Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From India: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order, 19925-19927 [2020-07481]
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had no shipments of subject
merchandise during the POR, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate any suspended
entries that entered under their AD case
numbers (i.e., at that exporter’s rate), or
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 for
Banduoo, Fujian Rongshu, Roung Shu,
and Xiamen Yi-He to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of the
notice of final results of administrative
review for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
For merchandise exported by
manufacturers or exporters not covered
in this review but covered in a prior
segment of the proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published from
the most recently completed segment;
(2) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, or the original
investigation, but the manufacturer is,
the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the most recently
completed segment for the manufacturer
of the merchandise; and (3) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 4.37
percent, the all-others rate determined
in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.17 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
17 See Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven
Selvedge from Taiwan and the People’s Republic of
China: Amended Antidumping Duty Orders, 75 FR
56982, 56985 (September 17, 2010).
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their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
final determination in the LTFV
investigation of imports of carbon and
alloy steel threaded rod from India.1 On
April 3, 2020, the ITC notified
Commerce of its final determination,
pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the
Act, that an industry in the United
States is materially injured by reason of
the LTFV imports of carbon and alloy
steel threaded rod from India.2
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
results in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is carbon and alloy steel threaded
rod from India. For a complete
description of the scope of the order, see
the appendix to this notice.
Dated: April 2, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–887]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod
From India: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
we are issuing an antidumping duty
order on carbon and alloy steel threaded
rod (threaded rod) from India.
Additionally, we are amending our final
affirmative determination of sales at less
than fair value (LTFV) for carbon and
alloy steel threaded rod from India as a
result of a ministerial error.
DATES: Applicable April 9, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annathea Cook or Jerry Huang, 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) 482–0250 or (202) 482–4047,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on February 18, 2020,
Commerce published its affirmative
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Amendment to the Final Determination
A ministerial error is defined as an
error in addition, subtraction, or other
arithmetic function, clerical error
resulting from inaccurate copying,
duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error
which the Secretary considers
ministerial.3
Pursuant to sections 735(e) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.224(e) and (f),
Commerce is amending the Final
Determination to reflect the correction
of a ministerial error in the final
estimated weighted-average dumping
margin calculated for Mangal Steel
Enterprise Limited (Mangal).4 In
addition, because Mangal’s estimated
weighted-average dumping margin
forms the basis for the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin
determined for all other companies, we
also are revising the all others margin.
The amended estimated weightedaverage dumping margins are listed in
the ‘‘Estimated Weighted-Average
Dumping Margins’’ section below.
Antidumping Duty Order
On April 3, 2020, in accordance with
section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final
determination in this investigation, in
which it found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured
within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
1 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR 8818 (February 18,
2020) (Final Determination).
2 See Letter to Jeffrey Kessler, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance,
from David S. Johanson, Chairman of the U.S.
International Trade Commission, regarding steel
threaded rod from China and India, (April 3, 2020)
(ITC Letter).
3 See section 735(e) of the Act; and 19 CFR
351.224(f).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded
Rod from India—Ministerial Error Allegation in the
Final Determination,’’ dated March 16, 2020.
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LTFV imports of threaded rod from
India.5 Therefore, in accordance with
sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act,
Commerce is issuing this antidumping
duty order.
Because the ITC determined that
imports of threaded rod from India are
materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from India, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping
duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise
exceeds the export price (or constructed
export price) of the merchandise, for all
relevant entries of threaded rod from
China. Antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of
threaded rod from China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after September 25,
2019, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination,6 but will
not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination as
further described below.
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the
Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to
continue to suspend liquidation of
threaded rod from India as described in
the appendix to this notice which are
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the ITC’s notice of final
determination in the Federal Register.
These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice.
We will also instruct CBP to require
cash deposits equal to the amount as
indicated below. Accordingly, effective
on the date of publication of the ITC’s
final affirmative injury determination,
CBP will require, at the same time as
importers would normally deposit
estimated duties on this subject
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the
cash deposit rates listed below.7 The all
others rate applies to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The weighted-average dumping
margins are as follows:
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
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Daksh Fasteners ......................................................................................................................................................
Mangal Steel Enterprise Limited .............................................................................................................................
All Others .................................................................................................................................................................
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
instructions issued pursuant to an
affirmative preliminary determination
may not remain in effect for more than
four months, except where exporters
representing a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise
request Commerce to extend that fourmonth period to no more than six
months. Because Mangal, accounting for
a significant proportion of threaded rod
from India, requested an extension of
provisional measures,8 we extended the
four-month period to six months in this
proceeding. The period began on
September 25, 2019 and ended on
March 22, 2020.
Therefore, in accordance with section
733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
will instruct CBP to terminate the
suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
entries of threaded rod from India
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption after March 22, 2020,
the date the provisional measures
expired, through the day preceding the
5 See
ITC Letter.
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from
India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of
6 See
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2.75
2.75
Cash deposit
rate (adjusted
for export
subsidy
offset(s))
(percent)
22.86
0.00
0.00
The merchandise covered by the scope of
this order is carbon and alloy steel 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 these investigations
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 order, 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
Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 84 FR 50376 (September 25, 2019)
(Preliminary Determination).
7 See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
8 See Mangal’s Letter, ‘‘Antidumping
Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded
Rod from India: Request for Postponement of Final
Determination,’’ dated August 21, 2019.
date of publication of the ITC’s final
injury determination in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation will
resume on the date of publication of the
ITC’s final determination in the Federal
Register.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the
antidumping duty order with respect to
threaded rod from India pursuant to
section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties can find a list of antidumping
duty orders currently in effect at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/stats/
iastats1.html.
