[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32366-32370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13778]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE



International Trade Administration



[A-570-947]




Certain Steel Grating From the People's Republic of China: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value



AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce.



DATES: Effective Date: June 8, 2010.

SUMMARY: On January 6, 2010, the Department of Commerce 

(``Department'') published its preliminary determination of sales at 

less than fair value (``LTFV'') in the antidumping duty investigation 

of certain steel grating (``steel grating'') from the People's Republic 

of China (``PRC''). See Certain Steel Grating From the People's 

Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 75 FR 847 (January 6, 

2010) (``Preliminary Determination''). We invited interested parties to 

comment on our preliminary determination of sales at LTFV. Based on our 

analysis of the comments we received, we have made changes from the 

Preliminary Determination. We determine that steel grating from the PRC 

is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV as 

provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(``Act''). The final dumping margins for this investigation are listed 

in the ``Final Determination Margins'' section below.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3936.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 



Case History



    The period of investigation (``POI'') is October 1, 2008, through 

March 31, 2009. The Department published its preliminary determination 

of sales at LTFV on January 6, 2010. See Preliminary Determination. On 

February 4, 2010, we postponed the final determination. See Certain 

Steel Grating From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of 

Final Determination, 75 FR 5766 (February 4, 2010).

    As explained in the memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Import Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion 

to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 

Government from February 5, through February 12, 2010. Thus, all 

deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by seven 

days. The revised deadline for the final determination of this 

investigation is now May 28, 2010. See Memorandum to the Record from 

Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of 

Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During 

the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 2010.

    Between January 11, 2010, through January 15, 2010, the Department 

conducted verification of Ningbo Jiulong Machinery Manufacturing Co., 

Ltd. and Ningbo Zhenhai Jiulong Electronic Equipment Factory 

(collectively ``Ningbo Jiulong''). See the ``Verification'' section 

below for additional information. On March 8, 2010, Fisher & Ludlow and 

Alabama Metal Industries Corporation (hereafter referred to as 

``Petitioners'') filed comments regarding mill test certificates from 

Ningbo Jiulong's suppliers of steel coils and wire rod that were 

included in the Department's verification exhibits. Petitioners cited 

numerous aspects of the mill test certificates that they deemed 

irregular, and which indicated that the mill test certificates were not 

genuine.

    On March 8, 2010, the Department issued a supplemental 

questionnaire to Ningbo Jiulong, requiring a response to Petitioners' 

analysis and specific allegations, and to reconcile its suppliers' mill 

test certificates with other information on the record. On March 9, 

2010, the Department requested additional information from Petitioners, 

supporting the analysis in its March 8, 2010 submission. Also, on March 

9, 2010, the Department requested U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(``CBP'') entry documents pertaining to certain Ningbo Jiulong 

shipments, specifically any mill test certificates filed by the 

importer of record. On March 10, 2010, the Department issued an 

additional request to Ningbo Jiulong to provide mill test certificates 

for its steel inputs for certain specific U.S. sales of steel grating 

that the Department had selected for specific review at verification.

    On March 16, 2010, and March 18, 2010, the Department received from 

CBP entry documentation and certain mill test certificates created by 

Ningbo Jiulong for steel coils, filed with CBP by the importer of 

record.

    On March 18, 2010, Ningbo Jiulong responded to the Department's 

March 10, 2010, request for specific mill test certificates by stating 

that (1) Ningbo Jiulong could not link steel coil mill test 

certificates to the U.S. sales of steel grating in which the steel coil 

was used in production, and (2) in practice Ningbo Jiulong did not 

provide mill test certificates to its customer for most sales, despite 

the ``legalistic terms in the small print'' of its purchase orders.

    On March 19, 2010, Petitioners responded to the Department's 

request with supporting information concerning the analysis in their 

March 8, 2010 submission. Also, on March 19, 2010, Ningbo Jiulong 

responded to the Department's supplemental questionnaire, stating: (1) 

Ningbo Jiulong cannot trace any of its suppliers' mill test 

certificates to specific purchases of steel coil or wire rod, because 

mill test certificates are production records that pertain to steel 

sold to multiple customers; (2) mill test certificates are not 

accounting records (e.g., invoices, inventory slips, delivery notes), 

and thus Ningbo Jiulong does not keep mill test certificates in its 

records in the normal course of business; (3) Ningbo Jiulong creates 

its own mill test certificates that it admits are unreliable, and that 

it has no ability to determine with its own analysis the chemical 

properties of any steel that it purchases; and (4) irregularities in 

the mill test certificates noted by Petitioners are due to the 

carelessness of their suppliers and/or ``estimations'' made by its 

suppliers using the content of prior mill test certificates.

