83_FR_17606 83 FR 17529 - Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Reinstatement of Certain Companies in the Antidumping Duty Order

83 FR 17529 - Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review and Reinstatement of Certain Companies in the Antidumping Duty Order

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 77 (April 20, 2018)

Page Range17529-17531
FR Document2018-08290

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that certain producers/exporters of stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. Accordingly, they are hereby reinstated in the antidumping order on SS Bar from India.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review and Reinstatement of Certain Companies in the 
Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined that 
certain producers/exporters of stainless steel bar (SS Bar) from India 
made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during 
the period of review (POR) July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. 
Accordingly, they are hereby reinstated in the antidumping order on SS 
Bar from India.

DATES: Applicable April 20, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, 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) 482-0410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 18, 2017, Commerce published the preliminary results of 
this changed circumstances review and intent to reinstate Venus Wire 
Industries Pvt. Ltd. and its affiliates Precision Metals, Sieves 
Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd., and Hindustan Inox Ltd. (collectively, 
the Venus Group), and Viraj Prof[igrave]les Ltd. (Viraj) in the 
antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India.\1\ This review covers SS 
Bar from India produced and/or exported by the Venus Group and Viraj.
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of 
Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Reinstate Certain 
Companies in the Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 48483, October 18, 
2017 (CCR Preliminary Results).
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    On January 9, 2018, we received case briefs from the Venus Group 
and Viraj.\2\ On January 9, 2018, we received a rebuttal brief from the 
petitioners.\3\ On March 8, 2018, Commerce held a public hearing at the 
request of Viraj.
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    \2\ See Letter from the Venus Group, ``Stainless Steel Bar from 
India: Administrative Case Brief of Venus Wire Industries Pvt. 
Ltd.,'' dated January 9, 2018, and Letter from Viraj, ``Stainless 
Steel Bar from India: Case Brief,'' dated January 9, 2018.
    \3\ See Letters from the petitioners, ``Petitioners' Rebuttal 
Brief Regarding Venus,'' dated January 19, 2018, and ``Petitioners' 
Rebuttal Brief Regarding Viraj,'' dated January 19, 2018. The 
petitioners are Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible 
Industries LLC, Electralloy, a Division of G.O. Carlson, Inc., 
North-American Stainless, Outokumpu Stainless Bar, LLC, Universal 
Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater Stainless, 
Inc.
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    Commerce conducted this changed circumstances review in accordance 
with section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) 
and 19 CFR 351.216(d). For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ 
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, 
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 Memo can be accessed 
directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review of Stainless Steel Bar 
from India,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to the order is SS bar. SS bar means 
articles of stainless steel in straight lengths that have been either 
hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or otherwise cold-
finished, or ground, having a uniform solid cross section along their 
whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, 
rectangles (including squares), triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other 
convex polygons. SS bar includes cold-finished

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SS bars that are turned or ground in straight lengths, whether produced 
from hot-rolled bar or from straightened and cut rod or wire, and 
reinforcing bars that have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other 
deformations produced during the rolling process.
    Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless 
steel semi-finished products, cut-to-length flat-rolled products (i.e., 
cut-to-length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness 
have a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm 
or more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures 
at least twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed products in 
coils, of any uniform solid cross section along their whole length, 
which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products), and 
angles, shapes, and sections.
    Imports of these products are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 7222.10.00, 7222.11.00, 7222.19.00, 7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Although the HTS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written 
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Basis for Reinstatement

