5468 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Notices 

1See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 41363 (July 

10, 2020). 

2See 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(iii). 

following AD and CVD order(s) and 

suspended investigation(s): 

DOC case No. ITC case No. Country Product Commerce contact 

A–570–049 ........ 731–TA–1329 China ................ Ammonium Sulfate (1st Review) ............................. Thomas Martin, (202) 482–3936. 

A–570–038 ........ 731–TA–1310 China ................ Amorphous Silica Fabric (1st Review) .................... Jacky Arrowsmith, (202) 482–5255. 

A–580–899 ........ 731–TA–1091 China ................ Artist Canvas (3rd Review) ..................................... Mary Kolberg, (202) 482–1785. 

A–570–036 ........ 731–TA–1309 China ................ Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products (1st Review) ...... Thomas Martin, (202) 482–3936. 

A–533–869 ........ 731–TA–1308 India .................. Off-The-Road Tires (1st Review) ............................ Thomas Martin, (202) 482–3936. 

C–570–050 ........ 701–TA–562 China ................ Ammonium Sulfate (1st Review) ............................. Thomas Martin, (202) 482–3936. 

C–570–039 ........ 701–TA–555 China ................ Amorphous Silica Fabric (1st Review) .................... Jacky Arrowsmith, (202) 482–5255. 

C–570–037 ........ 701–TA–554 China ................ Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products (1st Review) ...... Thomas Martin, (202) 482–3936. 

C–533–870 ........ 701–TA–552 India .................. Off-The-Road Tires (1st Review) ............................ Jacky Arrowsmith, (202) 482–5255. 

Filing Information 

As a courtesy, we are making 

information related to sunset 

proceedings, including copies of the 

pertinent statute and Commerce’s 

regulations, Commerce’s schedule for 

Sunset Reviews, a listing of past 

revocations and continuations, and 

current service lists, available to the 

public on Commerce’s website at the 

following address: https://enforcement.

trade.gov/sunset/. All submissions in 

these Sunset Reviews must be filed in 

accordance with Commerce’s 

regulations regarding format, 

translation, and service of documents. 

These rules, including electronic filing 

requirements via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS), 

can be found at 19 CFR 351.303. 

In accordance with section 782(b) of 

the Act, any party submitting factual 

information in an AD/CVD proceeding 

must certify to the accuracy and 

completeness of that information. 

Parties must use the certification 

formats provided in 19 CFR 351.303(g). 

Commerce intends to reject factual 

submissions if the submitting party does 

not comply with applicable revised 

certification requirements. 

Letters of Appearance and 

Administrative Protective Orders 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(d), 

Commerce will maintain and make 

available a public service list for these 

proceedings. Parties wishing to 

participate in any of these five-year 

reviews must file letters of appearance 

as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d). To 

facilitate the timely preparation of the 

public service list, it is requested that 

those seeking recognition as interested 

parties to a proceeding submit an entry 

of appearance within 10 days of the 

publication of the Notice of Initiation. 

Because deadlines in Sunset Reviews 

can be very short, we urge interested 

parties who want access to proprietary 

information under administrative 

protective order (APO) to file an APO 

application immediately following 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of initiation. Commerce’s 

regulations on submission of proprietary 

information and eligibility to receive 

access to business proprietary 

information under APO can be found at 

19 CFR 351.304–306. Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.1

Information Required From Interested 

Parties 

Domestic interested parties, as 

defined in section 771(9)(C), (D), (E), (F), 

and (G) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.102(b), wishing to participate in a 

Sunset Review must respond not later 

than 15 days after the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of initiation by filing a notice 

of intent to participate. The required 

contents of the notice of intent to 

participate are set forth at 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(ii). In accordance with 

Commerce’s regulations, if we do not 

receive a notice of intent to participate 

from at least one domestic interested 

party by the 15-day deadline, Commerce 

will automatically revoke the order 

without further review.2

If we receive an order-specific notice 

of intent to participate from a domestic 

interested party, Commerce’s 

regulations provide that all parties 

wishing to participate in a Sunset 

Review must file complete substantive 

responses not later than 30 days after 

the date of publication in the Federal 

Register of this notice of initiation. The 

required contents of a substantive 

response, on an order-specific basis, are 

set forth at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3). Note 

that certain information requirements 

differ for respondent and domestic 

parties. Also, note that Commerce’s 

information requirements are distinct 

from the ITC ’s information 

requirements. Consult Commerce’s 

regulations for information regarding 

Commerce’s conduct of Sunset Reviews. 

