Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 324-325 [2023-28931]
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Postponement of Final Determination
and Extension of Provisional Measures
Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides
that a final determination may be
postponed until not later than 135 days
after the date of the publication of the
preliminary determination if, in the
event of an affirmative preliminary
determination, a request for such
postponement is made by exporters who
account for a significant proportion of
exports of the subject merchandise, or in
the event of a negative preliminary
determination, a request for such
postponement is made by the
petitioners. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.210(e)(2), Commerce requires that
requests by exporters for postponement
of a final determination be accompanied
by a request for extension of provisional
measures from a four-month period to a
period not more than six months in
duration.
On November 21, 2023, the Coalition
for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags (the
petitioner) requested that Commerce
postpone the final determination in the
event of a negative preliminary
determination.18 On December 20, 2023,
Goldsun timely requested that
Commerce postpone the final
determination and that provisional
measures be extended to a period not to
exceed six months in the event of an
affirmative preliminary determination.19
In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii),
because: (1) the preliminary
determination is affirmative; (2) the
requesting exporter accounts for a
significant proportion of exports of the
subject merchandise; and (3) no
compelling reasons for denial exist,
Commerce is postponing the final
determination and extending the
provisional measures from a four-month
period to a period not greater than six
months. Accordingly, Commerce will
make its final determination no later
than 135 days after the date of
publication of this preliminary
determination.
U.S. International Trade Commission
Notification
In accordance with section 733(f) of
the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S.
International Trade Commission (ITC) of
its preliminary determination of sales at
LTFV. If the final determination is
affirmative, the ITC will determine
before the later of 120 days after the date
of this preliminary determination or 45
18 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request for
Postponement of the Final Determinations,’’ dated
November 21, 2023.
19 See Goldsun’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Extend Final
Determination,’’ dated December 20, 2023.
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days after the final determination
whether imports of the subject
merchandise are materially injuring, or
threaten material injury to, the U.S.
industry.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with sections
733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.205(c).
Dated: December 27, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation
The products within the scope of this
investigation are paper shopping bags with
handles of any type, regardless of whether
there is any printing, regardless of how the
top edges are finished (e.g., folded, serrated,
or otherwise finished), regardless of color,
and regardless of whether the top edges
contain adhesive or other material for sealing
closed. Subject paper shopping bags have a
width of at least 4.5 inches and depth of at
least 2.5 inches.
Paper shopping bags typically are made of
kraft paper but can be made from any type
of cellulose fiber, paperboard, or pressboard
with a basis weight less than 300 grams per
square meter (GSM).
A non-exhaustive illustrative list of the
types of handles on shopping bags covered
by the scope include handles made from any
materials such as twisted paper, flat paper,
yarn, ribbon, rope, string, or plastic, as well
as die-cut handles (whether the punchout is
fully removed or partially attached as a flap).
Excluded from the scope are:
• Paper sacks or bags that are of a 1⁄6 or 1⁄7
barrel size (i.e., 11.5–12.5 inches in width,
6.5–7.5 inches in depth, and 13.5–17.5
inches in height) with flat paper handles or
die-cut handles;
• Paper sacks or bags with die-cut handles,
a grams per square meter paper weight of less
than 86 GSM, and a height of less than 11.5
inches; and
• Paper sacks or bags (i) with non-paper
handles made wholly of woven ribbon or
other similar woven fabric 20 and (ii) that are
finished with folded tops or for which tied
knots or t-bar aglets (made of wood, metal,
or plastic) are used to secure the handles to
the bags.
The above-referenced dimensions are
provided for paper bags in the opened
position. The height of the bag is the distance
from the bottom fold edge to the top edge
(i.e., excluding the height of handles that
extend above the top edge). The depth of the
bag is the distance from the front of the bag
edge to the back of the bag edge (typically
measured at the bottom of the bag). The
width of the bag is measured from the left to
the right edges of the front and back panels
(upon which the handles typically are
located).
20 Paper sacks or bags with handles made of
braided or twisted materials, such as rope or cord,
do not qualify for this exclusion.
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This merchandise is currently classifiable
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) subheadings
4819.30.0040 and 4819.40.0040. The HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes only; the written
description of the scope is dispositive.
Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Period of Investigation
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final
Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited
sunset review, the U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the antidumping duty
(AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar)
from India would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping
at the levels indicated in the ‘‘Final
Results of Expedited Sunset Review’’
section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Garry Kasparov, 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) 482–1397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 21, 1995, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
AD Order on SS Bar from India.1 On
September 1, 2023, Commerce
published Initiation Notice of the fifth
sunset review of the Order, pursuant to
section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.218(c)(2).2
1 See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel
Bar from Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661
(February 21, 1995) (Order).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year Reviews, 88 FR 60438
(September 1, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
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On September 15, 2023, Commerce
received a notice of intent to participate
from Carpenter Technology Corporation,
Crucible Industries LLC, Electralloy, a
G.O., Carlson, Inc. Company,
Marcegaglia Stainless Richburg, LLC,
North American Stainless, Universal
Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and
Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc.