    In requesting revocation, pursuant to 19 CFR 353.25(b) (1996) and 
19 CFR 353.25(a)(2)(iii) (1996),\5\ both the Venus Group and Viraj 
agreed to immediate reinstatement of the order, so long as any exporter 
or producer is subject to the order, if the Secretary concludes that 
subsequent to the revocation, the Venus Group and/or Viraj sold SS Bar 
in the United States at less than NV.\6\ Under 19 CFR 353.25(a)(2)(iii) 
(1996), as long as any exporter or producer is subject to an 
antidumping duty order which remains in force, an entity previously 
granted a revocation may be reinstated under that order if it is 
established that the entity has resumed the dumping of subject 
merchandise.
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    \5\ The regulation that was in effect when the Venus Group and 
Viraj requested revocation was amended in 1997 to become 19 CFR 
351.222(b). This regulation was then revoked in 2012. See 
Modification to Regulation Concerning the Revocation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 29875 (May 21, 2012). However, 
when revoking this regulation, Commerce noted that ``{a{time} ny 
company that has been revoked from an antidumping . . . order will 
remain subject to its certified agreement to be reinstated with 
respect to that order if Commerce finds it to have resumed dumping. 
. . .'' See id. at 29882.
    \6\ See Stainless Steel Bar from India; Final Results, 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review in Part, and 
Determination To Revoke in Part, 69 FR 55409 (September 14, 2004) 
(Viraj Revocation) and Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Revocation of the 
Order, in Part, 76 FR 56401 (September 13, 2011) (Venus Revocation).
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    In this case, because other exporters in India remain subject to 
the SS Bar order, the order remains in effect, and the Venus Group and/
or Viraj may be reinstated in the order. Commerce conditionally granted 
the Venus Group and Viraj revocation based, in part, upon their 
agreement to immediate reinstatement in the antidumping duty order if 
Commerce were to find that the companies resumed dumping of SS Bar from 
India.\7\
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    \7\ See Viraj Revocation, 69 FR at 55411 (``Viraj provided each 
of the certifications required under 19 CFR 351.222(e) . . . 
{including{time}  an agreement to immediate reinstatement of the 
order if the Department concludes that the company, subsequent to 
the revocation, sold subject merchandise at less than NV.'') and 
Venus Revocation, 76 at 56402-3 (``the company has agreed to 
immediate reinstatement of the order if we find that it has resumed 
making sales at less than fair value'').
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    As discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we continue to 
find that the use of facts available is warranted in determining the 
dumping margin of the Venus Group and Viraj pursuant to section 776(a) 
of the Act. Further, we continue to find that the Venus Group and Viraj 
failed to cooperate to the best of their ability and, therefore, the 
use of facts available with an adverse inference is appropriate (AFA), 
pursuant to section 776(b) of the Act. We have assigned, as AFA, the 
rates below to the Venus Group and Viraj. Accordingly, we are 
reinstating the Venus Group and Viraj in the antidumping duty order on 
SS Bar from India.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this changed circumstances review are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum. 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.

Final Results of Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd. and its affiliates Precision       30.92
 Metals, Sieves Manufacturers (India) Pvt. Ltd., and
 Hindustan Inox Ltd.........................................
Viraj Prof[igrave]les Ltd \8\...............................       30.92
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Disclosure

    Normally, the Department discloses to interested parties the 
calculations performed in connection with the final results of changed 
circumstances review within five days after public announcement of the 
final results of changed circumstances review in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b). Because Commerce used an adverse inference in selecting 
from among the facts otherwise available to each of the respondents in 
this changed circumstances review, in accordance with section 776 of 
the Act, there are no calculations to disclose.
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    \8\ Viraj Alloys, Ltd., Viraj Forgings, Ltd., and Viraj 
Impoexpo, Ltd., are collectively now known as Viraj Profiles 
Limited. In July 2006, Viraj Forgings Ltd. merged with Viraj Alloys 
Ltd.; in April 2007, Viraj Alloys and Viraj Impoexpo Ltd. merged 
into Viraj Profiles Ltd.
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because we established that SS bar from India produced and/or 
exported by the Venus Group and Viraj are being sold at less than NV, 
the Venus Group and Viraj are hereby reinstated in the antidumping duty 
order on SS Bar from India effective upon the publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. We will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all 
entries at 30.92 percent and to continue to require a cash deposit at 
the current rate for all shipments of the subject merchandise of SS Bar 
produced and/or exported by either the Venus Group and Viraj and 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
October 18, 2017, the date of publication of the preliminary results in 
the Federal Register. These instructions shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notifications to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only 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 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.

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    We are issuing and publishing these results of review in accordance 
with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216.

