[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6509-6511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02324]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-820]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Thailand: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Thailand 
was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the 
period of review of January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable February 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max Goldman or Brian Smith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3896 or (202) 
482-1766, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 28, 2004, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
antidumping duty (AD) order on PC strand from Thailand.\1\ Commerce 
initiated this administrative review on February 26, 2021.\2\ This 
review covers one company, The Siam Industrial Wire Co., Ltd. (SIW). On 
May 25, 2021, Thai Wire Products Public Company Limited (Thai Wire 
Company) timely withdrew its request for review with respect to 
itself.\3\ Based on this timely withdrawal and the fact that no other 
party requested review of this company, we rescinded this review with 
respect to Thai Wire Company, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).\4\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand from Thailand, 69 FR 4111 (January 28, 2004) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 12599 (March 4, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \3\ See Thai Wire Company's Letter, ``Administrative Review 
Withdrawal,'' dated May 25, 2021.
    \4\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Thailand: 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020, 
86 FR 33231 (June 24, 2021).
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    On September 10, 2021, we extended the deadline for the preliminary 
results of this review to January 28, 2022.\5\ For a detailed 
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand 
from Thailand: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2020 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated September 10, 2021.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand 
from Thailand: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020,'' dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is PC strand from Thailand. 
Products subject to the Order are currently classified in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 
7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the merchandise subject to this scope is dispositive. For a complete 
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

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 was calculated in accordance with section 772 
of the Act. NV 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 via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete

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version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed at 
https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Results

    We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping 
margin for the period January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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The Siam Industrial Wire Co. Ltd...........................        0.98
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these 
preliminary results of review to interested parties within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may 
submit case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication 
of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, the content of which is limited to 
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days 
after the date for filing case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit case 
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit 
with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary 
of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\8\ Case and rebuttal 
briefs should be filed using ACCESS \9\ and must be served on 
interested parties.\10\ Executive summaries should be limited to five 
pages total, including footnotes.
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Temporary Rule 
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of 
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \9\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, 
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests 
should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2) 
the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues parties intend to 
discuss. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing 
is made, Commerce intends to hold a hearing at a time and date to be 
determined.\11\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and 
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    All submissions to Commerce must be filed using ACCESS \12\ and 
must be served on interested parties.\13\ An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce's 
electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 
date that the document is due. Commerce has modified certain of its 
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary 
information until further notice.\14\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
    \14\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID 19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 
10, 2020).
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in 
any case or rebuttal briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, unless this deadline is extended.\15\
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    \15\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon completion of the final results of this administrative review, 
Commerce shall determine, and U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\16\ If 
SIW's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., 
less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of this review, and given 
that SIW reported entered values, we intend to calculate importer-
specific ad valorem assessment rates for the merchandise based on the 
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales 
made during the POR to each importer and the total entered value of 
those sales, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We intend to 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review when the importer-specific assessment rate 
calculated in the final results of this review is above de minimis 
(i.e., 0.50 percent). Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment 
rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we intend to 
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). If SIW's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final 
results of review, we intend to instruct CBP not to assess duties on 
any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for 
Reviews.\17\
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    \16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \17\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews) (``Where the weighted-average 
margin of dumping for the exporter is determined to be zero or de 
minimis, no antidumping duties will be assessed.'').
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by SIW for 
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United 
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the 
all-others rate in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation (as amended) \18\ if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\19\ Commerce 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the date of publication of the final results of this 
administrative 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).
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    \18\ See Order.
    \19\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of this administrative 
review for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The 
cash deposit rate for SIW will be that established in the final results 
of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 
percent, and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) 
for previously investigated companies not participating in this review, 
the cash deposit will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit 
rate published for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding in which the company participated; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the underlying 
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding

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for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for 
all other producers or exporters will continue to be 12.91 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation (as amended).\20\ 
These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \20\ See Order.
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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 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 occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: January 28, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2022-02324 Filed 2-3-22; 8:45 am]
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