Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order, 45809-45810 [2017-20925]
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Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Investigation
IV. Injury Test
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Conclusion
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–859]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From
Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Based on an affirmative final
determination by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
the Department is issuing the
antidumping duty (AD) order on steel
concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from
Taiwan.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Applicable: October 2, 2017.
Jun
Jack Zhao or Kathryn Wallace at (202)
482–1396 and (202) 482–6251,
respectively, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Background
In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on June 27, 2017 the
Department published its affirmative
final determination in the less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigation of rebar from
Taiwan.1 On September 11, 2017, the
ITC notified the Department of its final
determination that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by
reason of LTFV imports of subject
merchandise from Taiwan within the
meaning of 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.2
1 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan:
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 82 FR 34925 (June 27, 2017) (Final
Determination).
2 See Letter from the ITC to the Honorable Gary
Taverman, September 11, 2017 (Notification of ITC
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On September 15, the ITC published its
final determination in the Federal
Register.3
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is
rebar from Taiwan. For a complete
description of the scope of the order, see
the Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
In accordance with section 735(d) of
the Act, the ITC notified the Department
of its final determination in this
investigation, in which it found that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
of rebar from Taiwan. Therefore, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the
Act, we are issuing this antidumping
duty order. Because the ITC determined
that imports of rebar from Taiwan are
materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from Taiwan, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by the Department,
antidumping duties equal to the amount
by which the normal value of the
merchandise exceeds the export price
(or constructed export price) of the
merchandise, for all relevant entries of
rebar from Taiwan. Antidumping duties
will be assessed on unliquidated entries
of rebar from Taiwan entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after March 7, 2017,
the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination,4 but will
not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication in the
Federal Register of the ITC’s injury
determination, as further described
below.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend
liquidation of all relevant entries of
rebar from Taiwan, effective the date of
publication of the ITC’s notice of final
determination in the Federal Register.
Final Determination); see also Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan, Investigation No.
731–TA–1339 (Final) (September 2017).
3 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan,
82 FR 43403 (September 15, 2017).
4 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 12800 (March 7, 2017)
(Preliminary Determination).
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These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
The Department will also instruct
CBP to require cash deposits for
estimated antidumping duties equal to
the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins indicated below.
Accordingly, effective September 15,
2017, the date of publication of the
ITC’s final affirmative determination in
the Federal Register, CBP will require,
at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on
this subject merchandise, a cash deposit
equal to the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins listed below.5 The
relevant all-others rates apply to all
producers or exporters not specifically
listed below.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
the suspension of liquidation pursuant
to an affirmative preliminary
determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months, except
where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the
subject merchandise request the
Department to extend that four-month
period to no more than six months. At
the request of exporters that account for
a significant proportion of rebar from
Taiwan, the Department extended the
four-month period to six months in this
case.6 The Department published the
preliminary determination on March 7,
2017. Therefore, the extended period,
beginning on the date of publication of
the preliminary determination, ended
on September 3, 2017. Furthermore,
section 737(b) of the Act states that the
collection of final cash deposits will
begin on the date of publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
will instruct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of rebar from Taiwan entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption after September 3, 2017,
until and through September 14, 2017,
the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC’s final injury
determination in the Federal Register.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The weighted-average antidumping
duty margin percentages are as follows:
5 See
6 See
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section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
Preliminary Determination 82 FR at 12801.
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Exporter/manufacturer
Weightedaverage
dumping
margins
(percent)
Power Steel Co., Ltd ................
Lo-Toun Steel and Iron Works
Co., Ltd .................................
All-Others ..................................
3.50
32.01
3.50
however, the written description of the scope
remains dispositive.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–821–802]
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty order with respect to
rebar from Taiwan, pursuant to section
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can
find a list of antidumping duty orders
currently in effect at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html.
This order is issued and published in
accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: September 25, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy
performing the duties of Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this order is
steel concrete reinforcing bar imported in
either straight length or coil form (rebar)
regardless of metallurgy, length, diameter, or
grade or lack thereof. Subject merchandise
includes deformed steel wire with bar
markings (e.g., mill mark, size, or grade) and
which has been subjected to an elongation
test.
The subject merchandise includes rebar
that has been further processed in the subject
countries or a third country, including but
not limited to cutting, grinding, galvanizing,
painting, coating, or any other processing
that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of this order if
performed in the country of manufacture of
the rebar.
