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determination in a CVD investigation
within 65 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation.
However, if the petitioner makes a
timely request for postponement,
section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act permits
Commerce to postpone the preliminary
determination until no later than 130
days after the date on which Commerce
initiated the investigation. Under 19
CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must
submit a request for postponement 25
days or more before the scheduled date
of the preliminary determination and
must state the reasons for the request.
Commerce will grant the request unless
it finds compelling reasons to deny the
request.
On April 5, 2019, the petitioner 2
submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary
determinations in these CVD
investigations.3 The petitioner stated
that it requests postponement of the
preliminary determinations because
Commerce recently issued
questionnaires and additional time is
required for Commerce to receive and
analyze the questionnaire responses.4
Furthermore, the petitioner stated that
additional time will permit it to review
and comment on the submitted data.5
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the
reasons for requesting postponement of
the preliminary determinations, and
Commerce finds no compelling reason
to deny the request. Therefore, in
accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of
the Act, Commerce is postponing the
deadline for the preliminary
determinations to no later than 130 days
after the date on which these
investigations were initiated, i.e., July 5,
2019. Pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the
deadline for the final determinations of
these investigations will continue to be
75 days after the date of the preliminary
determinations.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
2 The petitioner is the Full Member Subgroup of
the American Institute of Steel Construction, LLC.
3 See the petitioner’s Letter titled, ‘‘Certain
Fabricated Structural Steel From Canada, Mexico,
and the People’s Republic of China: Request to
Postpone Determination,’’ dated April 5, 2019.
4 Id.
5 Id.
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Dated: April 10, 2019.
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.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the producers/exporters subject to
this review made sales of stainless steel
bar (SS Bar) from India at less than
normal value during the period of
review (POR) February 1, 2017, through
January 31, 2018. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable April 16, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Kennedy or Hermes Pinilla, 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) 482–7883 or (202) 482–3477,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This review covers four producers/
exporter of the subject merchandise,
Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its
affiliates Hindustan Inox, Precision
Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India)
Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, the Venus
Group),1 Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd.
1 Commerce has previously determined that
Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates
Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves
Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. constitute a single
entity. See Stainless Steel Bar From India:
Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances
Review and Intent To Reinstate Certain Companies
in the Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 48483
(October 18, 2017) and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum at 3–5, unchanged in Final
Results of Changed Circumstances Review and
Reinstatement of Certain Companies in the
Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 17529 (April 20,
2018). We have received no information on the
record of this review to dispute that finding.
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(Jindal), Jindal Stainless Limited, and
Laxcon Steels Limited.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is SS Bar. Imports of the product are
currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under subheadings 7222.11.00,
7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00.
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.2
Preliminary Determination of No
Reviewable Entries
Based on our review of the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
data, we found no evidence of
reviewable entries made by Jindal
Stainless Limited during the POR.3
However, Jindal Stainless Limited did
not file a letter on the record stating
whether or not it had shipments during
the POR. It is Commerce’s long-standing
practice to rely on both a company’s
timely filed no-shipment letter and CBP
data corroborating such company’s noshipment claim to determine that the
company made no shipments during the
POR.4 Consistent with this practice, we
find that it is not appropriate to rescind
the review with respect to Jindal
Stainless Limited. Rather, we will
complete the review with respect to
Jindal Stainless Limited and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based
on the final results.5
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(2) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act). Export prices were calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from
India: 2017–2018,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
3 See Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review on Stainless Steel Bar
from India: Release of Customs and Border
Protection Data,’’ dated May 1, 2018. See also
Memorandum, ‘‘Re: Selection of respondents for
Individual Examination,’’ dated June 22, 2018.
4 See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel
Plate Products from the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2012–2013, 79 FR 54264 (September 11,
2014), and accompanying Issues and Decisions
Memorandum at Comment 5.
5 See, e.g., Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the
People’s Republic of China: Final Results and Final
Rescission, In Part, of Administrative Review and
Final Results of New Shipper Review; 2013, 80 FR
34619 (June 17, 2015).
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Normal value 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. 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 topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached at the Appendix to this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Administrative
Review
We preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the respondents for the
period February 1, 2017, through
January 31, 2018:
(2) a brief summary of the argument,
and (3) a table of authorities.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 Commerce’s electronic
records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time within 30 days after the
date of publication of this notice.8
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, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1) and (2).
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results in
this administrative review, Commerce
shall determine and CBP shall assess
Weighted- antidumping duties on all appropriate
average
entries covered by this POR. If the
Producer/exporter
dumping
preliminary results are unchanged for
margin
(percent)
the final results, we will instruct CBP to
apply the ad valorem assessment rates
Venus Group ..............................
77.49
listed above to all entries of subject
Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited ..
95.21
Laxcon Steels Limited ................
77.49 merchandise during the POR which
were exported by the companies named
above.