    On April 5, 2010, Petitioners, Ningbo Jiulong, and the Government 

of China submitted case briefs. On April 12, 2010, Petitioners, Ningbo 

Jiulong, Ningbo Haitian International Co. Ltd. (``Haitian''), and 

Yantai Xinke Steel Structure Co., Ltd. (``Xinke'') submitted rebuttal 

briefs. On April 19, 2010, the Department held a public hearing.



Analysis of Comments Received



    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 

this investigation are addressed in the



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``Certain Steel Grating from the People's Republic of China: Issues and 

Decision Memorandum for the Final Determination,'' (``Issues and 

Decision Memorandum''), dated concurrently with this notice and which 

is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which parties 

raised and to which we respond in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 

attached to this notice as Appendix I. The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and is on file in the Central Records 

Unit (``CRU''), Room 1117 of the main Commerce building, and is 

accessible on the World Wide Web at http://trade.gov/ia/index.asp. The 

paper copy and electronic version of the memorandum are identical in 

content.



Changes Since the Preliminary Determination



    Based on our analysis of information on the record of this 

investigation, we have determined that the application of total adverse 

facts available (``AFA'') is warranted in the case of Ningbo Jiulong. 

For further details, see Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comments 3; 

see also Memorandum from Thomas Martin to John M. Andersen, regarding: 

Application of Total Adverse Facts Available for Ningbo Jiulong 

Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in the Antidumping Duty Investigation 

of Certain Steel Grating from the People's Republic of China, dated May 

28, 2010 (``Ningbo Jiulong AFA Memo'').



Scope of Investigation



    The products covered by this investigation are certain steel 

grating, consisting of two or more pieces of steel, including load-

bearing pieces and cross pieces, joined by any assembly process, 

regardless of: (1) Size or shape; (2) method of manufacture; (3) 

metallurgy (carbon, alloy, or stainless); (4) the profile of the bars; 

and (5) whether or not they are galvanized, painted, coated, clad or 

plated. Steel grating is also commonly referred to as ``bar grating,'' 

although the components may consist of steel other than bars, such as 

hot-rolled sheet, plate, or wire rod.

    The scope of this investigation excludes expanded metal grating, 

which is comprised of a single piece or coil of sheet or thin plate 

steel that has been slit and expanded, and does not involve welding or 

joining of multiple pieces of steel. The scope of this investigation 

also excludes plank type safety grating which is comprised of a single 

piece or coil of sheet or thin plate steel, typically in thickness of 

10 to 18 gauge, that has been pierced and cold formed, and does not 

involve welding or joining of multiple pieces of steel.

    Certain steel grating that is the subject of this investigation is 

currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (``HTSUS'') under subheading 7308.90.7000. While the HTSUS 

subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.



Application of Adverse Facts Available to Ningbo Jiulong



    Section 776(a)(1) of the Act provides that the Department may rely 

on facts otherwise available where necessary information is not 

available on the record, and section 776(a)(2) of the Act provides that 

if an interested party: (A) Withholds information that has been 

requested by the Department; (B) fails to provide such information in a 

timely manner or in the form or manner requested, subject to 

subsections 782(c)(1) and (e) of the Act; (C) significantly impedes a 

determination under the antidumping statute; or (D) provides such 

information but the information cannot be verified, the Department 

shall, subject to subsection 782(d) of the Act, use facts otherwise 

available in reaching the applicable determination.

    Section 782(c)(1) of the Act provides that if an interested party 

``promptly after receiving a request from {the Department{time}  for 

information, notifies {the Department{time}  that such party is unable 

to submit the information in the requested form and manner, together 

with a full explanation and suggested alternative form in which such 

party is able to submit the information,'' the Department may modify 

the requirements to avoid imposing an unreasonable burden on that 

party.

    Section 782(d) of the Act provides that, if the Department 

determines that a response to a request for information does not comply 

with the request, the Department will inform the person submitting the 

response of the nature of the deficiency and shall, to the extent 

practicable, provide that person the opportunity to remedy or explain 

the deficiency. If that person submits further information that 

continues to be unsatisfactory, or this information is not submitted 

within the applicable time limits, the Department may, subject to 

section 782(e) of the Act, disregard all or part of the original and 

subsequent responses, as appropriate.

