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Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod
From Thailand: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical
Circumstances
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that carbon and
alloy steel threaded rod (steel threaded
rod) from Thailand is being, or is likely
to be, sold in the United States at less
than fair value (LTFV) during the period
of investigation (POI) January 1, 2018
through December 31, 2018. The final
estimated dumping margins of sales at
LTFV are shown in the ‘‘Final
Determination’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable October 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eliza Siordia or Robert Scully AD/CVD
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3878 or (202) 482–0572,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 7, 2019, Commerce
published the Preliminary
Determination of this LTFV
investigation in which Commerce found
that steel threaded rod from Thailand
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was sold at LTFV.1 In the Preliminary
Determination, Commerce also found
that critical circumstances exist for
imports of steel threaded rod from
Thailand.2 We invited interested parties
to comment on the Preliminary
Determination. We received no
comments from interested parties.
Period of Investigation
The POI is January 1, 2018 through
December 31, 2018. This period
corresponds to the four most recent
fiscal quarters prior to the month of the
filing of the petition, which was
February 2019.3
Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this
investigation is steel threaded rod from
Thailand. For a complete description of
the scope of this investigation, see
Appendix.
Scope Comments
On July 22, 2019, we issued a
Preliminary Scope Memorandum.4 The
scope case briefs were due on August
28, 2019.5 We received no scope case
briefs from interested parties. Therefore,
Commerce has made no changes to the
scope of this investigation since the
Preliminary Determination.
Verification
Because the mandatory respondent in
this investigation did not provide the
information requested, Commerce did
not conduct verification.6
Analysis of Comments Received
As noted above, we received no
comments in response to the
Preliminary Determination. For the final
determination, Commerce has made no
changes to the Preliminary
Determination.
1 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
Thailand: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 84 FR 38597 (August 7, 2019)
(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
2 Id.
3 See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy Steel
Threaded Rod from India, Taiwan, Thailand, and
the People’s Republic of China: Scope Comments
Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Determinations,’’ dated July 22, 2019 (Preliminary
Scope Memorandum).
5 The scope case briefs were due 30 days after the
publication of Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded
Rod From India: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment
of Final Determination With Final Antidumping
Duty Determination, 84 FR 36570 (July 29, 2019).
See Preliminary Scope Memorandum at 3. The
deadline for scope rebuttal briefs was Monday,
September 2, 2019.
6 See Preliminary Determination, 84 FR at 38599.
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Methodology
We continue to find, as stated in the
Preliminary Determination, that the
mandatory respondent, Tycoons
Worldwide Group (Thailand) Co. Ltd.
(Tycoons), withheld requested
information, failed to provide
information by the specified deadlines,
and significantly impeded the
proceeding, pursuant to section 776(a)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).7 Further, we continue to find
that Tycoons failed to cooperate to the
best of its ability to comply with our
requests for information, and,
accordingly, we continue to apply an
adverse inference when selecting from
among the facts otherwise available to
determine the relevant dumping margin,
in accordance with section 776(b) of the
Act.8 We further continue to select the
only dumping margin alleged in the
Petition as the rate applicable to
Tycoons.9
Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances
In accordance with section 733(e) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, Commerce
preliminarily determined that critical
circumstances exist for Tycoons, and for
all other producers and/or exporters.10
As stated above, we received no
comments with respect to the
Preliminary Determination. Therefore,
for this final determination, we continue
to find that, in accordance with section
735(a)(3) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.206, critical circumstances exist
with respect to subject merchandise
exported by Tycoons and for all other
producers and/or exporters.
All-Others Rate
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As discussed in the Preliminary
Determination, we continue to assign
the dumping margin alleged in the
Petition and selected as the dumping
margin for the sole mandatory
respondent, Tycoons, as the all-others
rate applicable to all exporters and/or
producers not individually examined.11
7 See Preliminary Determination, and
accompanying PDM at 4–5.
8 Id.
9 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitions for the
Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duties: Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
China, India, Taiwan, and Thailand,’’ dated
February 21, 2019 (Petition); see also Preliminary
Determination, and accompanying PDM at 5–6.
10 For a full description of the methodology and
results of Commerce’s critical circumstances
analysis, see Preliminary Determination, and
accompanying PDM at 8–11.