Disclosure and Public Comment
For entries of subject merchandise
With respect to the Venus Group, we
during the POR produced by the Venus
intend to disclose the calculations
Group for which it did not know its
performed for these preliminary results
merchandise was destined for the
to the parties within five days after
United States, we will instruct CBP to
public announcement of the preliminary liquidate unreviewed entries at the allresults in accordance with 19 CFR
others rate if there is no rate for the
351.224(b). Because we preliminarily
intermediate company(ies) involved in
determined an antidumping margin for
the transaction.
Jindal in these preliminary results,
We intend to issue liquidation
based on the application of adverse facts instructions to CBP 15 days after
available, in accordance with section
publication of the final results of this
776 of the Act, there are no calculations review.
to disclose.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit case briefs
The following deposit requirements
not later than 30 days after the date of
will be effective upon publication of the
publication of this notice. Rebuttal
notice of final results of this review for
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
all shipments of SS Bar from India
case briefs, may be filed not later than
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
five days after the date for filing case
for consumption on or after the date of
briefs.6 Parties who submit case briefs or publication as provided by section
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit
encouraged to submit with each
rate for companies subject to this review
argument: (1) A statement of the issue,
7 See
6 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
8 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
19 CFR 351.309(d).
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will be the rates established in the final
results of the review; (2) for
merchandise exported by producers 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, 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 12.45 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.9 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 Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: April 9, 2019.
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. Cost of Production Analysis for the Venus
Group
V. Application of Facts Otherwise Available
and Adverse Inferences
A. Application of AFA to the Venus Group
B. Application of AFA to JSHL
C. Selection of AFA Rate
VI. Rate for Respondent Not Selected for
Individual Examination
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
(1) Comparisons to Normal Value
A. Determination of Comparison Method
9 See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar from
India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 28, 1994).
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B. Results of the Differential Pricing
Analysis
VIII. Date of Sale
IX. Product Comparisons
X. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
XI. Normal Value
A. Comparison Market Viability
B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test
C. Level of Trade
D. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Calculation of Cost of Production
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
E. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
Comparison Market Prices
XII. Currency Conversion
XIII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–910]
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Pipe From the People’s Republic of
China: Final Results of the Expedited
Second Sunset Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty order on circular
welded carbon quality steel pipe (CWP)
from the People’s Republic of China
(China) would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping,
at the level indicated in the ‘‘Final
Results of Sunset Review’’ section of
this notice, infra.
DATES: Applicable April 16, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Hill or Howard Smith, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3518 or (202) 482–5193,
respectively.
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AGENCY:
Background
On July 22, 2008, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on CWP from
China.1 On November 1, 2018,
Commerce published the notice of
initiation of this sunset review of the
Order, pursuant to section 751(c) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Circular
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s
Republic of China, 73 FR 42547 (July 22, 2008)
(Order).
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Act).2 From November 15, 2018,
through November 16, 2018, pursuant to
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1), Commerce
received timely and complete notices of
intent to participate in the sunset review
from Zekelman Industries (Zekelman),
Bull Moose Tube Company (Bull),
EXLTUBE (EXL), TMK IPSCO (TMK),
Wheatland Tube (Wheatland),
Independence Tube Corporation
(Independence), and Southland Tube
Incorporated (Southland) (collectively
domestic interested parties) in which
the domestic interested parties claimed
interested party status, as domestic
producers of CWP, under section
771(9)(C) of the Act.3 This notice was
filed within the time period specified in
19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).4 On November
29, 2018, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(d)(3)(i), domestic interested
parties filed a timely and adequate
substantive response.5 Commerce did
not receive a substantive response from
any respondent interested party. As a
result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted an expedited (120-day)
sunset review of the Order.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order
is certain welded carbon quality steel
pipes and tubes, of circular crosssection, and with an outside diameter of
0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not
more than 16 inches (406.4 mm),
whether or not stenciled, regardless of
wall thickness, surface finish (e.g.,
black, galvanized, or painted), end
finish (e.g., plain end, beveled end,
grooved, threaded, or threaded and
coupled), or industry specification (e.g.,
ASTM, proprietary, or other), generally
known as standard pipe and structural
pipe (they may also be referred to as
circular, structural, or mechanical
tubing).
The pipe products that are the subject
of the Order are currently classifiable in
HTSUS statistical reporting numbers
7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25,
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40,
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85,
7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.10.00,
7306.50.50.50, 7306.50.50.70,
7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50,
7306.19.51.10, and 7306.19.51.50.
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 83
FR 54915 (November 1, 2018).
3 See Zekelman’s Letter of Intent dated November
16, 2018; see also Bull, EXL, and TMK’s Letter of
Intent dated November 16, 2018, see also
Wheatland, Independence, and Southland’s Letter
of Intent dated November 16, 2018.
4 Id.
5 See domestic interested parties Substantive
Response dated November 29, 2018 (Substantive
Response).
