[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 230 (Friday, December 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83908-83909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26410]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-823-817]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Ukraine: Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on prestressed 
concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Ukraine for the period of 
review (POR) June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023.

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2023.

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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 June 1, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the AD 
order on PC strand from Ukraine.\1\ On June 30, 2023, Insteel Wire 
Products Company, Sumiden Wire Products Corporation, and Wire Mesh 
Corporation (collectively, the petitioners) submitted a timely request 
that Commerce conduct an administrative review.\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 35835 (June 1, 
2023).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioners' Request for 
Initiation of Second Administrative Review,'' dated June 30, 2023.
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    On August 3, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of administrative review with respect to imports 
of PC strand exported and/or produced by PJSC Stalkanat, in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).\3\ On August 7, 2023, PJSC Stalkanat filed 
a no shipments certification for the POR.\4\ On August 17, 2023, we 
placed on the record U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for 
entries of PC strand from Ukraine during the POR, and invited 
interested parties to comment.\5\ On August 24, 2023, PJSC Stalkanat 
submitted comments on the CBP data. No interested party submitted 
rebuttal comments to Commerce.
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 51271 (August 3, 2023).
    \4\ See PJSC Stalkanat's Letter, ``No Shipments Certification,'' 
dated August 7, 2023.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``U.S. Customs and Border Protection Query 
and Comment Period Deadline,'' dated August 17, 2023.
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    On September 21, 2023, Commerce notified all interested parties of 
its intent to rescind the instant review, in whole, because there were 
no eligible reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by 
PJSC Stalkanat during the POR and invited interested parties to 
comment.\6\ PJSC Stalkanat submitted comments in favor of recission.\7\ 
No other interested party submitted comments to Commerce.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review,'' 
dated September 21, 2023.
    \7\ See PJSC Stalkanat's Letter, ``Comments on Recission,'' 
dated September 22, 2023.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to 
rescind an administrative review of an AD order when there are no 
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which 
liquidation is suspended.\8\ Normally, upon completion of an 
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD 
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\9\ Therefore, for an 
administrative review to be conducted, there must be at least one 
reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate 
at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review period.\10\ As 
noted above, there were no eligible reviewable entries of subject 
merchandise for PJSC Stalkanat during the POR. Accordingly, in the 
absence of suspended entries of subject merchandise eligible for review 
during the POR, we are hereby rescinding this administrative review, in 
its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    \8\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea: 
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut- 
to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of 
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January 
24, 2023).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at 
the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date 
of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of 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 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 27, 2023.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2023-26410 Filed 11-30-23; 8:45 am]
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