Specifically excluded are plain rounds
(i.e., nondeformed or smooth rebar). Also
excluded from the scope is deformed steel
wire meeting ASTM A1064/A1064M with no
bar markings (e.g., mill mark, size, or grade)
and without being subject to an elongation
test.
The subject merchandise is classifiable in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) primarily under item
numbers 7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and
7228.30.8010. The subject merchandise may
also enter under other HTSUS numbers
including 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000,
7221.00.0017, 7221.00.0018, 7221.00.0030,
7221.00.0045, 7222.11.0001, 7222.11.0057,
7222.11.0059, 7222.30.0001, 7227.20.0080,
7227.90.6030, 7227.90.6035, 7227.90.6040,
7228.20.1000, and 7228.60.6000.
HTSUS numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes;
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Uranium From the Russian Federation:
Continuation of Suspension of
Antidumping Investigation
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of determinations
by the Department of Commerce
(Department) that termination of the
Agreement Suspending the
Antidumping Investigation on Uranium
from the Russian Federation, as
amended (the Agreement), and the
suspended investigation on uranium
from the Russian Federation (Russia)
would likely lead to a continuation or
recurrence of dumping, and by the
International Trade Commission (ITC)
that termination of the suspended
investigation would likely lead to
material injury to an industry in the
United States, the Department is
publishing this notice of continuation of
the Agreement on uranium from Russia.
DATES: Applicable October 2, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sally C. Gannon or Jill Buckles,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0162 or
(202) 482–6230, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 3, 2017, the Department
published the notice of initiation of the
fourth sunset review of the Agreement,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).1 On
the basis of the notice of intent to
participate and adequate substantive
responses filed by domestic interested
parties and the lack of response from
any respondent interested party, the
Department conducted an expedited
sunset review of the Agreement
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C). As
a result of its review, pursuant to
sections 751(c) and 752 of the Act, the
Department determined that termination
of the Agreement and the suspended
1 See Initiation of Five-year (Sunset) Reviews, 76
FR 38613 (July 1, 2011).
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investigation on uranium from the
Russian Federation would likely lead to
a continuation or recurrence of dumping
and, therefore, notified the ITC of the
magnitude of the margin likely to
prevail should the Agreement be
terminated.2
On September 26, 2017, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Act, the ITC
published its determination that
termination of the suspended
investigation on uranium from the
Russian Federation would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of
material injury to an industry in the
United States within a reasonably
foreseeable time.3
Scope of the Agreement
The product covered by the
Suspension Agreement is natural
uranium in the form of uranium ores
and concentrates; natural uranium metal
and natural uranium compounds;
alloys, dispersions (including cermets),
ceramic products, and mixtures
containing natural uranium or natural
uranium compounds; uranium enriched
in U235 and its compounds; alloys,
dispersions (including cermets), ceramic
products, and mixtures containing
uranium enriched in U235 or
compounds of uranium enriched in
U235; and any other forms of uranium
within the same class or kind.
Uranium ore from Russia that is
milled into U3O8 and/or converted into
UF6 in another country prior to direct
and/or indirect importation into the
United States is considered uranium
from Russia and is subject to the terms
of this Suspension Agreement.
For purposes of this Suspension
Agreement, uranium enriched in U235 or
compounds of uranium enriched in U235
in Russia are covered by this
Suspension Agreement, regardless of
their subsequent modification or
blending. Uranium enriched in U235 in
another country prior to direct and/or
indirect importation into the United
States is not considered uranium from
Russia and is not subject to the terms of
this Suspension Agreement.4
2 See Uranium From the Russian Federation;
Final Results of the Expedited Fourth Sunset
Review of the Suspension Agreement, 82 FR 26776
(June 9, 2017).
3 See Uranium from Russia; Determination,
Investigation No. 731–TA–539–C (Fourth Review),
82 FR 44842 (September 26, 2017); see also ITC
Publication, Uranium from Russia (Investigation
No. 731–TA–539–C (Fourth Review), USITC
Publication 4727, September 2017).
4 The second amendment of two amendments to
the Suspension Agreement effective on October 3,
1996, in part included within the scope of the
Suspension Agreement on Russian uranium which
had been enriched in a third country prior to
importation into the United States. According to the
amendment, this modification remained in effect
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-859]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Taiwan: Antidumping Duty
Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Based on an affirmative final determination by the Department
of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission
(ITC), the Department is issuing the antidumping duty (AD) order on
steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Taiwan.
