82_FR_50590 82 FR 50381 - Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

82 FR 50381 - Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 209 (October 31, 2017)

Page Range50381-50383
FR Document2017-23645

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Italy 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-836]


Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy: Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

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 Italy 
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: Victoria Cho or Mark Flessner, 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) 482-5075 or (202) 482-6312, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 
733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

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(the Act). The Department published the notice of initiation of this 
investigation on April 20, 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.
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    \1\ See 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).
    \2\ See 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).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Carbon 
and Alloy Wire from Italy'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are wire rod from the 
Italy. 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.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
    \5\ See Initiation Notice at 19207-08.
    \6\ See 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).
    \7\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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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 Ferriere 
Nord S.p.A. (Ferriere Nord) and Acciaierie di Verona S.p.A. (AdV) as a 
single entity for the purposes of this preliminary determination.\9\
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    \8\ See, 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.
    \9\ For further discussion of this issue, see Memorandum 
entitled, ``Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy: 
Ferriere Nord S.p.A. and Acciaierie di Verona S.p.A. Affiliation and 
Collapsing Memorandum'' (Ferriere Nord and AdV Prelim Affiliation 
and Collapsing Memo), dated concurrently with this preliminary 
determination.
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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 facts otherwise available with adverse 
inferences to assign a margin for Ferriera Valsider S.p.A. (Ferriera 
Valsider). For a full description of the methodology underlying the 
preliminary determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

All-Others Rate

    Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that 
in the preliminary determination the Department shall determine an 
estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not 
individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the 
weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 
established for exporters and producers individually investigated, 
excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined 
entirely under section 776 of the Act.
    In this investigation, the Department preliminarily calculated a 
rate that is not zero, de minimis or based entirely on facts otherwise 
available for Ferriere Nord. Because this is the only such rate, the 
rate calculated for Ferriere Nord is also assigned as the rate for all-
other producers and exporters. Additionally, for the reasons discussed 
in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we are applying this rate to 
Ferriera Valsider as facts available with an adverse inference.

Preliminary Determination

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Estimated
                                                             weighted-
                                                              average
                    Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                              margin
                                                             (percent)
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Ferriere Nord S.p.A./Acciaierie di Verona S.p.A.........           22.06
Ferriera Valsider S.p.A.................................           22.06
All-Others..............................................           22.06
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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 
all-others rate, as follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for the 
respondents listed above will be equal to the company-specific 
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 weighted-average dumping 
margin established for that producer of the subject merchandise; and 
(3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and