11 See Preliminary Determination, and
accompanying PDM at 8.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the
following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist:
Exporter/producer
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
56163
adverse facts available (AFA) to the
individually examined company,
Tycoons, in this investigation, in
accordance with section 776 of the Act,
and the applied AFA rate is based solely
on the Petition, there are no calculations
to disclose.
International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of
Tycoons Worldwide Group (Thailand) Co. Ltd ...........................
20.83 the Act, we will notify the U.S.
All Others ....................................
20.83 International Trade Commission (ITC) of
the final affirmative determination of
sales at LTFV. Because the final
Continuation of Suspension of
determination in this proceeding is
Liquidation
affirmative, in accordance with section
In accordance with section
735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make
735(c)(4)(A) of the Act, because we
its final determination as to whether the
continue to find that critical
domestic industry in the United States
circumstances exist with respect to
is materially injured, or threatened with
Tycoons and all other producers and/or material injury, by reason of imports of
exporters, we will instruct U.S. Customs steel threaded rod from Thailand no
and Border Protection (CBP) to continue later than 45 days after this final
to suspend liquidation of any entries of
determination. If the ITC determines
shipments of subject merchandise
that material injury, or threat of material
which were entered, or withdrawn from injury, does not exist, the proceeding
warehouse, for consumption on or after
will be terminated, and all cash deposits
May 9, 2019, which is 90 days prior to
will be refunded. If the ITC determines
publication of the Preliminary
that such injury does exist, Commerce
Determination.
will issue an antidumping duty order
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1) of the
directing CBP to assess, upon further
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), Commerce
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
will instruct CBP to require a cash
duties on all imports of the subject
deposit equal to the estimated weighted- merchandise entered, or withdrawn
average dumping margin or the
from warehouse, for consumption on or
estimated all-others rate, as follows: (1)
after the effective date of the suspension
The cash deposit rate for the respondent of liquidation.
listed above will be equal to the
Notification Regarding Administrative
company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margins determined in Protective Order
This notice serves as a reminder to
this final determination; (2) if the
parties subject to administrative
exporter is not a respondent identified
above, but the producer is, then the cash protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
deposit rate will be equal to the
disposition of proprietary information
company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
that producer of the subject
notification of the return or destruction
merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit
of APO materials, or conversion to
rate for all other producers and
judicial protective order, is hereby
exporters will be 20.83 percent, the allrequested. Failure to comply with the
others estimated weighted-average
regulations and the terms of an APO is
dumping margin. These suspension of
a sanctionable violation.
liquidation and cash deposit
instructions will remain in effect until
Notification to Interested Parties
further notice.
This determination is issued and
Disclosure
published in accordance with sections
735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
Normally, Commerce discloses to
CFR 351.210(c).
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with a final
Dated: October 15, 2019.
determination within five days of any
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
public announcement or, if there is no
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
public announcement, within five days
Compliance.
of the date of publication of the notice
Appendix
of preliminary determination in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19 Scope of the Investigation
CFR 351.224(b). However, because
The merchandise covered by the scope of
Commerce preliminarily applied
this investigation is carbon and alloy steel
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threaded rod. Steel threaded rod is certain
threaded rod, bar, or studs, of carbon or alloy
steel, having a solid, circular cross section of
any diameter, in any straight length. Steel
threaded rod is normally drawn, cold-rolled,
threaded, and straightened, or it may be hotrolled. In addition, the steel threaded rod,
bar, or studs subject to this investigation are
non-headed and threaded along greater than
25 percent of their total actual length. A
variety of finishes or coatings, such as plain
oil finish as a temporary rust protectant, zinc
coating (i.e., galvanized, whether by
electroplating or hot-dipping), paint, and
other similar finishes and coatings, may be
applied to the merchandise.
Steel threaded rod is normally produced to
American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) specifications ASTM A36, ASTM
A193 B7/B7m, ASTM A193 B16, ASTM
A307, ASTM A320 L7/L7M, ASTM A320
L43, ASTM A354 BC and BD, ASTM A449,
ASTM F1554–36, ASTM F1554–55, ASTM
F1554 Grade 105, American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) specification
ASME B18.31.3, and American Petroleum
Institute (API) specification API 20E. All
steel threaded rod meeting the physical
description set forth above is covered by the
scope of this investigation, whether or not
produced according to a particular standard.
