Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Belarus, the Russian Federation, and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders, 3297-3299 [2018-01254]
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Date
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investigation
Firm name
Firm address
Casco Bay Molding, Ltd ....
32 Smada Drive, Sanford, ME 04073 .....
01/11/2018
Arcadian Services, LLC .....
3109 Northington Court, Florence, AL
35630.
01/11/2018
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BILLING CODE 3510–WH–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–822–806, A–821–824, A–520–808]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From
Belarus, the Russian Federation, and
the United Arab Emirates:
Antidumping Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (the
ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping
duty (AD) orders on carbon and alloy
steel wire rod (wire rod) from Belarus,
the Russian Federation (Russia), and the
United Arab Emirates (the UAE).
DATES: Applicable January 24, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Janz at (202) 482–2972
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Product(s)
The firm manufactures products made of thermoplastic
and liquid silicone using injection molds.
The firm manufactures car and truck wash chemicals.
(Belarus), Kaitlin Wojnar at (202) 482–
3857 (Russia), or Carrie Bethea at (202)
482–1491 (the UAE), AD/CVD
Operations, 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 November 28, 2017,
Commerce published affirmative final
determinations in the less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigations of wire rod
from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE.1 On
January 11, 2018, the ITC notified
Commerce of its affirmative
determination, pursuant to section
735(d) of the Act, that an industry in the
United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of
the LTFV imports of wire rod from
Belarus, Russia, and the UAE, and its
determination that critical
circumstances do not exist with respect
to imports of wire rod from Russia
subject to Commerce’s affirmative
critical circumstances determination.2
Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders
is wire rod. For a complete description
of the scope of these orders, see the
Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
In accordance with sections
735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act, the
ITC notified Commerce of its final
determination in these investigations, in
which it found that an industry in the
1 See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod
from Belarus, the Russian Federation, and the
United Arab Emirates: Affirmative Final
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Partial Affirmative Finding of Critical
Circumstances, 82 FR 56214 (November 28, 2017).
2 See Letter from the ITC to the Hon. Gary
Taverman, dated January 11, 2018.
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United States is materially injured by
reasons of imports of wire rod from
Belarus, Russia, and the UAE.3 The ITC
also notified Commerce of its
determination that critical
circumstances do not exist with respect
to imports of wire rod from Russia
subject to Commerce’s critical
circumstances finding.4 Therefore, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the
Act, Commerce is issuing these AD
orders. Because the ITC determined that
imports of wire rod from Belarus,
Russia, and the UAE are materially
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated
entries of such merchandise from
Belarus, Russia, and the UAE are subject
to the assessment of antidumping
duties.
As a result of the ITC’s final
determination, in accordance with
section 736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce
will direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, 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 wire rod from
Belarus, Russia, and the UAE.
Antidumping duties will be assessed on
unliquidated entries of wire rod from
Belarus, Russia, and the UAE entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after September 12,
2017, the date of publication of the
preliminary determinations,5 but will
not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
3 Id.
4 Id.
5 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from
Belarus: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 42796
(September 12, 2017) (Belarus Preliminary
Determination); Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel
Wire Rod from the Russian Federation and the
United Arab Emirates: Affirmative Preliminary
Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
and Affirmative Preliminary Determination of
Critical Circumstances for Imports of Certain
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Russian
Federation, 82 FR 42794 (September 12, 2017)
(collectively, Preliminary Determinations).
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period and before publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination in the
Federal Register, as further described
below.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will
instruct CBP to continue to suspend
liquidation of all relevant entries of wire
rod from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE.
These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to
require cash deposits equal to the
amounts as indicated below.
Accordingly, effective the date of
publication of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determination, CBP will require,
at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on
the subject merchandise, a cash deposit
equal to the cash deposit rates listed
below.6 The relevant all-others rates
apply to producers or exporters not
specifically listed, as appropriate.
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 that
Commerce extend the four-month
period to no more than six months. In
reference to these proceedings, no such
request was received from exporters of
wire rod from Belarus, Russia, or the
UAE. Commerce’s preliminary
determinations were published on
September 12, 2017.7 As such, the fourmonth period ended on January 9, 2018.
