[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17154-17156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8630]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-932]


Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (``Department'') and the International Trade Commission 
(``ITC''), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on 
certain steel threaded rod (``STR'') from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC''). On April 6, 2009, the ITC notified the Department of 
its affirmative determination of material

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injury to a U.S. industry. See Steel Threaded Rod from China 
(Investigation No. 731-TA-1145 (Final), USITC Publication 4070, April 
2009).

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Wong or Toni Dach, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0409, or (202) 482-1655, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (``Act''), on February 27, 2009, the Department 
published its final determination of sales at less than fair value in 
the antidumping investigation of STR from the PRC. See Certain Steel 
Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 74 FR 8907 (February 27, 2009).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is steel threaded rod. Steel 
threaded rod is certain threaded rod, bar, or studs, of carbon quality 
steel, having a solid, circular cross section, of any diameter, in any 
straight length, that have been forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-
rolled, machine straightened, or otherwise cold-finished, and into 
which threaded grooves have been applied. In addition, the steel 
threaded rod, bar, or studs subject to this order are non-headed and 
threaded along greater than 25 percent of their total length. A variety 
of finishes or coatings, such as plain oil finish as a temporary rust 
protectant, zinc coating (i.e., galvanized, whether by electroplating 
or hot-dipping), paint, and other similar finishes and coatings, may be 
applied to the merchandise.
    Included in the scope of this order are steel threaded rod, bar, or 
studs, in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the 
other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, 
by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the 
quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
<bullet> 1.80 percent of manganese, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of silicon, or
<bullet> 1.00 percent of copper, or
<bullet> 0.50 percent of aluminum, or
<bullet> 1.25 percent of chromium, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
<bullet> 0.40 percent of lead, or
<bullet> 1.25 percent of nickel, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
<bullet> 0.012 percent of boron, or
<bullet> 0.10 percent of molybdenum, or
<bullet> 0.10 percent of niobium, or
<bullet> 0.41 percent of titanium, or
<bullet> 0.15 percent of vanadium, or
<bullet> 0.15 percent of zirconium.
    Steel threaded rod is currently classifiable under subheading 
7318.15.5050, 7318.15.5090, and 7318.15.2095 of the United States 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheading 
is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the merchandise is dispositive.
    Excluded from the scope of the order are: (a) threaded rod, bar, or 
studs which are threaded only on one or both ends and the threading 
covers 25 percent or less of the total length; and (b) threaded rod, 
bar, or studs made to American Society for Testing and Materials 
(``ASTM'') A193 Grade B7, ASTM A193 Grade B7M, ASTM A193 Grade B16, or 
ASTM A320 Grade L7.

Scope-HTSUS Modification

    On April 1, 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 
requested that the Department add HTSUS category 7318.15.2095 as an 
HTSUS category under which steel threaded rod may be classifiable. 
Therefore, the Department has modified the scope to reflect the new 
HTSUS category.\1\
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    \1\ See April 3, 2009, Memorandum to the File, From Toni Dach, 
International Trade Analyst, Regarding: Certain Steel Threaded Rod 
from the People's Republic of China: CBP Request to Include 
Additional HTSUS.
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Antidumping Duty Order

    On April 6, 2009, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the 
ITC notified the Department of its final determination, pursuant to 
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an industry in the United 
States is materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports 
of subject merchandise from the PRC. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess, upon further instruction by 
the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the 
normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or 
constructed export price) of the merchandise for all relevant entries 
of STR from the PRC. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all 
unliquidated entries of STR from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from the 
warehouse, for consumption on or after October 8, 2008, the date on 
which the Department published its preliminary determination. See 
Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 58931 
(October 8, 2008).
    Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant 
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect 
for more than four months except where exporters representing a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request 
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six 
months. At the request of exporters that account for a significant 
proportion of STR exports, we extended the four-month period to no more 
than six months. See Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the People's 
Republic of China: Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 73 FR 63693 
(October 27, 2008). In this investigation, the six-month period 
beginning on the date of the publication of the preliminary 
determination ended on April 8, 2009. Furthermore, section 737 of the 
Act states that definitive duties are to begin on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our practice, we will 
instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to 
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries 
of STR from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after April 8, 2009, and before the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal 
Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on or after the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal 
Register.
    Effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative 
injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP, pursuant to section 
735(c)(3) of the Act, will require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit 
equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins as 
listed below. The ``PRC-wide'' rate applies to all exporters of subject 
merchandise not specifically listed. The weighted-average dumping 
margins are as follows:

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                                     Certain Steel Threaded Rod from the PRC
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                                                                                               Weighted-Average
               Exporter                                       Producer                              Margin
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RMB Fasteners Ltd., and IFI & Morgan         Jiaxing Brother Fastener Co., Ltd. (aka Jiaxing       55.16[percnt]
 Ltd. (``RMB/IFI Group'').............                     Brother Standard Parts Co., Ltd.)
Ningbo Yinzhou Foreign Trade Co. Ltd..   Zhejiang Guorui Industry Co., Ltd.; or Ningbo Daxie      206.00[percnt]
                                                    Chuofeng Industrial Development Co. Ltd.
Shanghai Recky International Trading     Shanghai Xiangrong International Trading Co., Ltd.;       55.16[percnt]
 Co., Ltd.............................   Shanghai Xianglong International Trading Co., Ltd.;
                                              Pighu City Zhapu Screw Cap Factory; or Jiaxing
                                                              Xinyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.
Suntec Industries Co., Ltd............     Jiaxing Xinyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.; or Haiyan       55.16[percnt]
                                                              County No. 1 Fasteners Factory
Hangzhou Grand Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd...      Zhapu Creative Standard Parts Material Co., Ltd.       55.16[percnt]
Shanghai Prime Machinery Co. Ltd......    Haiyan Yida Fasteners Co., Ltd.; or Jiaxing Xinyue       55.16[percnt]
                                                                     Standard Part Co., Ltd.
Jiaxing Xinyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.                Jiaxing Xinyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.       55.16[percnt]
Certified Products International Inc..       Jiashan Zhongsheng Metal Products Co., Ltd.; or       55.16[percnt]
                                                      Jiaxing Xinyue Standard Part Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang New Oriental Fastener Co.,                 Zhejiang New Oriental Fastener Co., Ltd.       55.16[percnt]
 Ltd..................................
Jiashan Zhongsheng Metal Products Co.,           Jiashan Zhongsheng Metal Products Co., Ltd.       55.16[percnt]
 Ltd..................................
Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd........                       Haiyan Dayu Fasteners Co., Ltd.       55.16[percnt]
PRC-wide Entity.......................  ....................................................      206.00[percnt]
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
STR from the PRC pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested 
parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, Room 1117 of 
the main Commerce building, for copies of an updated list of 
antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: April 8, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-8630 Filed 4-10-09; 4:15 pm]
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