Consult Commerce’s regulations at 19 

CFR part 351 for definitions of terms 

and for other general information 

concerning antidumping and 

countervailing duty proceedings at 

Commerce. 

This notice of initiation is being 

published in accordance with section 

751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c). 

Dated: January 18, 2022. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–829] 

Stainless Steel Wire Rod From the 

Republic of Korea: Initiation of 

Circumvention Inquiry of Antidumping 

Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to an allegation of 

circumvention from North American 

Stainless (NAS), the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a 

country-wide circumvention inquiry to 

determine whether imports of stainless 

steel round wire (SS round wire) from 

the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

(Vietnam) are circumventing the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) from the 

Republic of Korea (Korea). 

DATES: Applicable February 1, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hermes Pinilla, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 


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1See Notice of Amendment of Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Wire Rod 

from Korea, 63 FR 49331 (September 15, 1998) 

(Order). 

2See NAS’s Letter, ‘‘Stainless Steel Wire Rod 

from the Republic of Korea—Request for 

Circumvention Ruling Pursuant to Section 781(c),’’ 

dated May 18, 2021 (Circumvention Allegation). 

3See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Initiation 

of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry of Antidumping 

Duty Order on Stainless Steel Wire Rod from the 

Republic of Korea: Supplemental Questionnaire,’’ 

dated July 12, 2021. 

4See NAS’s Letter, ‘‘Stainless Steel Wire Rod 

from Korea—NAS’s Response to the Department’s 

Supplemental Questionnaire,’’ dated July 26, 2021. 

5See Memoranda, ‘‘Stainless Steel Wire Rod from 

the Republic of Korea: Extension of Time to 

Determine Whether to Initiate Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry,’’ dated July 2, 2021, August 12, 2021, and 

September 22, 2021. 

6See NAS’ Letter, ‘‘Stainless Steel Wire Rod from 

Korea—NAS’ Response to the Department’s 2nd 

Supplemental Questionnaire,’’ dated November 19, 

2021. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Stainless Steel Wire Rod 

from the Republic of Korea: Extension of Time to 

Determine Whether to Initiate Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry,’’ dated January 4, 2022. 

8See Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99c 

and Up To 225c, and Parts Thereof, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation of AntiCircumvention Inquiry of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders—600cc Up To 99cc 

Engines, 86 FR 51866 (September 17, 2021). 

9 Id.; see also Deacero S.A. de C.V. v. United 

States, 817 F.3d 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2016). 

10See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

Initiation of -Circumvention Inquiry,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Initiation Decision Memorandum). The 

record evidence necessary for initiating a 

circumvention inquiry differ from a determination 

of circumvention. See also, e.g., Hydrofluorocarbon 

Blends from the People’s Republic of China; 

Initiation of the Anticircumvention Inquiry of 

Antidumping Duty Order; Components, 84 FR 

28273 (June 18, 2019). 

11 Id. 12See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the 

Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders, 

83 FR 37785 (August 2, 2018); Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry on 

the Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 40556, 40560 

(August 25, 2017) (stating at initiation that 

Commerce would evaluate the extent to which a 

country-wide finding applicable to all exports 

might be warranted); and Certain CorrosionResistant Steel Products from the People’s Republic 

of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries 

on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, 81 FR 79454, 79458 (November 14, 2016) 

(stating at initiation that Commerce would evaluate 

the extent to which a country-wide finding 

applicable to all exports might be warranted). 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 18, 2021, NAS, a domestic 

producer of SSWR requested that 

Commerce initiate a circumvention 

inquiry proceeding, pursuant to section 

781(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.225(i), to determine whether SS 

round wire from Vietnam involves a 

minor alteration to subject merchandise, 

such that it should be subject to the 

order 1 on SSWR from Korea.2 On July 

12, 2021, we issued a supplemental 

questionnaire.3 On July 26, 2021, NAS 

responded to our supplemental 

questionnaire.4 On July 2, 2021, August 

12, 2021, and again on September 22, 

2021, we extended the deadline by 45 

days respectively, to determine whether 

to initiate the circumvention allegation.5

Because we granted NAS an extension 

of time to respond to Commerce’s 

second supplemental questionnaire 

response, on November 10, 2021, we 

determined that additional time was 

required to review and assess NAS’s 

request for Commerce to determine 

whether to initiate a circumvention 

inquiry and, therefore, extended the 

deadline by 60 days, until January 14, 

2022. On November 19, 2021, NAS 

responded to our second supplemental 

questionnaire.6 On January 4, 2022, we 

extended the deadline by 14 days, until 

January 28, 2022.7

Scope of the Order 

For a complete description of the 

scope of the Order, see Appendix I. 