    Section 782(e) of the Act states that the Department shall not 

decline to consider information deemed ``deficient'' under section 

782(d) if: (1) The information is submitted by the established 

deadline; (2) the information can be verified; (3) the information is 

not so incomplete that it cannot serve as a reliable basis for reaching 

the applicable determination; (4) the interested party has demonstrated 

that it acted to the best of its ability; and (5) the information can 

be used without undue difficulties.

    Furthermore, section 776(b) of the Act states that if the 

administering authority finds that an interested party has not acted to 

the best of its ability to comply with a request for information, the 

administering authority may, in reaching its determination, use an 

inference that is adverse to that party. The adverse inference may be 

based upon: (1) The petition, (2) a final determination in the 

investigation under this title, (3) any previous review under section 

751 or determination under section 753, or (4) any other information 

placed on the record.

    The Department has determined that the information to construct an 

accurate and otherwise reliable margin is not available on the record 

with respect to Ningbo Jiulong because Ningbo Jiulong withheld 

information that had been requested, significantly impeded this 

proceeding, and provided information that could not be verified, 

pursuant to sections 776(a)(1) and (2)(A), (C) and (D) of the of 

Act.\1\ As a result, the Department has determined to apply the facts 

otherwise available. Further, the Department finds that Ningbo Jiulong 

failed to cooperate to the best of its ability, pursuant to section 

776(b) of the Act, and the Department has determined to use an adverse 

inference when applying facts available in this investigation.\2\ In 

addition, we have concluded that the nature of Ningbo Jiulong's 

unreliable submissions calls into question the reliability of the 

questionnaire responses with respect to Ningbo Jiulong's claim of 

eligibility for separate rate status. Thus, as an adverse inference, we 

find that Ningbo Jiulong is part of the PRC-wide entity for purposes of 

this investigation.\3\

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    \1\ See Ningbo Jiulong AFA Memo at 10-14.

    \2\ See Ningbo Jiulong AFA Memo at 14-17.

    \3\ See Ningbo Jiulong AFA Memo at 17.

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The PRC Entity (Including Ningbo Jiulong)



    Because we begin with the presumption that all companies within an 

non-market-economy (``NME'') country are subject to government control 

and because only the companies listed under the ``Final Determination 

Margins'' section below have overcome that presumption, we are applying 

a single antidumping rate--the PRC-wide rate--to all other exporters of



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merchandise under consideration from the PRC, including Ningbo 

Jiulong.\4\ The PRC-wide rate applies to all entries of subject 

merchandise except for entries from the respondents identified as 

receiving a separate rate in the ``Final Determination Margins'' 

section below.

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    \4\ See, e.g., Synthetic Indigo From the People's Republic of 

China; Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value, 65 FR 25706 (May 3, 2000).

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Verification



    As provided in section 782(i) of the Act, the Department attempted 

to verify Ningbo Jiulong's questionnaire responses.\5\ We used standard 

verification procedures, including examination of relevant accounting 

and production records, as well as original source documents provided 

by respondents. However, as detailed in the AFA section of this notice, 

and Comment 3 of the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we cannot conclude 

that the information submitted is either accurate or reliable.

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    \5\ See Memorandum To the File from Robert Bolling, Thomas 

Martin, and Brian Soiset, ``Verification of the Sales and Factors 

Response of Ningbo Jiulong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in the 

Antidumping Investigation of Certain Steel Grating from the People's 

Republic of China'' dated February 23, 2010.

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Surrogate Country



    In the Preliminary Determination, we stated that we selected India 

as the appropriate surrogate country to use in this investigation for 

the following reasons: (1) It is a significant producer of comparable 

merchandise; (2) it is at a similar level of economic development 

pursuant to section 773(c)(4) of the Act; and (3) we have reliable data 

from India that we can use to value the factors of production. See 

Preliminary Determination. We received no comments on this issue after 

the Preliminary Determination, and we have made no changes to our 

findings with respect to the selection of a surrogate country for the 

final determination.