Subject merchandise includes material
matching the above description that has been
finished, assembled, or packaged in a third
country, including by cutting, chamfering,
coating, or painting the threaded rod, by
attaching the threaded rod to, or packaging it
with, another product, or any other finishing,
assembly, or packaging operation that would
not otherwise remove the merchandise from
the scope of the investigations if performed
in the country of manufacture of the threaded
rod.
Carbon and alloy steel threaded rod are
also included in the scope of this
investigation whether or not imported
attached to, or in conjunction with, other
parts and accessories such as nuts and
washers. If carbon and alloy steel threaded
rod are imported attached to, or in
conjunction with, such non-subject
merchandise, only the threaded rod is
included in the scope.
Excluded from the scope of this
investigations are: (1) Threaded rod, bar, or
studs which are threaded only on one or both
ends and the threading covers 25 percent or
less of the total actual length; and (2)
stainless steel threaded rod, defined as steel
threaded rod containing, by weight, 1.2
percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or
more of chromium, with our without other
elements.
Excluded from the scope of the
antidumping investigation on steel threaded
rod from the People’s Republic of China is
any merchandise covered by the existing
antidumping order on Certain Steel Threaded
Rod from the People’s Republic of China. See
Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Antidumping
Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 2009).
Specifically excluded from the scope of
this investigation is threaded rod that is
imported as part of a package of hardware in
conjunction with a ready-to-assemble piece
of furniture.
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Steel threaded rod is currently classifiable
under subheadings 7318.15.5051,
7318.15.5056, and 7318.15.5090 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS). Subject merchandise may
also enter under subheading 7318.15.2095
and 7318.19.0000 of the HTSUS. The HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience
and U.S. Customs purposes only. The written
description of the scope is dispositive.
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Aluminum Extrusions From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that sales of
aluminum extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China (China) were made at
less than normal value during the
period of review (POR), May 1, 2017
through April 30, 2018. We further find
that each of the companies for which an
administrative review was requested,
and not withdrawn, failed to
demonstrate eligibility for a separate
rate; therefore, each is part of the Chinawide entity.
DATES: Applicable October 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Lui or Mark Flessner, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–0016 or (202) 482–6312,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce initiated this review on
July 12, 2018.1 These final results cover
26 companies for which an
administrative review was initiated and
not rescinded.2 On April 16, 2019,
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
32270 (July 12, 2018) (Initiation Notice), corrected
by Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 39688 (August
10, 2018).
2 Initially, this administrative review covered 243
companies. See Initiation Notice, 83 FR 32270 at
32274. However, Commerce rescinded this
administrative review with respect to 217
companies for which all review requests were
timely withdrawn. See Aluminum Extrusions from
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Commerce published the Preliminary
Results of this administrative review
and invited interested parties to
comment on the Preliminary Results.3
On May 16, 2019, we received a case
brief from Houztek Architectural
Products Co., Ltd. (Houztek) and
Columbia Aluminum Products, LLC
(Columbia).4 On May 21, 2019, we
received a rebuttal brief from the
Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade
Committee (the petitioner).5 No other
party submitted case or rebuttal briefs.
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the partial
federal government closure from
December 22, 2018, through the
resumption of operations on January 29,
2019.6 Between August 8 and
September 11, 2019, we extended the
deadline for the final results of review,
until October 11, 2019.7
Scope of the Order 8
The merchandise covered by the
Order is aluminum extrusions which are
shapes and forms, produced by an
extrusion process, made from aluminum
alloys having metallic elements
corresponding to the alloy series
designations published by The
Aluminum Association commencing
with the numbers 1, 3, and 6 (or
proprietary equivalents or other
certifying body equivalents).9
Imports of the subject merchandise
are provided for under the following
categories of the Harmonized Tariff
the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017–2018, 84 FR
15587 (April 16, 2019) (Preliminary Results) and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
3 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017–2018, 84 FR
15587 (April 16, 2019) (Preliminary Results).
4 See Houztek and Columbia’s Letter, ‘‘Aluminum
Extrusions from the People’s Republic of China:
Houztek/Columbia Aluminum Case Brief,’’ dated
May 16, 2019.
5 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Aluminum Extrusions
from the People’s Republic of China: Rebuttal
Brief,’’ dated May 21, 2019.
6 See Memorandum to the Record from 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, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Partial
Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of
the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
7 See Memoranda, ‘‘Aluminum Extrusions from
the People’s Republic of China: Extension of
Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated August 8, 2019 and
September 11, 2019.