    Dated: April 16, 2018.
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--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

1. Summary
2. Background
3. Scope of the Order
4. Discussion of the Issues
    a. Whether Adverse Facts Available Is Warranted for the Venus 
Group
    b. Whether Adverse Facts Available Is Warranted for Viraj
5. Recommendation

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                                                Cash Deposit Requirements                                 Dated: April 16, 2018.                              Viraj Profı̀les Ltd. (Viraj) in the
                                                                                                        Gary Taverman,                                        antidumping duty order on SS Bar from
                                                   The following cash deposit                                                                                 India.1 This review covers SS Bar from
                                                                                                        Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
                                                requirements will be effective upon                     and Countervailing Duty Operations,                   India produced and/or exported by the
                                                publication of the final results of this                performing the non-exclusive functions and            Venus Group and Viraj.
                                                administrative review for all shipments                 duties of the Assistant Secretary for                    On January 9, 2018, we received case
                                                of the subject merchandise from China                   Enforcement and Compliance.                           briefs from the Venus Group and Viraj.2
                                                entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                                                                         On January 9, 2018, we received a
                                                for consumption on or after the                         Appendix
                                                                                                                                                              rebuttal brief from the petitioners.3 On
                                                publication date as provided by section                 I. Summary                                            March 8, 2018, Commerce held a public
                                                751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For subject                II. Background                                        hearing at the request of Viraj.
                                                merchandise exported by the companies                   III. Scope of the Order                                  Commerce conducted this changed
                                                listed above that have separate rates, the              IV. Discussion of the Issues                          circumstances review in accordance
                                                cash deposit rate will be the rate                         Comment 1: Application of AFA to                   with section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act
                                                established in these final results of                         Chengdu Huifeng New Material                    of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19
                                                review for each exporter as listed above;                     Technology Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                           Comment 2: Application of AFA to the
                                                                                                                                                              CFR 351.216(d). For a full description of
                                                (2) for previously investigated or                                                                            the methodology underlying our
                                                                                                              Jiangsu Fengtai Single Entity
                                                reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese                                                                              conclusions, see the Issues and Decision
                                                                                                           Comment 3: Selection of the AFA Rate
                                                exporters not listed above that received                   Comment 4: Selection of the Separate Rate          Memorandum.4 The Issues and Decision
                                                a separate rate in a prior segment of this                    for Non-Selected Respondents                    Memorandum is a public document and
                                                proceeding, the cash deposit rate will                  V. Recommendation                                     is on file electronically via Enforcement
                                                continue to be the exporter-specific rate;              [FR Doc. 2018–08289 Filed 4–19–18; 8:45 am]           and Compliance’s Antidumping and
                                                (3) for all Chinese exporters of subject                                                                      Countervailing Duty Centralized
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                merchandise that have not been found                                                                          Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
                                                to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash                                                                   ACCESS is available to registered users
                                                deposit rate will be that for the China-                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                at https://access.trade.gov, and it is
                                                wide entity; (4) for all non-Chinese                                                                          available to all parties in the Central
                                                exporters of subject merchandise which                  International Trade Administration                    Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
                                                have not received their own rate, the                                                                         Department of Commerce building. In
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                                                cash deposit rate will be the rate                                                                            addition, a complete version of the
                                                applicable to the Chinese exporter that                 Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final                 Issues and Decision Memo can be
                                                supplied that non-Chinese exporter.                     Results of Changed Circumstances                      accessed directly at http://
                                                These deposit requirements shall                        Review and Reinstatement of Certain                   enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
                                                remain in effect until further notice.                  Companies in the Antidumping Duty                     Scope of the Order
                                                Notification to Importers                               Order
                                                                                                                                                                 The merchandise subject to the order
                                                   This notice serves as a final reminder               AGENCY:   Enforcement and Compliance,                 is SS bar. SS bar means articles of
                                                to importers of their responsibility                    International Trade Administration,                   stainless steel in straight lengths that
                                                under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a                    Department of Commerce.                               have been either hot-rolled, forged,
                                                certificate regarding the reimbursement                 SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce                   turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or
                                                of antidumping duties prior to                          (Commerce) has determined that certain                otherwise cold-finished, or ground,
                                                liquidation of the relevant entries                     producers/exporters of stainless steel                having a uniform solid cross section
                                                during this POR. Failure to comply with                 bar (SS Bar) from India made sales of                 along their whole length in the shape of
                                                this requirement could result in                        subject merchandise at less than normal               circles, segments of circles, ovals,
                                                Commerce’s presumption that                             value (NV) during the period of review                rectangles (including squares), triangles,
                                                reimbursement of the antidumping                        (POR) July 1, 2015, through June 30,                  hexagons, octagons, or other convex
                                                duties occurred and the subsequent                      2016. Accordingly, they are hereby                    polygons. SS bar includes cold-finished
                                                assessment of doubled antidumping                       reinstated in the antidumping order on
                                                duties.                                                 SS Bar from India.                                       1 See Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary

