[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 217 (Monday, November 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52268-52274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24517]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received 
requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with September anniversary 
dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are 
initiating those administrative reviews.

DATES: Applicable November 13, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD 
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4735.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department has received timely requests, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b), for administrative reviews of various antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders and findings with September anniversary 
dates.
    All deadlines for the submission of various types of information, 
certifications, or comments or actions by the Department discussed 
below refer to the number of calendar days from the applicable starting 
time.

Notice of No Sales

    If a producer or exporter named in this notice of initiation had no 
exports, sales, or entries during the period of review (POR), it must 
notify the Department within 30 days of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. All submissions must be filed electronically at 
http://access.trade.gov in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.\1\ Such 
submissions are subject to verification in accordance with section 
782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Further, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served on every 
party on the Department's service list.
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    \1\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Electronic Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order 
Procedures, 76 FR 39263 (July 6, 2011).
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Respondent Selection

    In the event the Department limits the number of respondents for 
individual examination for administrative reviews initiated pursuant to 
requests made for the orders identified below, the Department intends 
to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
data for U.S. imports during the period of review. We intend to place 
the CBP data on the record within five days of publication of the 
initiation notice and to make our decision regarding respondent 
selection within 30 days of publication of the initiation Federal 
Register notice. Comments regarding the CBP data and respondent 
selection should be submitted seven days after the placement of the CBP 
data on the record of this review. Parties wishing to submit rebuttal 
comments should submit those comments five days after the deadline for 
the initial comments.
    In the event the Department decides it is necessary to limit 
individual examination of respondents and conduct respondent selection 
under section 777A(c)(2) of the Act:
    In general, the Department has found that determinations concerning 
whether particular companies should be ``collapsed'' (i.ee.g., treated 
as a single entity for purposes of calculating antidumping duty rates) 
require a substantial amount of detailed information and analysis, 
which often require follow-up questions and analysis. Accordingly, the 
Department will not conduct collapsing analyses at the respondent 
selection phase of this review and will not collapse companies at the 
respondent selection phase unless there has been a determination to 
collapse certain companies in a previous segment of this antidumping 
proceeding (e.g., investigation, administrative review, new shipper 
review or changed circumstances review). For any company subject to 
this review, if the Department determined, or continued to treat, that 
company as collapsed with others, the Department will assume that such 
companies continue to operate in the same manner and will collapse them 
for respondent selection purposes. Otherwise, the Department will not 
collapse companies for purposes of respondent selection. Parties are 
requested to (a) identify which companies subject to review previously 
were collapsed, and (b) provide a citation to the proceeding in which 
they were collapsed. Further, if companies are requested to complete 
the Quantity and Value (Q&V) Questionnaire for purposes of respondent 
selection, in general each company must report volume and value data 
separately for itself. Parties should not include data for any other 
party, even if they believe they should be treated as a single entity 
with that other party. If a company was collapsed with another company 
or companies in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding 
where the Department considered collapsing that entity, complete Q&V 
data for that collapsed entity must be submitted.

Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a party that has requested a 
review may withdraw that request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
regulation provides that the Department may extend this time if it is 
reasonable to do so. In order to provide parties additional certainty 
with respect to when the Department will exercise its discretion to 
extend this 90-day deadline, interested parties are advised that the 
Department does not intend to extend the 90-day deadline unless the 
requestor demonstrates that an extraordinary circumstance has prevented 
it from submitting a timely withdrawal request. Determinations by the 
Department to extend the 90-day deadline will be made on a case-by-case 
basis.

