Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 8839-8841 [2018-04173]
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ITC determines that such injury does
exist, Commerce will issue an
antidumping duty order directing CBP
to assess, upon further instruction by
Commerce, antidumping duties on all
imports of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation, as
discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of
Suspension of Liquidation’’ section.
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS), while the B99 product is currently
classifiable under HTSUS subheading
3826.00.3000. Although the HTSUS
subheadings, ASTM specifications, and CAS
numbers are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written description of
the scope is dispositive.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice will serve as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of return/
destruction or 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.
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Investigation
IV. Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, in Part
V. Changes Since the Preliminary
Determination
VI. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Inferences
VII. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether It Is Appropriate To
Adjust Normal Value for the Renewable
Identification Number Value
Comment 2: Whether the Determination To
Disregard Home Market Prices Due to
Particular Market Situation Contradicts
Commerce Precedent
Comment 3: Whether the Particular Market
Situation Permits Disregarding Raw
Material Costs
Comment 4: Whether the Particular Market
Situation Adjustment for Soybean Export
Tax Results in Double Counting
Comment 5: Whether To Adjust the
Constructed Value Profit Calculation
Comment 6: Whether Commerce’s Use of
Its Inflation Methodology Should Be
Determined on a Country-Wide or
Company-Specific Basis
Comment 7: Whether It Is Appropriate To
Index Costs for Inflation if Commerce
Finds a Particular Market Situation
Comment 8: Whether To Deduct Export
Taxes From Gross Unit Prices
Comment 9: Whether To Apply Adverse
Facts Available to Certain Unreported
LDC Expenses
Comment 10: Whether To Apply Facts
Available to LDC’s Unreported U.S. Sales
Comment 11: Treatment of Vicentin
Group’s EPA-Related Soybean Expenses
Comment 12: Whether To Apply Adverse
Facts Available to Molinos’s Export
Expenses
Comment 13: Whether To Adjust
Patagonia’s Costs for the Change in
Biodiesel Finished Goods Inventories
Comment 14: Whether To Reduce
Patagonia’s Byproduct Offset by
Commissions Paid on the Sales of the
Byproduct
Comment 15: Whether To Adjust
Vicentin’s Reported Costs for an
Unreconcilable Cost Difference
Comment 16: Whether Elements of the
Renova Transfer Price to Actual
Processing Cost Comparison Are on an
Inconsistent Basis and Require
Adjustment
VIII. Recommendation
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this
determination and notice in accordance
with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(c).
Dated: February 20, 2018.
Prentiss Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations.
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Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation
is biodiesel, which is a fuel comprised of
mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids
derived from vegetable oils or animal fats,
including biologically-based waste oils or
greases, and other biologically-based oil or fat
sources. The investigation covers biodiesel in
pure form (B100) as well as fuel mixtures
containing at least 99 percent biodiesel by
volume (B99). For fuel mixtures containing
less than 99 percent biodiesel by volume,
only the biodiesel component of the mixture
is covered by the scope of the investigation.
Biodiesel is generally produced to
American Society for Testing and Materials
International (ASTM) D6751 specifications,
but it can also be made to other
specifications. Biodiesel commonly has one
of the following Chemical Abstracts Service
(CAS) numbers, generally depending upon
the feedstock used: 67784–80–9 (soybean oil
methyl esters); 91051–34–2 (palm oil methyl
esters); 91051–32–0 (palm kernel oil methyl
esters); 73891–99–3 (rapeseed oil methyl
esters); 61788–61–2 (tallow methyl esters);
68990–52–3 (vegetable oil methyl esters);
129828–16–6 (canola oil methyl esters);
67762–26–9 (unsaturated alkylcarboxylic
acid methyl ester); or 68937–84–8 (fatty
acids, C12–C18, methyl ester).
The B100 product subject to the
investigation is currently classifiable under
subheading 3826.00.1000 of the Harmonized
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Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed
in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–351–825]
Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2016–
2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily finds that the
sole exporter subject to this
administrative review has not made
sales of subject merchandise at less than
normal value. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable March 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dmitry Vladimirov, Office I,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on stainless
steel bar (SSB) from Brazil. The period
of review (POR) is February 1, 2016,
through January 31, 2017. The review
covers one producer/exporter of the
subject merchandise, Villares Metals
S.A. (Villares).