                                                                                                                                                              Results of Changed Circumstances Review and
                                                Administrative Protective Orders                        DATES: Applicable April 20, 2018.                     Intent To Reinstate Certain Companies in the
                                                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 48483, October 18,
                                                   This notice also serves as the only                  Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations,                    2017 (CCR Preliminary Results).
                                                                                                                                                                 2 See Letter from the Venus Group, ‘‘Stainless
                                                reminder to parties subject to                          Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                                                                                                                              Steel Bar from India: Administrative Case Brief of
                                                administrative protective order (APO) of                International Trade Administration,                   Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd.,’’ dated January 9,
                                                their responsibility concerning the                     U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401                     2018, and Letter from Viraj, ‘‘Stainless Steel Bar
                                                return or destruction of proprietary                    Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,                   from India: Case Brief,’’ dated January 9, 2018.
                                                information disclosed under APO in                      DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0410.                      3 See Letters from the petitioners, ‘‘Petitioners’

                                                accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3).                                                                         Rebuttal Brief Regarding Venus,’’ dated January 19,
                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            2018, and ‘‘Petitioners’ Rebuttal Brief Regarding
                                                Timely written notification of the return                                                                     Viraj,’’ dated January 19, 2018. The petitioners are
                                                or destruction of APO materials or                      Background                                            Carpenter Technology Corporation, Crucible
                                                conversion to judicial protective order is                On October 18, 2017, Commerce                       Industries LLC, Electralloy, a Division of G.O.
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                                                hereby requested. Failure to comply                                                                           Carlson, Inc., North-American Stainless,
                                                                                                        published the preliminary results of this             Outokumpu Stainless Bar, LLC, Universal Stainless
                                                with the regulations and terms of an                    changed circumstances review and                      & Alloy Products, Inc., and Valbruna Slater
                                                APO is a violation subject to sanction.                 intent to reinstate Venus Wire Industries             Stainless, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                 4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
                                                   These final results of review are                    Pvt. Ltd. and its affiliates Precision
                                                                                                                                                              Memorandum for the Antidumping Duty Changed
                                                issued and published in accordance                      Metals, Sieves Manufacturers (India)                  Circumstances Review of Stainless Steel Bar from
                                                with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the               Pvt. Ltd., and Hindustan Inox Ltd.                    India,’’ dated concurrently with and hereby adopted
                                                Act.                                                    (collectively, the Venus Group), and                  by this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).