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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.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 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, 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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                                                    Verification                                            its preliminary determination. If the                 II. Background
                                                                                                            final determination is affirmative, the               III. Period of Investigation
                                                       As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the                                                                    IV. Use of Facts Available and Adverse Facts
                                                    Act, the Department intends to verify                   ITC will determine before the later of
                                                                                                            120 days after the date of this                             Available
                                                    the information relied upon in making                                                                            A. Legal Authority
                                                    its final determination.                                preliminary determination or 45 days                     B. Application of Facts Available to Musim
                                                                                                            after the final determination whether                       Mas
                                                    Public Comment                                          these imports are materially injuring, or                C. Use of Adverse Inferences
                                                       Case briefs or other written comments                threaten material injury to, the U.S.                    D. Selection and Corroboration of AFA
                                                    may be submitted to the Assistant                       industry.                                                   Rate
                                                    Secretary for Enforcement and                                                                                 V. Affiliation and Collapsing
                                                                                                            Notification to Interested Parties                       A. Wilmar
                                                    Compliance no later than seven days
                                                    after the date on which the last                          This determination is issued and                    VI. Discussion of the Methodology
                                                                                                            published in accordance with sections                    A. Comparisions to Fair Value
                                                    verification report is issued in this
                                                                                                            733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19                VII. Product Comparisons
                                                    investigation, unless the Secretary alters                                                                    VIII. Date of Sale
                                                    the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, limited to             CFR 351.205(c).
                                                                                                                                                                  IX. Export Price and Constructed Price
                                                    issues raised in case briefs, may be                      Dated: October 19, 2017.                            X. Normal Value
                                                    submitted no later than five days after                 Gary Taverman,                                           A. Home Market Viability
                                                    the deadline date for case briefs.8                     Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping            XI. Particular Market Situation
                                                    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and                    and Countervailing Duty Operations,                      A. Background
                                                    (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or               performing the non-exclusive functions and               B. Interested Parties’ Arguments
                                                    rebuttal briefs in this investigation are               duties of the Assistant Secretary for                    C. Analysis
                                                    encouraged to submit with each                          Enforcement and Compliance.                           XII. Calculation of Normal Value Based on
                                                                                                                                                                        Constructed Value
                                                    argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
                                                                                                            Appendix I                                            XIII. Circumstance of Sale
                                                    (2) a brief summary of the argument;                                                                          XIV. Adjustment to Cash Deposit Rate for
                                                    and (3) a table of authorities.                         Scope of the Investigation                                  Export Subsidies
                                                       Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                                                                             XV. Currency Conversion
                                                                                                               The product covered by this investigation
                                                    interested parties who wish to request a                                                                      XVI. Conclusion
                                                                                                            is biodiesel, which is a fuel comprised of
                                                    hearing, limited to issues raised in the                mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids           [FR Doc. 2017–23602 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a                 derived from vegetable oils or animal fats,           BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                    written request to the Assistant                        including biologically based waste oils or
                                                    Secretary for Enforcement and                           greases, and other biologically-based oil or fat
                                                    Compliance, U.S. Department of                          sources. The investigation covers biodiesel in
                                                                                                                                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                    Commerce, within 30 days after the date                 pure form (B100) as well as fuel mixtures
                                                    of publication of this notice. Requests                 containing at least 99 percent biodiesel by
                                                                                                                                                                  International Trade Administration
                                                    should contain the party’s name,                        volume (B99). For fuel mixtures containing
                                                                                                            less than 99 percent biodiesel by volume,             [A–475–836]
                                                    address, and telephone number, the
                                                                                                            only the biodiesel component of the mixture
                                                    number of participants, whether any                     is covered by the scope of the investigation.         Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From
                                                    participant is a foreign national, and a                   Biodiesel is generally produced to                 Italy: Preliminary Affirmative
                                                    list of the issues to be discussed. If a                American Society for Testing and Materials            Determination of Sales at Less Than
                                                    request for a hearing is made, the                      International (ASTM) D6751 specifications,            Fair Value
                                                    Department intends to hold the hearing                  but it can also be made to other
                                                    at the U.S. Department of Commerce,                     specifications. Biodiesel commonly has one            AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                    1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,                           of the following Chemical Abstracts Service           International Trade Administration,
                                                    Washington, DC 20230, at a time and                     (CAS) numbers, generally depending upon               Department of Commerce.
                                                                                                            the feedstock used: 67784–80–9 (soybean oil           SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                    date to be determined. Parties should
                                                                                                            methyl esters); 91051–34–2 (palm oil methyl
                                                    confirm by telephone the date, time, and                                                                      (the Department) preliminarily
                                                                                                            esters); 91051–32–0 (palm kernel oil methyl
                                                    location of the hearing two days before                 esters); 73891–99–3 (rapeseed oil methyl              determines that carbon and alloy steel
                                                    the scheduled date.                                     esters); 61788–61–2 (tallow methyl esters);           wire rod (wire rod) from Italy is being,
                                                                                                            68990–52–3 (vegetable oil methyl esters);             or is likely to be, sold in the United
                                                    Final Determination                                                                                           States at less than fair value (LTFV). The
                                                                                                            129828–16–6 (canola oil methyl esters);
                                                       Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19                  67762–26–9 (unsaturated alkylcarboxylic               period of investigation (POI) is January
                                                    CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that the                      acid methyl ester); or 68937–84–8 (fatty              1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.
                                                    Department will issue the final                         acids, C12–C18, methyl ester).                        DATES: Applicable October 31, 2017.
                                                    determination within 75 days after the                     The B100 product subject to the
                                                                                                            investigation is currently classifiable under         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    date of its preliminary determination.                                                                        Victoria Cho or Mark Flessner, AD/CVD
                                                                                                            subheading 3826.00.1000 of the Harmonized
                                                    Accordingly, the Department will make                                                                         Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
                                                                                                            Tariff Schedule of the United States
                                                    its final determination no later than 75                (HTSUS), while the B99 product is currently           Compliance, International Trade
                                                    days after the signature date of this                   classifiable under HTSUS subheading                   Administration, U.S. Department of
                                                    preliminary determination, unless                       3826.00.3000. Although the HTSUS                      Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                                    extended.                                               subheadings, ASTM specifications, and CAS             NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
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                                                                                                            numbers are provided for convenience and
                                                    International Trade Commission                                                                                (202) 482–5075 or (202) 482–6312,
                                                                                                            customs purposes, the written description of
                                                    Notification                                            the scope is dispositive.                             respectively.
                                                      In accordance with section 733(f) of                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                    the Act, the Department will notify the                 Appendix II
                                                                                                                                                                  Background
                                                    International Trade Commission (ITC) of
                                                                                                            List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary             This preliminary determination is
                                                       8 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303        Decision Memorandum                                   made in accordance with section 733(b)
                                                    (for general filing requirements).                      I. Summary                                            of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended


