Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017, 63621-63622 [2018-26775]
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V. Discussion of the Methodology
(1) Comparisons to Normal Value
A. Determination of Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
VI. Date of Sale
VII. Product Comparisons
VIII. Constructed Export Price
IX. Normal Value
A. Particular Market Situation
B. Comparison Market Viability
C. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test
D. Level of Trade/CEP Offset
E. Overrun Sales
F. Cost of Production
1. Calculation of Cost of Production
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
G. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
X. Currency Conversion
XI. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–523–812]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From the Sultanate of Oman:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2016–
2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily finds that
circular welded carbon-quality steel
pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of Oman
(Oman) has been sold in the United
States at prices below normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR),
June 8, 2016, through November 30,
2017. We invite interested parties to
comment on these preliminary results.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Applicable December 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Dennis McClure or Robert Palmer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–5973 or
(202) 482–9068, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 23, 2018, Commerce
initiated the antidumping duty
administrative review on circular
welded carbon-quality steel pipe from
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the Sultanate of Oman.1 This review
covers one producer/exporter of the
subject merchandise, Al Jazeera Steel
Products Co. SAOG (Al Jazeera). For a
detailed description of the events that
followed the initiation of this review,
see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, dated concurrently with
these preliminary results and hereby
adopted by this notice.2
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the
Order 3 is CWP from Oman. A full
description of the scope of the Order is
contained in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
and (a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). Export price was
calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. NV was calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics included in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice. The
Preliminary 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 to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. The signed Preliminary
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
8058 (February 23, 2018).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Circular Welded CarbonQuality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman;
2016–2017,’’ from James P. Maeder, Jr., Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations performing the
duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations,
to 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, dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
3 See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
From the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the
United Arab Emirates: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December
19, 2016) (the Order).
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Decision Memorandum and the
electronic version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that, for
the period of June 8, 2016, through
November 30, 2017, the following
weighted-average dumping margin
exists:
Exporter/producer
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Al Jazeera Steel Products
Co. SAOG .........................
3.84
Disclosure, Public Comment, and
Opportunity To Request a Hearing
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed for these preliminary results
of review to interested parties within
five days of the date of publication of
this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Interested parties may
submit case briefs to Commerce no later
than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice.4 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.5 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(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.6 Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS.7
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically-filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time within 30 days
after the date of publication of this
notice. Requests should contain: (1) The
party’s name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants;
(3) whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (4) a list of issues parties
intend to discuss. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised
in the respective case and rebuttal
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
the Department intends to hold the
hearing at the U.S. Department of
4 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
19 CFR 351.309(d).
6 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
7 See 19 CFR 351.303.
5 See
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Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time
and date to be determined.8 Parties
should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
We intend to issue the final results of
this administrative review, including
the results of its analysis of issues raised
in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this
notice, unless the deadline is extended.9
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results,
Commerce shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review.10
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), as
Al Jazeera reported the entered value for
its U.S. sales, we calculated importerspecific ad valorem duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for the
examined sales to the total entered
value of the sales. Where the
respondent’s weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an
importer-specific rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
We intend to instruct CBP to take into
account the ‘‘provisional measures
deposit cap,’’ in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(d).
The final results of this review shall
be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by the final results
of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.
In accordance with our ‘‘automatic
assessment’’ practice, for entries of
subject merchandise during the POR
produced by Al Jazeera 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.11
We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective for all shipments of the
8 See
19 CFR 351.310(c).
9 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
10 See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
11 For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
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subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for Al Jazeera will be
the rate established in the final results
of this review; (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies not
participating in this review, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company was
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review,
or the less-than-fair value (LTFV)
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recentlycompleted 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 7.36
percent, the all-others rate established
in the LTFV investigation.12 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 POR.
Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in the Secretary’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification To Interested Parties
The preliminary results of review are
issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 4, 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
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
12 See
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A. Determination of the Comparison
Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
C. Date of Sale
D. Product Comparisons
E. Export Price
F. Normal Value
1. Home Market Viability
2. Level of Trade
3. Cost of Production Analysis
i. Cost Averaging Methodology
ii. Calculation of COP
iii. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
iv. Results of the COP Test
4. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–201–844]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From
Mexico: 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 determines
that Grupo Simec made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value
during the November 1, 2016, through
October 31, 2017, period of review
(POR), and Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V.
(Deacero) did not. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable December 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Moore (Deacero) or Patricia
Tran (Grupo Simec), AD/CVD
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone
(202) 482–3692 or (202) 482–1503,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On January 11, 2018, pursuant to
section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce
initiated an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on steel
concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from
Mexico.1
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
1329 (January 11, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-523-812]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the Sultanate of
Oman: 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
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the Sultanate of
Oman (Oman) has been sold in the United States at prices below normal
value (NV) during the period of review (POR), June 8, 2016, through
November 30, 2017. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable December 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Robert Palmer, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-5973 or (202) 482-
9068, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 23, 2018, Commerce initiated the antidumping duty
administrative review on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from
the Sultanate of Oman.\1\ This review covers one producer/exporter of
the subject merchandise, Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG (Al
Jazeera). For a detailed description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum,
dated concurrently with these preliminary results and hereby adopted by
this notice.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 8058 (February 23, 2018).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Circular Welded
Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from the Sultanate of Oman; 2016-2017,''
from James P. Maeder, Jr., Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations performing the duties
of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations, to 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, dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order \3\ is CWP from Oman. A full
description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
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\3\ See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the
Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates: Amended
Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and Antidumping
Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December 19, 2016) (the Order).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). Export price was calculated in accordance with section 772 of the
Act. NV was calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this
notice. The Preliminary 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
to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that, for the period of June 8, 2016,
through November 30, 2017, the following weighted-average dumping
margin exists:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. SAOG...................... 3.84
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Disclosure, Public Comment, and Opportunity To Request a Hearing
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results of review to interested parties within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\4\
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.\5\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(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.\6\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\7\
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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 Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time within 30
days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should
contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; (3) whether any participant is a foreign
national; and (4) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, the
Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of
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Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time
and date to be determined.\8\ Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled
date.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any written
briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication of this
notice, unless the deadline is extended.\9\
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\9\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.\10\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), as Al Jazeera reported the
entered value for its U.S. sales, we calculated importer-specific ad
valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of
the sales. Where the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an
importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
We intend to instruct CBP to take into account the ``provisional
measures deposit cap,'' in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(d).
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.
In accordance with our ``automatic assessment'' practice, for
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Al Jazeera
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.\11\
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\11\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Al Jazeera will
be the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for
previously reviewed or investigated companies not participating in this
review, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific
rate published for the most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair value (LTFV) 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 7.36 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\12\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\12\ See the Order.
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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 POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification To Interested Parties
The preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: December 4, 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
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
A. Determination of the Comparison Method
B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
C. Date of Sale
D. Product Comparisons
E. Export Price
F. Normal Value
1. Home Market Viability
2. Level of Trade
3. Cost of Production Analysis
i. Cost Averaging Methodology
ii. Calculation of COP
iii. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
iv. Results of the COP Test
4. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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