[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78723-78725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25351]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-823-817]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Ukraine: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2022

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
PJSC Stalkanat (Stalkanat) did not make sales of prestressed concrete 
steel wire strand (PC strand) from Ukraine in the United States at less 
than normal value during the period of review, (POR) November 19, 2020, 
through May 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable November 16, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Griffith, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6430.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 14, 2023, Commerce published the preliminary results of 
this administrative review covering one producer/exporter, 
Stalkanat.\1\ We invited interested parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results. For a complete description of the events that 
occurred

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since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\2\
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    \1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Ukraine: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Preliminary Intent To Rescind, in Part; 2020-2022, 88 FR 45134 (July 
14, 2023) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Ukraine; 2020-
2022,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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    Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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    \3\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Indonesia, 
Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine: 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 29998 (June 4, 2021) (Order).
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    The product covered by this Order is PC strand from Ukraine. For a 
full description of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum and are listed in 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 Successor-in-Interest Analysis

    Commerce initiated this administrative review with respect to 
Stalkanat and PJSC PA Stalkanat-Silur (Stalkanat-Silur), the entity 
that participated in the original investigation. We preliminarily 
determined that Stalkanat is the successor-in-interest to Stalkanat-
Silur.\4\ No parties commented on this issue in their briefs; 
accordingly, Commerce has determined that Stalkanat is the successor-
in-interest to Stalkanat-Silur.\5\
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    \4\ See Preliminary Results.
    \5\ While Commerce indicated its intent to rescind the review of 
Stalkanat-Silur in the Preliminary Results, rather than rescinding 
the review, Commerce determines that Stalkanat is the successor-in-
interest to Stalkanat-Silur.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on a review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we have not made any changes to the weighted-
average dumping margin for Stalkanat.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margin exists for the period November 19, 2020, through May 31, 2022:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                  Producer and/or exporter                     dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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PJSC Stalkanat.............................................        0.00
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Disclosure

    Commerce normally discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results within five days of any 
public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five 
days of the date of publication of the notice of final determination in 
the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, 
there are no new calculations to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b) for these final results.

Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review. Because the rate assigned to Stalkanat 
(formerly Stalkanat-Silur) is zero, Commerce will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping 
duties.\6\
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    \6\ As explained above, we determined that Stalkanat is the 
successor-in-interest to Stalkanat-Silur. Accordingly, we intend to 
issue assessment instructions covering entries produced and exported 
by either Stalkanat or Stalkanat-Silur during the POR at the rate 
established in these final results.
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    Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by the mandatory respondent 
for which the company did not know that the merchandise it sold to an 
intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was 
destined for the United States. In such instances, 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.
    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the 
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will 
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties 
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 
90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash 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 Stalkanat will 
be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a company not covered in this 
administrative review but covered in a completed prior 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 or 
completed prior segment of this proceeding but the producer is, the 
cash deposit rate will be the company-specific 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 19.30 percent, the rate 
established in the investigation of this proceeding.\7\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \7\ See Order.
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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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an administrative protective order (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 or 
destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective 
order, is hereby

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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 351.221(b)(5) 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: November 9, 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. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Final Successor-In-Interest Determination
VI. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: Whether Stalkanat's U.S. Sales Were Bona Fide
VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2023-25351 Filed 11-15-23; 8:45 am]
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