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merchandise during the POR produced
by each respondent for which it did not
know its merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate such entries at the all-others
rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.22 Where either the
individually-selected respondent’s
weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis, or an importerspecific assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
For the companies which were not
selected for individual review, we
intend to assign an assessment rate
based on the methodology described in
the ‘‘Rates for Non-Examined
Companies’’ section.
The final results of this review shall
be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by this review
where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective for all shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for the companies
under review will be the rate
established in the final results of this
review (except, if the ad valorem rate is
de minimis, then the cash deposit rate
will be zero); (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies not
covered in this review, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the companyspecific rate published for the most
recently-completed segment of this
proceeding in which the company was
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review,
or the original investigation, but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most
recently-completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 7.26
percent, the all-others rate established
in the investigation.23
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce intends to issue the final
22 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
23 See Order, 82 FR at 32533.
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results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of
issues raised by the parties in the
written comments, within 120 days of
publication of these preliminary results,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 and/or countervailing
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 and/or
countervailing duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
The preliminary results of review are
issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Ac, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: November 17, 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. Companies Not Selected for Individual
Examination
V. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that certain
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
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January 31, 2019. Commerce determines
that mandatory respondent Venus Wire
Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates
Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and
Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd.
(collectively, the Venus Group), made
sales at LTFV, while mandatory
respondent Ambica Steels Limited
(Ambica) did not make sales at LTFV.
DATES:
Applicable November 24, 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
On March 3, 2020, Commerce
published the preliminary results of this
administrative review.1 This review
covers two producers/exporters of the
subject merchandise: Venus Group 2 and
Ambica. We invited parties to comment
on the Preliminary Results.
On April 2, 2020, the petitioners
submitted a request for a hearing.3 On
June 16, 2020, we received case briefs
from the Venus Group,4 and 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
1 See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; and Rescission of Review in Part; 2018–
2019, 85 FR 12520 (March 3, 2020) (Preliminary
Results).
2 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.
3 See the petitioners’ Letter ‘‘Stainless Steel Bar
from India—Petitioners’ Request for a Hearing,’’
dated April 2, 2020.
4 Commerce rejected the Venus Group’s June 16,
2020, case brief because it contained untimely filed
new factual information. See Commerce’s Letter,
‘‘Rejection of Untimely New Factual Information,’’
dated June 24, 2020. On June 26, 2020, the Venus
Group refiled its case brief. See Venus Group’s
Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Re-Submission of
Venus Group Case Brief,’’ dated June 26, 2020.
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petitioners).5 On June 30, 2020, we
received rebuttal briefs from the
petitioners, and from the Venus Group.6
On August 13, 2020, the petitioners
withdrew their request for a hearing.7
On September 21, 2020, we extended
the deadline for the final results.8
Commerce conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is SS bar. SS bar means articles of
stainless steel in straight lengths that
have been either hot-rolled, forged,
turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or
otherwise cold-finished, or ground,
having a uniform solid cross section
along their whole length in the shape of
circles, segments of circles, ovals,
rectangles (including squares), triangles,
hexagons, octagons, or other convex
polygons. For a complete description of
the scope of the Order, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum.9
Analysis of Comments Received
The issues raised by interested parties
in their case and rebuttal briefs have
been addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. The Issues and
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. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the Enforcement and
Compliance website at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. A list of the
topics discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum is attached as an
Appendix to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the
comments received, we made certain
changes to the margin calculation with
regard to the Venus Group. For a
discussion of these changes, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.10
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the
following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period February 1,
2018, through January 31, 2019:
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 ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Disclosure
With respect to the Venus Group, we
intend to disclose the calculations
performed for these final results to the
parties within five days after public
announcement of the final results in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
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Upon publication of the final results
in this administrative review,
Commerce shall determine and CBP
shall assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this POR.
We will instruct CBP to apply the ad
valorem assessment rates listed above to
all entries of subject merchandise
during the POR which were exported by
the companies named above.
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by the Venus
Group and Ambica for which it did not
know its merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.
5 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Case Brief
Regarding the Venus Group,’’ dated June 16, 2020
(Petitioners’ Case Brief).
6 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioners’ Rebuttal
Brief Regarding Venus,’’ dated June 30, 2020
(Petitioners’ Venus Rebuttal Brief)
7 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Stainless Steel Bar from
India—Withdrawal of Hearing Request,’’ dated
August 13, 2020.