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                                                    (the Act). The Department published the                 accompanying discussion and analysis                    and producers not individually
                                                    notice of initiation of this investigation              of all comments timely received, see the                examined. This rate shall be an amount
                                                    on April 20, 2017.1 On August 21, 2017,                 Preliminary Scope Decision                              equal to the weighted average of the
                                                    the Department postponed the                            Memorandum.6 Since the issuance of                      estimated weighted-average dumping
                                                    preliminary determination of this                       the Preliminary Scope Decision                          margins established for exporters and
                                                    investigation, and the revised deadline                 Memorandum, certain parties submitted                   producers individually investigated,
                                                    is now October 24, 2017.2 For a                         scope case briefs or scope rebuttal                     excluding any zero and de minimis
                                                    complete description of the events that                 briefs.7 The Department will issue a                    margins, and any margins determined
                                                    followed the initiation of this                         final scope decision on the records of                  entirely under section 776 of the Act.
                                                    investigation, see the Preliminary                      the wire rod investigations after                         In this investigation, the Department
                                                    Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics                  considering those comments submitted                    preliminarily calculated a rate that is
                                                    included in the Preliminary Decision                    in scope case and rebuttal briefs.                      not zero, de minimis or based entirely
                                                    Memorandum is included as Appendix                                                                              on facts otherwise available for Ferriere
                                                                                                            Affiliation and Collapsing                              Nord. Because this is the only such rate,
                                                    II to this notice. The Preliminary
                                                    Decision Memorandum is a public                           In accordance with section 771(33)(F)                 the rate calculated for Ferriere Nord is
                                                    document and is on file electronically                  of the Act, 19 CFR 351.401(f), and the                  also assigned as the rate for all-other
                                                    via Enforcement and Compliance’s                        Department’s practice,8 we are treating                 producers and exporters. Additionally,
                                                    Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                     Ferriere Nord S.p.A. (Ferriere Nord) and                for the reasons discussed in the
                                                    Centralized Electronic Service System                   Acciaierie di Verona S.p.A. (AdV) as a                  Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we
                                                    (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to                        single entity for the purposes of this                  are applying this rate to Ferriera
                                                    registered users at https://                            preliminary determination.9                             Valsider as facts available with an
                                                    access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the             Methodology                                             adverse inference.
                                                    Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
                                                                                                              The Department is conducting this                     Preliminary Determination
                                                    main Department of Commerce
                                                    building. In addition, a complete                       investigation in accordance with section                  The Department preliminarily
                                                    version of the Preliminary Decision                     731 of the Act. The Department has                      determines that the following estimated
                                                    Memorandum can be accessed directly                     calculated export prices in accordance                  weighted-average dumping margins
                                                    at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.                   with section 772(a) of the Act. Normal                  exist:
                                                    The signed and the electronic versions                  value (NV) is calculated in accordance
                                                    of the Preliminary Decision                             with section 773 of the Act.                                                                        Estimated
                                                                                                            Furthermore, pursuant to section 776(a)                                                             weighted-
                                                    Memorandum are identical in content.                                                                                                                         average
                                                                                                            and (b) of the Act, the Department has                          Exporter/producer
                                                    Scope of the Investigation                                                                                                                                  dumping
                                                                                                            preliminarily relied upon facts                                                                      margin
                                                      The products covered by this                          otherwise available with adverse                                                                    (percent)
                                                    investigation are wire rod from the Italy.              inferences to assign a margin for
                                                    For a complete description of the scope                 Ferriera Valsider S.p.A. (Ferriera                      Ferriere Nord S.p.A./
                                                                                                            Valsider). For a full description of the                  Acciaierie di Verona S.p.A                      22.06
                                                    of this investigation, see Appendix I.
                                                                                                            methodology underlying the                              Ferriera Valsider S.p.A .........                 22.06
                                                    Scope Comments                                                                                                  All-Others ..............................         22.06
                                                                                                            preliminary determination, see the