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However, the product description, and
not the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (‘‘HTSUS’’)
classification, is dispositive of whether
merchandise imported into the United
States falls within the scope of the
Order.6
Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues
raised in this sunset review, specifically
the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of dumping and the
magnitude of the margins likely to
prevail if the Order were to be revoked,
is provided in the accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is
hereby adopted by this notice.7 The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov and to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
The signed Issues and Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1),
752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order
would likely lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping, and that the
magnitude of the dumping margins
likely to prevail would be weightedaverage dumping margins up to 85.55
percent.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.
Timely notification of the return or
destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders
is hereby requested. Failure to comply
6 For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see Commerce’s Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Expedited Second Sunset
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Circular
Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s
Republic of China (Issues and Decision
Memorandum), dated concurrently with this notice.
7 Id.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that the producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of
stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India at less than normal value
during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2017, through January 31,
2018. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable April 16, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Kennedy or Hermes Pinilla, 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) 482-7883 or (202) 482-3477,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This review covers four producers/exporter of the subject
merchandise, Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates
Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt.
Ltd. (collectively, the Venus Group),\1\ Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd.
(Jindal), Jindal Stainless Limited, and Laxcon Steels Limited.
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\1\ Commerce has previously determined that Venus Wire
Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates Hindustan Inox, Precision
Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. constitute a
single entity. See Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary
Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Reinstate
Certain Companies in the Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 48483
(October 18, 2017) and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
at 3-5, unchanged in Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review
and Reinstatement of Certain Companies in the Antidumping Duty
Order, 83 FR 17529 (April 20, 2018). We have received no information
on the record of this review to dispute that finding.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is SS Bar. Imports of the
product are currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) under subheadings 7222.11.00, 7222.19.00,
7222.20.00, 7222.30.00. 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.\2\
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel
Bar from India: 2017-2018,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Preliminary Determination of No Reviewable Entries
Based on our review of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
data, we found no evidence of reviewable entries made by Jindal
Stainless Limited during the POR.\3\ However, Jindal Stainless Limited
did not file a letter on the record stating whether or not it had
shipments during the POR. It is Commerce's long-standing practice to
rely on both a company's timely filed no-shipment letter and CBP data
corroborating such company's no-shipment claim to determine that the
company made no shipments during the POR.\4\ Consistent with this
practice, we find that it is not appropriate to rescind the review with
respect to Jindal Stainless Limited. Rather, we will complete the
review with respect to Jindal Stainless Limited and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final results.\5\
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\3\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review on Stainless Steel Bar from India: Release of
Customs and Border Protection Data,'' dated May 1, 2018. See also
Memorandum, ``Re: Selection of respondents for Individual
Examination,'' dated June 22, 2018.
\4\ See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate
Products from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 54264 (September 11,
2014), and accompanying Issues and Decisions Memorandum at Comment
5.
\5\ See, e.g., Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results and Final Rescission, In Part, of
Administrative Review and Final Results of New Shipper Review; 2013,
80 FR 34619 (June 17, 2015).
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export
prices were calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
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Normal value 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. 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 topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached at the Appendix to this
notice.
Preliminary Results of Administrative Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the respondents for the period February 1,
2017, through January 31, 2018:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Venus Group................................................. 77.49
Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited............................ 95.21
Laxcon Steels Limited....................................... 77.49
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Disclosure and Public Comment
With respect to the Venus Group, we intend to disclose the
calculations performed for these preliminary results to the parties
within five days after public announcement of the preliminary results
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Because we preliminarily
determined an antidumping margin for Jindal in these preliminary
results, based on the application of adverse facts available, in
accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are no calculations to
disclose.
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.\6\ 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.\7\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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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 Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice.\8\ 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.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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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, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) and (2).
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results in this administrative review,
Commerce shall determine and CBP shall assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this POR. If the preliminary results are
unchanged for the final results, we will instruct CBP to apply the ad
valorem assessment rates listed above to all entries of subject
merchandise during the POR which were exported by the companies named
above.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the
Venus Group 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(ies) involved in the transaction.
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 upon
publication of the notice of final results of this review for all
shipments of SS Bar from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by
section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for companies
subject to this review will be the rates established in the final
results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers 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, 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 12.45 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\9\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\9\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December
28, 1994).
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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 Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: April 9, 2019.
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. Cost of Production Analysis for the Venus Group
V. Application of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
A. Application of AFA to the Venus Group
B. Application of AFA to JSHL
C. Selection of AFA Rate
VI. Rate for Respondent Not Selected for Individual Examination
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
(1) Comparisons to Normal Value
A. Determination of Comparison Method
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B. Results of the Differential Pricing Analysis
VIII. Date of Sale
IX. Product Comparisons
X. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
XI. Normal Value
A. Comparison Market Viability
B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm's-Length Test
C. Level of Trade
D. Cost of Production Analysis
1. Calculation of Cost of Production
2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
3. Results of the COP Test
E. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
XII. Currency Conversion
XIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2019-07560 Filed 4-15-19; 8:45 am]
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