Merchandise Subject to the 

Circumvention Inquiry 

This circumvention inquiry covers 

SSWR from Korea that has been colddrawn and further processed into SS 

round wire in Vietnam and exported 

into the United States. 

Legal Framework 

Section 781(c) of the Act provides that 

Commerce may find circumvention of 

an AD or countervailing duty (CVD) 

order when products which are of the 

class or kind as merchandise subject to 

an AD or CVD order have been ‘‘altered 

in form or appearance in minor respects 

. . . whether or not included in the 

same tariff classification.’’ Section 

781(c)(2) of the Act provides an 

exception that ‘‘{p}aragraph 1 shall not 

apply with respect to altered 

merchandise if the administering 

determines that it would be unnecessary 

to consider the altered merchandise 

within the scope of the {order}.’’ 

While the Act is silent as to what 

factors to consider in determining 

whether alterations are properly 

considered ‘‘minor,’’ the legislative 

history of this provision indicates that 

there are certain factors that should be 

considered before reaching a 

circumvention determination. In 

conducting a circumvention inquiry 

under section 781(c) of the Act, 

Commerce has generally relied upon 

‘‘such criteria as the overall physical 

characteristics of the merchandise, the 

expectations of the ultimate users, the 

use of the merchandise, the channels of 

marketing and the cost of any 

modification relative to the total value 

of the imported products.’’ 8 Concerning 

the allegation of minor alteration under 

section 781(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.225(i), Commerce examines such 

factors as: (1) Overall physical 

characteristics; (2) expectations of 

ultimate users; (3) use of merchandise; 

(4) channels of marketing; and (5) cost 

of any modification relative to the value 

of the imported products.9

Analysis 

After analyzing the record evidence 

and the petitioner’s allegation, we 

determine that there is sufficient 

information to at minimum warrant the 

initiation of a minor alterations 

circumvention inquiry, pursuant to 

section 781(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.225(i).10 For a full discussion of the 

basis for our decision to initiate a minor 

alterations circumvention inquiry, see 

the Initiation Decision Memorandum.11

The Initiation Decision Memorandum is 

a public document, 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 Initiation Decision 

Memorandum is available at https://

access.trade.gov/public/FRNotices

ListLayout.aspx. As explained in the 

Initiation Decision Memorandum, the 

information provided by NAS warrants 

initiating this circumvention inquiry on 

a country-wide basis. Commerce has 

taken this approach in prior 

circumvention inquiries, where the facts 

warranted initiation on a country-wide 

basis.12

Consistent with the approach in the 

prior circumvention inquiries that were 

initiated on a country-wide basis, 

Commerce intends to issue 

questionnaires to solicit information 

from producers and exporters in 

Vietnam concerning their shipments of 

SS round wire to the United States 

made from SSWR produced in Korea. A 

company’s failure to respond 

completely to Commerce’s requests for 

information may result in the 

application of partial or total facts 

available, pursuant to section 776(a) of 

the Act, which may include adverse 


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inferences, pursuant to section 776(b) of 

the Act. 

Conclusion 

Commerce will determine whether 

the merchandise subject to the inquiry 

(as described in the ‘‘Merchandise 

Subject to the Circumvention Inquiry’’ 

section above) is circumventing the 

Order such that it should be included 

within the scope of the Order, pursuant 

to section 781(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.225(i). 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.225(1)(2), if Commerce issues a 

preliminary affirmative determination, 

we will then instruct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection to suspend 

liquidation and require a cash deposit of 

estimated duties, at the applicable rate, 

for each unliquidated entry of the 

merchandise at issue entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption on or after the date of 

initiation of the inquiry. 

Commerce will establish a schedule 

for questionnaires and comments on the 

issues related to the inquiry. In 

accordance with section 781(f) of the 

Act, to the maximum extent practicable, 

Commerce intends to issue its final 

determination within 300 days of the 

date of publication of this initiation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is published in 

accordance with sections 781(c) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.225(i). 

