed
as mandatory respondents. We
preliminarily determine that Lightway
Green New Energy Co., Ltd. (Lightway),
Shanghai BYD Co. Ltd. (Shanghai BYD)
and its cross-owned affiliates received
countervailable subsidies during the
POR. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2015.
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-013]
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the People's
Republic of China: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Countervailing Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
the Department is issuing a countervailing duty (CVD) order on carbon
and certain alloy steel wire rod (steel wire rod) from the People's
Republic of China (PRC). Also, as explained in this notice, the
Department is amending its final determination to correct an error with
respect to the identification of an affiliate of one of the
respondents.
DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor or Reza Karamloo,
Office II, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4007 and (202) 482-4470, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 19, 2014, the Department published its final
determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of steel wire rod from the PRC.\1\ On January
2, 2015, the ITC notified the Department of its final determination
pursuant to sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and section 705(d) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reasons of subsidized imports of subject
merchandise from the PRC.\2\ The ITC also determined that critical
circumstances do not exist.\3\
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\1\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the
People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination, 79 FR 68858 (November 19, 2014) (Final
Determination).
\2\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the
People's Republic of China, Investigation Nos. 701-TA-512 and 731-
TA-1248 (Final), USITC Publication 4509, December 2014.
\3\ Id.
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Scope of the Order
The scope of this order covers certain hot-rolled products of
carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately circular cross
section, less than 19.00 mm in actual solid cross-sectional diameter.
Specifically excluded are steel products possessing the above-noted
physical characteristics and meeting the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool
steel; (c) high nickel steel; (d) ball bearing steel; or (e) concrete
reinforcing bars and rods. Also excluded are free cutting steel (also
known as free machining steel) products
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(i.e., products that contain by weight one or more of the following
elements: 0.1 percent or more of lead, 0.05 percent or more of bismuth,
0.08 percent or more of sulfur, more than 0.04 percent of phosphorus,
more than 0.05 percent of selenium, or more than 0.01 percent of
tellurium). All products meeting the physical description of subject
merchandise that are not specifically excluded are included in this
scope.
The products under order are currently classifiable under
subheadings 7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3093,
7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080,
7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, and 7227.90.6035 of the
HTSUS. Products entered under subheadings 7213.99.0090 and 7227.90.6090
of the HTSUS also may be included in this scope if they meet the
physical description of subject merchandise above. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.
Correction to the Final Determination
In the Final Determination we inadvertently omitted Benxi Iron &
Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. from the list of companies comprising Benxi
Beiying Iron & Steel Import & Export Corp./Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel
(Group) Co., Ltd.\4\ Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. is properly
included in the list of affiliates in the ``Suspension of Liquidation''
section of this notice.
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\4\ See Final Determination at 68859, and the accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Determination in the
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel
Wire Rod From the People's Republic of China at 1-2.
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Countervailing Duty Order
In accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that the
industry in the United States producing steel wire rod is materially
injured by reason of subsidized imports of steel wire rod from the PRC.
Therefore, in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we are
publishing this CVD order.
Pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act, the Department will direct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by the Department, CVDs on unliquidated entries of steel
wire rod entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after July 8, 2014, the date on which the Department published its
affirmative Preliminary Determination \5\ in the Federal Register, and
before November 5, 2014, the date on which the Department instructed
CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation in accordance with
section 703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the Act states that the
suspension of liquidation pursuant to a preliminary determination may
not remain in effect for more than four months. Entries of steel wire
rod made on or after November 5, 2014, and prior to the date of
publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register
are not liable for assessment of CVDs, due to the Department's
discontinuation, effective November 5, 2014, of the suspension of
liquidation.
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\5\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination, Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances
Determination, and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty
Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR 38490
(July 8, 2014) (Preliminary Determination).
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With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances
determination, the Department will instruct CBP to lift suspension and
refund any cash deposits of estimated CVDs for entries on or after
April 9, 2014 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of the Preliminary
Determination), but before July 8, 2014.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, the Department will
direct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of steel wire
rod from the PRC, effective the date of publication of the ITC's notice
of final determination in the Federal Register, and to assess, upon
further instruction by the Department pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of
the Act, CVDs for each entry of the subject merchandise in an amount
based on the net countervailable subsidy rates for the subject
merchandise. CBP must require, at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit
equal to the rates listed below:
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\6\ Benxi Steel is comprised of: Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel
Group Import & Export Corp.; Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel (Group) Co.,
Ltd.; Benxi Steel Group Corporation; Beitai Iron & Steel (Group)
Co., Ltd.; Benxi Northern Steel Rolling Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beifang
Gaosu Steel Wire Rod Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beitai Gaosu Steel Wire Rod
Co., Ltd.; Benxi Northern Steel Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beifang Second
Rolling Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beitai Ductile Iron Pipes Co., Ltd.; Benxi
Iron and Steel (Group) Metallurgy Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron and Steel
(Group) Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron & Steel
(Group) Co., Ltd.; Bei Tai Iron and Steel Group Imp. and Exp.
(Dalian) Co., Ltd.; and Bengang Steel Plate Co., Ltd.
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent)
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Benxi Steel \6\......................................... 193.31
Hebei Iron & Steel Co Ltd Tangshan Branch............... 178.46
All Others.............................................. 185.89
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the CVD order with respect to steel wire
rod from the PRC pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act. Interested
parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of
the main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of
countervailing duty orders currently in effect.
This order is issued and published in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: January 2, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-00095 Filed 1-7-15; 8:45 am]
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