[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12428-12429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04550]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that certain producers/exporters subject to this administrative review 
made sales of stainless steel bar (SS bar) from India at less than 
normal value (NV). Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results of review.

DATES: Applicable March 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Keller or Konrad Ptaszynski, 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) 482-4849 or (202) 
482-6187, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 1, 2021, based on timely requests for review, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on SS bar from India.\1\ The 
period of review is February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021. On 
September 30, 2021, we extended the preliminary results of this review 
to no later than February 25, 2022.\2\ For a complete description of 
the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 17124 (April 1, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice); see also Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995) (Order).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021,'' 
dated September 30, 2021.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India: Decision 
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2020-2021,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the Order is SS bar from India. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that 
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. Commerce received a timely-
filed withdrawal request from to Ambica Steels Limited (Ambica), 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\4\ Because the withdrawal request was 
timely filed, and no other party requested a review of the company, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this 
review of the Order with respect to Ambica.
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    \4\ See Ambica's Letter, ``Request for Administrative Review of 
Anti-Dumping Duty of Ambica Steels Limited (``Ambica''),'' dated 
February 26, 2021.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price 
and constructed export price are 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. 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. A list of 
the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included 
in the appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following weighted-average dumping margins for the period February 1, 
2020, through January 31, 2021:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Producer or exporter                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd., and its affiliates                 0.00
 Hindustan Inox Ltd., Precision Metals and Sieves
 Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd.\5\.........................
Laxcon Steels Limited.......................................        0.65
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Assessment Rates
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    \5\ Collectively these companies are known as the Venus Group.
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    Upon issuance of the final results in this administrative review, 
Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by 
this POR.\6\ If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is above 
de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final results of these reviews, 
we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's 
examined sales and, where possible, the total entered value of sales. 
Specifically, Commerce will apply the assessment rate calculation 
method adopted in Final Modification for Reviews.\7\ Where an importer- 
(or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without regard to 
antidumping duties.\8\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \7\ See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103 (February 14, 2012) 
(Final Modification for Reviews).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the 
Venus Group and Laxcon for which they did not know their merchandise 
was destined for the United States, 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 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 the companies 
listed above will be that established in the final results of this 
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and,

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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 or reviewed companies not covered in this review, the cash 
deposit rate 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, or the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established for the most recent segment for the 
manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all 
other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 12.45 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\9\ These deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \9\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December 
28, 1994).
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Disclosure

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in 
connection with these preliminary results to interested parties within 
five days after the date of publication of this notice.\10\
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Verification

    On July 12, 2021, Commerce received a request from domestic 
producers Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible Industries LLC, 
Electralloy, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., North American 
Stainless, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and Valbruna 
Slater Stainless, Inc. (collectively, Petitioners) to conduct 
verification of the responses in this administrative review.\11\ As 
provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce intends to verify 
the information relied upon in the final results. Normally, Commerce 
verifies information using standard procedures, including an on-site 
examination of original accounting, financial, and sales documentation. 
However, due to current travel restrictions in response to the global 
COVID-19 pandemic, Commerce is unable to conduct on-site verification 
in this review. Accordingly, we intend to verify the information relied 
upon in the final results through alternative means in lieu of on-site 
verification. Commerce will notify interested parties of any additional 
documentation or information required.
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    \11\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Request for 
Verification,'' dated July 12, 2021.
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Public Comment

    Because Commerce intends to conduct verification after these 
preliminary results, interested parties will be provided an opportunity 
to submit written comments (case briefs) at a date to be determined by 
Commerce and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) within seven days 
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\12\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised in the 
case briefs.\13\ Commerce modified certain of its requirements for 
serving documents containing business proprietary information until 
further notice.\14\ 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.\15\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(l)(ii) and 351.309(d)(l). Interested 
parties will be notified through ACCESS regarding the deadline for 
submitting case briefs; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 
requirements); Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule 
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of 
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) (collectively, 
Temporary Rule).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
    \14\ See Temporary Rule.
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) and 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
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    Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the 
final results of this review, including the results of its analysis of 
the issues raised in any written briefs, no later than 120 days after 
the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

Final Results

    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis raised in any written 
briefs, no later than 120 days after the publication of these 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise 
extended.\16\
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    \16\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of 
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: February 25, 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. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Affiliation and Collapsing
VI. Discussion of the Methodology
VII. Currency Conversion
VIII. Recommendation

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