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                                                SS bars that are turned or ground in                     has resumed the dumping of subject                                                                          Weighted-
                                                straight lengths, whether produced from                  merchandise.                                                                                                 average
                                                hot-rolled bar or from straightened and                     In this case, because other exporters                              Producer/exporter                     dumping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       margin
                                                cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that               in India remain subject to the SS Bar                                                                       (percent)
                                                have indentations, ribs, grooves, or                     order, the order remains in effect, and
                                                other deformations produced during the                   the Venus Group and/or Viraj may be                         Viraj Profı̀les Ltd 8 .......................       30.92
                                                rolling process.                                         reinstated in the order. Commerce
                                                   Except as specified above, the term                   conditionally granted the Venus Group                       Disclosure
                                                does not include stainless steel semi-                   and Viraj revocation based, in part,
                                                                                                                                                                       Normally, the Department discloses to
                                                finished products, cut-to-length flat-                   upon their agreement to immediate
                                                                                                                                                                     interested parties the calculations
                                                rolled products (i.e., cut-to-length rolled              reinstatement in the antidumping duty
                                                                                                                                                                     performed in connection with the final
                                                products which if less than 4.75 mm in                   order if Commerce were to find that the
                                                                                                                                                                     results of changed circumstances review
                                                thickness have a width measuring at                      companies resumed dumping of SS Bar
                                                                                                                                                                     within five days after public
                                                least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75                 from India.7
                                                                                                                                                                     announcement of the final results of
                                                mm or more in thickness having a width                      As discussed in the Issues and
                                                                                                                                                                     changed circumstances review in
                                                which exceeds 150 mm and measures at                     Decision Memorandum, we continue to
                                                                                                                                                                     accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
                                                least twice the thickness), wire (i.e.,                  find that the use of facts available is
                                                                                                                                                                     Because Commerce used an adverse
                                                cold-formed products in coils, of any                    warranted in determining the dumping
                                                                                                                                                                     inference in selecting from among the
                                                uniform solid cross section along their                  margin of the Venus Group and Viraj
                                                                                                                                                                     facts otherwise available to each of the
                                                whole length, which do not conform to                    pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act.
                                                                                                                                                                     respondents in this changed
                                                the definition of flat-rolled products),                 Further, we continue to find that the
                                                                                                                                                                     circumstances review, in accordance
                                                and angles, shapes, and sections.                        Venus Group and Viraj failed to
                                                                                                                                                                     with section 776 of the Act, there are no
                                                   Imports of these products are                         cooperate to the best of their ability and,
                                                                                                                                                                     calculations to disclose.
                                                currently classifiable under subheadings                 therefore, the use of facts available with
                                                7222.10.00, 7222.11.00, 7222.19.00,                      an adverse inference is appropriate                         Cash Deposit Requirements
                                                7222.20.00, 7222.30.00 of the                            (AFA), pursuant to section 776(b) of the                       Because we established that SS bar
                                                Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).                        Act. We have assigned, as AFA, the                          from India produced and/or exported by
                                                Although the HTS subheadings are                         rates below to the Venus Group and                          the Venus Group and Viraj are being
                                                provided for convenience and customs                     Viraj. Accordingly, we are reinstating                      sold at less than NV, the Venus Group
                                                purposes, our written description of the                 the Venus Group and Viraj in the                            and Viraj are hereby reinstated in the
                                                scope of the order is dispositive.                       antidumping duty order on SS Bar from                       antidumping duty order on SS Bar from
                                                                                                         India.                                                      India effective upon the publication of
                                                Basis for Reinstatement
                                                                                                         Analysis of Comments Received                               this notice in the Federal Register. We
                                                  In requesting revocation, pursuant to                                                                              will instruct U.S. Customs and Border
                                                19 CFR 353.25(b) (1996) and 19 CFR                         All issues raised in the case and
                                                                                                                                                                     Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend
                                                353.25(a)(2)(iii) (1996),5 both the Venus                rebuttal briefs by parties to this changed
                                                                                                                                                                     liquidation of all entries at 30.92
                                                Group and Viraj agreed to immediate                      circumstances review are addressed in
                                                                                                                                                                     percent and to continue to require a
                                                reinstatement of the order, so long as                   the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
                                                                                                                                                                     cash deposit at the current rate for all
                                                any exporter or producer is subject to                   A list of the issues which parties raised
                                                                                                                                                                     shipments of the subject merchandise of
                                                the order, if the Secretary concludes that               and to which we respond in the Issues
                                                                                                                                                                     SS Bar produced and/or exported by
                                                subsequent to the revocation, the Venus                  and Decision Memorandum is attached
                                                                                                                                                                     either the Venus Group and Viraj and
                                                Group and/or Viraj sold SS Bar in the                    to this notice as an Appendix.
                                                                                                                                                                     entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
                                                United States at less than NV.6 Under 19                 Final Results of Review                                     for consumption on or after October 18,
                                                CFR 353.25(a)(2)(iii) (1996), as long as                                                                             2017, the date of publication of the
                                                any exporter or producer is subject to an                  Commerce determines that the
                                                                                                         following weighted-average dumping                          preliminary results in the Federal
                                                antidumping duty order which remains                                                                                 Register. These instructions shall
                                                in force, an entity previously granted a                 margins exist for the period July 1, 2015,
                                                                                                         through June 30, 2016:                                      remain in effect until further notice.
                                                revocation may be reinstated under that
                                                order if it is established that the entity                                                                           Notifications to Interested Parties
                                                                                                                                                        Weighted-
                                                                                                                                                         average        This notice serves as the only
                                                  5 The regulation that was in effect when the                    Producer/exporter                     dumping      reminder to parties subject to
                                                Venus Group and Viraj requested revocation was                                                            margin     administrative protective order (APO) of
                                                amended in 1997 to become 19 CFR 351.222(b).                                                            (percent)    their responsibility concerning the
                                                This regulation was then revoked in 2012. See
                                                Modification to Regulation Concerning the                Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd.
                                                                                                                                                                     disposition of proprietary information
                                                Revocation of Antidumping and Countervailing               and its affiliates Precision Met-                         disclosed under APO in accordance
                                                Duty Orders, 77 FR 29875 (May 21, 2012). However,          als, Sieves Manufacturers                                 with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
                                                when revoking this regulation, Commerce noted                                                                        written notification of return or
                                                that ‘‘{a}ny company that has been revoked from an
                                                                                                           (India) Pvt. Ltd., and Hindu-
                                                antidumping . . . order will remain subject to its         stan Inox Ltd ...........................         30.92   destruction of APO materials, or
                                                certified agreement to be reinstated with respect to                                                                 conversion to judicial protective order,
                                                that order if Commerce finds it to have resumed            7 See Viraj Revocation, 69 FR at 55411 (‘‘Viraj           is hereby requested. Failure to comply
                                                dumping. . . .’’ See id. at 29882.                       provided each of the certifications required under          with the regulations and the terms of an
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                                                  6 See Stainless Steel Bar from India; Final Results,   19 CFR 351.222(e) . . . {including} an agreement to
                                                Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative            immediate reinstatement of the order if the
                                                                                                                                                                     APO is a sanctionable violation.
                                                Review in Part, and Determination To Revoke in           Department concludes that the company,
                                                Part, 69 FR 55409 (September 14, 2004) (Viraj            subsequent to the revocation, sold subject                    8 Viraj Alloys, Ltd., Viraj Forgings, Ltd., and Viraj

