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10See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

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.10

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 

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. Affiliation and Collapsing 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

A. Determination of the Comparison 

Method 

B. Results of the Differential Pricing 

Analysis 

VII. Date of Sale 

VIII. Product Comparisons 

IX. Export Price and Constructed Export 

Price 

X. Normal Value 

A. Home Market Viability 

B. Level of Trade 

C. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis 

1. Calculation of COP 

2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices 

3. Results of the COP Test 

D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison 

Market Prices 

XI. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inference 

XII. Currency Conversion 

XIII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–791–823] 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From 

the Republic of South Africa: 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances, and 

Preliminary Determination of No 

Shipments 

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 

South Africa (South Africa) 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: 

Moses Song or John McGowan, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 


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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 Italy, 

the Republic of Korea, the Republic of South Africa, 

Spain, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine and the 

United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 82 FR 39564 (August 21, 2017). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Wire Rod from the Republic of South Africa’’ 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, 82 FR at 19207–08. 

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, the United Arab 

Emirates, and the United Kingdom: Scope 

Comments Decision Memorandum for the 

Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated August 7, 2017 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

8 Id. 

9See section 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

10See the Petitions for the Imposition of 

Antidumping Duties on Imports of Carbon and 

Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, Italy, the 

Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the 

Republic of South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, 

United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom; 

and Countervailing Duties on Imports from Turkey 

and Italy, dated March 28, 2017 (the Petition), 

Volume VI at 1, and Volume I at Exhibit I–7. 

11See Letter from the Department to the 

respondent, regarding ‘‘Certain Carbon and Alloy 

Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of South Africa: 

No Shipment Certification,’’ dated April 26, 2017 

(Cape Gate’s No-shipment Claim). 

12See Memorandum to The File, entitled ‘‘No 

Shipment Inquiry Regarding Davsteel Division of 

Cape Gate (PTY) Ltd. And/or Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd. 

During the Period 01/01/2016—12/31/2016,’’ dated 

June 5, 2017 (CBP No-shipment Claim Confirmation 

Memorandum). 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–5041 or (202) 482–3019, 

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). 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 the revised deadline is 

now 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 South 

Africa. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

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 (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 Since the issuance of 

the Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, certain parties submitted 

scope case briefs or scope rebuttal 

briefs.7 The Department will issue a 

final scope decision on the records of 

the wire rod investigations after 

considering those comments submitted 

in scope case and rebuttal briefs. 

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Based on the record 

evidence and the Department’s practice, 

we preliminarily find that mandatory 

respondent ArcelorMittal South Africa 

Limited (AMSA), mandatory respondent 

Scaw South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (also 

known as Scaw Metals Group) (Scaw), 

and Consolidated Wire Industries (CWI) 

are affiliated and should be collapsed 

into one entity (i.e., AMSA/Scaw/CWI).8

Further, a part of the entity, Scaw, failed 

to respond to the Department’s 

antidumping duty questionnaire. Thus, 

the Department is relying on the facts 

otherwise available with adverse 

inference for the collapsed entity.9 For 

further information, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination of No Sales 

On April 26, 2017, Davsteel Division 

of Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd. (Cape Gate), one 

of the three South African producers/ 

exporters named in the petition,10

timely filed a statement reporting that it 

had ‘‘no exports, shipments, or sales’’ of 

subject merchandise to the United 

States during the POI.11 Subsequently, 

we received information from U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

confirming Cape Gate’s claim that it had 

no entries of subject merchandise 

during the POI.12 Furthermore, there is 

no evidence on the record indicating 

that Cape Gate is affiliated with AMSA, 

Scaw or CWI. Based on the foregoing, 

the Department preliminarily 

determines that Cape Gate had no sales 

of subject merchandise during the POI, 

and, therefore, we preliminarily 

determine not to further examine Cape 

Gate as part of this investigation. As 

such, any entries of subject merchandise 

exported by Cape Gate will be subject to 

the All-Others Rate. For additional 

information regarding this 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Affirmative 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 exist for the 

collapsed entity AMSA/Scaw/CWI and 

all other producers and exporters. For a 

description of the methodology and 

results of the Department’s critical 

circumstances analysis, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the 

Act, if the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins established for all 

exporters and producers individually 

examined are zero, de minimis or 

determined based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, the Department 

may use any reasonable method to 

establish the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for all-other 

producers or exporters. The Department 

has preliminarily determined the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for AMSA/Scaw/CWI, the 

collapsed entity, pursuant to section 776 

of the Act. According to section 


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13See, e.g., Notice of Preliminary Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite 

from the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 

21909, 21912 (April 23, 2008), unchanged in Notice 

of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value: Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of 

Germany, 73 FR 38986, 38987 (July 8, 2008), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 2; see also Notice of Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Raw Flexible 

Magnets from Taiwan, 73 FR 39673, 39674 (July 10, 

2008); Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Affirmative Preliminary 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 78 FR 

79670, 79671 (December 31, 2013), unchanged in 

Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Affirmative Final Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 79 FR 14476, 14477 (March 14, 

2014). 

14See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 19211; see also 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

15See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

735(c)(5)(A), the Department typically 

averages the individually examined 

respondents’ rates to calculate the allothers rate. Because the Department is 

preliminarily applying the AFA rate to 

the collapsed entity, however, the 

Department preliminarily determines to 

calculate the ‘‘all-others’’ rate as a 

simple average of the alleged dumping 

margin(s) from the petition, pursuant to 

section 735(c)(5)(B).13 The rates in the 

petition, as amended, were 128.66 

percent and 142.26 percent, so the AllOthers rate is 135.46 percent.14

Preliminary Determination 

The Department preliminarily 

determines that the following estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited, Scaw South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (also known as Scaw Metals Group), and Consolidated 

Wire Industries ......................................................................................................................................................................... 142.26 

All-Others ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 135.46 

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 respondents 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. 

Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, any 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the later of (a) the date which is 90 

days before the date on which the 

suspension of liquidation was first 

ordered, or (b) the date on which notice 

of initiation of the investigation was 

published. The Department 

preliminarily finds that critical 

circumstances exist for imports of 

subject merchandise produced or 

exported by AMSA/Scaw/CWI and all 

other exporters/producers. In 

accordance with section 733(e)(2)(A) of 

the Act, the suspension of liquidation 

shall apply to unliquidated entries of 

shipments of subject merchandise from 

the producer or exporter identified in 

this paragraph that were entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date which 

is 90 days before the publication of this 

notice. These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Normally, the Department discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

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 the notice of preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

However, because the Department 

preliminarily applied AFA to the 

collapsed entity (i.e., AMSA/Scaw/CWI) 

in this investigation, in accordance with 

section 776 of the Act, and the applied 

AFA rate is based solely on the petition, 

there are no calculations to disclose. 

Verification 

Because the examined respondent 

(i.e., the collapsed entity referenced 

above) in this investigation did not 

provide information requested by the 

Department, and the Department 

preliminarily determines it to have been 

uncooperative, we will not conduct 

verification. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than 50 days after 

the date of publication of the 

preliminary determination, unless the 

Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in case 

briefs, may be submitted no later than 

five days after the deadline date for case 

briefs.15 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., 


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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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