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1See Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, 

Mexico, and the Russian Federation: Initiation of 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 86 FR 60205 

(November 1, 2021) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, 

Mexico, and the Russian Federation: Postponement 

of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigations: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigations, 87 FR 9034 (February 17, 

2022). 3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Oil Country Tubular 

Goods from the Russian Federation,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 5See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 60205–60206. 6See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigations of Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

Argentina, Mexico, and the Russian Federation and 

Countervailing Duty Investigations of Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea, and the 

Russian Federation: Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated March 7, 2022 (Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7Case briefs, other written comments, and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by in response to this 

preliminary LTFV determination should not 

include scope-related issues. See Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, and ‘‘Public Comment’’ 

section of this notice. 

8See Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum 

at 4. 

9With two respondents under examination, 

Commerce normally calculates (A) a weightedaverage of the estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins calculated for the examined respondents; 

(B) a simple average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins calculated for the 

examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 

of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 

calculated for the examined respondents using each 

company’s publicly ranged U.S. sale quantities for 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–821–833] 

Oil Country Tubular Goods From the 

Russian Federation: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary 

Negative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that oil country tubular goods (OCTG) 

from the Russian Federation (Russia) are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is October 1, 2020, through 

September 30, 2021. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable May 11, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George McMahon or Mike Heaney, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–1167 or (202) 482–4475, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this LTFV 

investigation on November 1, 2021.1 On 

February 17, 2022, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 

May 4, 2022.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of 

sections in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included in Appendix 

II 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 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are OCTG from Russia. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 in the 

Initiation Notice Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

Certain interested parties commented on 

the scope of the investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. For a 

summary of the product coverage 

comments and rebuttal responses 

submitted to the record for this 

investigation, and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6 As 

discussed in the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

preliminarily modified the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. 

In the Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce established 

the deadline for parties to submit scope 

case briefs.7 Commerce did not receive 

any comments from interested parties 

regarding the scope as stated in the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum prior to the deadline. As 

explained in the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, there will be no 

further opportunity for comments on 

scope-related issues.8

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce calculated 

export prices in accordance with section 

772(a) of the Act and constructed export 

prices in accordance with section 772(b) 

of the Act. Normal value (NV) is 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. For a full description of 

the methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that in the 

preliminary determination, Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins established for exporters and 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero and de minimis 

dumping margins, and any dumping 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins that are above de 

minimis for the mandatory respondents, 

JSC Vyksa Steel Works (VSW) and 

Volzhsky Pipe Plant, Joint Stock 

Company (VTZ). Commerce calculated 

the all-others rate by weight-averaging 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins that it calculated for 

the individually examined respondents. 

Commerce weight-averaged these 

dumping margins using the publicly 

ranged total quantities of each 

respondent’s sales of subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POI.9


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the merchandise under consideration. Commerce 

then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate 

closer to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 

other producers and exporters. See Ball Bearings 

and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, 

Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 

(September 1, 2010). As complete publicly ranged 

sales data were available, Commerce based the allothers rate on the publicly ranged sales data of the 

mandatory respondents. For a complete analysis of 

the data, please see the All-Others Rate Calculation 

Memorandum. 

10See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Oil Country Tubular 

Goods from Russia: Allegation of the Existence of 

Critical Circumstances,’’ dated March 16, 2022. 

11See Memoranda, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

the Russian Federation: Preliminary Determination 

Analysis Memorandum for JSC Vyksa Steel Works,’’ 

and ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Oil 

Country Tubular Goods from the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Determination Analysis 

Memorandum for Volzhsky Pipe Plant,’’ dated 

concurrently with this memorandum; and 

Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation 

of Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Determination Calculation 

for the All-Others,’’ dated concurrently with this 

memorandum (All-Others Rate Calculation 

Memorandum). 

12See Commerce’s Letter to OMK/VSW, ‘‘LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation of Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from Russia: Notification of Intent 

to Conduct Virtual Verification,’’ dated March 16, 

2022; see also Commerce’s Letter to TMK/VTZ, 

‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from Russia: Notification of Intent 

to Conduct Virtual Verification,’’ dated March 16, 

2022. 