                                                Revocation) and Stainless Steel Bar from India:          merchandise at less than NV.’’) and Venus                   Impoexpo, Ltd., are collectively now known as Viraj
                                                Final Results of the Antidumping Duty                    Revocation, 76 at 56402–3 (‘‘the company has                Profiles Limited. In July 2006, Viraj Forgings Ltd.
                                                Administrative Review, and Revocation of the             agreed to immediate reinstatement of the order if           merged with Viraj Alloys Ltd.; in April 2007, Viraj
                                                Order, in Part, 76 FR 56401 (September 13, 2011)         we find that it has resumed making sales at less            Alloys and Viraj Impoexpo Ltd. merged into Viraj
                                                (Venus Revocation).                                      than fair value’’).                                         Profiles Ltd.



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                                                                                 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 77 / Friday, April 20, 2018 / Notices                                                17531

                                                  We are issuing and publishing these                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            Use of a nomination form standardizes
                                                results of review in accordance with                                                                          and limits the information collected as
                                                                                                        I. Abstract
                                                sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the                                                                       part of the nomination process. This
                                                Act and 19 CFR 351.216.                                    The Minority Business Development                  makes the competition fair and eases the
                                                                                                        Agency (MBDA) is the only federal                     burden on applicants and reviewers.
                                                  Dated: April 16, 2018.
                                                                                                        agency created exclusively to foster the              Participation in the National Minority
                                                Gary Taverman,
                                                                                                        growth and global competitiveness of
                                                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping                                                                    Business Awards competition is
                                                                                                        minority-owned businesses in the
                                                and Countervailing Duty Operations,                                                                           voluntary and the awards are strictly
                                                                                                        United States. For this purpose, a
                                                performing the non-exclusive functions and                                                                    honorary.
                                                duties of the Assistant Secretary for                   minority owned business must be
                                                Enforcement and Compliance.                             owned or controlled by one of the                     II. Method of Collection
                                                                                                        following persons or group of persons:
                                                Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in                    African American, American Indian,                      The form may be submitted
                                                the Issues and Decision Memorandum                      Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic, Native                electronically or paper format.
                                                1. Summary                                              Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Asian
                                                                                                        Indian, and Hasidic Jew. MBDA                         III. Data
                                                2. Background
                                                3. Scope of the Order                                   provides management and technical                       OMB Control Number: 0640–0025.
                                                4. Discussion of the Issues                             assistance to large, medium, and small
                                                   a. Whether Adverse Facts Available Is                minority business enterprises through a                 Form Number(s): Not applicable.
                                                      Warranted for the Venus Group                     network of business centers throughout                  Type of Review: Regular submission.
                                                   b. Whether Adverse Facts Available Is
                                                      Warranted for Viraj
                                                                                                        the United States.                                      Affected Public: Businesses or other
                                                5. Recommendation                                          Since 1983, every president has                    for profit organizations, not-for-profit
                                                                                                        issued a Presidential Proclamation
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–08290 Filed 4–19–18; 8:45 am]                                                                   institutions, State, Local, or Tribal
                                                                                                        designating one week as National
                                                BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                                                                        government, and Federal government.
                                                                                                        Minority Enterprise Development (MED)
                                                                                                        Week. MBDA recognizes the role that                     Estimated Number of Respondents:
                                                                                                        minority entrepreneurs play in building               100.
                                                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                        the Nation’s economy by honoring                        Estimated Time per Response: 2
                                                Minority Business Development                           businesses that are making a significant              hours.
                                                Agency                                                  contribution through the creation of
                                                                                                        jobs, products and services, in addition                Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                                Proposed Information Collection;                        to supporting their local communities.                Hours: 200.
                                                Comment Request; National Minority                      The National Minority Business Awards                   Estimated Total Annual Cost to
                                                Business Awards                                         Program is a key element of MED Week                  Public: $0.
                                                                                                        and celebrates the outstanding
