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1See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the 

Republic of South Africa: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, and Preliminary Determination of 

No Shipments, 82 FR at 50383 (October 31, 2017) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

from the Republic of South Africa,’’ dated 

concurrently with this determination and hereby 

adopted by this notice (Issues and Decision 

Memorandum or IDM). 

J. Currency Conversion 

IX. Recommendation 

Appendix II 

No-Shipment Certifications 

Anhui Boya Bamboo & Wood Products Co., 

Ltd. 

Changbai Mountain Development and 

Protection Zone Hongtu Wood Industrial 

Co., Ltd. 

Chinafloors Timber (China) Co, Ltd. 

Dalian Jiahong Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Guangzhou Homebon Timber Manufacturing 

Co., Ltd. 

Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd. 

Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd. 

Jiangsu Yuhui International Trade Co., Ltd. 

Jiashan On-Line Lumber Co., Ltd. 

Kingman Floors Co., Ltd. 

Les Planchers Mercier, Inc. 

Linyi Bonn Flooring Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 

Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd. 

Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. 

Zhejiang Shuimojiangnan New Material 

Technology Co., Ltd. 

Zhejiang Simite Wooden Co., Ltd. 

China-Wide Entity Companies 

Anhui Suzhou Dongda Wood Co., Ltd. 

Baishan Huafeng Wood Product Co., Ltd. 

Baiying Furniture Manufacturer Co., Ltd. 

Cheng Hang Wood Co., Ltd. 

Dalian Jiuyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Dalian Qinqui Wooden Product Co., Ltd. 

Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co., Ltd. 

GTP International Ltd. 

Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd. 

HaiLin Xincheng Wooden Products, Ltd. 

Hangzhou Dazhuang Floor Co., Ltd. (dba 

Dasso Industrial Group Co., Ltd.) 

Hangzhou Huahi Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Huber Engineering Wood Corp. 

Huzhou City Nanxun Guangda Wood Co., 

Ltd. 

Huzhou Fuma Wood Co., Ltd. 

Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 

Jilin Forest Industry Jinqiao Flooring Group 

Co., Ltd. 

Qingdao Barry Flooring Co., Ltd. 

Shandong Kaiyuan Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Shanghai Anxin (Weiguang) Timber Co., Ltd. 

Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd. 

Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd. 

Shanghai Shenlin Corporation 

Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 

Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry 

Zhejiang AnJi Xinfeng Bamboo and Wood 

Industry Co., Ltd. 

Zhejiang Desheng Wood Industry Co., Ltd. 

Zhejiang Haoyun Wooden Co., Ltd. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–791–823] 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From 

the Republic of South Africa: 

Affirmative Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Affirmative Finding of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that imports of 

carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire 

rod) from the Republic of South Africa 

(South Africa) are being, or are likely to 

be, sold in the United States at less than 

fair value (LTFV). The final estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins of 

sales at LTFV are listed below in the 

section entitled ‘‘Final Determination.’’ 

The period of investigation (POI) is 

January 1, 2016, through December 31, 

2016. 

DATES: Applicable January 16, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moses Song or John McGowan, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, AD/CVD 

Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–5041 or (202) 482–3019, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 31, 2017, Commerce 

published the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register.1

The petitioners in this investigation are 

Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., Nucor 

Corporation, Keystone Consolidated 

Industries, Inc., and Charter Steel 

(collectively, the petitioners). The three 

mandatory respondents in this 

investigation are: (1) ArcelorMittal 

South Africa Limited (AMSA); (2) Scaw 

South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (also known as 

Scaw Metals Group) (Scaw); and (3) 

Davsteel Division of Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd. 

(Cape Gate). At the Preliminary 

Determination, Commerce determined 

that AMSA, Scaw, and Consolidated 

Wire Industries (CWI) are affiliated and 

constituted a single entity, i.e., AMSA/ 

Scaw/CWI. Furthermore, we 

preliminarily found that the application 

of facts available with an adverse 

inference (AFA) to the collapsed entity, 

due to Scaw’s failure to participate in 

this investigation, was warranted. 

Commerce also preliminarily 

determined that critical circumstances 

existed for AMSA/Scaw/CWI and for 

all-other exporters/producers of wire 

rod. Concerning Cape Gate, Commerce 

preliminarily determined not to further 

examine Cape Gate as part of this 

investigation because Cape Gate timely 

certified that it did not make any sales 

of subject merchandise in the United 

States during the POI and there is no 

record evidence to the contrary. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination, as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, may 

be found in the accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum.2 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 http://

access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the 

main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov. The 

signed and electronic versions of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is wire rod from South 

Africa. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

During the course of this 

investigation, Commerce received 

numerous scope comments from 

interested parties. Prior to the 

Preliminary Determination, Commerce 

issued a Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum to address these 

comments. As a result of these 

comments, Commerce made no changes 


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3For discussion of these comments, see 

Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

from Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea, the 

Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, the 

Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab 

Emirates, and the United Kingdom: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determination’’ (Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum), dated August 7, 2017; see 

also Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, 

Italy, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, 

South Africa, Spain, the Republic of Turkey, 

Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United 

Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 82 FR 19207 (April 20, 2017) 

(Initiation Notice). 