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). While the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description is dispositive. A full
description of the scope of the order is
contained in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.1
Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Constructed export price and export
1 See the Memorandum, ‘‘Stainless Steel Bar from
Brazil: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2016–2017,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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price are calculated in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see Preliminary Decision
Memorandum. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is made available to the
public 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 to all
parties in Commerce’s Central Records
Unit, located at room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be found at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
A list of the topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as an Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that a
weighted-average dumping margin of
0.00 percent exists for Villares for the
period February 1, 2016, through
January 31, 2017.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed to parties in this proceeding
within five days after public
announcement of the preliminary
results in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c), interested parties may
submit case briefs not later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, may be filed
not later than five days after the date for
filing case briefs.2 Parties who submit
case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.3
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, must submit a written request
to the Acting Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS. An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
Commerce’s electronic records system,
ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within
30 days after the date of publication of
2 See
19 CFR 351.309(d).
3 See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing
requirements).
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this notice.4 Requests should contain:
(1) The party’s name, address and
telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing
will be limited to those raised in the
respective case briefs. Commerce
intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of the issues raised
in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this
notice, unless extended, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
If Villares’ weighted-average dumping
margin is above de minimis in the final
results of this review, we will calculate
an importer-specific assessment rate
based on the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for each
importer’s examined sales and the total
entered value of the sales in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If Villares’
weighted-average dumping margin
continues to be zero or de minimis in
the final results of this review, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) not to assess duties on
any of its entries in accordance with the
Final Modification for Reviews.5
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by Villares for
which it did not know its merchandise
was destined for the United States, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate
if there is no rate for the intermediate
company or companies involved in the
transaction. We intend to issue
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
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 SSB from
Brazil entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
the date of publication as provided by
section 751(a)(1) and (2) of the Act: (1)
The cash deposit rate for Villares 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
4 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102
(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
5 See
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published for the most recent period; (3)
if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this review, a prior review, or the
original investigation but the producer
is covered, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recent
period for the producer of the
merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate
for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 19.43 percent, the allothers rate established in the LTFV
Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil.6 These
cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
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
Secretary’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221.
Dated: February 23, 2018.
Prentiss Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
(1) Comparisons to Normal Value
A. Determination of Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
(2) Product Comparisons
(3) Date of Sale
(4) Level of Trade/CEP Offset
(5) Export Price and Constructed Export
Price
(6) Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability and Comparison
Market
B. Cost of Production
1. Calculation of Cost of Production
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
V. Currency Conversion
6 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar from
Brazil, 59 FR 66914 (December 28, 1994) (LTFV
Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil).
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VI. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF831
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Lighthouse
Repair and Tour Operations at
Northwest Seal Rock, California
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
harassment authorization; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from the St. George Reef Lighthouse
Preservation Society (Society) for
authorization to take marine mammals
incidental to conducting aircraft
operations, lighthouse renovation, light
maintenance activities, and tour
operations on the St. George Reef
Lighthouse Station on Northwest Seal
Rock (NWSR) in the northeast Pacific
Ocean. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is
requesting comments on its proposal to
issue an incidental harassment
authorization (IHA) to incidentally take
marine mammals during the specified
activities. NMFS will consider public
comments prior to making any final
decision on the issuance of the
requested MMPA authorizations and
agency responses will be summarized in
the final notice of our decision.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than April 2, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service. Physical
comments should be sent to 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
and electronic comments should be sent
to ITP.Fowler@noaa.gov.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. Comments received
electronically, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
file formats only. All comments
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received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted online at
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
national/marine-mammal-protection/
incidental-take-authorizations-researchand-other-activities without change. All
personal identifying information (e.g.,
name, address) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit confidential
business information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Fowler, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Electronic copies of the application and
supporting documents, as well as a list
of the references cited in this document,
may be obtained online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-research-and-otheractivities. In case of problems accessing
these documents, please call the contact
listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated
to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional, taking of
small numbers of marine mammals by
U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region if
certain findings are made and either
regulations are issued or, if the taking is
limited to harassment, a notice of a
proposed authorization is provided to
the public for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as ‘‘. . . an
impact resulting from the specified
activity that cannot be reasonably
expected to, and is not reasonably likely
to, adversely affect the species or stock
through effects on annual rates of
recruitment or survival.’’