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Separate Rates

    In proceedings involving non-market economy (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 administrative review 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.
    To establish whether a firm is sufficiently independent from 
government control of its export activities to be entitled to a 
separate rate, the Department analyzes each entity exporting the 
subject merchandise. In accordance with the separate rates criteria, 
the Department assigns separate rates to companies in NME cases only if 
respondents can demonstrate the absence of both de jure and de facto 
government control over export activities.
    All firms listed below that wish to qualify for separate rate 
status in the administrative reviews involving NME countries must 
complete, as appropriate, either a separate rate application or 
certification, as described below. For these administrative reviews, in 
order to demonstrate separate rate eligibility, the Department requires 
entities for whom a review was requested, that were assigned a separate 
rate in the most recent segment of this proceeding in which they 
participated, to certify that they continue to meet the criteria for 
obtaining a separate rate. The Separate Rate Certification form will be 
available on the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal 
Register notice. In responding to the certification, please follow the 
``Instructions for Filing the Certification'' in the Separate Rate 
Certification. Separate Rate Certifications are due to the Department 
no later than 30 calendar days after publication of this Federal 
Register notice. The deadline and requirement for submitting a 
Certification applies equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned 
firms, and foreign sellers who purchase and export subject merchandise 
to the United States.
    Entities that currently do not have a separate rate from a 
completed segment of the proceeding \2\ should timely file a Separate 
Rate Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this 
proceeding. In addition, companies that received a separate rate in a 
completed segment of the proceeding that have subsequently made 
changes, including, but not limited to, changes to corporate structure, 
acquisitions of new companies or facilities, or changes to their 
official company name,\3\ should timely file a Separate Rate 
Application to demonstrate eligibility for a separate rate in this 
proceeding. The Separate Rate Status Application will be available on 
the Department's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-sep-rate.html on the date of publication of this Federal Register notice. 
In responding to the Separate Rate Status Application, refer to the 
instructions contained in the application. Separate Rate Status 
Applications are due to the Department no later than 30 calendar days 
of publication of this Federal Register notice. The deadline and 
requirement for submitting a Separate Rate Status Application applies 
equally to NME-owned firms, wholly foreign-owned firms, and foreign 
sellers that purchase and export subject merchandise to the United 
States.
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    \2\ Such entities include entities that have not participated in 
the proceeding, entities that were preliminarily granted a separate 
rate in any currently incomplete segment of the proceeding (e.g., an 
ongoing administrative review, new shipper review, etc.) and 
entities that lost their separate rate in the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding in which they participated.
    \3\ Only changes to the official company name, rather than trade 
names, need to be addressed via a Separate Rate Application. 
Information regarding new trade names may be submitted via a 
Separate Rate Certification.
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    For exporters and producers who submit a separate-rate status 
application or certification and subsequently are selected as mandatory 
respondents, these exporters and producers will no longer be eligible 
for separate rate status unless they respond to all parts of the 
questionnaire as mandatory respondents.

Initiation of Reviews

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we are initiating 
administrative reviews of the following antidumping and countervailing 
duty orders and findings. We intend to issue the final results of these 
reviews not later than September 30, 2018.

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            Antidumping Duty Proceedings
 
India: Certain Lined Paper Products, A-533-843.....       9/1/16-8/31/17
    Goldenpalm Manufacturers PVT Limited...........
    Kokuyo Riddhi Paper Products Pvt. Ltd..........
    Lodha Offset Limited...........................
    Lotus Global Private Limited...................
    Magic International Pvt. Ltd...................
    Marisa International...........................
    Navneet Education Ltd..........................
    Pioneer Stationery Pvt. Ltd....................
    PP Bafna Ventures Private Limited..............
    SAB International..............................
    SGM Paper Products.............................
    Super Impex....................................
India: Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products, A-533-865..       3/7/16-8/31/17
    Anil Special Steel Industries Ltd..............
    Bhandari Foils & Tubes Ltd.....................
    Bhiwadi Metal Rollwell Pvt Ltd.................
    Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd......................
    Bhushan Steel Ltd..............................
    Bhusan Steel and Strips Limited................
    Bhuvee Profiles & Stainless Steel Pvt Ltd......
    BRG & Steel Pvt................................