13Case briefs, other written comments, and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by parties in response to 

this preliminary LTFV determination should not 

include scope-related issues. The scope case briefs 

deadline expired on April 13, 2022. See Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum at 3–4; see also Oil 

Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Korea: 

Preliminary Negative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 87 FR 14248 (March 14, 2022), and 

Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Russian 

Federation: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, Preliminary Negative Critical 

Circumstances Determination, and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 87 FR 14249 (March 14, 2022). 

14See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 733(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that critical 

circumstances do not exist for all 

companies in Russia.10 For a full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s critical 

circumstances analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist in this 

investigation: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offset(s)) 

(percent) 11

JSC Vyksa Steel Works .............................................................................................................................. 11.82 11.35 

Volzhsky Pipe Plant, Joint Stock Company/Public Joint-Stock Company Trubnaya Metallurgicheskaya 

Kompaniya/Sinarsky Pipe Plant, Joint Stock Company/Seversky Pipe Plant, Joint Stock Company/ 

Taganrog Metallurgical Plant, Joint Stock Company/Pervouralsk Pipe Plant, Joint Stock Company/ 

Chelyabinsk Pipe Plant, Joint Stock Company/Orsky Machine Building Plant, Joint Stock Company .. 121.11 121.11 

All Others ..................................................................................................................................................... 70.49 70.27 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of all entries of 

OCTG from Russia, as described in 

Appendix I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. 

Further, pursuant to section 

733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin or the estimated all-others rate, 

as follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for 

each of the respondents listed in the 

table above is the company-specific cash 

deposit rate listed for the respondent in 

the table; (2) if the exporter is not a 

respondent listed in the table above, but 

the producer is, then the cash deposit 

rate is the company-specific cash 

deposit rate listed for the producer of 

the subject merchandise in the table 

above; and (3) the cash deposit rate for 

all other producers and exporters is the 

all-others cash deposit rate listed in the 

table above. 

Commerce normally adjusts cash 

deposits for estimated antidumping 

duties by the amount of export subsidies 

countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) investigation 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

made a preliminary affirmative 

determination of countervailable export 

subsidies in the companion CVD 

investigation, we offset the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

listed in the table above by the 

appropriate CVD rates to determine the 

cash deposit rates. Any such adjusted 

cash deposit rate may be found in the 

table in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting estimated antidumping duty 

cash deposits unadjusted for 

countervailed export subsidies at the 

time that the provisional CVD measures 

expired. These suspension of 

liquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

preliminary calculations and related 

analysis to interested parties in this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of any public announcement of the 

preliminary determination or, if there is 

no public announcement, within five 

days of the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination.12

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

on non-scope issues may be submitted 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance.13

Interested parties will be notified of the 

timeline for the submission of such case 

briefs and written comments at a later 

date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 

raised in case briefs, may be submitted 

no later than seven days after the 

deadline date for case briefs.14 Pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 


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15See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

16See VSW’s Letter, ‘‘Oil Country Tubular Goods 

from the Russian Federation: Request to Extend the 

Deadline for the Final Determination and 

Provisional Measures,’’ dated April 14, 2022; see 

also VTZ’s Letter, ‘‘Antidumping Investigation of 

Oil Country Tubular Goods from Russia—Request 

for Extension of Final Determination,’’ dated April 

14, 2022. 

17See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Oil Country Tubular Goods from 

Russia: Respondent Selection,’’ dated November 17, 

2021. 

18See also 19 CFR 351.210(e). 

parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation 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. Commerce 

has modified certain of its requirements 

for serving documents containing 

business proprietary information until 

further notice.15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. Requests for a hearing 

should contain: (1) The requesting 

party’s name, address, and telephone 

number; (2) the number of individuals 

from the requesting party that will 

attend the hearing, including whether 

any individuals are foreign nationals; 

and (3) a list of the issues the party 

intends to discuss at the hearing. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination in the 

Federal Register if, in the event of an 

affirmative preliminary determination, a 

request for such postponement is made 

by exporters who account for a 

significant proportion of exports of the 

subject merchandise, or in the event of 

a negative preliminary determination, a 

request for such postponement is made 

by the petitioner. Section 351.210(e)(2) 

of Commerce’s regulations requires that 

a request by exporters for postponement 

of the final determination be 

accompanied by a request for extension 

of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to a period not more than 

six months in duration. 