The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
any marine mammal.
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
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defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering (Level B
harassment).
National Environmental Policy Act
To comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
216–6A, NMFS must review our
proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an
incidental harassment authorization)
with respect to potential impacts on the
human environment. This action is
consistent with categories of activities
identified in Categorical Exclusion B4
(incidental harassment authorizations
with no anticipated serious injury or
mortality) of the Companion Manual for
NOAA Administrative Order 216–6A,
which do not individually or
cumulatively have the potential for
significant impacts on the quality of the
human environment and for which we
have not identified any extraordinary
circumstances that would preclude this
categorical exclusion. Accordingly,
NMFS has preliminarily determined
that the issuance of the proposed IHA
qualifies to be categorically excluded
from further NEPA review.
We will review all comments
submitted in response to this notice
prior to concluding our NEPA process
or making a final decision on the IHA
request.
Summary of Request
On October 18, 2017, NMFS received
a request from the Society for an IHA to
take marine mammals incidental to
restoration, maintenance, and tour
operations at St. George Reef Lighthouse
(Station) located on Northwest Seal
Rock (NWSR) offshore of Crescent City,
California in the northeast Pacific
Ocean. NMFS determined the
application adequate and complete on
January 17, 2018. The Society’s request
is for take of California sea lions
(Zalophus californianus), Steller sea
lions (Eumetopias jubatus), northern fur
seals (Callorhinus ursinus) and Pacific
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii)
by Level B harassment only. Neither the
Society nor NMFS expects serious
injury or mortality to result from this
activity and, therefore, an IHA is
appropriate.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-825]
Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that
the sole exporter subject to this administrative review has not made
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value. We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, Office I,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on stainless steel bar (SSB) from Brazil. The period of
review (POR) is February 1, 2016, through January 31, 2017. The review
covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Villares
Metals S.A. (Villares).
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). While the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
is dispositive. A full description of the scope of the order is
contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\1\
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\1\ See the Memorandum, ``Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil:
Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2016-2017,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(2)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed export
price and export
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price are calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal
value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
a public document and is made available to the public 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 to all parties in Commerce's
Central Records Unit, located at room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be found at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this notice.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a
weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for Villares for
the period February 1, 2016, through January 31, 2017.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this
proceeding within five days after public announcement of the
preliminary results in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs not later
than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not
later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\2\ Parties
who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\3\
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\2\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\3\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, must submit a written request to the Acting
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records
system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.\4\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's
name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and
(3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will
be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. Commerce
intends to issue the final results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication
of this notice, unless extended, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act.
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Assessment Rates
If Villares' weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis in
the final results of this review, we will calculate an importer-
specific assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of
antidumping duties calculated for each importer's examined sales and
the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). If Villares' weighted-average dumping margin continues
to be zero or de minimis in the final results of this review, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) not to assess duties
on any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for
Reviews.\5\
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\5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
Villares for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company or
companies involved in the transaction. We intend to issue instructions
to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
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 SSB from Brazil entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by
section 751(a)(1) and (2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for
Villares 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 recent period; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original
investigation but the producer is covered, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate established for the most recent period for the producer of
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 19.43 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil.\6\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\6\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, 59 FR 66914 (December 28,
1994) (LTFV Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary 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 Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221.
Dated: February 23, 2018.
Prentiss Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
(1) Comparisons to Normal Value
A. Determination of Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
(2) Product Comparisons
(3) Date of Sale
(4) Level of Trade/CEP Offset
(5) Export Price and Constructed Export Price
(6) Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability and Comparison Market
B. Cost of Production
1. Calculation of Cost of Production
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
V. Currency Conversion
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VI. Recommendation
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