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    Disha Auto Components Pvt Ltd..................
    Essar Steel Ltd................................
    Fit-Wel Industries.............................
    Good Luck Steel Tubes Ltd......................
    Hi-Tech Pipes Ltd..............................
    Indian Steel Corp. Ltd.........................
    IUP Jindal Metals & Alloys Ltd.................
    Jai Corp Ltd...................................
    Jainex Ltd.....................................
    Jindal Stainless Ltd...........................
    JSW Steel Limited..............................
    JSW Steel Coated Products Limited..............
    JSW Ispat Steel Ltd............................
    KR Steelunion Ltd..............................
    Lloyds Group...................................
    Mehta Alloys Ltd...............................
    Metalman Industries Ltd........................
    National Steel & Agro Industries Ltd...........
    Niko Steel Centre..............................
    POSCO India....................................
    Quality Foils (India) Pvt Ltd..................
    Rabirun Vinimay Pvt Ltd........................
    Rapsri Engineering Products Co Ltd.............
    Real Strips Ltd................................
    Rimjhim Ispat Ltd..............................
    RSAL--Ruchi Strips & Alloys Ltd................
    Sahu Refrigeration Industries Ltd..............
    SAIL-Steel Authority of India Ltd..............
    Sandvik Asia Ltd...............................
    Shah Alloys Ltd................................
    Shresty India..................................
    Soni Ispat Ltd.................................
    Steel Corp.....................................
    Steelco Gujarat Ltd............................
    Stelco Ltd.....................................
    Sunflag Iron & Steel Co Ltd....................
    Surya Global Ltd...............................
    Swastik Pipes Ltd..............................
    Tarun International Ltd........................
    Tata Steel Ltd.................................
    The Tinplate Co of India Ltd...................
    Tube Products of India Ltd.....................
    Unichem Steel & Alloys Pvt Ltd.................
    Uttam Galva Steels Ltd.........................
    Uttam Value Steels Ltd.........................
Mexico: Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks, A-201-837..       9/1/16-8/31/17
    RHI-Refmex SA de C.V...........................
    Vesuvius Mexico S.A. de C.V....................
Mexico: Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon            3/1/16-8/31/17
 Pipes and Tubes, A-201-847........................
    Arco Metal S.A. de C.V.........................
    Forza Steel S.A. de C.V........................
    Industrias Monterrey, S.A. de C.V..............
    Maquilacero S.A. de C.V........................
    Perfiles y Herrajes LM S.A. de C.V.............
    Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V...
    PYTCO S.A. de C.V..............................
    Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V...
    Ternium S.A. de C.V............................
    Tuberia Nacional S.A. de C.V...................
    Tuberia Procarsa S.A. de C.V...................
Republic of Korea: Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products,       3/7/16-8/31/17
 A-580-881.........................................
    Ameri-Source Korea.............................
    Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd....................
    Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd..........................
    Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd....................
    GS Gobal Corp..................................
    Hanawell Co., Ltd..............................
    Hankum Co., Ltd................................
    Hyuk San Profile Co., Ltd......................
    Hyundai Glovis Co., Ltd........................
    Hyundai Steel Company..........................
    Kindus Inc.....................................
    POSCO..........................................

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    Daewoo International Corporation...............
    Samsung C&T Corp...............................
    Steel N Future.................................
    Taihan Electric Wire Co., Ltd..................
    Uin Global Co..................................
Republic of Korea: Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded        3/1/16-8/31/17
 Carbon Pipes and Tubes, A-580-880.................
    Ahshin Pipe & Tube Company.....................
    Bookook Steel Co., Ltd.........................
    Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd..........................
    Dong-A Steel Company...........................
    Histeel Co., Ltd...............................
    Husteel Co., Ltd...............................
    Hyundai Steel Pipe Company.....................
    Hyundai Steel Co...............................
    Miju Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd..............
    NEXTEEL Co., Ltd...............................
    Sam Kang Industries Co., Ltd...................
    SeAH Steel Corporation.........................
    Kukje Steel Co., Ltd...........................
    Yujin Steel Industry Co. Ltd...................
Republic of Korea: Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-580-      9/1/16-8/31/17
 870...............................................
    AJU Besteel Co., Ltd...........................
    BDP International..............................
    Daewoo International Corporation...............
    Daewoo America.................................
    Dong-A Steel Co. Ltd...........................
    Dong Yang Steel Pipe...........................
    Dongbu Incheon Steel...........................
    DSEC...........................................
    Erndtebruecker Eisenwerk and Company...........
    Hansol Metal...................................
    Husteel Co., Ltd...............................
    HYSCO..........................................
    Hyundai RB.....................................
    Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd.........................
    Hyundai Steel Company..........................
    ILJIN Steel Corporation........................
    Jim And Freight Co., Ltd.......................
    Kia Steel Co. Ltd..............................
    KSP Steel Company..............................
    Kukje Steel....................................
    Kurvers........................................
    NEXTEEL Co., Ltd...............................
    POSCO Daewoo Corporation.......................
    POSCO Daewoo America...........................
    Samsung........................................
    Samsung C and T Corporation....................
    SeAH Besteel Corporation.......................
    SeAH Steel Corporation.........................
    Steel Canada...................................
    Sumitomo Corporation...........................
    TGS Pipe.......................................
    Yonghyun Base Materials........................
    ZEECO Asia.....................................
Taiwan: Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge, A-      9/1/16-8/31/17
 583-844...........................................
    Banduoo Ltd....................................
    Fujian Rongshu Industry Co., Ltd...............
    Ming Wei Co., Ltd..............................
    Roung Shu Industry Corporation.................
    Xiamen Yi-He Textile Co., Ltd..................
The People's Republic of China: Certain Steel             8/1/16-7/31/17
 Nails,\4\ A-570-909...............................
The People's Republic of China: Magnesia Carbon           9/1/16-8/31/16
 Bricks, A-570-954.................................
    Fedmet Resources Corporation...................
    Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng
     City..........................................
    Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City......
    Fengchi Refractories Co., of Haicheng City.....
    RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd.............
The People's Republic of China: Freshwater Crawfish       9/1/16-8/31/17
 Tailmeat, A-570-848...............................
    China Kingdom (Beijing) Import & Export Co.,
     Ltd...........................................
    Deyan Aquatic Products and Food Co., Ltd.......
    Hubei Nature Agriculture Industry Co., Ltd.....
    Hubei Qianjiang Huashan Aquatic Food and
     Product Co., Ltd..............................
    Hubei Yuesheng Aquatic Products Co., Ltd.......

