[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62086-62088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21656]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On March 10, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (SSB) from India. The
period of review (POR) is February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015.
Based on comments received from interested parties, we have made
changes to the preliminary results. The final dumping margin for this
review is listed in the ``Final Results of the Review'' section below.
DATES: Effective September 8, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Shuler, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1293.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Following the Preliminary Results,\1\ the Department issued an
additional supplemental questionnaire to Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd.
(Bhansali) on March 20, 2015, and received a response on April 2,
2015.\2\ We received timely filed case and rebuttal briefs from
Bhansali and North American Stainless and Valbruna Slater Stainless,
Inc. (the
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petitioners) and a case brief from Ambica Steels Limited (Ambica).\3\
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\1\ See Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results, and
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2014-2015, 81 FR 12694 (March 10, 2016) (Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Letter from the Department to Bhansali, ``Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar from India: Second
Section D Supplemental Questionnaire,'' dated March 25, 2016; see
also Letter from Bhansali, ``Bhansali Bright Bars Private Limited
2nd Supplemental Response to Section D of Antidumping Duty
Questionnaire,'' dated April 8, 2016.
\3\ See Letter from the petitioners to the Department,
``Petitioners' Case Brief,'' (Petitioner's CB), April 14, 2016; see
also, letter from Bhansali to the Department, ``Certain Stainless
Steel Bar Product from India: Bhansali's Case Brief,'' (Bhansali's
CB), April 14, 2016; see also, letter from Ambica to the Department,
``Stainless Steel Bar from India: Ambica Steels Ltd Case Brief,''
(Ambica's CB), April 14, 2016; see also letter from the petitioners
to the Department, ``Petitioners' Rebuttal Brief,'' (Petitioners'
RB), April 25, 2016; see also, letter from Bhansali to the
Department, ``Stainless Steel Bar from India: Bhansali Bright Bars
Private Limited's (Bhansali) Rebuttal Brief dated May 11, 2015,''
(Bhansali's RB), April 28, 2016.
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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. The written description
is dispositive.\4\
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\4\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Issues and
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Stainless Steel Bar from India'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum),
which is hereby adopted by this notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is incorporated herein by
reference. A list of the issues which parties raised, and to which we
respond in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached to this
notice as an Appendix. The Issues and 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/login.aspx, and it is available to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made
certain changes since the Preliminary Results. For a discussion of
these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we determine the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the respondents for the period
February 1, 2014, through January 31, 2015.
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd........................... 0.00
Ambica Steels Limited................................... 0.00
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). The respondents'
weighted-average dumping margin in these final results is zero percent.
Therefore, we will instruct CBP to liquidate all appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties. The Department intends to issue
the appropriate assessment instructions for Ambica and Bhansali to CBP
15 days after the date of publication of these final results.
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 Ambica and Bhansali 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 companies
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).
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 subject merchandise 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 rates
for Ambica and Bhansali will be the rates 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 recently completed
segment of this proceeding in which that manufacturer or exporter
participated; (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
recently completed segment of this proceeding for the manufacturer of
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 12.45 percent, the ``all
others'' rate established in the order.\5\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\5\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 59 FR 66915, 66921 (December
28, 1994).
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these final
results of review within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Notifications
This notice serves as a final 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 Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 the terms of an APO is a
sanctionable violation.
These final results of administrative review are issued and
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act.
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Dated: September 1, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Issues Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Name Respondents' Customers in Final
Liquidation Instructions
Comment 2: Whether Bhansali is an Uncooperative Respondent
Comment 3: Whether the Department Should Accept Bhansali's Sales
and Cost Data
Comment 4: Whether the Department Properly Handled the Billing
Adjustments in the Preliminary Results
VI. Recommendation
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