8 See Aluminum Extrusions from the People’s
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR
30650 (May 26, 2011) (the Order).
9 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum for a
complete description of the scope of the Order.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From Thailand: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that carbon
and alloy steel threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from Thailand is
being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair
value (LTFV) during the period of investigation (POI) January 1, 2018
through December 31, 2018. The final estimated dumping margins of sales
at LTFV are shown in the ``Final Determination'' section of this
notice.
DATES: Applicable October 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eliza Siordia or Robert Scully AD/CVD
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3878 or (202) 482-0572,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 7, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Determination
of this LTFV investigation in which Commerce found that steel threaded
rod from Thailand was sold at LTFV.\1\ In the Preliminary
Determination, Commerce also found that critical circumstances exist
for imports of steel threaded rod from Thailand.\2\ We invited
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. We
received no comments from interested parties.
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\1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 84 FR 38597 (August 7, 2019) (Preliminary
Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
(PDM).
\2\ Id.
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Period of Investigation
The POI is January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. This period
corresponds to the four most recent fiscal quarters prior to the month
of the filing of the petition, which was February 2019.\3\
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1).
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Scope of the Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is steel threaded rod
from Thailand. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix.
Scope Comments
On July 22, 2019, we issued a Preliminary Scope Memorandum.\4\ The
scope case briefs were due on August 28, 2019.\5\ We received no scope
case briefs from interested parties. Therefore, Commerce has made no
changes to the scope of this investigation since the Preliminary
Determination.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
India, Taiwan, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China: Scope
Comments Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,''
dated July 22, 2019 (Preliminary Scope Memorandum).
\5\ The scope case briefs were due 30 days after the publication
of Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From India: Preliminary
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final
Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 84 FR 36570
(July 29, 2019). See Preliminary Scope Memorandum at 3. The deadline
for scope rebuttal briefs was Monday, September 2, 2019.
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Verification
Because the mandatory respondent in this investigation did not
provide the information requested, Commerce did not conduct
verification.\6\
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\6\ See Preliminary Determination, 84 FR at 38599.
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Analysis of Comments Received
As noted above, we received no comments in response to the
Preliminary Determination. For the final determination, Commerce has
made no changes to the Preliminary Determination.
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Methodology
We continue to find, as stated in the Preliminary Determination,
that the mandatory respondent, Tycoons Worldwide Group (Thailand) Co.
Ltd. (Tycoons), withheld requested information, failed to provide
information by the specified deadlines, and significantly impeded the
proceeding, pursuant to section 776(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).\7\ Further, we continue to find that Tycoons failed
to cooperate to the best of its ability to comply with our requests for
information, and, accordingly, we continue to apply an adverse
inference when selecting from among the facts otherwise available to
determine the relevant dumping margin, in accordance with section
776(b) of the Act.\8\ We further continue to select the only dumping
margin alleged in the Petition as the rate applicable to Tycoons.\9\
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\7\ See Preliminary Determination, and accompanying PDM at 4-5.
\8\ Id.
\9\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitions for the Imposition of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Carbon and Alloy Steel
Threaded Rod from China, India, Taiwan, and Thailand,'' dated
February 21, 2019 (Petition); see also Preliminary Determination,
and accompanying PDM at 5-6.
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Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances
In accordance with section 733(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206,
Commerce preliminarily determined that critical circumstances exist for
Tycoons, and for all other producers and/or exporters.\10\ As stated
above, we received no comments with respect to the Preliminary
Determination. Therefore, for this final determination, we continue to
find that, in accordance with section 735(a)(3) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.206, critical circumstances exist with respect to subject
merchandise exported by Tycoons and for all other producers and/or
exporters.
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\10\ For a full description of the methodology and results of
Commerce's critical circumstances analysis, see Preliminary
Determination, and accompanying PDM at 8-11.
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All-Others Rate
As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, we continue to
assign the dumping margin alleged in the Petition and selected as the
dumping margin for the sole mandatory respondent, Tycoons, as the all-
others rate applicable to all exporters and/or producers not
individually examined.\11\
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\11\ See Preliminary Determination, and accompanying PDM at 8.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Tycoons Worldwide Group (Thailand) Co. Ltd.................. 20.83
All Others.................................................. 20.83
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(4)(A) of the Act, because we
continue to find that critical circumstances exist with respect to
Tycoons and all other producers and/or exporters, we will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation
of any entries of shipments of subject merchandise which were entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 9, 2019,
which is 90 days prior to publication of the Preliminary Determination.