4For discussion of these comments, see 

Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

from Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea, the 

Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, the 

Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab 

Emirates, and the United Kingdom: Final Scope 

Memorandum’’ (Final Scope Decision 

Memorandum), dated November 20, 2017. 

5See Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at 50383; 

see also PDM at 6–9. 

6See Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at 50383, 

50384; see also PDM at 11–16. 

7See the Petitions for the Imposition of 

Antidumping Duties on Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Wire Rod from Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea, 

the Russian Federation, the Republic of South 

Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab 

Emirates, and the United Kingdom, dated March 28, 

2017 (the petition). 

8See Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at 50383, 

50384–50385. 

to the scope of this investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice.3

In September 2017, we received scope 

case and rebuttal briefs. On November 

20, 2017, we issued the Final Scope 

Decision Memorandum in response to 

these comments in which we did not 

change the scope of this investigation.4

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs that were submitted by 

interested parties in this investigation 

are addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of these issues is 

attached to this notice at Appendix II. 

Verification 

As explained in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce did 

not conduct verification of AMSA/ 

Scaw/CWI. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination and Use of Adverse Facts 

Available 

Commerce has made no changes to 

the Preliminary Determination. As 

stated in the Preliminary Determination, 

we found that the application of facts 

available with an adverse inference with 

respect to the collapsed entity, i.e., 

AMSA/Scaw/CWI, in this investigation, 

was warranted, in accordance with 

sections 776(a)(1), 776(a)(2)(A)–(C), and 

776(b) of the Act.5

Final Affirmative Determination of No 

Sales 

As stated above in the ‘‘Background’’ 

section, at the Preliminary 

Determination, we found that Cape Gate 

had no sales of subject merchandise 

during the POI, and, therefore, we 

determined not to further examine Cape 

Gate as part of this investigation. 

Commerce received no comments 

regarding this issue after the Preliminary 

Determination. Thus, for this final 

determination, we continue to find that 

Cape Gate had no sales of subject 

merchandise during the POI. As such, 

any entries of subject merchandise 

exported by Cape Gate will be subject to 

the All-Others Rate. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 733(e)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, we 

preliminarily found that critical 

circumstances exist with respect to 

AMSA/Scaw/CWI, and all other 

producers and exporters of wire rod 

from South Africa (All Others).6

Commerce received no comments 

regarding this issue after the Preliminary 

Determination. Thus, for this final 

determination, we continue to find that, 

in accordance with section 735(a)(3) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, critical 

circumstances exist for imports from all 

producers and exporters of wire rod 

from South Africa. 

All-Others Rate 

As discussed in the Preliminary 

Determination, Commerce based the 

selection of the all-others rate on the 

simple average of the two dumping 

margins calculated for subject 

merchandise from South Africa alleged 

in the petition,7 in accordance with 

section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, and 

determined a rate of 135.46 percent. No 

parties commented on this issue and we 

made no changes to the all-others rate 

for this final determination.8

Final Determination 

The final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited, Scaw South Africa (Pty) 

Ltd. (also known as Scaw 

Metals Group), and Consolidated Wire Industries .............. 142.26 

All-Others .................................... 135.46 

Disclosure 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin assigned to the 

collapsed entity (i.e., AMSA/Scaw/CWI) 

in this investigation in the Preliminary 

Determination were based on adverse 

facts available and Commerce described 

the method it used to determine the 

adverse facts available rate in the 

Preliminary Determination. As we made 

no changes to this margin since the 

Preliminary Determination, no 

disclosure of calculations is necessary 

for this final determination. 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, for this final determination, 

we will direct U. S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation 

of all entries of wire rod from South 

Africa, as described in Appendix I to 

this notice, which were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after August 2, 2017 

(90 days prior to the date of publication 

of the Preliminary Determination), 

because we continue to find that critical 

circumstances exist with regard to 

imports from all producers and 

exporters of wire rod from South Africa. 