DATES: Applicable: October 2, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun Jack Zhao or Kathryn Wallace at
(202) 482-1396 and (202) 482-6251, respectively, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on June 27, 2017
the Department published its affirmative final determination in the
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of rebar from Taiwan.\1\ On
September 11, 2017, the ITC notified the Department of its final
determination that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of LTFV imports of subject merchandise from Taiwan
within the meaning of 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.\2\ On September 15,
the ITC published its final determination in the Federal Register.\3\
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\1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 34925 (June
27, 2017) (Final Determination).
\2\ See Letter from the ITC to the Honorable Gary Taverman,
September 11, 2017 (Notification of ITC Final Determination); see
also Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan, Investigation No.
731-TA-1339 (Final) (September 2017).
\3\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan, 82 FR 43403
(September 15, 2017).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is rebar from Taiwan. For a
complete description of the scope of the order, see the Appendix to
this notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified the
Department of its final determination in this investigation, in which
it found that an industry in the United States is materially injured by
reason of imports of rebar from Taiwan. Therefore, in accordance with
section 735(c)(2) of the Act, we are issuing this antidumping duty
order. Because the ITC determined that imports of rebar from Taiwan are
materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from Taiwan, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by the Department, antidumping duties
equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed export price) of the
merchandise, for all relevant entries of rebar from Taiwan. Antidumping
duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of rebar from Taiwan
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March
7, 2017, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination,\4\
but will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the
provisional measures period and before publication in the Federal
Register of the ITC's injury determination, as further described below.
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\4\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR
12800 (March 7, 2017) (Preliminary Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department
will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all relevant
entries of rebar from Taiwan, effective the date of publication of the
ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal Register. These
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further
notice.
The Department will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits for
estimated antidumping duties equal to the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins indicated below. Accordingly, effective September 15,
2017, the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative
determination in the Federal Register, CBP will require, at the same
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this
subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins listed below.\5\ The relevant all-others rates
apply to all producers or exporters not specifically listed below.
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\5\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six
months. At the request of exporters that account for a significant
proportion of rebar from Taiwan, the Department extended the four-month
period to six months in this case.\6\ The Department published the
preliminary determination on March 7, 2017. Therefore, the extended
period, beginning on the date of publication of the preliminary
determination, ended on September 3, 2017. Furthermore, section 737(b)
of the Act states that the collection of final cash deposits will begin
on the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination.
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\6\ See Preliminary Determination 82 FR at 12801.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of rebar from Taiwan entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption after September 3, 2017, until and through
September 14, 2017, the day preceding the date of publication of the
ITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The weighted-average antidumping duty margin percentages are as
follows:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/manufacturer dumping
margins
(percent)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Power Steel Co., Ltd....................................... 3.50
Lo-Toun Steel and Iron Works Co., Ltd...................... 32.01
All-Others................................................. 3.50
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
rebar from Taiwan, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently in effect
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
This order is issued and published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: September 25, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this order is steel concrete
reinforcing bar imported in either straight length or coil form
(rebar) regardless of metallurgy, length, diameter, or grade or lack
thereof. Subject merchandise includes deformed steel wire with bar
markings (e.g., mill mark, size, or grade) and which has been
subjected to an elongation test.
The subject merchandise includes rebar that has been further
processed in the subject countries or a third country, including but
not limited to cutting, grinding, galvanizing, painting, coating, or
any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise
from the scope of this order if performed in the country of
manufacture of the rebar.
Specifically excluded are plain rounds (i.e., nondeformed or
smooth rebar). Also excluded from the scope is deformed steel wire
meeting ASTM A1064/A1064M with no bar markings (e.g., mill mark,
size, or grade) and without being subject to an elongation test.
The subject merchandise is classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) primarily under item numbers
7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010. The subject
merchandise may also enter under other HTSUS numbers including
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000, 7221.00.0017, 7221.00.0018,
7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, 7222.11.0001, 7222.11.0057,
7222.11.0059, 7222.30.0001, 7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6030,
7227.90.6035, 7227.90.6040, 7228.20.1000, and 7228.60.6000.
HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes;
however, the written description of the scope remains dispositive.
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