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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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Notices 50389 

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 20, 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 Wire 

from Spain’’ 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. 

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 Determination’’ (Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum), dated August 7, 2017. 

7See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

8See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value: Coated Free Sheet Paper 

from Indonesia, 72 FR 60636 (October 25, 2007), 

and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum; Certain Coated Paper Suitable for 

High-Quality Print Graphics Using Sheet-Fed 

Presses from Indonesia: Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 75 FR 59223 

(September 27, 2010), and accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, at 4 and Comment 6. 

9For further discussion of this issue, see 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum; see also 

Memorandum entitled, ‘‘Certain Carbon and Alloy 

Steel Wire Rod from Spain: GSW, CELSA Atlantic, 

and CELSA Barcelona Affiliation and Collapsing 

Memorandum,’’ dated concurrently with this 

notice; see also, Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, at 4–5. 

this requirement could result in the 

presumption that reimbursement of the 

AD duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of doubled AD duties. 

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as the only 

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 or 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: October 25, 2017. 

James Maeder, 

Senior Director perfoming the duties of 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23643 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–469–816] 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From 

Spain: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Preliminary 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, in Part 

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 Spain 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: 

Davina Friedmann or Chelsey 

Simonovich, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0698 or 

(202) 482–1979, 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 20, 2017.1 On August 15, 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 Spain. 

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 (i.e., scope).5 Certain 

interested parties commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice. For a summary 

of the product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this investigation, and 

accompanying discussion and analysis 

of all comments timely received, see the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum.6 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. 

Affiliation and Collapsing 

In accordance with section 771(33)(F) 

of the Act, 19 CFR 351.401(f), and the 

Department’s practice,8 we are treating 

Global Steel Wire (GSW), CELSA 

Atlantic SA (CELSA Atlantic), 

Compania Espanola de Laminacion 

(CELSA Barcelona) (collectively, 

CELSA) as a single entity for the 

purposes of this preliminary 

determination.9

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. Normal 

value (NV) is calculated in accordance 

with section 773 of the Act. 

Furthermore, pursuant to section 776(a) 

and (b) of the Act, the Department has 

preliminarily relied upon adverse facts 

available for ArcelorMittal Espana S.A. 

(AME). For a full description of the 


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