(collectively, the petitioners) within the
deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).3 The petitioners
claimed interested party status under
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers
of a domestic like product in the United
States.
On September 29, 2023, we received
a timely, adequate substantive response
to the Initiation Notice from the
petitioners within the 30-day deadline
specified in 19 CFR 218(d)(3)(i).4 We
received no substantive response from
respondent parties nor was a hearing
requested.
On October 25, 2023, Commerce
notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive
adequate substantive responses from
any other interested parties.5 As a
result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-day,
sunset review of the Order.
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. SS Bar includes cold-finished
SS Bars that are turned or ground in
straight lengths, whether produced from
hot-rolled bar or from straightened and
cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that
have indentations, ribs, grooves, or
other deformations produced during the
rolling process.
Except as specified above, the term
does not include stainless steel semifinished products, cut length flat-rolled
products (i.e., cut length rolled products
which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness
have a width measuring at least 10 times
3 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Notice of Intent to
Participate,’’ dated September 15, 2023.
4 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Substantive Response,’’
dated September 29, 2023 (Petitioners’ Substantive
Response).
5 See Commerce’s Letter ‘‘Sunset Reviews
Initiated on September 1, 2023,’’ dated October 25,
2023.
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the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or more in
thickness having a width which exceeds
150 mm and measures at least twice the
thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed
products in coils, of any uniform solid
cross section along their whole length,
which do not conform to the definition
of flat-rolled products), and angles,
shapes and sections.
Imports of these products are
currently classifiable under subheadings
7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00,
7222.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of the
Order is dispositive.
Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review
are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, including the likelihood
of continuation or recurrence of
dumping and the magnitude of the
margins of dumping likely to prevail if
the Order was revoked.6 A list of topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum is included as the
appendix to this notice. The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Expedited Sunset
Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and
752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce
determines that revocation of the Order
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of dumping and that the
magnitude of the margins of dumping
likely to prevail would be at rates up to
21.02 percent.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Review of
the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Bar
from India,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum)
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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
violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
final results in accordance with sections
751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
Dated: December 27, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of Margin of Dumping Likely
to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset
Review
VIII. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–555–002]
Certain Paper Shopping Bags From
Cambodia: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Critical
Circumstances, in Part, Postponement
of Final Determination, and Extension
of Provisional Measures
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that certain paper shopping
bags (paper bags) from Cambodia are
being, or are likely to be, sold in the
United States at less than fair value
(LTFV). The period of investigation
(POI) is April 1, 2022, through March
31, 2023. Interested parties are invited
to comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Doss or Kyle Clahane, AD/CVD
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of the Expedited
Fifth Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this expedited sunset review, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the
levels indicated in the ``Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review''
section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable January 3, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garry Kasparov, 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) 482-1397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 21, 1995, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the AD Order on SS Bar from India.\1\ On September 1, 2023, Commerce
published Initiation Notice of the fifth sunset review of the Order,
pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2).\2\
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year Reviews, 88 FR 60438 (September
1, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
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On September 15, 2023, Commerce received a notice of intent to
participate from Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible Industries
LLC, Electralloy, a G.O., Carlson, Inc. Company, Marcegaglia Stainless
Richburg, LLC, North American Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy
Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, the
petitioners) within the deadline specified in 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ The petitioners claimed interested party status
under section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers of a domestic like
product in the United States.
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\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Notice of Intent to
Participate,'' dated September 15, 2023.
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On September 29, 2023, we received a timely, adequate substantive
response to the Initiation Notice from the petitioners within the 30-
day deadline specified in 19 CFR 218(d)(3)(i).\4\ We received no
substantive response from respondent parties nor was a hearing
requested.
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\4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Substantive Response,'' dated
September 29, 2023 (Petitioners' Substantive Response).
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On October 25, 2023, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive adequate substantive responses
from any other interested parties.\5\ As a result, pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset review of the Order.
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\5\ See Commerce's Letter ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on
September 1, 2023,'' dated October 25, 2023.
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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. SS Bar includes cold-finished SS Bars that are turned
or ground in straight lengths, whether produced from hot-rolled bar or
from straightened and cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that have
indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced during the
rolling process.
Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless
steel semi-finished products, cut length flat-rolled products (i.e.,
cut length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness have
a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or
more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at
least twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed products in coils,
of any uniform solid cross section along their whole length, which do
not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products), and angles,
shapes and sections.
Imports of these products are currently classifiable under
subheadings 7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description
of the scope of the Order is dispositive.
Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or
recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins of dumping
likely to prevail if the Order was revoked.\6\ A list of topics
discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as the
appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless
Steel Bar from India,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted
by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum)
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Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1), and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Order would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of
the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be at rates up to 21.02
percent.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification
of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
Dated: December 27, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of Margin of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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