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We intend to issue liquidation
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of these final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of
these 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)
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Stainless Steel Bar from
India: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2018–2019,’’ dated September 21, 2020.
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Stainless Steel Bar from India,’’ dated concurrently
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the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to
be 12.45 percent, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.11 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final 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 review period. 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 Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
10 See also the Venus Group final calculation
memorandum dated concurrently with this 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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disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of 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.
CVD Operations, Office VII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3945,
(202) 482–0197, or (202) 482–2316,
respectively.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these results of review in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: November 18, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Application of Facts Available and
Adverse Inferences
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Whether the Venus Group is the
Producer of Subject Merchandise
2. Whether Partial Adverse Facts Available
(AFA) is Warranted for the Venus Group
3. Whether Commerce Erroneously
Calculated the AFA Adjustment it
Intended to Make in Calculating the
Venus Group’s Dumping Margin
4. Whether Commerce Should Apply Total
AFA to the Venus Group
5. Whether Commerce Should Match Sales
by Manufacturer
VII. Recommendation
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Background
On October 3, 2016, Commerce
published the antidumping duty order
on CORE from Korea.1 Commerce
initiated this administrative review on
September 9, 2019.2 This review covers
eleven companies,3 of which we
collapsed Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd and
Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd. as single
entity (i.e., Dongbu) for antidumping
purposes, and selected Dongbu,
Dongkuk, and Hyundai as mandatory
respondents.4
On July 31, 2019, Metal One America,
Inc., Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc., and
Stemcor USA Inc. each requested a
review of Vietnamese producers and/or
exporters: Nippon Steel and Sumikin
Sales Vietnam Co. (NSSVC), Hoa Sen
Group (HSG), and Ton Dong A
Corporation (TDA).5 On the same day,
HSG and TDA requested a review of
themselves.6
On October 30, 2020, we issued a
questionnaire to NSSVC, HSG, and
TDA.7 The current due date for NSSVC,
HSG, and TDA to response the
questionnaire is November 23, 2020. We
will analyze their responses and make a
determination after the preliminary
results.
On March 23, 2020, we extended the
deadline for the preliminary results of
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–878]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products From the Republic of Korea:
Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that certain corrosion-resistant steel
products (CORE) from the Republic of
Korea (Korea) were sold in the United
States at less than normal value during
the period of review of July 1, 2018
through June 30, 2019.
DATES: Applicable November 24, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo
Ayala, Elfi Blum, or Lingjun Wang, AD/
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1 See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from
Australia, Brazil, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
Netherlands, the Republic of Turkey, and the
United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determinations for Australia, the
Republic of Korea, and the Republic of Turkey and
Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 67962 (October 3,
2016) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
47242 (September 9, 2019).
3 The eleven companies are: Dongbu Steel Co.,
Ltd, Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd., Dongkuk Steel
Mill Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk), Hyundai Steel Company
(Hyundai), POSCO Ltd., POSCO Daewoo
Corporation, POSCO International Corporation,
POSCO Coated & Color Steel Co., Hoa Sen Group
(HSG), Ton Dong A Corporation (TDA), and Nippon
Steel and Sumikin Sales Vietnam Co. (NSSVC).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping duty Administrative Review: Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of Korea, 2018–2019,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
5 Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
6 Id.
7 Id.
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this review until July 30, 2020.8 On
April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative reviews by
50 days.9 Subsequently, on July 21,
2020, Commerce tolled all preliminary
and final results in administrative
reviews by an additional 60 days.10 The
deadline for the preliminary results of
this review is now November 17, 2020.
For a detailed description of the events
that followed the initiation of this
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.11
Partial Rescission
On December 6, 2019, the petitioners
timely withdrew their review request for
19 companies.12 As no other party
requested a review of those companies,
we are rescinding this administrative
review with respect to those companies,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is CORE from Korea. For a complete
description of the scope of the order, see
the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.13
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price and export price were
calculated in accordance with section
772 of the Act. Normal value is
calculated in accordance with section
773 of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is attached as an
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the Republic of Korea:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
March 23, 2020.