                                                      In accordance with the preamble to                    Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
                                                    the Department’s regulations,4 the                                                                              Suspension of Liquidation
                                                                                                            All-Others Rate                                           In accordance with section 733(d)(2)
                                                    Initiation Notice set aside a period of
                                                    time for parties to raise issues regarding                Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and                         of the Act, the Department will direct
                                                    product coverage (scope).5 Certain                      735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in                 U.S. Customs and Border Protection
                                                    interested parties commented on the                     the preliminary determination the                       (CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries
                                                    scope of the investigation as it appeared               Department shall determine an                           of subject merchandise, as described in
                                                    in the Initiation Notice. For a summary                 estimated all-others rate for all exporters             Appendix I, entered, or withdrawn from
                                                    of the product coverage comments and                                                                            warehouse, for consumption on or after
                                                                                                              6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy Steel
                                                    rebuttal responses submitted to the                                                                             the date of publication of this notice in
                                                                                                            Wire Rod from Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea,
                                                    record for this investigation, and                      the Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, the
                                                                                                                                                                    the Federal Register. Further, pursuant
                                                                                                            Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab            to section 733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19
                                                       1 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from           Emirates, and the United Kingdom: Scope                 CFR 351.205(d), the Department will
                                                    Belarus, Italy, the Republic of Korea, the Russian      Comments Decision Memorandum for the                    instruct CBP to require a cash deposit
                                                    Federation, South Africa, Spain, the Republic of        Preliminary Determinations,’’ dated August 7, 2017
                                                    Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United       (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum).                equal to the estimated weighted-average
                                                    Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value               7 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.                dumping margin or the estimated all-
                                                    Investigations, 82 FR 19207 (April 20, 2017)              8 See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of Sales   others rate, as follows: (1) The cash
                                                    (Initiation Notice).                                    at Less Than Fair Value: Coated Free Sheet Paper        deposit rate for the respondents listed
                                                       2 See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy,
                                                                                                            from Indonesia, 72 FR 60636 (October 25, 2007),         above will be equal to the company-
                                                    the Republic of Korea, the Republic of South Africa,    and accompanying Issues and Decision
                                                    Spain, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine and the          Memorandum; Certain Coated Paper Suitable for           specific estimated weighted-average
                                                    United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary             High-Quality Print Graphics Using Sheet-Fed             dumping margins determined in this
                                                    Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value                                                                      preliminary determination; (2) if the
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                                                                                                            Presses from Indonesia: Final Determination of
                                                    Investigations, 82 FR 39564 (August 21, 2017).          Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 75 FR 59223
                                                       3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
                                                                                                                                                                    exporter is not a respondent identified
                                                                                                            (September 27, 2010), and accompanying Issues and
                                                    the Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-         Decision Memorandum.                                    above, but the producer is, then the cash
                                                    Fair-Value Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Wire         9 For further discussion of this issue, see           deposit rate will be equal to the
                                                    from Italy’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby        Memorandum entitled, ‘‘Certain Carbon and Alloy         company-specific estimated weighted-
                                                    adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision           Steel Wire Rod from Italy: Ferriere Nord S.p.A. and
                                                    Memorandum).
                                                                                                                                                                    average dumping margin established for
                                                                                                            Acciaierie di Verona S.p.A. Affiliation and
                                                       4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
                                                                                                            Collapsing Memorandum’’ (Ferriere Nord and AdV
                                                                                                                                                                    that producer of the subject
                                                    Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).          Prelim Affiliation and Collapsing Memo), dated          merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit
                                                       5 See Initiation Notice at 19207–08.                 concurrently with this preliminary determination.       rate for all other producers and