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    Jingzhou Tianhe Aquatic Products Co., Ltd......
    Nanjing Gemsen International Co., Ltd..........
    Shanghai Ocean Flavor International Trading
     Co., Ltd......................................
    Weishan Hongda Aquatic Food Co., Ltd...........
    Xiping Opeck Food Co., Ltd.....................
    Xuzhou Jinjiang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd............
    Yancheng Hi-King Agriculture Developing Co.,
     Ltd...........................................
The People's Republic of China: New Pneumatic Off-        9/1/16-8/31/17
 the-Road Tires, A-570-912.........................
    Maxon Int'l Co., Limited.......................
    Tianjin Leviathan International Trade Co., Ltd.
    Weihai Zhongwei Rubber Co., Ltd................
The People's Republic of China: Raw Flexible              9/1/16-8/31/17
 Magnets, A-570-922................................
    SOM International Limited......................
    Wenzhou Haibao Printing Co., LTD...............
Turkey: Oil Country Tubular Goods, A-489-816.......       9/1/16-8/31/17
    Cayirova Boru San A.S..........................
    Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. and
     Y[uuml]cel Boru Ithalat-Ihracat ve Pazarlama
     A.S. (collectively Y[uuml]cel)................
    HG Tubulars Canada Ltd.........................
    Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S..........
    Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S........................
    Yucelboru Ihracat, Ithalat.....................
United Kingdom: Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products, A-       3/7/16-8/31/17
 412-824...........................................
    Caparo Precision Strip, Ltd./Liberty
     Performance Steels Ltd.\5\....................
 
          Countervailing Duty Proceedings
 
India: Certain Lined Paper Products, C-533-844.....      1/1/16-12/31/16
    Goldenpalm Manufacturers Pvt Limited...........
India: Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products, C-533-866..     9/16/16-12/31/16
    Anil Special Steel Industries Ltd..............
    Bhandari Foils & Tubes Ltd.....................
    Bhiwadi Metal Rollwell Pvt Ltd.................
    Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd......................
    Bhushan Steel Ltd..............................
    Bhusan Steel and Strips Limited................
    Bhuvee Profiles & Stainless Steel Pvt Ltd......
    BRG & Steel Pvt................................
    Disha Auto Components Pvt Ltd..................
    Essar Steel Ltd................................
    Fit-Wel Industries.............................
    Good Luck Steel Tubes Ltd......................
    Hi-Tech Pipes Ltd..............................
    Indian Steel Corp. Ltd.........................
    IUP Jindal Metals & Alloys Ltd.................
    Jai Corp Ltd...................................
    Jainex Ltd.....................................
    Jindal Stainless Ltd...........................
    JSW Steel Limited..............................
    JSW Steel Coated Products Limited..............
    JSW Ispat Steel Ltd............................
    KR Steelunion Ltd..............................
    Lloyds Group...................................
    Mehta Alloys Ltd...............................
    Metalman Industries Ltd........................
    National Steel & Agro Industries Ltd...........
    Niko Steel Centre..............................
    POSCO India....................................
    Quality Foils (India) Pvt Ltd..................
    Rabirun Vinimay Pvt Ltd........................
    Rapsri Engineering Products Co Ltd.............
    Real Strips Ltd................................
    Rimjhim Ispat Ltd..............................
    RSAL--Ruchi Strips & Alloys Ltd................
    Sahu Refrigeration Industries Ltd..............
    SAIL- Steel Authority of India Ltd.............
    Sandvik Asia Ltd...............................
    Shah Alloys Ltd................................
    Shresty India..................................
    Soni Ispat Ltd.................................
    Steel Corp.....................................
    Steelco Gujarat Ltd............................
    Stelco Ltd.....................................
    Sunflag Iron & Steel Co Ltd....................
    Surya Global Ltd...............................