Separate Rates



    In proceedings involving NME countries, the Department begins with 

a rebuttable presumption that all companies within the country are 

subject to government control and, thus, should be assigned a single 

antidumping duty deposit rate. It is the Department's policy to assign 

all exporters of merchandise subject to an investigation in an NME 

country this single rate unless an exporter can demonstrate that it is 

sufficiently independent so as to be entitled to a separate rate. See 

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sparklers from 

the People's Republic of China, 56 FR 20588 (May 6, 1991), as amplified 

by Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 

Silicon Carbide from the People's Republic of China, 59 FR 22585 (May 

2, 1994), and 19 CFR 351.107(d).

    In the Preliminary Determination, we found that the separate rate 

applicants Sinosteel Yantai Steel Grating Co., Ltd. (``Sinosteel''), 

Ningbo Haitian, and Xinke (collectively, the ``Separate Rate 

Applicants'') demonstrated their eligibility for, and were hence 

assigned, separate rate status. No party has commented on the 

eligibility of these companies for separate rate status. For the final 

determination, we continue to find that the evidence placed on the 

record of this investigation by these companies demonstrates both a de 

jure and de facto absence of government control with respect to their 

exports of the merchandise under investigation. Thus, we continue to 

find that they are eligible for separate rate status. Normally, the 

separate rate is determined based on the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually 

investigated, excluding de minimis margins or margins based entirely on 

AFA. See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

    In the Preliminary Determination, the Department assigned to the 

Separate Rate Applicants' exporter/producer combinations that qualified 

for a separate rate a weighted-average margin based on the experience 

of the mandatory respondent, Ningbo Jiulong. See Preliminary 

Determination. For the final determination, we have denied Ningbo 

Jiulong a separate rate in applying total AFA.\6\ See ``Application of 

Adverse Facts Available To Ningbo Jiulong'' section above. In this 

case, where there are no mandatory respondents receiving a calculated 

rate and the PRC-wide entity's rate is based upon total AFA, we find 

that applying the simple average of the rates alleged in the petition, 

incorporating revisions made in Petitioners' supplemental responses, is 

both reasonable and reliable for purposes of establishing a separate 

rate.\7\ Therefore, the Department will assign a separate rate for the 

Separate Rate Applicants' exporter/producer combinations using the 

average of the margins alleged in the petition, or 136.76 percent, 

pursuant to its practice. This rate is corroborated, to the extent 

practicable, for the reasons stated the ``Corroboration'' section, 

below.

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    \6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 3.

    \7\ See Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value: Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the 

People's Republic of China, 73 FR 22130, 22133 (April 24, 2008); 

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium 

Hexametaphosphate From the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 6479 

(February 4, 2008) and the accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at Comment 2.

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The PRC-Wide Rate



    In the Preliminary Determination, the Department found that the 

PRC-wide entity did not respond to our requests for information. In the 

Preliminary Determination, we treated PRC exporters/producers that did 

not respond to the Department's request for information as part of the 

PRC-wide entity because they did not demonstrate that they operate free 

of government control. No additional information has been placed on the 

record with respect to these entities after the Preliminary 

Determination. The PRC-wide entity has not provided the Department with 

the requested information; therefore, pursuant to section 776(a)(2)(A) 

of the Act, the Department continues to find that the use of facts 

available is appropriate to determine the PRC-wide rate. Section 776(b) 

of the Act provides that, in selecting from among the facts otherwise 

available, the Department may employ an adverse inference if an 

interested party fails to cooperate by not acting to the best of its 

ability to comply with requests for information. See Notice of Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Cold-Rolled 

Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation, 

65 FR 5510, 5518 (February 4, 2000). See also, Statement of 

Administrative Action accompanying the URAA, H.R. Rep. No. 103-316, 

vol. 1, at 870 (1994). We find that, because the PRC-wide entity did 

not respond to our request for information, it has failed to cooperate 

to the best of its ability. Therefore, the Department finds that, in 

selecting from among the facts otherwise available, an adverse 

inference is appropriate for the PRC-wide entity.

    Because we begin with the presumption that all companies within an 

NME country are subject to government control and because only the 

companies listed under the ``Final Determination Margins'' section 

below have overcome that presumption, we are applying a single 

antidumping rate--the PRC-wide rate--to all other exporters of subject 

merchandise from the PRC. Such companies did not demonstrate 

entitlement to a separate rate. See, e.g., Synthetic Indigo From the 

People's Republic of China; Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, 65 FR 25706 (May 3, 2000). The PRC-wide rate 

applies to all entries



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of subject merchandise except for entries from the Separate Rate 

Applicants, which are listed in the ``Final Determination Margins'' 

section below.



