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4See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 

36462 (June 27, 2014). 

1See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

From the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Final Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, 79 FR 68858 (November 19, 2014) 

(Final Determination). 

2See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

From the People’s Republic of China, Investigation 

Nos. 701–TA–512 and 731–TA–1248 (Final), USITC 

Publication 4509, December 2014. 

3 Id. 

(Rugao Jiangbei); (18) RZBC Group 

Shareholding Co., Ltd. (RZBC Group) 

and RZBC; (19) Shandong Hongshide 

Chemical Co., Ltd. (Shandong 

Hongshide); (20) Shandong TTCA 

Biochemistry Co., Ltd. (Shandong 

TTCA); (21) Shihezi City Changyum 

Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Shihezi City 

Changyum); (22) Weifang Ensign 

Industry Co., Ltd. (Weifang Ensign); (23) 

Wuhan Shuangfeng Citric Acid Co., Ltd. 

(Wuhan Shuangfeng); (24) Yixing Union 

Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Yixing Union); 

(25) Yixing Zhenfen Medical Chemical 

Co., Ltd. (Yixing Zhenfen); and (26) 

Yunnan No. 2 Fuel Factory (Yunnan 

Fuel). 

On June 27, 2014, in accordance with 

section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act), the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of initiation of administrative 

review with respect to these 

companies.4 On July 14, 2014, RZBC 

withdrew their request for an 

administrative review. In addition, on 

August 6, 2014, the petitioners 

withdrew their request for an 

administrative review for all of the 

above-listed companies except Laiwu 

Taihe. 

Rescission, In Part 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the 

Secretary will rescind an administrative 

review, in whole or in part, if a party 

that requested the review withdraws the 

request within 90 days of the date of 

publication of the notice of initiation of 

the requested review. The petitioners’ 

and RZBC’s withdrawal of their requests 

were submitted within the 90-day 

period and, thus, are timely. Because 

the petitioners’ and RZBC’s withdrawal 

of their requests for review are timely 

and because no other party requested a 

review of these companies, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), 

we are rescinding this administrative 

review, in part, with respect to the 

following companies: Changsha Huir, 

Huangshi Xinghua, Hunan Dongting, 

Jiali Bio Group, Juxian Hongde, 

Lianyungang Debang, Lianyungang 

Dongtai, Lianyungang Hengsheng, 

Lianyungang Yunbo, Lianyungang 

Zhengrong, Nantong Feiyu, Ningxiang 

Xinyang, Penglai Marine Bio-Tech, 

Qingdao Fuso, Reephos Chemical, 

Rugao Jiangbei, RZBC Group and RZBC, 

Shandong Hongshide, Shandong TTCA, 

Shihezi City Changyum, Weifang 

Ensign, Wuhan Shuangfeng, Yixing 

Union, Yixing Zhenfen, and Yunnan 

Fuel. The administrative review will 

continue with respect to Laiwu Taihe. 

Assessment 

The Department will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

assess countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries. For the companies 

for which this review is rescinded, 

countervailing duties shall be assessed 

at rates equal to the cash deposit of 

estimated countervailing duties required 

at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period January 1, 2013, through 

December 31, 2013, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department 

intends to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions to CBP 15 days after 

publication of this notice. 

Notification Regarding Administrative 

Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 

to govern business proprietary 

information in this segment of the 

proceeding. Timely written notification 

of the return/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 violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751 and 

777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: January 5, 2015. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00113 Filed 1–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–013] 

Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod From the People’s Republic of 

China: Amended Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Countervailing Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (the Department) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

the Department is issuing a 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod 

(steel wire rod) from the People’s 

Republic of China (PRC). Also, as 

explained in this notice, the Department 

is amending its final determination to 

correct an error with respect to the 

identification of an affiliate of one of the 

respondents. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Trainor or Reza Karamloo, 

Office II, AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–4007 and (202) 482–4470, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 19, 2014, the 

Department published its final 

determination that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of steel wire 

rod from the PRC.1 On January 2, 2015, 

the ITC notified the Department of its 

final determination pursuant to sections 

705(b)(1)(A)(i) and section 705(d) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) 

that an industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reasons of 

subsidized imports of subject 

merchandise from the PRC.2 The ITC 

also determined that critical 

circumstances do not exist.3

Scope of the Order 

The scope of this order covers certain 

hot-rolled products of carbon steel and 

alloy steel, in coils, of approximately 

circular 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 


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4See Final Determination at 68859, and the 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 

for the Final Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Carbon and Certain Alloy 

Steel Wire Rod From the People’s Republic of China 

at 1–2. 

