Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Rescission of Review in Part; 2018-2019, 12520-12522 [2020-04343]
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except when that rate is de minimis
where the cash deposit rate will be zero;
(2) for merchandise exported by
producers or exporters not covered in
this administrative review but covered
in a prior completed segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding;
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, a prior review, or the
original investigation, but the producer
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the
rate established for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding
for the producer of the subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be 15.45 percent, the
all-others rate established in the lessthan-fair-value investigation as modified
by the section 129 determination.
These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Notification to Importers Regarding the
Reimbursement of Duties
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)
to file a certificate regarding the
reimbursement of antidumping and/or
countervailing duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during the POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping and/or
countervailing duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
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Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to the parties subject to administrative
protective orders (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the return/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
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.224(e).
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Dated: February 20, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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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; and
Rescission of Review in Part; 2018–
2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that producers/exporters subject to this
review made sales of stainless steel bar
(SS Bar) from India at less than fair
value (LTFV) during the period of
review (POR) February 1, 2018 through
January 31, 2019. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 3, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hermes Pinilla or Allison Hollander,
AD/CVD Operations, Office I,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–3477 or
(202) 482–2805, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
This review covers two 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 and Ambica Steels Limited
(Ambica). Commerce preliminarily
determines that sales of subject
merchandise by Ambica have not been
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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made at prices below normal value.
Commerce also preliminarily
determines that sales of subject
merchandise by the Venus Group have
been made at prices below normal
value. Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is SS Bar from India. 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. For a
full description of the scope of the
order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.2
Rescission of Administrative Review in
Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the parties that requested a
review withdraw the request within 90
days of the date of publication of the
notice of initiation.
On July 31, 2019, Carpenter
Technology Corporation, Crucible
Industries LLC, Electralloy, a Division of
G.O. Carlson, Inc., North American
Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy
Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater
Stainless, Inc. (collectively, the
petitioners), withdrew their request for
an administrative review of one
company, Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd.
(JSHL).3 The petitioners are the only
party that requested a review of JSHL.
The petitioners’ withdrawal of review
request was submitted within the
deadline set forth under 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). Accordingly, Commerce
is rescinding this review, in part, with
respect to JSHL, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(d)(1).4
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Commerce calculated export prices 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 Petitioners’ letter, ‘‘Stainless Steel Bar from
India: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative
Review,’’ dated July 31, 2019.
4 For more details, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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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 the Central Records Unit,
located in Room B8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be found at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/
index.html. The electronic and signed
versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
A list of topics discussed in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
attached as the appendix to this notice.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the
Act, we intend to verify information
relied upon in reaching the final results
of review with respect to Ambica.
Preliminary Results of Administrative
Review
We preliminarily determine that the
following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the respondents during
the period February 1, 2018 through
January 31, 2019:
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer/exporter
Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd ...........
Ambica Steels Limited ...............................................................................................................................................................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations
and analysis performed in these
preliminary results to interested parties
within five days of any public
announcement of these preliminary
results in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Because Commerce intends to
conduct verification of Ambica,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit case briefs
not later than seven days after the date
on which the verification report is
issued in this proceeding,5 and rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in case
briefs, may be submitted no later than
five days after the deadline date for 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
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, U.S. Department of
Commerce, filed via 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.
5 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
19 CFR 351.309(d).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
8 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
6 See
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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).
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.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results in
this administrative review, Commerce
shall determine and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this POR. If a
respondent’s weighted-average dumping
margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50
percent) in the final results of these
reviews, we will calculate importerspecific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for each importer’s examined
sales and, where possible, the total
entered value of sales. Specifically,
Commerce will apply the assessment
rate calculation method adopted in
Final Modification for Reviews.9 Where
an importer- (or customer-) specific ad
valorem rate is zero or de minimis, we
will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.10
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by the Venus
Group and Ambica for which they did
not know their merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will
Cash Deposit Requirements
9 See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103
(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
10 See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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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 LTFV investigation.11
These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
11 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
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: February 26, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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
VI. Affiliation and Collapsing
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Date of Sale
IX. Product Comparisons
X. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
XI. Normal Value
XII. Verification
XIII. Currency Conversion
XIV. Recommendation
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA061]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Joint
Skate Committee and Advisory Panel to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ). Recommendations from this
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group will be brought to the full Council
for formal consideration and action, if
appropriate.