Pursuant to section 737(b) of the Act,
the collection of cash deposits at the
rates listed below will begin on the date
of publication of the ITC’s final injury
determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act, Commerce will
instruct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of wire rod from Belarus, Russia,
and the UAE entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption after
January 9, 2018, the date on which
provisional measures expired, through
the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC’s final injury
determination in the Federal Register.
Suspension of liquidation will resume
on the date of publication of the ITC’s
final determination in the Federal
Register.
Critical Circumstances
With regard to the ITC’s negative
critical circumstances determination
regarding imports of wire rod from
Russia, Commerce will instruct CBP to
lift suspension and refund any cash
deposits made to secure payment of
estimated antidumping duties on
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after June 14, 2017,
(i.e., 90 days prior to the date of
publication of the preliminary
determinations), but before September
12, 2017, (i.e., the date of publication of
the preliminary determinations).
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The estimated weighted-average AD
margins and cash deposit rates are as
follows:
Estimated margin
(%)
Country
Exporter or producer
Belarus ..................................................
Russia ...................................................
Belarus-Wide Entity 8 ...........................................................................................
Abinsk Electric Steel Works Ltd ...........................................................................
JSC NLMK-Ural ....................................................................................................
All-Others .............................................................................................................
Emirates Steel Industries PJSC ...........................................................................
All-Others .............................................................................................................
UAE .......................................................
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This notice constitutes the AD orders
with respect to wire rod from Belarus,
Russia, and the UAE, pursuant to
section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties can find a list of AD orders
currently effect at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html. These orders are
published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
7 See
section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
Preliminary Determinations.
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The merchandise covered by these
investigations are certain hot-rolled products
of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of
approximately round 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 (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
phosphorous, 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 investigation are
currently classifiable under subheadings
7213.91.3011, 213.91.3015, 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
8 The Belarus-wide entity includes Byelorussian
Steel Works, who was the sole mandatory
respondent in the investigation of wire rod from
Belarus and did not demonstrate that it was entitled
Notification to Interested Parties
6 See
Dated: January 18, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
280.02
756.93
756.93
436.80
84.10
84.10
to a separate rate. Accordingly, we consider the
company to be part of the Belarus-wide entity. See
Belarus Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at 42797,
n.10.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
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provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
description of the scope of the order, see
Appendix to this notice.
[FR Doc. 2018–01254 Filed 1–23–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–057]
Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets
From the People’s Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing the countervailing
duty order on certain tool chests and
cabinets (tool chests) from the People’s
Republic of China (China).
DATES: Applicable January 24, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hermes Pinilla or Thomas Schauer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone
(202) 482–3477 or (202) 482–0410,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with section 705(d) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), on November 29, 2017, Commerce
published its affirmative final
determination that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of tool chests
from China.1
On January 16, 2018, the ITC notified
Commerce of its affirmative
determination that an industry in the
United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section
705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of
subsidized imports of subject
merchandise from China.2
Scope of the Order
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ITC Letter.
Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets from the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 82 FR 43331
(September 15, 2017) (Preliminary Determination)
and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
5 As indicated in the Final Determination, Jiangsu
Tongrun Equipment Technology Co., Ltd.’s crossowned affiliates include the following entities:
Changshu Jack Factory, Changshu Tongrun Taron
Import and Export Co., Ltd., (also known as
4 See
Certain Tool Chests and Cabinets from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, 82 FR 56582
(November 29, 2017) (Final Determination) and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
2 See ITC Letter concerning imports of tool chests
and cabinets from China, dated January 16, 2018
(ITC Letter).
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 706 of the
Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to
reinstitute the suspension of liquidation
of tool chests from China. We will also
instruct CBP to require, pursuant to
section 706(a)(1) of the Act,
countervailing duties for each entry of
the subject merchandise in an amount
based on the net countervailable
subsidy rates for the subject
merchandise. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in
effect until further notice. The all-others
rate applies to all producers and
exporters of subject merchandise not
listed in the following table.
