[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15948-15949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06392]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-825]
Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel
bar (SSB) from Brazil. The period of review (POR) is February 1, 2012,
through January 31, 2013. The review covers one producer/exporter of
the subject merchandise, Villares Metals S.A. (Villares). We
preliminarily find that subject merchandise has not been sold at less
than normal value.\1\ Interested parties are invited to comment on
these preliminary results.
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\1\ The deadline for the preliminary results of this review was
March 17, 2014. Due to the closure of the Federal Government in
Washington, DC on March 17, 2014, the Department reached this
determination on the next business day (i.e., March 18, 2014). See
Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule
for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff
Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Dreisonstok or Minoo Hatten,
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0768, and (202) 482-1690, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order is SSB. The SSB subject to the
order is currently classifiable under subheadings 7222.10.00,
7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes.\2\ The written
description is dispositive.
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\2\ A full description of the scope of the order is contained in
the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Decision
Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum),
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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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 (IA ACCESS).
Access to IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov.
The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions
of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Methodology
The Department conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Normal value is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions,
see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that a
weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent exists for Villares for
the period February 1, 2012, through January 31, 2013.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\3\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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.\4\
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\3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\4\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the
Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\5\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. The Department intends to
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the
results of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not
later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall
determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If Villares' weighted-
average dumping margin is above de minimis in the final results of this
review, we will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated
for the importer's examined sales and the total entered value of the
sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If Villares' weighted-
average dumping margin continues to be zero or de minimis in the final
results
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of review, we will instruct CBP not to assess duties on any of its
entries in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews, i.e.,
``{w{time} here the weighted-average margin of dumping for the exporter
is determined to be zero or de minimis, no antidumping duties will be
assessed.'' \6\
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\6\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 80102 (February 14,
2012).
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The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by Villares for which it did not
know its merchandise was destined for the United States. In such
instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction. For a full discussion of this
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of
the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for
all shipments of SSB from Brazil entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by
section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Villares
will be the rate established in the final results of this
administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter
is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original
investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 19.43 percent, the all-others rate
established in the Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value: Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil, 59 FR 66914 (December 28,
1994). These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary 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 this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: March 18, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
A. Summary
B. Background
C. Scope of the Order
D. Discussion of the Methodology
1. Comparisons to Normal Value
a. Determination of Comparison Method
b. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
c. Sales Outside the Ordinary Course of Trade
d. Costs of Production for Certain Control Numbers
2. Product Comparisons
3. Date of Sale
4. Constructed Export Price
5. Normal Value
a. Home Market Viability as Comparison Market
b. Level of Trade
c. Cost of Production
(1) Calculation of Cost of Production
(2) Results of COP Test
d. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison Market Prices
E. Currency Conversion
F. Recommendation
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