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d),
Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping margin or the estimated all-others
rate, as follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for the respondent listed
above will be equal to the company-specific estimated weighted-average
dumping margins determined in this final determination; (2) if the
exporter is not a respondent identified above, but the producer is,
then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific
estimated weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer
of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers and exporters will be 20.83 percent, the all-others estimated
weighted-average dumping margin. These suspension of liquidation and
cash deposit instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with a final determination within five days of
any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within
five days of the date of publication of the notice of preliminary
determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied adverse
facts available (AFA) to the individually examined company, Tycoons, in
this investigation, in accordance with section 776 of the Act, and the
applied AFA rate is based solely on the Petition, there are no
calculations to disclose.
International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) of the final affirmative
determination of sales at LTFV. Because the final determination in this
proceeding is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the
Act, the ITC will make its final determination as to whether the
domestic industry in the United States is materially injured, or
threatened with material injury, by reason of imports of steel threaded
rod from Thailand no later than 45 days after this final determination.
If the ITC determines that material injury, or threat of material
injury, does not exist, the proceeding will be terminated, and all cash
deposits will be refunded. If the 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.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of the
return or destruction of 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.210(c).
Dated: October 15, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by the scope of this investigation is
carbon and alloy steel
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threaded rod. Steel threaded rod is certain threaded rod, bar, or
studs, of carbon or alloy steel, having a solid, circular cross
section of any diameter, in any straight length. Steel threaded rod
is normally drawn, cold-rolled, threaded, and straightened, or it
may be hot-rolled. In addition, the steel threaded rod, bar, or
studs subject to this investigation are non-headed and threaded
along greater than 25 percent of their total actual length. A
variety of finishes or coatings, such as plain oil finish as a
temporary rust protectant, zinc coating (i.e., galvanized, whether
by electroplating or hot-dipping), paint, and other similar finishes
and coatings, may be applied to the merchandise.
Steel threaded rod is normally produced to American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications ASTM A36, ASTM A193 B7/
B7m, ASTM A193 B16, ASTM A307, ASTM A320 L7/L7M, ASTM A320 L43, ASTM
A354 BC and BD, ASTM A449, ASTM F1554-36, ASTM F1554-55, ASTM F1554
Grade 105, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
specification ASME B18.31.3, and American Petroleum Institute (API)
specification API 20E. All steel threaded rod meeting the physical
description set forth above is covered by the scope of this
investigation, whether or not produced according to a particular
standard.
Subject merchandise includes material matching the above
description that has been finished, assembled, or packaged in a
third country, including by cutting, chamfering, coating, or
painting the threaded rod, by attaching the threaded rod to, or
packaging it with, another product, or any other finishing,
assembly, or packaging operation that would not otherwise remove the
merchandise from the scope of the investigations if performed in the
country of manufacture of the threaded rod.
Carbon and alloy steel threaded rod are also included in the
scope of this investigation whether or not imported attached to, or
in conjunction with, other parts and accessories such as nuts and
washers. If carbon and alloy steel threaded rod are imported
attached to, or in conjunction with, such non-subject merchandise,
only the threaded rod is included in the scope.
Excluded from the scope of this investigations are: (1) Threaded
rod, bar, or studs which are threaded only on one or both ends and
the threading covers 25 percent or less of the total actual length;
and (2) stainless steel threaded rod, defined as steel threaded rod
containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5
percent or more of chromium, with our without other elements.
Excluded from the scope of the antidumping investigation on
steel threaded rod from the People's Republic of China is any
merchandise covered by the existing antidumping order on Certain
Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China. See Certain
Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order, 74 FR 17154 (April 14, 2009).
Specifically excluded from the scope of this investigation is
threaded rod that is imported as part of a package of hardware in
conjunction with a ready-to-assemble piece of furniture.
Steel threaded rod is currently classifiable under subheadings
7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, and 7318.15.5090 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Subject merchandise
may also enter under subheading 7318.15.2095 and 7318.19.0000 of the
HTSUS. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S.
Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope is
dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2019-22866 Filed 10-18-19; 8:45 am]
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