This order is issued and published in
accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: April 3, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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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 this order 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 order
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 order is:
(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.
Specifically excluded from the scope of
this order 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.
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2020.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via conference call. The call-in number
and passcode will be provided by email
to registrants.
Requests to register (including to
speak or for auxiliary aids) and any
written comments should be submitted
by email to TTAB@trade.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Aguinaga, the United States
Travel and Tourism Advisory Board,
National Travel and Tourism Office,
U.S. Department of Commerce;
telephone: 202–482–2404; email:
TTAB@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Board advises the
Secretary of Commerce on matters
relating to the U.S. travel and tourism
industry.
Exceptional Circumstances: Pursuant
to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), the notice for
this meeting is given less than 15
calendar days prior to the meeting
because of the exceptional
circumstances of the national
emergency proclaimed by the President
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on March 13, 2020 concerning the novel
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outbreak.
Public Participation: The meeting will
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
be open to the public and will be
International Trade Administration
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Any member of the public requesting to
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be possible to fill. There will be fifteen
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ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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The final agenda will be posted on the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–888, C–570–105]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod
From India and the People’s Republic
of China: Countervailing Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing the countervailing
duty orders on carbon and alloy steel
threaded rod (steel threaded rod) from
India and the People’s Republic of
China (China).
DATES: Applicable April 9, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Genevieve Coen at (202) 482–3251 or
Hannah Falvey at (202) 482–4889, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V (India);
Thomas Schauer at (202) 482–0410 or
Allison Hollander at (202) 482–2805,
AD/CVD Operations, Office I (China);
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with section 705(d) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), on February 18, 2020, Commerce
published its affirmative final
determinations that countervailable
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-887]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From India: Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty
Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), we
are issuing an antidumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel
threaded rod (threaded rod) from India. Additionally, we are amending
our final affirmative determination of sales at less than fair value
(LTFV) for carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from India as a result
of a ministerial error.
DATES: Applicable April 9, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annathea Cook or Jerry Huang, 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) 482-0250 or (202) 482-4047,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on February 18,
2020, Commerce published its affirmative final determination in the
LTFV investigation of imports of carbon and alloy steel threaded rod
from India.\1\ On April 3, 2020, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
determination, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of the
LTFV imports of carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from India.\2\
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\1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR
8818 (February 18, 2020) (Final Determination).
\2\ See Letter to Jeffrey Kessler, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from David S. Johanson,
Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding steel
threaded rod from China and India, (April 3, 2020) (ITC Letter).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is carbon and alloy steel
threaded rod from India. For a complete description of the scope of the
order, see the appendix to this notice.
Amendment to the Final Determination
A ministerial error is defined as an error in addition,
subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error resulting
from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers
ministerial.\3\
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\3\ See section 735(e) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.224(f).
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Pursuant to sections 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e) and
(f), Commerce is amending the Final Determination to reflect the
correction of a ministerial error in the final estimated weighted-
average dumping margin calculated for Mangal Steel Enterprise Limited
(Mangal).\4\ In addition, because Mangal's estimated weighted-average
dumping margin forms the basis for the estimated weighted-average
dumping margin determined for all other companies, we also are revising
the all others margin. The amended estimated weighted-average dumping
margins are listed in the ``Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins'' section below.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Carbon
and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India--Ministerial Error
Allegation in the Final Determination,'' dated March 16, 2020.
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Antidumping Duty Order
On April 3, 2020, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the
ITC notified Commerce of its final determination in this investigation,
in which it found that an industry in the United States is materially
injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by
reason of
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LTFV imports of threaded rod from India.\5\ Therefore, in accordance
with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act, Commerce is issuing this
antidumping duty order.
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\5\ See ITC Letter.
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Because the ITC determined that imports of threaded rod from India
are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from India, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, are subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon
further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal to the amount
by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price
(or constructed export price) of the merchandise, for all relevant
entries of threaded rod from China. Antidumping duties will be assessed
on unliquidated entries of threaded rod from China entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 25,
2019, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination,\6\ but
will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final
injury determination as further described below.
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\6\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of
Provisional Measures, 84 FR 50376 (September 25, 2019) (Preliminary
Determination).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce will instruct
CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of threaded rod from India as
described in the appendix to this notice which are entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal
Register. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in
effect until further notice.
We will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the
amount as indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination, CBP
will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit
estimated duties on this subject merchandise, a cash deposit equal to
the cash deposit rates listed below.\7\ The all others rate applies to
all producers or exporters not specifically listed.
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\7\ See section 736(a)(3) of the Act.
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
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Cash deposit
Weighted- rate (adjusted
average for export
Exporter/producer dumping margin subsidy
(percent) offset(s))
(percent)
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Daksh Fasteners......................... 28.34 22.86
Mangal Steel Enterprise Limited......... 2.75 0.00
All Others.............................. 2.75 0.00
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Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
Commerce to extend that four-month period to no more than six months.
Because Mangal, accounting for a significant proportion of threaded rod
from India, requested an extension of provisional measures,\8\ we
extended the four-month period to six months in this proceeding. The
period began on September 25, 2019 and ended on March 22, 2020.
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\8\ See Mangal's Letter, ``Antidumping Investigation of Carbon
and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India: Request for Postponement of
Final Determination,'' dated August 21, 2019.
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Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of threaded rod from India entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption after March 22, 2020, the date the
provisional measures expired, through the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on the date of
publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
threaded rod from India pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty orders currently
in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
This order is issued and published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: April 3, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the scope of this order is carbon and
alloy steel 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 these investigations 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 order,
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
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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
this order 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 order 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 order is: (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.
Specifically excluded from the scope of this order 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. 2020-07481 Filed 4-8-20; 8:45 am]
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