On April 14, 2022, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.210(e), VSW and VTZ 

requested that, contingent upon an 

affirmative preliminary determination of 

sales at LTFV, Commerce postpone the 

final determination in this investigation 

up to 135 days after publication of this 

notice and that provisional measures be 

extended to a period not to exceed six 

months.16

In accordance with section 

735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporters 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; 17

and (3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, 

pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the 

Act.18

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If 

Commerce’s final determination is 

affirmative, then the ITC will determine 

before the later of 120 days after the date 

of this preliminary determination or 45 

days after the final determination 

whether imports of OCTG from Russia 

are materially injuring, or threaten 

material injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This preliminary determination is 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: May 4, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain OCTG, which are 

hollow steel products of circular crosssection, including oil well casing and tubing, 

of iron (other than case iron) or steel (both 

carbon and alloy), whether seamless or 

welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., 

whether or not plain end, threaded, or 

threaded and coupled) whether or not 

conforming to American Petroleum Institute 

(API) or non-API specifications, whether 

finished (including limited service OCTG 

products) or unfinished (including green 

tubes and limited service OCTG products), 

whether or not thread protectors are attached. 

The scope of this investigation also covers 

OCTG coupling stock. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by performing any 

heat treatment, cutting, upsetting, threading, 

coupling, or any other finishing, packaging, 

or processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the investigation if performed in the country 

of manufacture of the OCTG. 

Excluded from the scope of the 

investigation are: Casing, tubing, or coupling 

stock containing 10.5 percent or more by 

weight of chromium; drill pipe; unattached 

couplings; and unattached thread protectors. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 

7304.29.1010, 7304.29.1020, 7304.29.1030, 

7304.29.1040, 7304.29.1050, 7304.29.1060, 

7304.29.1080, 7304.29.2010, 7304.29.2020, 

7304.29.2030, 7304.29.2040, 7304.29.2050, 

7304.29.2060, 7304.29.2080, 7304.29.3110, 

7304.29.3120, 7304.29.3130, 7304.29.3140, 

7304.29.3150, 7304.29.3160, 7304.29.3180, 

7304.29.4110, 7304.29.4120, 7304.29.4130, 

7304.29.4140, 7304.29.4150, 7304.29.4160, 

7304.29.4180, 7304.29.5015, 7304.29.5030, 

7304.29.5045, 7304.29.5060, 7304.29.5075, 

7304.29.6115, 7304.29.6130, 7304.29.6145, 

7304.29.6160, 7304.29.6175, 7305.20.2000, 

7305.20.4000, 7305.20.6000, 7305.20.8000, 

7306.29.1030, 7306.29.1090, 7306.29.2000, 

7306.29.3100, 7306.29.4100, 7306.29.6010, 

7306.29.6050, 7306.29.8110, and 

7306.29.8150. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation may also enter under the 

following HTSUS item numbers: 

7304.39.0024, 7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 

7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 

7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 

7304.39.0062, 7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 

7304.39.0076, 7304.39.0080, 7304.59.6000, 

7304.59.8015, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 

7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 

7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 

7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, 7304.59.8070, 

7304.59.8080, 7305.31.4000, 7305.31.6090, 

7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5090, 7306.50.5050, 

and 7306.50.5070. 

The HTSUS subheadings and 

specifications above are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only. The 

written description of the scope of this 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Affiliation/Single Entity 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

VII. Preliminary Negative Determination of 


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1See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Petition (Vol. I–IV) for 

the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports 

of Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Czech 

Republic, Italy, and Russia,’’ dated November 12, 

2021 (Petition). 

2See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from 

the Czech Republic, Italy, and the Russian 

Federation: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 86 FR 70447 (December 10, 2021). 

3See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from 

Italy: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 87 FR 25447 (April 

29, 2022) (Preliminary Determination), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

4See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Emulsion StyreneButadiene Rubber from Italy: Petitioner’s 

Withdrawal of Antidumping Duty Petition Alleging 

Sales of ESBR from Italy at LTFV (Vol. III),’’ dated 

May 2, 2022. 