3 See
The scope of this order covers tool
chests from China. For a complete
1 See
Countervailing Duty Order
On January 16, 2018, in accordance
with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d)
of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce
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 tool chests from China.3 Therefore, in
accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the
Act, Commerce is issuing this
countervailing duty order. Because the
ITC determined that imports of tool
chests from China are materially
injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated
entries of such merchandise from China,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of countervailing duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce, countervailing duties for
all relevant entries of tool chests from
China. Countervailing duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of tool
chests from China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after September 15,
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 of the
ITC’s final injury determination as
further described below.
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Company
Jiangsu Tongrun Equipment
Technology Co., Ltd 5 .......
Zhongshan Geelong Manufacturing Co., Ltd ..............
Allround Hardware Co., Ltd ..
Beijing Kang Jie Kong International Cargo Agent Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Changshu Zhongcheng Tool
Box Co., Ltd ......................
Changzhou City Hongfei
Metalwork Corporation ......
Changzhou Machan Steel
Furniture Co., Ltd ..............
China National Electronics
Import and Export Ningbo
Co ......................................
Foshan Lishida Metal Products Co., Ltd ......................
Gem-Year Industrial Co., Ltd
Guangdong Hisense Home
Appliances Co., Ltd ...........
Guerjie Enterprise Co., Ltd ...
Haiyan Dingfeng Fasteners
Ltd .....................................
Hangzhou Xiaoshan Import
and Export Trading Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Hyxion Metal Industry ...........
Jiaxing Pinyou Import & Export Co., Ltd ......................
Jin Rong Hua Le Metal Manufactures Co., Ltd .............
Jinhua JG Tools Manufacturing Co ...........................
Jinhua Yahu Tools Co., Ltd ..
Keesung Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Kingstar Tools Co., Ltd .........
Liyang Flying Industry Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Meridian International Co.,
Ltd .....................................
Ningbo Better Design Industry Co., Ltd ........................
Ningbo Hualei Tool Co., Ltd
Ningbo Jiufeng Electronic
Tools .................................
Ningbo Safewell International
Holding Corp .....................
Ningbo Xiunan International
Co., Ltd .............................
Pinghu Chenda Storage Office Equipment Co., Ltd ....
Pooke Technology Co., Ltd ..
Shanghai All-Fast International Trade Co., Ltd .....
Shanghai All-Hop Industry
Co., Ltd .............................
Shanghai Delta International
Trading ..............................
Shanghai Fairlong International Trading Co., Ltd ..
Shanghai ITPC Hardware
Co., Ltd .............................
Shanghai Legsteel Metal
Products Co., Ltd ..............
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Subsidy rate
(percent)
15.09
14.03
95.96
95.96
14.39
95.96
14.39
95.96
95.96
95.96
14.39
95.96
95.96
95.96
14.39
95.96
14.39
14.39
14.39
14.39
95.96
95.96
14.39
95.96
95.96
95.96
14.39
95.96
14.39
14.39
14.39
14.39
95.96
95.96
14.39
95.96
Changshu Tongrun Equipment Co., Ltd.), Changshu
Tongrun Mechanical & Electrical Equipment
Manufacture Co., Ltd., Changshu Taron Machinery
Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Changshu
General Electrical Factory Co., Ltd.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-822-806, A-821-824, A-520-808]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Belarus, the Russian
Federation, and the United Arab Emirates: Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (the ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) orders on carbon and alloy
steel wire rod (wire rod) from Belarus, the Russian Federation
(Russia), and the United Arab Emirates (the UAE).
DATES: Applicable January 24, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Janz at (202) 482-2972
(Belarus), Kaitlin Wojnar at (202) 482-3857 (Russia), or Carrie Bethea
at (202) 482-1491 (the UAE), AD/CVD Operations, 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 November 28,
2017, Commerce published affirmative final determinations in the less-
than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of wire rod from Belarus, Russia,
and the UAE.\1\ On January 11, 2018, the ITC notified Commerce of its
affirmative determination, pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act, that
an industry in the United States is materially injured within the
meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of the LTFV
imports of wire rod from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE, and its
determination that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to
imports of wire rod from Russia subject to Commerce's affirmative
critical circumstances determination.\2\
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\1\ See Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus,
the Russian Federation, and the United Arab Emirates: Affirmative
Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Partial
Affirmative Finding of Critical Circumstances, 82 FR 56214 (November
28, 2017).