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    Swastik Pipes Ltd..............................
    Tarun International Ltd........................
    Tata Steel Ltd.................................
    The Tinplate Co of India Ltd...................
    Tube Products of India Ltd.....................
    Unichem Steel & Alloys Pvt Ltd.................
    Uttam Galva Steels Ltd.........................
Republic of Korea: Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products,     7/29/16-12/31/16
 C-580-882.........................................
    Dongbu Incheon Steel Co., Ltd..................
    Dongkuk Industries Co., Ltd....................
    Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd....................
    Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd..........................
    Hyuk San Profile Co., Ltd......................
    Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd.........................
    Hyundai Steel Company..........................
    POSCO..........................................
    Taihan Electric Wire Co., Ltd..................
    Union Steel Co., Ltd...........................
The People's Republic of China: Magnesia Carbon          1/1/16-12/31/16
 Bricks, C-570-955.................................
    Fedmet Resources Corporation...................
    Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng
     City..........................................
    Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City......
    Fengchi Refractories Co., of Haicheng City.....
    RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd.............
The People's Republic of China: Narrow Woven             1/1/16-12/31/16
 Ribbons with Woven Selvedge, C-570-953............
    Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd.................
The People's Republic of China: New Pneumatic Off-       1/1/16-12/31/16
 the-Road Tires, C-570-913.........................
    Techking Tires Limited.........................
    Tianjin Leviathan International Trade Co., Ltd.
    Shandong Huitong Tyre Co., Ltd.................
The People's Republic of China: Raw Flexible             1/1/16-12/31/16
 Magnets, C-570-923................................
    SOM International Limited......................
    Wenzhou Haibao Printing Co., LTD...............
Turkey: Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon          12/28/15-4/25/16
 Steel Pipes and Tubes, C-489-825..................     9/12/16-12/31/16
    Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti......
Turkey: Oil Country Tubular Goods,\6\ C-489-817....      1/1/16-12/31/16
    Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S..
    Borusan Istikbal Ticaret.......................
    Cayirova Boru San A.S..........................
    Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S............
    HG Tubulars Canada Ltd.........................
    Yucel Boru Ihracat ve Pazarlama A.S............
    Yucelboru Ihracat, Ithalat.....................
Turkey: Oil Country Tubular Goods, C-489-817.......      1/1/16-12/31/16
    Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S..
    Borusan Istikbal Ticaret.......................
    Cayirova Boru San A.S..........................
    Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S............
    HG Tubulars Canada Ltd.........................
    Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S........................
    Yucel Boru Ihracat ve Pazarlama A.S............
    Yucelboru Ihracat, Ithalat.....................
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Suspension Agreements

    None.
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    \4\ In the initiation that published on October 16, 2017 (82 FR 
48051), the Department incorrectly identified that an administrative 
review was initiated on the antidumping duty order of Certain Steel 
Nails from the PRC for Shanxi Hairut Trade Co. Ltd. The Department 
is now correcting that notice: The Department is initiating 
administrative reviews on the antidumping duty order of Certain 
Steel Nails from the PRC for the following companies: (1) Shanxi 
Hairui Trade Co., Ltd.; and (2) Qingdao D&L Group Ltd.
    \5\ We have previously determined that Liberty Performance 
Steels Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Caparo Precision Strip, 
Ltd.
    \6\ The Department also received a request for review of Tosyali 
Dis Ticaret A.S.. However, this company was excluded from the CVD 
order as a result of litigation. See Oil Country Tubular Goods from 
the Republic of Turkey: Amendment of Countervailing Duty Order, 82 
FR 46483 (October 26, 2017).
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Duty Absorption Reviews