This meeting will be held on
Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Fairfield Inn, 185 MacArthur Drive,
New Bedford, MA 02740; telephone:
(774) 634–2000.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
Dated: February 27, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
The
Committee and Advisory Panel will
recap development of Amendment 5 to
date; discuss Plan Development Team
(PDT) memo on October 2019 tasking;
develop recommendations on whether
to continue work on Amendment 5;
potentially clarify problem statement
and goals; and potentially develop
alternatives. The Committee and
Advisory Panel will also review PDT
work on incorporating National Marine
Fisheries Service fishing community
engagement and reliance indicators to
how key skate fishing communities are
identified in Council actions. They will
also consider PDT recommendations for
updates to research priorities.
Other business may be discussed, as
necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. This meeting
will be recorded. Consistent with 16
U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is
available upon request. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Administration
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National Marine Fisheries
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Caribbean Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
District Advisory Panels (DAPs) of St.
Thomas/St. John, USVI, will hold a oneday meeting in March 25, 2020, to
discuss the items contained in the
agenda SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
March 25, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
meeting will be held at the University
of the Virgin Islands Conference room,
ACC Building, First Floor, at 2 Brewers
Bay, Charlotte Amalie, VI 00802.
Council address: Caribbean Fishery
Management Council, 270 Mun˜oz
Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan,
Puerto Rico 00918–1903.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miguel A. Rolo´n at Caribbean Fishery
Management Council, 270 Mun˜oz
Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan,
Puerto Rico 00918–1903; telephone:
(787) 766–5926.
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9 a.m.–9:15 a.m.—Call to Order/
Welcome—Miguel A. Rolo´n
9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m.—Introduction—
Julian Magras
9:30 a.m.–10 a.m.—Ecosystem
Components St. Thomas/St. John—
Graciela Garcı´a-Moliner
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Education Considerations in
Ecosystem-Based Management—Alida
Ortiz
10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m.—Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.–12 noon—Remarks and
Presentations by Representatives of
Local Agencies
12 noon–1:30 p.m.—Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.–5 p.m.—Discussion and
Adoption of Recommendations by the
DAPs to the CFMC on Ecosystem
Model the St. Thomas/St. John Area
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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; and Rescission of Review in
Part; 2018-2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of stainless
steel bar (SS Bar) from India at less than fair value (LTFV) during the
period of review (POR) February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 3, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Allison Hollander,
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3477 or (202) 482-
2805, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This review covers two 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\ and Ambica Steels Limited
(Ambica). Commerce preliminarily determines that sales of subject
merchandise by Ambica have not been made at prices below normal value.
Commerce also preliminarily determines that sales of subject
merchandise by the Venus Group have been made at prices below normal
value. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results.
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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 from India. 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. For a full description of the scope of the order, see
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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Rescission of Administrative Review in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation.
On July 31, 2019, Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible
Industries LLC, Electralloy, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., North
American Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and
Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners),
withdrew their request for an administrative review of one company,
Jindal Stainless Hisar Ltd. (JSHL).\3\ The petitioners are the only
party that requested a review of JSHL. The petitioners' withdrawal of
review request was submitted within the deadline set forth under 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). Accordingly, Commerce is rescinding this review, in
part, with respect to JSHL, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\4\
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\3\ See Petitioners' letter, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India:
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated July 31,
2019.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Commerce calculated
export prices 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 the Central Records Unit, located in Room B8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be found at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The electronic and signed versions of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as the
appendix to this notice.
Verification
As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, we intend to verify
information relied upon in reaching the final results of review with
respect to Ambica.
Preliminary Results of Administrative Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the respondents during the period February 1,
2018 through January 31, 2019:
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates 11.88
Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers
(India) Pvt. Ltd...........................................
Ambica Steels Limited....................................... 0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations and analysis performed in
these preliminary results to interested parties within five days of any
public announcement of these preliminary results in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Because Commerce intends to conduct verification of Ambica,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs not later than seven days after the date on which the
verification report is issued in this proceeding,\5\ and rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no
later than five days after the deadline date for 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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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\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, U.S. Department of Commerce,
filed via 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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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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by
this POR. If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is above de
minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final results of these reviews, we
will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's
examined sales and, where possible, the total entered value of sales.
Specifically, Commerce will apply the assessment rate calculation
method adopted in Final Modification for Reviews.\9\ Where an importer-
(or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\10\
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\9\ See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification for Reviews).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the
Venus Group and Ambica for which they did not know their 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 LTFV investigation.\11\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\11\ 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
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: February 26, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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
VI. Affiliation and Collapsing
VII. Discussion of the Methodology
VIII. Date of Sale
IX. Product Comparisons
X. Export Price and Constructed Export Price
XI. Normal Value
XII. Verification
XIII. Currency Conversion
XIV. Recommendation
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