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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99833-99834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29124]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-823-816]

Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Ukraine: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on carbon and 
alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Ukraine for the period of review 
(POR) March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024.

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3860.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 14, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
AD order on wire rod from Ukraine.\1\ On March 1, 2024, Commerce 
published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the Order.\2\ On April 1, 2024, Commercial 
Metals Company and Nucor Corporation (collectively, the petitioners) 
submitted a timely request that Commerce conduct an administrative 
review of the Order.\3\ On May 8, 2024, Commerce published in the 
Federal Register its notice of initiation of an administrative review 
of the Order, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).\4\
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    \1\ See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of 
South Africa and Ukraine: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 11175 
(March 14, 2018) (Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 15157 (March 1, 
2024).
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated April 1, 2024.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 38867 (May 8, 2024) (Initiation 
Notice).
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    This review covers subject merchandise exported and/or produced by 
the following six companies: (1) ArcelorMittal Steel Kryvyi Rih; (2) 
Public Joint Stock Company Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works; (3) PrJSC 
Electrometallurgical Works Dneprospetsstal; (4) PJSC Dneprovsky Iron & 
Steel Integrated Works; (5) Metinvest Holding LLC; and (6) Variant Agro 
Build Ltd.\5\ On May 10, 2024, we placed on the record U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) data for entries of wire rod from Ukraine 
during the POR, showing no reviewable POR entries for any company 
listed in the Initiation Notice.
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    \5\ Id., 89 FR 38871.
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    On November 6, 2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of 
its intent to rescind the instant review because there were no 
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by any of the 
companies subject to this review during the POR, and we invited 
interested partes to comment.\6\ We did not receive any comments.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review,'' 
dated November 6, 2024.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to 
rescind an administrative review of an AD order when there are no 
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which 
liquidation is suspended.\7\ Normally, upon completion of an 
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD 
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\8\ Therefore, for an 
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, 
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the AD 
assessment rate

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calculated for the review period.\9\ As noted above, there were no 
entries of subject merchandise for the companies subject to this review 
during the POR. Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR, we are hereby rescinding this 
administrative review, in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(3).
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    \7\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea: 
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of 
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 
24, 2023).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries of wire rod from Ukraine. Antidumping duties shall 
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate of estimated 
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). 
Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this rescission 
notice in the Federal Register.

Administrative Protective Order (APO)

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
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 terms of an APO 
is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 5, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-29124 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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