50386 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Notices 

1See Carbon And Alloy Steel Wire Rod From 

Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea, the Russian 

Federation, South Africa, Spain, the Republic of 

Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United 

Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 82 FR 19207 (April 26, 2017) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Carbon And Alloy Steel Wire Rod From 

Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea, the Russian 

Federation, South Africa, Spain, the Republic of 

Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United 

Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations of Antidumping Duty 

Investigations, 82 FR 35964 (August 21, 2017). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Saels 

at Less-Than-Fair-Value, Preliminary Negative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, in the 

investigation of Carbon And Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

From the Republic of Korea’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

Washington, DC 20230, 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. 

Final Determination 

Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that the 

Department will issue the final 

determination within 75 days after the 

date of its preliminary determination. 

Accordingly, the Department will make 

its final determination no later than 75 

days after the signature date of this 

preliminary determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, the Department will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, 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 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This 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: October 24, 2017. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are certain hot-rolled products of carbon steel 

and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately 

round 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 (i.e., products that contain by 

weight one or more of the following 

elements: 0.1 percent of more of lead, 0.05 

percent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or 

more of sulfur, more than 0.04 percent of 

phosphorous, 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 investigation 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 may also 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 these proceedings is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

VI. Affiliation and Collapsing of Affiliates 

VII. Application of Facts Available and Use 

of Adverse Inference 

A. Application of Facts Available 

B. Use of Adverse Inference 

C. Selection and Corroboration of the AFA 

Rate 

VIII. All-Others Rate 

IX. Critical Circumstances 

A. Legal Framework 

B. Critical Circumstances Allegation 

C. Analysis 

X. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–891] 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From 

the Republic of Korea: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, and Preliminary 

Negative Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Wire Rod (wire rod) from the Republic 

of Korea (Korea) is being, or is likely to 

be, sold in the United States at less than 

fair value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2016, 

through December 31, 2016. 

DATES: Applicable October 31, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lingjun Wang or Toni Page, 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) 482–2316 or (202) 482–1398. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). The Department published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 26, 2017.1 On August 21, 2017, 

the Department postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and revised the deadline 

to October 24, 2017.2 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3 A list of topics included 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as 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, and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 

the main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and the electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are wire rod from Korea. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 


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4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon And Alloy Steel 

Wire Rod From Belarus, Italy, the Republic of 

Korea, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, 

the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab 

Emirates, and United Kingdom: Scope Comments 

Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 

Determination’’ (Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum), dated concurrently with this 

preliminary determination. 

7See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

the Department’s regulations,4 the 

Initiation Notice 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 on the 

record for this preliminary 

determination, and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6 The 

Department is not preliminarily 

modifying the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. See 

the scope in Appendix I to this notice. 

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. The Department has 

calculated export prices in accordance 

with section 772(a) of the Act. 

Constructed export prices have been 

calculated 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. 

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

In accordance with section 733(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, the 

Department preliminarily finds that 

critical circumstances do not exist for 

POSCO or All-Other producers and 

exporters. For a full description of the 

methodology and results of the 

Department’s critical circumstances 

analysis, 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 the 

Department shall determine an 

estimated all-others rate for all exporters 

and producers not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins established for exporters and 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero or de minimis 

margins, and any margins determined 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

The Department calculated an 

individual estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin for POSCO, the only 

individually exporter/producer to 

receive an individually calculated rate. 

Because the only individually 

calculated dumping margin is not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

calculated for POSCO is the margin 

assigned to all-other producers and 

exporters, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

The Department preliminarily 

determines that the following estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

POSCO ................................. 10.09 

All-Others .............................. 10.09 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, the Department will direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries 

of subject merchandise, 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), the Department will 

instruct CBP to require a cash deposit 

equal to the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin or the estimated allothers rate, as follows: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the respondent listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins determined in this 

preliminary determination; (2) if the 

exporter is not a respondent identified 

above, but the producer is, then the cash 

deposit rate will be equal to the 

company-specific estimated weightedaverage dumping margin established for 

that producer of the subject 

merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. 

Disclosure 

The Department intends to disclose 

its calculations and analysis performed 

to interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

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

Act, the Department intends to verify 

the information relied upon in making 

its final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.7

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), 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. 

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. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, the 

Department intends to hold the hearing 

at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, 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. 

Final Determination 

Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that the 

Department will issue the final 

determination within 75 days after the 

date of its preliminary determination. 

Accordingly, the Department will make 

its final determination no later than 75 


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50388 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Notices 

1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 

31292 (July 6, 2017) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Letter from OCTAL to the Secretary of 

Commerce ‘‘OCTAL’s Withdrawal of Request for AD 

Review Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) 

Resin from the Sultanate of Oman,’’ dated August 

22, 2017. 

days after the signature date of this 

preliminary determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, the Department will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, 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 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This 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: October 24, 2017. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are certain hot-rolled products of carbon steel 

and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately 

round 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 (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 

phosphorous, 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 investigation 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 proceeding is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Postponement of Final Determination and 

Extension of Provisional Measures 

V. Scope Comments 

VI. All-Others Rate 

VII. Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

VIII. Preliminary Determination of No Sales 

(Not an Approporiate Party To Be 

Examied) 

IX. Affiliation and Collapsing 

X. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Determination of the Comparison 

Method 

B. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

XI. Date of Sale 

XII. Product Comparisons 

XIII. Export Price and Constructed Export 

Price 

XIV. Normal Value 

A. Home Market Viability 

B. Affiliated Party Transactions and Arm’sLength Test 

C. Level of Trade 

D. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Home Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

E. Calculation of NV Based on Home 

Market Prices 

XV. Currency Conversion 

XVI. Conclusion 

Table of Authorities 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–523–810] 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

From the Sultanate of Oman: 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2015–2017 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is rescinding the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET 

resin) from the Sultanate of Oman 

(Oman) for the period of review (POR), 

i.e., October 15, 2015, through April 30, 

2017. 

DATES: Applicable October 31, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3518. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 6, 2017, based on a timely 

request for review by OCTAL SAOC 

FZC (OCTAL), the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of initiation of an administrative 

review of the AD order on PET resin 

from Oman with respect to OCTAL for 

the POR.1 On August 22, 2017, pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), OCTAL timely 

withdrew its request to be reviewed.2

Rescission of Review 

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

Department will rescind an 

administrative review, in whole or in 

part, if the parties that requested the 

review withdraw their requests within 

90 days of the publication of the notice 

of initiation of the requested review. 

OCTAL withdrew its review request by 

the 90-day deadline, and no other party 

requested an administrative review of 

the AD order. Therefore, we are 

rescinding the administrative review of 

the AD order on PET resin from Oman 

covering the period October 15, 2015, 

through April 30, 2017 in its entirety. 

Assessment 

The Department will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

assess AD duties on all appropriate 

entries. Because the Department is 

rescinding this administrative review in 

its entirety, the entries to which this 

administrative review pertains shall be 

assessed AD duties that are equal to the 

cash deposits of estimated AD duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, in accordance with 19 

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

intends to issue appropriate assessment 

instructions to CBP within 15 days after 

the publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 


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