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                                                    exporters will be equal to the all-others               determination within 75 days after the                physical description of subject merchandise
                                                    estimated weighted-average dumping                      date of its preliminary determination.                above. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
                                                    margin.                                                 Accordingly, the Department will make                 provided for convenience and customs
                                                                                                                                                                  purposes, the written description of the
                                                                                                            its final determination no later than 75
                                                    Disclosure                                                                                                    scope of these proceedings is dispositive.
                                                                                                            days after the signature date of this
                                                       The Department intends to disclose                   preliminary determination.                            Appendix II
                                                    its calculations and analysis performed
                                                                                                            International Trade Commission                        List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
                                                    to interested parties in this preliminary                                                                     Decision Memorandum
                                                    determination within five days of any                   Notification
                                                    public announcement or, if there is no                     In accordance with section 733(f) of               I. Summary
                                                                                                                                                                  II. Background
                                                    public announcement, within five days                   the Act, the Department will notify the
                                                                                                                                                                  III. Period of Investigation
                                                    of the date of publication of this notice               International Trade Commission (ITC) of               IV. Scope Comments
                                                    in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).                   its preliminary determination. If the                 V. Affiliation and Collapsing
                                                                                                            final determination is affirmative, the               VI. Discussion of the Methodology
                                                    Verification                                            ITC will determine before the later of                   A. Determination of the Comparison
                                                       As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the              120 days after the date of this                             Method
                                                    Act, the Department intends to verify                   preliminary determination or 45 days                     B. Results of the Differential Pricing
                                                    the information relied upon in making                   after the final determination whether                       Analysis
                                                    its final determination.                                these imports are materially injuring, or             VII. Date of Sale
                                                                                                                                                                  VIII. Product Comparisons
                                                    Public Comment                                          threaten material injury to, the U.S.
                                                                                                                                                                  IX. Export Price and Constructed Export
                                                                                                            industry.                                                   Price
                                                       Case briefs or other written comments
                                                                                                            Notification to Interested Parties                    X. Normal Value
                                                    may be submitted to the Assistant                                                                                A. Home Market Viability
                                                    Secretary for Enforcement and                             This determination is issued and                       B. Level of Trade
                                                    Compliance no later than seven days                     published in accordance with sections                    C. Cost of Production (COP) Analysis
                                                    after the date on which the last                        733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19                   1. Calculation of COP
                                                    verification report is issued in this                   CFR 351.205(c).                                          2. Test of Comparison Market Sales Prices
                                                    investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to                                                                       3. Results of the COP Test
                                                                                                              Dated: October 24, 2017.
                                                    issues raised in case briefs, may be                                                                             D. Calculation of NV Based on Comparison
                                                                                                            Gary Taverman,                                              Market Prices
                                                    submitted no later than five days after
                                                                                                            Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping            XI. Application of Facts Available and Use of
                                                    the deadline date for case briefs.10                    and Countervailing Duty Operations,                         Adverse Inference
                                                    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and                    performing the non-exclusive functions and            XII. Currency Conversion
                                                    (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or               duties of the Assistant Secretary for                 XIII. Conclusion
                                                    rebuttal briefs in this investigation are               Enforcement and Compliance.
                                                                                                                                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–23645 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    encouraged to submit with each
                                                    argument: (1) A statement of the issue;                 Appendix I                                            BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