1See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Taiwan: 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR 63505 (October 8, 2020) 

(Final Results). 

2 Id. 

3 Id. 

4See Power Steel Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court 

No. 20–03771, Slip. Op. 21–173 (CIT December 23, 

2021). 

5 Id. at 6–7. 

Critical Circumstances 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies in Companion CVD 

Investigation 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–475–844] 

Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber 

From Italy: Termination of Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on a withdrawal of the 

antidumping duty petition on emulsion 

styrene-butadiene rubber (ESBR) from 

Italy by Lion Elastomers LLC (the 

petitioner), we are terminating this lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation. 

DATES: Applicable May 11, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zachary Le Vene, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0056. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 12, 2021, Commerce 

received a petition concerning imports 

of ESBR from Italy, filed in proper form 

by the petitioner.1 Commerce published 

the notice of initiation of this 

investigation on December 10, 2021.2

On April 29, 2022, Commerce published 

its preliminary determination in the 

LTFV investigation of ESBR from Italy.3

On May 2, 2022, the petitioner 

submitted a letter withdrawing the 

Petition with respect to Italy.4

Section 351.207(b)(1) of Commerce’s 

regulations stipulates that the Secretary 

may terminate an investigation, 

provided it has concluded that 

termination of the investigation is in the 

public interest. Because the petitioner 

has withdrawn its Petition with respect 

to Italy, Commerce has concluded that 

termination is in the public interest, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.207(b)(1). 

Accordingly, pursuant to section 

734(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), 19 CFR 

351.207(b)(1), and based on the 

petitioner’s letter withdrawing the 

Petition, we are terminating this LTFV 

investigation. 

Termination of the Investigation 

In accordance with section 

734(a)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.207(b)(1), upon the petitioner’s 

withdrawal of the Petition, we are 

terminating the LTFV investigation of 

ESBR from Italy. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In the Preliminary Determination, 

Commerce determined weightedaverage dumping margins for exporters 

of ESBR from Italy that were above de 

minimis. Because Commerce is 

terminating this LTFV investigation, we 

will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to terminate suspension of 

liquidation and refund any cash 

deposits of estimated antidumping 

duties for entries of ESBR form Italy. 

Dated: May 5, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–859] 

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

Taiwan: Notice of Court Decision Not 

in Harmony With the Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; Notice of Amended Final 

Results 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On April 28, 2022, the U.S. 

Court of International Trade (CIT) 

issued its final judgment in Power Steel 

Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court no. 20– 

03771, sustaining the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce)’s first remand 

results pertaining to the administrative 

review of the antidumping duty (AD) 

order on steel concrete reinforced bar 

(rebar) from Taiwan covering the period 

March 7, 2017, through September 30, 

2018. Commerce is notifying the public 

that the CIT’s final judgment is not in 

harmony with Commerce’s final results 

of the administrative review, and that 

Commerce is amending the final results 

with respect to the dumping margin 

assigned to Power Steel Co., Ltd. (Power 

Steel). 

DATES: Applicable May 8, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacob Saude, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0981. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 8, 2020, Commerce 

published its final results in the 2017– 

2018 AD administrative review of rebar 

from Taiwan.1 In the Final Results, 

Commerce deducted section 232 duties 

from export price for all of Power Steel’s 

transactions because Commerce found 

that the documents Power Steel 

submitted did not support its claim that 

section 232 duties were not included in 

U.S. price for certain transactions.2

Commerce calculated a weightedaverage dumping margin of 3.27 

percent.3

Power Steel appealed Commerce’s 

Final Results. On December 23, 2021, 

the CIT sustained, in part, and 

remanded, in part, aspects of the Final 

Results.4 The CIT sustained Commerce’s 

interpretation that section 232 duties are 

‘‘United States import duties’’ that are 

deducted from export price under 

section 772(c)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). The CIT 

remanded Commerce’s determination 

that Power Steel paid section 232 duties 

for all its U.S. sales.5 The CIT found the 

evidence Power Steel submitted during 

the administrative review ‘‘appears to be 

ambiguous if considered in a vacuum’’ 

and further found that certain 

information Power Steel submitted to 

the CIT, some of which was not 

previously on Commerce’s record, ‘‘may 

show that Power Steel did not pay the 


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