5See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 

Preliminary Affirmative Critical Circumstances 

Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Countervailing Duty Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination, 79 FR 38490 

(July 8, 2014) (Preliminary Determination). 

6Benxi Steel is comprised of: Benxi Beiying Iron 

& Steel Group Import & Export Corp.; Benxi Beiying 

Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.; Benxi Steel Group 

Corporation; Beitai Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd.; 

Benxi Northern Steel Rolling Co., Ltd.; Benxi 

Beifang Gaosu Steel Wire Rod Co., Ltd.; Benxi 

Beitai Gaosu Steel Wire Rod Co., Ltd.; Benxi 

Northern Steel Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beifang Second 

Rolling Co., Ltd.; Benxi Beitai Ductile Iron Pipes 

Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Metallurgy 

Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Real Estate 

Development Co., Ltd.; Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) 

Co., Ltd.; Bei Tai Iron and Steel Group Imp. and 

Exp. (Dalian) Co., Ltd.; and Bengang Steel Plate Co., 

Ltd. 

(i.e., products that contain by weight 

one or more of the following elements: 

0.1 percent or more of lead, 0.05 percent 

or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or 

more of sulfur, more than 0.04 percent 

of phosphorus, 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 order 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 also may 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 this 

order is dispositive. 

Correction to the Final Determination 

In the Final Determination we 

inadvertently omitted Benxi Iron & Steel 

(Group) Co., Ltd. from the list of 

companies comprising Benxi Beiying 

Iron & Steel Import & Export Corp./

Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel (Group) Co., 

Ltd.4 Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) Co., 

Ltd. is properly included in the list of 

affiliates in the ‘‘Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section of this notice. 

Countervailing Duty Order 

In accordance with sections 

705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act, the 

ITC notified the Department of its final 

determination that the industry in the 

United States producing steel wire rod 

is materially injured by reason of 

subsidized imports of steel wire rod 

from the PRC. Therefore, in accordance 

with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we are 

publishing this CVD order. 

Pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act, 

the Department will direct U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, 

upon further instruction by the 

Department, CVDs on unliquidated 

entries of steel wire rod entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after July 8, 2014, 

the date on which the Department 

published its affirmative Preliminary 

Determination 5 in the Federal Register, 

and before November 5, 2014, the date 

on which the Department instructed 

CBP to discontinue the suspension of 

liquidation in accordance with section 

703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the 

Act states that the suspension of 

liquidation pursuant to a preliminary 

determination may not remain in effect 

for more than four months. Entries of 

steel wire rod made on or after 

November 5, 2014, and prior to the date 

of publication of the ITC’s final 

determination in the Federal Register 

are not liable for assessment of CVDs, 

due to the Department’s 

discontinuation, effective November 5, 

2014, of the suspension of liquidation. 

With regard to the ITC’s negative 

critical circumstances determination, 

the Department will instruct CBP to lift 

suspension and refund any cash 

deposits of estimated CVDs for entries 

on or after April 9, 2014 (i.e., 90 days 

prior to the date of the Preliminary 

Determination), but before July 8, 2014. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 706 of the 

Act, the Department will direct CBP to 

reinstitute the suspension of liquidation 

of steel wire rod from the PRC, effective 

the date of publication of the ITC’s 

notice of final determination in the 

Federal Register, and to assess, upon 

further instruction by the Department 

pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, 

CVDs for each entry of the subject 

merchandise in an amount based on the 

net countervailable subsidy rates for the 

subject merchandise. CBP must require, 

at the same time as importers would 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

this merchandise, a cash deposit equal 

to the rates listed below: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Benxi Steel 6 ......................... 193.31 

Hebei Iron & Steel Co Ltd 

Tangshan Branch .............. 178.46 

All Others .............................. 185.89 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the CVD order 

with respect to steel wire rod from the 

PRC pursuant to section 706(a) of the 

Act. Interested parties may contact the 

Department’s Central Records Unit, 

Room 7046 of the main Commerce 

Building, for copies of an updated list 

of countervailing duty orders currently 

in effect. 

This order is issued and published in 

accordance with section 706(a) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: January 2, 2015. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00095 Filed 1–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–980] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2012; and Partial Rescission 

of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not assembled into modules 

(Solar Cells), from the People’s Republic 

of China (PRC). The period of review 

(POR) is March 26, 2012, through 

December 31, 2012. This review covers 

multiple exporters/producers, two of 

which are being individually reviewed 

as mandatory respondents. We 

preliminarily determine that Lightway 

Green New Energy Co., Ltd. (Lightway), 

Shanghai BYD Co. Ltd. (Shanghai BYD) 

and its cross-owned affiliates received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

POR. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 8, 2015. 


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