Corroboration



    Section 776(c) of the Act provides that, when the Department relies 

on secondary information in using the facts otherwise available, it 

must, to the extent practicable, corroborate that information from 

independent sources that are reasonably at its disposal. We have 

interpreted ``corroborate'' to mean that we will, to the extent 

practicable, examine the reliability and relevance of the information 

submitted. See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value: Certain Cold-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products 

From Brazil, 65 FR 5554, 5568 (February 4, 2000); see, e.g., Tapered 

Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From Japan, 

and Tapered Roller Bearings, Four Inches or Less in Outside Diameter, 

and Components Thereof, From Japan; Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Reviews and Partial Termination of Administrative 

Reviews, 61 FR 57391, 57392 (November 6, 1996).

    As total AFA, the Department preliminarily selected the rate of 

145.18 percent from the Initiation Notice,\8\ i.e., a margin from the 

petition as revised by the Department through supplemental 

questionnaires. Petitioners' methodology for calculating the export 

price and normal value (``NV'') in the petition is discussed in the 

Initiation Notice.\9\ At the Preliminary Determination, in accordance 

with section 776(c) of the Act, we corroborated our AFA margin by 

comparing it to the CONNUM margins we found for the mandatory 

respondent. We found that the margin of 145.18 percent had probative 

value because it was in the range of CONNUM model margins we found for 

the only participating mandatory respondent, Ningbo Jiulong. 

Accordingly, we found that the rate of 145.18 percent was corroborated 

within the meaning of section 776(c) of the Act.

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    \8\ See Certain Steel Grating From the People's Republic of 

China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 74 FR 30273. 

30277 (June 25, 2009) (``Initiation Notice'').

    \9\ See Initiation Notice, 74 FR at 30277.

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    Because there are no cooperating mandatory respondents to 

corroborate the 145.18 percent margin used as AFA for the PRC-wide 

entity, to the extent appropriate information was available, we 

revisited our pre-initiation analysis of the adequacy and accuracy of 

the information in the petition. See Antidumping Investigation 

Initiation Checklist: Certain Steel Grating from the People's Republic 

of China, dated June 18, 2009 (``Initiation Checklist''). We examined 

evidence supporting the calculations in the petition and the 

supplemental information provided by Petitioners prior to initiation to 

determine the probative value of the margins alleged in the petition. 

During our pre-initiation analysis, we examined the information used as 

the basis of export price and NV in the petition, and the calculations 

used to derive the alleged margins. Also during our pre-initiation 

analysis, we examined information from various independent sources 

provided either in the petition or, based on our requests, in 

supplements to the petition (e.g., Global Trade Atlas, and Petitioners' 

experience with selling and producing the merchandise under 

consideration), which corroborated key elements of the export price and 

NV calculations. See Initiation Checklist at 7-12. We received no 

comments as to the relevance or probative value of this information. 

Therefore, the Department finds that the margin of 145.18 percent has 

probative value for the purpose of being selected as the AFA rate 

assigned to the PRC-wide entity (including Ningbo Jiulong).

    Therefore, the Department finds that the rates derived from the 

petition for purposes of initiation have probative value for the 

purpose of being selected as the AFA rate assigned to the PRC-wide 

entity (including Ningbo Jiulong).



Combination Rates



    In the initiation notice, the Department stated that it would 

calculate combination rates for respondents that are eligible for a 

separate rate in this investigation. See Polyethylene Retail Carrier 

Bags From Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 74 FR 19049 (April 27, 

2009). This practice is described in Separate Rates and Combination 

Rates in Antidumping Investigations Involving Non-Market Economy 

Countries, 70 FR 17233 (April 5, 2005) which states:



    {w{time} hile continuing the practice of assigning separate 

rates only to exporters, all separate rates that the Department will 

now assign in its {non-market economy{time}  investigations will be 

specific to those producers that supplied the exporter during the 

period of investigation. Note, however, that one rate is calculated 

for the exporter and all of the producers which supplied subject 

merchandise to it during the period of investigation. This practice 

applies both to mandatory respondents receiving an individually 

calculated separate rate as well as the pool of non-investigated 

firms receiving the weighted-average of the individually calculated 

rates. This practice is referred to as the application of 

``combination rates'' because such rates apply to specific 

combinations of exporters and one or more producers. The cash-

deposit rate assigned to an exporter will apply only to merchandise 

both exported by the firm in question and produced by a firm that 

supplied the exporter during the period of investigation.



