Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014, 55332-55333 [2015-23161]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55332-55333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23161]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 9, 2015, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (SSB) from India.\1\ The 
period of review (POR) is February 1, 2013, through January 31, 2014. 
Based on comments received from Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd., 
(Bhansali) and the petitioner,\2\ we have made certain changes to our 
preliminary results. The final dumping margin for this review is listed 
in the ``Final Results of the Review'' section below.
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results, and 
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2013-2014, 80 FR 12439 (March 9, 2015) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ The petitioner is Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc.

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DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Shuler, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Following the Preliminary Results, the Department issued an 
additional supplemental questionnaire to Bhansali, the only respondent 
in this administrative review, on March 20, 2015, and received a 
response on April 2, 2015. We received timely filed case and rebuttal 
briefs from Bhansali and the petitioner.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is SSB. The SSB subject to the 
order is currently classifiable under subheadings 7222.10.00, 
7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written description 
is dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
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 the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar from India'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum), 
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is incorporated herein by 
reference. A list of the issues which parties raised, and to which we 
respond in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this 
notice as an Appendix. The Issues and 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). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and it is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
certain changes to the Preliminary Results. For a discussion of these 
changes, see Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the respondent for the period 
February 1, 2013, through January 31, 2014.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd...............................        0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department determines, 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 assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
    For assessment purposes, because Bhansali's weighted-average 
dumping margin remains zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) 
in these final results, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). Our instructions will be on an importer-
specific basis, where the importer is known, or on a customer-specific 
basis, where the importer is not known.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by Bhansali for which it did not 
know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such 
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries 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 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for 
all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
Bhansali will be the rate established in the final results of this 
administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or 
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of 
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding in which that manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if 
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or 
the original investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed 
segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of subject merchandise; 
and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters 
will continue to be 12.45 percent, the ``all others'' rate established 
in the order.\4\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \4\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 
28, 1994).
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final 
results of review within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Notifications

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of 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 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 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: September 8, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Issues Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1a: Whether There Are Inaccuracies and Discrepancies in 
Bhansali's Reporting
Comment 1b: Whether the Application of Adverse Facts Available, or 
Partial Facts Available is Warranted
Comment 2: Whether Bhansali Submitted Untimely Factual Information
Comment 3: Whether the Department Erred in the Treatment of 
Bhansali's Home Market Billing Adjustments
Recommendation

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