Dated: January 26, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Order 

Stainless Steel Wire Rod, which comprises 

products that are hot-rolled or hot-rolled 

annealed and/or pickled and/or descaled 

rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other 

shapes, in coils, that may also be coated with 

a lubricant containing copper, lime or 

oxalate. SSWR is made of alloy steels 

containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or less of 

carbon and 10.5 percent or more of 

chromium, with or without other elements. 

These products are manufactured only by 

hot-rolling or hot-rolling, annealing, and/or 

pickling and/or descaling, are normally sold 

in coiled form, and are of solid cross-section. 

The majority of SSWR sold in the United 

States is round in cross-sectional shape, 

annealed and pickled, and later cold-finished 

into stainless steel wire or small-diameter 

bar. 

The most common size for such products 

is 5.5 millimeters or 0.217 inches in 

diameter, which represents the smallest size 

that normally is produced on a rolling mill 

and is the size that most wire-drawing 

machines are set up to draw. The range of 

SSWR sizes normally sold in the United 

States is between 0.20 inches and 1.312 

inches diameter. Two stainless steel grades, 

SF20T and K–M35FL, are excluded from the 

scope of the investigation. The chemical 

makeup for the excluded grades is as follows: 

SF20T 

Carbon—0.05 max 

Manganese—2.00 max 

Phosphorous—0.05 max 

Sulfur—0.15 max 

Silicon—1.00 max 

Chromium—19.00/21.00 

Molybdenum—1.50/2.50 

Lead—added (0.10/0.30) 

Tellurium—added (0.03 min) 

K–M35FL 

Carbon—0.015 max 

Silicon—0.70/1.00 

Manganese—0.40 max 

Phosphorous—0.04 max 

Sulfur—0.03 max 

Nickel—0.30 max 

Chromium—12.50/14.00 

Lead—0.10/0.30 

Aluminum—0.20/0.35 

The products subject to this order are 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 

7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the merchandise is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Merchandise Subject to the 

Circumvention Inquiry 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Analysis 

VII. Country-Wide Circumvention Inquiries 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB730] 

Advisory Committee Open Session on 

Management Strategy Evaluation for 

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is holding a public 

meeting via webinar for the Advisory 

Committee to the U.S. Section to the 

International Commission for the 

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 

and all interested stakeholders to 

receive an update and provide input on 

the development of the management 

strategy evaluation for Atlantic bluefin 

tuna. 

DATES: A virtual meeting that is open to 

the public will be held on February 25, 

2022, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Please register to attend the 

meeting at: https://forms.gle/ 

f8L6jxsmstXRC2b47. Registration will 

close on February 24, 2022, at 5 p.m. 

EST. Instructions for accessing the 

virtual meeting will be emailed to 

registered participants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Keller, Office of International 

Affairs and Seafood Inspection, (301) 

427–7725 or at Bryan.Keller@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Management strategy evaluation (MSE) 

is a process that allows fishery managers 

and stakeholders (e.g., industry, 

scientists, and non-governmental 

organizations) to assess how well 

different strategies achieve specified 

management objectives for a fishery. 

After several years of work, ICCAT 

expects to finalize its bluefin tuna MSE 

in 2022 and anticipates adopting a 

management procedure in November 

2022 to set Total Allowable Catch 

(TACs) for 2023 and future years for 

both the western Atlantic and eastern 

Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks of 

bluefin tuna. NMFS and the United 

States more broadly participate in this 

MSE development process and have 

been engaging stakeholders and 

considering their input throughout the 

process through various means, 

including consultation with the 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 

to ICCAT. The United States also 

participates in the development of the 

bluefin tuna MSE through active 

engagement by U.S. scientists in 

ICCAT’s Standing Committee on 

Research and Statistics (SCRS). 

The February 25 meeting is intended 

to update stakeholders and solicit their 

input on the MSE approach being 

developed by ICCAT. This includes 

SCRS progress in developing initial 

candidate management procedures 

(CMPs) illustrating potential 

management tradeoffs and the related 

process by ICCAT to refine management 

objectives to assist the SCRS in further 

refining and narrowing those CMPs. 

This open session Advisory Committee 

meeting is primarily informational in 

nature and intended to increase the 

opportunity for stakeholder awareness 

and input on the bluefin tuna MSE 

process. Discussions at the meeting will 

help to inform U.S. scientists who are 

participating in work of the SCRS. In 

addition, while no binding decisions or 

formal, consensus-based 


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