Final Determination Margins



    The Department determines that the following dumping margins exist 

for the period October 1, 2008, through March 31, 2009:



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                                                        Antidumping duty

         Manufacturer                  Exporter          percent margin

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Sinosteel Yantai Steel Grating  Sinosteel Yantai Steel            136.76

 Co., Ltd.                       Grating Co., Ltd.

Ningbo Haitian International    Ningbo Lihong Steel               136.76

 Co., Ltd.                       Grating Co., Ltd.

Yantai Xinke Steel Structure    Yantai Xinke Steel                136.76

 Co., Ltd.                       Structure Co., Ltd.

PRC-wide Entity\10\...........  ......................            145.18

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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

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    \10\ Ningbo Jiulong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Ningbo 

Zhenhai Jiulong Electronic Equipment Factory and Shanghai DAHE 

Grating Co., Ltd. are part of the PRC-wide entity.

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    In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the Department 

will instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of 

steel grating from PRC, as described in the ``Scope of Investigation'' 

section, above, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 

on or after January 6, 2010, the date of publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the



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Federal Register. The Department will instruct CBP to require a cash 

deposit or the posting of a bond equal to the weighted-average dumping 

margin amount by which the normal value exceeds U.S. price, as follows: 

(1) The rate for the exporter/producer combinations listed in the chart 

above will be the rate the Department has determined in this final 

determination; (2) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which 

have not received their own rate, the cash-deposit rate will be the 

PRC-wide entity rate; and (3) for all non-PRC exporters of subject 

merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash-deposit 

rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter/producer 

combination that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These suspension-of-

liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.



International Trade Commission Notification



    In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the Department 

notified the International Trade Commission (``ITC'') of its final 

determination of sales at LTFV. As the Department's final determination 

is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, within 

45 days the ITC will determine 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 the subject merchandise. If the ITC determines that 

material injury or threat of material injury does not exist, the 

proceeding will be terminated and all securities posted will be 

refunded or canceled. If the ITC determines that such injury does 

exist, the Department will issue an antidumping duty order directing 

CBP to assess, upon further instruction by the Department, 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.



Notification Regarding APO



    This notice also serves as a reminder to the parties subject to 

administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 

concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 

APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of 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.

    This determination is issued and published in accordance with 

sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.



     Dated: May 28, 2010.

Paul Piquado,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.



Appendix I



Issues For Final Determination



General Issues



Comment 1: Whether the Department Can Concurrently Apply Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duties to Non-Market Economy Producers and 

Exporters

Comment 2: Whether the Department Should Recalculate the Petition 

Margins With Updated Surrogate Values



Ningbo Jiulong Specific Issues



Comment 3: Whether the Department Should Apply Adverse Facts 

Available to Ningbo Jiulong Based Upon Submitted False Information 

Regarding Its Steel Inputs

Comment 4: Whether the Department Should Rely Upon Documents 

Obtained From CBP in the Final Determination

Comment 5: Whether the Department Should Apply Adverse Facts 

Available to Ningbo Jiulong Based Upon the Failure To Report the 

Correct Customer

Comment 6: Whether the Department Should Apply Adverse Facts 

Available to Ningbo Jiulong Based Upon Unreported Sales

Comment 7: Whether the Department Should Apply Partial Adverse Facts 

Available to Ningbo Jiulong's Packing Inputs

Comment 8: Whether the Department Should Revise Ningbo Jiulong's 

Steel Scrap Offset



Surrogate Value Issues for Specific Factors of Production



Comment 9: Whether the Department Should Revise the Surrogate Value 

for the Steel Coil Input

Comment 10: Whether the Department Should Revise the Surrogate Value 

for the Wire Rod Input

Comment 11: Whether the Department Should Revise the Surrogate Value 

for Galvanizing Services



Surrogate Financial Ratio Calculation Issues



Comment 12: Whether the Department Should Use the Financial 

Statement of Greatweld Steel Grating Private Limited to Calculate 

Surrogate Financial Ratios

Comment 13: Whether the Department Should Use the Financial 

Statements of Comparable Merchandise Producers to Calculate 

Surrogate Financial Ratios



Separate Rate Applicant Rate Issues



Comment 14: Whether the Department Should Revise the Rate Assigned 

to Separate Rate Applicants



[FR Doc. 2010-13778 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]

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