    During any administrative review covering all or part of a period 
falling between the first and second or third and fourth anniversary of 
the publication of an antidumping duty order under 19 CFR 351.211 or a 
determination under 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4) to continue an order or 
suspended investigation (after sunset review), the Secretary, if 
requested by a domestic interested party within 30 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the review, will determine 
whether antidumping duties have been absorbed by an exporter or 
producer subject to the review if the subject merchandise is sold in 
the United States through an importer that is affiliated with such 
exporter or producer. The request must include the name(s) of the 
exporter or producer for which the inquiry is requested.

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Gap Period Liquidation

    For the first administrative review of any order, there will be no 
assessment of antidumping or countervailing duties on entries of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption during the relevant provisional-measures ``gap'' period, of 
the order, if such a gap period is applicable to the POR.

Administrative Protective Orders and Letters of Appearance

    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with the procedures 
outlined in the Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.305. Those 
procedures apply to administrative reviews included in this notice of 
initiation. Parties wishing to participate in any of these 
administrative reviews should ensure that they meet the requirements of 
these procedures (e.g., the filing of separate letters of appearance as 
discussed at 19 CFR 351.103(d)).

Factual Information Requirements

    The Department's regulations identify five categories of factual 
information in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21), which are summarized as follows: 
(i) Evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence 
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available 
information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the 
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence 
placed on the record by the Department; and (v) evidence other than 
factual information described in (i)-(iv). These regulations require 
any party, when submitting factual information, to specify under which 
subsection of 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted 
and, if the information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct 
factual information already on the record, to provide an explanation 
identifying the information already on the record that the factual 
information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct. The regulations, at 19 
CFR 351.301, also provide specific time limits for such factual 
submissions based on the type of factual information being submitted. 
Please review the final rule, available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/2013/1304frn/2013-08227.txt, prior to 
submitting factual information in this segment.
    Any party submitting factual information in an antidumping duty or 
countervailing duty proceeding must certify to the accuracy and 
completeness of that information.\7\ Parties are hereby reminded that 
revised certification requirements are in effect for company/government 
officials as well as their representatives. All segments of any 
antidumping duty or countervailing duty proceedings initiated on or 
after August 16, 2013, should use the formats for the revised 
certifications provided at the end of the Final Rule.\8\ The Department 
intends to reject factual submissions in any proceeding segments if the 
submitting party does not comply with applicable revised certification 
requirements.
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    \7\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
    \8\ See Certification of Factual Information To Import 
Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also the 
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
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Extension of Time Limits Regulation

    Parties may request an extension of time limits before a time limit 
established under Part 351 expires, or as otherwise specified by the 
Secretary. See 19 CFR 351.302. In general, an extension request will be 
considered untimely if it is filed after the time limit established 
under Part 351 expires. For submissions which are due from multiple 
parties simultaneously, an extension request will be considered 
untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. on the due date. Examples 
include, but are not limited to: (1) Case and rebuttal briefs, filed 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309; (2) factual information to value factors 
under 19 CFR 351.408(c), or to measure the adequacy of remuneration 
under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2), filed pursuant to 19 CFR 351.301(c)(3) and 
rebuttal, clarification and correction filed pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.301(c)(3)(iv); (3) comments concerning the selection of a surrogate 
country and surrogate values and rebuttal; (4) comments concerning U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection data; and (5) quantity and value 
questionnaires. Under certain circumstances, the Department may elect 
to specify a different time limit by which extension requests will be 
considered untimely for submissions which are due from multiple parties 
simultaneously. In such a case, the Department will inform parties in 
the letter or memorandum setting forth the deadline (including a 
specified time) by which extension requests must be filed to be 
considered timely. This modification also requires that an extension 
request must be made in a separate, stand-alone submission, and 
clarifies the circumstances under which the Department will grant 
untimely-filed requests for the extension of time limits. These 
modifications are effective for all segments initiated on or after 
October 21, 2013. Please review the final rule, available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm, prior to 
submitting factual information in these segments.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: November 3, 2017.
James Maeder,
Senior Director perfoming the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-24517 Filed 11-9-17; 8:45 am]
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