                                                AGENCY: Minority Business                               achievements of minority entrepreneurs.               IV. Request for Comments
                                                Development Agency, Department of                       MBDA may make awards in the
                                                Commerce.                                                                                                        Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
                                                                                                        following categories: Minority                        the proposed collection of information
                                                ACTION: Notice.                                         Construction Firm of the Year, Minority
                                                                                                                                                              is necessary for the proper performance
                                                                                                        Export Firm of the Year, Minority
                                                SUMMARY:    The Department of                                                                                 of the functions of the agency, including
                                                                                                        Manufacturing Firm of the Year,
                                                Commerce, as part of its continuing                                                                           whether the information shall have
                                                                                                        Minority Health Products and Services
                                                effort to reduce paperwork and                                                                                practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
                                                                                                        Firm of the Year, Minority Innovative
                                                respondent burden, invites the general                                                                        agency’s estimate of the burden
                                                                                                        Technology Firm of the Year, Minority
                                                public and other Federal agencies to                                                                          (including hours and cost) of the
                                                                                                        Marketing and Communications Firm of
                                                take this opportunity to comment on                                                                           proposed collection of information; (c)
                                                                                                        the Year, Minority Professional Services
                                                proposed and/or continuing information                                                                        ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                                                                        Firm of the Year, Minority Veteran-
                                                collections, as required by the                                                                               clarity of the information to be
                                                                                                        Owned Firm of the Year, Minority
                                                Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                        ‘‘Under 30’’ Firm of the Year, and                    collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
                                                DATES: Written comments must be                         MBDA Minority Business Enterprise of                  burden of the collection of information
                                                submitted on or before April 27, 2018.                  the Year. In addition, MBDA may                       on respondents, including through the
                                                ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments                  recognize trailblazers and champions                  use of automated collection techniques
                                                to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental                        through the Access to Capital Award,                  or other forms of information
                                                Paperwork Clearance Officer,                            Advocate of the Year Award,                           technology.
                                                Department of Commerce, Room 6616,                      Distinguished Supplier Diversity
                                                14th and Constitution Avenue NW,                                                                                 Comments submitted in response to
                                                                                                        Award, Abe Venable Legacy Award for
                                                Washington, DC 20230 (or via the                        Lifetime Achievement, and Ronald H.                   this notice will be summarized and/or
                                                internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov).                       Brown Leadership Awards. All awards                   included in the request for OMB
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        will be presented at a ceremony during                approval of this information collection;
                                                Requests for additional information or                  National MED Week. Nominations for                    they also will become a matter of public
                                                copies of the information collection                    these awards are open to the public.                  record.
                                                instrument and instructions should be                   MBDA must collect two types of
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                                                                                                                                                              Sheleen Dumas,
                                                directed to Antavia Grimsley,                           information: (a) Information identifying
                                                                                                                                                              Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
                                                Management Analyst, Minority Business                   the nominee and nominator, and (b)                    Chief Information Officer.
                                                Development Agency, U.S. Department                     information explaining why the
                                                                                                                                                              [FR Doc. 2018–08270 Filed 4–19–18; 8:45 am]
                                                of Commerce, Room 5063, 1401                            nominee should be given the award.
                                                Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,                     The information will be used to                       BILLING CODE 3510–21–P

                                                DC, 20230; telephone (202) 482–7458,                    determine those applicants best meeting
                                                and email: agrimsley@mbda.gov.                          the preannounced evaluation criterion.


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Document Created: 2018-04-20 00:03:31
Document Modified: 2018-04-20 00:03:31
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 April 20, 2018.
ContactThomas Schauer, 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) 482-0410.
FR Citation83 FR 17529 

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