\2\ See Letter from the ITC to the Hon. Gary Taverman, dated
January 11, 2018.
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is wire rod. For a complete
description of the scope of these orders, see the Appendix to this
notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
In accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified Commerce of its final determination in these
investigations, in which it found that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reasons of imports of wire rod from Belarus,
Russia, and the UAE.\3\ The ITC also notified Commerce of its
determination that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to
imports of wire rod from Russia subject to Commerce's critical
circumstances finding.\4\ Therefore, in accordance with section
735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing these AD orders. Because the
ITC determined that imports of wire rod from Belarus, Russia, and the
UAE are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of
such merchandise from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
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As a result of the ITC's final determination, in accordance with
section 736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by
Commerce, 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 wire rod
from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE. Antidumping duties will be assessed
on unliquidated entries of wire rod from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
September 12, 2017, the date of publication of the preliminary
determinations,\5\ but will not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
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period and before publication of the ITC's final injury determination
in the Federal Register, as further described below.
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\5\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 82 FR 42796 (September 12, 2017) (Belarus Preliminary
Determination); Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the
Russian Federation and the United Arab Emirates: Affirmative
Preliminary Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances for
Imports of Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Russian
Federation, 82 FR 42794 (September 12, 2017) (collectively,
Preliminary Determinations).
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will
instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all relevant entries
of wire rod from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE. These instructions
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the amounts as indicated below. Accordingly, effective the date of
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP
will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit
estimated duties on the subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to
the cash deposit rates listed below.\6\ The relevant all-others rates
apply to producers or exporters not specifically listed, as
appropriate.
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\6\ 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
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
In reference to these proceedings, no such request was received from
exporters of wire rod from Belarus, Russia, or the UAE. Commerce's
preliminary determinations were published on September 12, 2017.\7\ As
such, the four-month period ended on January 9, 2018. Pursuant to
section 737(b) of the Act, the collection of cash deposits at the rates
listed below will begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final
injury determination.
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\7\ See Preliminary Determinations.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries
of wire rod from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption after January 9, 2018, the date on
which provisional measures expired, through the day preceding the date
of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of
publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.
Critical Circumstances
With regard to the ITC's negative critical circumstances
determination regarding imports of wire rod from Russia, Commerce will
instruct CBP to lift suspension and refund any cash deposits made to
secure payment of estimated antidumping duties on subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after June
14, 2017, (i.e., 90 days prior to the date of publication of the
preliminary determinations), but before September 12, 2017, (i.e., the
date of publication of the preliminary determinations).
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average AD margins and cash deposit rates
are as follows:
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Country Exporter or producer Estimated margin (%)
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Belarus..................... Belarus-Wide Entity 280.02
\8\.
Russia...................... Abinsk Electric 756.93
Steel Works Ltd.
JSC NLMK-Ural....... 756.93
All-Others.......... 436.80
UAE......................... Emirates Steel 84.10
Industries PJSC.
All-Others.......... 84.10
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Notification to Interested Parties
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\8\ The Belarus-wide entity includes Byelorussian Steel Works,
who was the sole mandatory respondent in the investigation of wire
rod from Belarus and did not demonstrate that it was entitled to a
separate rate. Accordingly, we consider the company to be part of
the Belarus-wide entity. See Belarus Preliminary Determination, 82
FR at 42797, n.10.
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This notice constitutes the AD orders with respect to wire rod from
Belarus, Russia, and the UAE, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of AD orders currently effect at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html. These orders are
published in accordance with section 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.211(b).
Dated: January 18, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these investigations are certain hot-
rolled products of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of
approximately round 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 (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 phosphorous, 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 investigation are currently classifiable
under subheadings 7213.91.3011, 213.91.3015, 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
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provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive.
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