                                                    (2) a brief summary of the argument;                    Scope of the Investigation
                                                    and (3) a table of authorities.                            The products covered by this investigation         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                       Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                       are certain hot-rolled products of carbon steel
                                                    interested parties who wish to request a                and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately           International Trade Administration
                                                    hearing, limited to issues raised in the                round cross section, less than 19.00 mm in
                                                    case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a                 actual solid cross-sectional diameter.                [A–791–823]
                                                    written request to the Assistant                        Specifically excluded are steel products
                                                                                                            possessing the above-noted physical                   Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From
                                                    Secretary for Enforcement and                           characteristics and meeting the Harmonized
                                                    Compliance, U.S. Department of                                                                                the Republic of South Africa:
                                                                                                            Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)          Preliminary Affirmative Determination
                                                    Commerce, within 30 days after the date                 definitions for (a) stainless steel; (b) tool
                                                    of publication of this notice. Requests                                                                       of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
                                                                                                            steel; (c) high-nickel steel; (d) ball bearing
                                                    should contain the party’s name,                        steel; or (e) concrete reinforcing bars and           Preliminary Affirmative Determination
                                                    address, and telephone number, the                      rods. Also excluded are free cutting steel            of Critical Circumstances, and
                                                    number of participants, whether any                     (also known as free machining steel)                  Preliminary Determination of No
                                                    participant is a foreign national, and a                products (i.e., products that contain by              Shipments
                                                                                                            weight one or more of the following
                                                    list of the issues to be discussed. If a                elements: 0.1 percent of more of lead, 0.05           AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                    request for a hearing is made, the                      percent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or           International Trade Administration,
                                                    Department intends to hold the hearing                  more of sulfur, more than 0.04 percent of             Department of Commerce.
                                                    at the U.S. Department of Commerce,                     phosphorous, more than 0.05 percent of                SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                    1401 Constitution Avenue NW.,                           selenium, or more than 0.01 percent of                (the Department) preliminarily
                                                    Washington, DC 20230, at a time and                     tellurium). All products meeting the physical         determines that carbon and alloy steel
                                                    date to be determined. Parties should                   description of subject merchandise that are
                                                                                                                                                                  wire rod (wire rod) from the Republic of
                                                    confirm by telephone the date, time, and                not specifically excluded are included in this
                                                                                                            scope.                                                South Africa (South Africa) is being, or
                                                    location of the hearing two days before                                                                       is likely to be, sold in the United States
                                                                                                               The products under investigation are
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                                                    the scheduled date.                                     currently classifiable under subheadings              at less than fair value (LTFV). The
                                                    Final Determination                                     7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020,             period of investigation (POI) is January
                                                                                                            7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000,             1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.
                                                      Section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19                   7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080,             DATES: Applicable October 31, 2017.
                                                    CFR 351.210(b)(1) provide that the                      7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030,
                                                    Department will issue the final                         and 7227.90.6035 of the HTSUS. Products               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                            entered under subheadings 7213.99.0090 and            Moses Song or John McGowan, AD/CVD
                                                       10 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303       7227.90.6090 of the HTSUS may also be                 Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
                                                    (for general filing requirements).                      included in this scope if they meet the               Compliance, International Trade


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesApplicable October 31, 2017.
ContactVictoria Cho or Mark Flessner, 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) 482-5075 or (202) 482-6312, respectively.
FR Citation82 FR 50381 

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