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
10 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
11 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
12 Id. These companies are: Ajin H and S Co.,
Ltd., Anjeon Tech Co., Ltd., Benion Corp., Daeho
P C Co., Ltd., GS Global Corp., Hanwa (Korea) Co.,
Ltd., Hyosung Corporation, Korea CNC Co., Ltd.,
Kima Steel Corporation Ltd., Kyoungdo Steel Co.,
Ltd., Mitsubishi Corp. (Korea) Ltd., Roser Co., Ltd.,
Samsung Corp., Samsung C&T Corp., SeAH Steel,
SeAH Coated Metal Corp., Seun Steel, SK Networks
Co., Ltd., Young Steel Co., Ltd.
13 Id.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018-2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain
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.
Commerce determines that mandatory respondent Venus Wire Industries
Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and
Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd. (collectively, the Venus Group),
made sales at LTFV, while mandatory respondent Ambica Steels Limited
(Ambica) did not make sales at LTFV.
DATES: Applicable November 24, 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
On March 3, 2020, Commerce published the preliminary results of
this administrative review.\1\ This review covers two producers/
exporters of the subject merchandise: Venus Group \2\ and Ambica. We
invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.
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\1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; and Rescission of Review in
Part; 2018-2019, 85 FR 12520 (March 3, 2020) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ 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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On April 2, 2020, the petitioners submitted a request for a
hearing.\3\ On June 16, 2020, we received case briefs from the Venus
Group,\4\ and 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
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petitioners).\5\ On June 30, 2020, we received rebuttal briefs from the
petitioners, and from the Venus Group.\6\ On August 13, 2020, the
petitioners withdrew their request for a hearing.\7\ On September 21,
2020, we extended the deadline for the final results.\8\
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\3\ See the petitioners' Letter ``Stainless Steel Bar from
India--Petitioners' Request for a Hearing,'' dated April 2, 2020.
\4\ Commerce rejected the Venus Group's June 16, 2020, case
brief because it contained untimely filed new factual information.
See Commerce's Letter, ``Rejection of Untimely New Factual
Information,'' dated June 24, 2020. On June 26, 2020, the Venus
Group refiled its case brief. See Venus Group's Letter,
``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Stainless Steel Bar from India:
Re-Submission of Venus Group Case Brief,'' dated June 26, 2020.
\5\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Case Brief Regarding
the Venus Group,'' dated June 16, 2020 (Petitioners' Case Brief).
\6\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief
Regarding Venus,'' dated June 30, 2020 (Petitioners' Venus Rebuttal
Brief)
\7\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India--
Withdrawal of Hearing Request,'' dated August 13, 2020.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India: Extension
of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018-2019,'' dated September 21, 2020.
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Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is SS bar. SS bar means
articles of stainless steel in straight lengths that have been either
hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or otherwise cold-
finished, or ground, having a uniform solid cross section along their
whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals,
rectangles (including squares), triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other
convex polygons. For a complete description of the scope of the Order,
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Stainless Steel Bar from India,'' dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received
The issues raised by interested parties in their case and rebuttal
briefs have been addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The
Issues and 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. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the Enforcement and Compliance website at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. A list of the topics discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this
notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made certain
changes to the margin calculation with regard to the Venus Group. For a
discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\10\
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\10\ See also the Venus Group final calculation memorandum dated
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period February 1, 2018, through January 31,
2019:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates 17.24
Hindustan Inox, Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers
(India) Pvt. Ltd...........................................
Ambica Steels Limited....................................... 0.00
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Disclosure
With respect to the Venus Group, we intend to disclose the
calculations performed for these final results to the parties within
five days after public announcement of the final results in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Upon publication of the final results in this administrative
review, Commerce shall determine and CBP shall assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this POR. We will instruct
CBP to apply the ad valorem assessment rates listed above to all
entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were exported by
the companies named above.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the
Venus Group and Ambica for which it did not know its merchandise was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of these final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of these final results of this review for all shipments of
SS Bar from India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption
on or after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of
the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for companies subject to this review
will be the rates established in the final results of the review; (2)
for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this
review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash
deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published
for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be
12.45 percent, the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-
value investigation.\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 final 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 review period. 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information
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disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of 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
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results of review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5).
Dated: November 18, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Whether the Venus Group is the Producer of Subject
Merchandise
2. Whether Partial Adverse Facts Available (AFA) is Warranted
for the Venus Group
3. Whether Commerce Erroneously Calculated the AFA Adjustment it
Intended to Make in Calculating the Venus Group's Dumping Margin
4. Whether Commerce Should Apply Total AFA to the Venus Group
5. Whether Commerce Should Match Sales by Manufacturer
VII. Recommendation
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