Furthermore, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to require a cash deposit for such 

entries of merchandise. Pursuant to 

section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act, CBP 

shall require a cash deposit equal to the 

weighted-average amount by which 

normal value exceeds U.S. price, as 

follows: (1) For AMSA/Scaw/CWI, the 

cash deposit rate will be equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin which Commerce determined in 

this final determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a firm identified in this 

investigation but the producer is, then 

the cash deposit rate will be equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin established for the producer of 

the subject merchandise; (3) the cash 

deposit rate for all other producers or 

exporters will be 135.46 percent, as 

discussed in the ‘‘All-Others Rate’’ 

section, above. 

The instructions suspending 

liquidation will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 735(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

our final determination of sales at LTFV 

and final affirmative determination of 

critical circumstances for South Africa. 

Because the final determination in this 

proceeding is affirmative, the ITC will 


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make its final determination as to 

whether the domestic industry in the 

United States is materially injured, or 

threatened with material injury, by 

reason of imports, or sales (or the 

likelihood of sales) for importation of 

wire rod from South Africa no later than 

45 days after this final determination, in 

accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 

Act. If the ITC determines that such 

injury does not exist, the proceeding 

will be terminated and all cash deposits 

posted will be refunded or cancelled. If 

the ITC determines that such injury 

exists, Commerce will issue an 

antidumping duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, antidumping duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the effective 

date of the suspension of liquidation, as 

discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of 

Suspension of Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

parties subject to an 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 the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These determinations are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(c). 

Dated: January 8, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are certain hot-rolled products of carbon steel 

and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately 

round cross section, less than 19.00 mm in 

actual solid cross-sectional diameter. 

Specifically excluded are steel products 

possessing the above-noted physical 

characteristics and meeting the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool 

steel; (c) high-nickel steel; (d) ball bearing 

steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing bars and 

rods. Also excluded are free cutting steel 

(also known as free machining steel) 

products (i.e., products that contain by 

weight one or more of the following 

elements: 0.1 percent of more of lead, 0.05 

percent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or 

more of sulfur, more than 0.04 percent of 

phosphorous, more than 0.05 percent of 

selenium, or more than 0.01 percent of 

tellurium). All products meeting the physical 

description of subject merchandise that are 

not specifically excluded are included in this 

scope. 

The products under investigation are 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 

7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 

7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080, 

7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, 

and 7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products 

entered under subheadings 7213.99.0090 and 

7227.90.6090 of the HTSUS may also be 

included in this scope if they meet the 

physical description of subject merchandise 

above. Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

scope of these proceedings is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Discussion of the Issues: 

Comment 1: Affiliation and Collapsing of 

AMSA/Scaw/CWI 

Comment 2: Application of Total AFA to 

AMSA/Scaw/CWI 

Comment 3: Commerce’s Statutory 

Obligations Under 782(d) of the Act 

Comment 4: Verification 

Comment 5: Adjustment to AMSA’s 

General and Administrative (G&A) 

Expense Ratio 

Comment 6: Adjustment to AMSA’s 

Warranty Expenses 

Comment 7: Adjustment to AMSA’s Direct 

Selling Expenses 

Comment 8: Denial of AMSA’s CEP Offset 

VI. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Visiting Committee on 

Advanced Technology (VCAT or 

Committee), National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), will 

meet in Wednesday, February 7, 2018, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. The VCAT is composed of not 

fewer than 9 members appointed by the 

NIST Director who are eminent in such 

fields as business, research, new 

product development, engineering, 

labor, education, management 

consulting, environment, and 

international relations. 

DATES: The VCAT will meet on 

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Portrait Room, Administration 

Building, at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. Please 

note admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Shaw, VCAT, NIST, 100 

Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1060, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–1060, 

telephone number 301–975–2667. Ms. 

Shaw’s email address is 

stephanie.shaw@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278, as amended, and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 

The purpose of this meeting is for the 

VCAT to review and make 

recommendations regarding general 

policy for NIST, its organization, its 

budget, and its programs within the 

framework of applicable national 

policies as set forth by the President and 

the Congress. The agenda will include 

an update on major programs at NIST. 

In addition, the meeting will include 

presentations and discussions on NIST’s 

role in cybersecurity and technology 

transfer from federal laboratories. The 

Committee also will present its initial 

observations, findings, and 

recommendations for the 2017 VCAT 

Annual Report. The agenda may change 

to accommodate Committee business. 

The final agenda will be posted on the 

NIST website at http://www.nist.gov/ 

director/vcat/agenda.cfm. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. 

Approximately one-half hour will be 

reserved for public comments and 

speaking times will be assigned on a 

first-come, first-serve basis. The amount 

of time per speaker will be determined 

by the number of requests received, but 

is likely to be about 3 minutes each. The 

exact time for public comments will be 

included in the final agenda that will be 

posted on the NIST website at http://

www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm. 

Questions from the public will not be 


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