Federal Register, Volume 75 Issue 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37382-37384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15912]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-945]

Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand from the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission
(``ITC''), the Department is issuing an

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antidumping duty order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand (``PC
strand'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). On June 22,
2010, the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative determination
of material injury to a U.S. industry. See Prestressed Concrete Steel
Wire Strand from China (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-464 and 731-TA-1160
(Final), USITC Publication 4162, June 2010).

DATES: Effective Date: June 29, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis Polovina or Alan Ray, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3927 or (202) 482-5403, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), the Department published the final
determination of sales at less than fair value (``LTFV'') in the
antidumping investigation of PC strand from the PRC. See Prestressed
Concrete Steel Wire Strand From the People's Republic of China: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 75 FR 28560 (May 21,
2010) (``Final Determination'').

Scope of the Order

The scope of this investigation consists of PC strand, produced
from wire of non-stainless, non-galvanized steel, which is suitable for
use in prestressed concrete (both pretensioned and post-tensioned)
applications. The product definition encompasses covered and uncovered
strand and all types, grades, and diameters of PC strand. PC strand is
normally sold in the United States in sizes ranging from 0.25 inches to
0.70 inches in diameter. PC strand made from galvanized wire is only
excluded from the scope if the zinc and/or zinc oxide coating meets or
exceeds the 0.40 oz./ft \2\ standard set forth in ASTM-A-475. The PC
strand subject to this investigation is currently classifiable under
subheadings 7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to suspend
liquidation on all entries of subject merchandise from the PRC. We will
also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the estimated
amount by which the normal value exceeds the U.S. price as indicated in
the chart below. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain
in effect until further notice.
Additionally, in the Final Determination, the Department noted that
it has continued to find in Pre-Stressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand
from the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination, 75 FR 28557 (May 21, 2010) (``CVD Final''), that
the products under investigation, exported and produced by Xinhua Metal
Products Co., Ltd. (``Xinhua Metal''), benefitted from an export
subsidy. See Final Determination, 75 FR at 28563. Therefore, we will
instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or posting of a bond equal to
the weighted-average amount by which normal value exceeds U.S. price
for Xinhua Metal, as indicated below, minus the amount determined to
constitute an export subsidy.
With respect to Wuxi Jinyang Metal Products Co., Ltd. (``WJMP''),
the voluntary respondent in this proceeding, the Department did not
individually examine its exports of merchandise under investigation in
the final determination for the companion CVD investigation. As a
result, WJMP is captured under the ``All Others'' rate, which is an
average of the companies examined in the CVD Final. Therefore, we will
instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or posting of a bond equal to
the weighted-average amount by which normal value exceeds U.S. price
for WJMP, as indicated below, minus the amount determined to constitute
an export subsidy in the ``All Others'' rate.
With respect to Fasten Group Import & Export Co. Ltd. (``Fasten
I&E''), the separate rate company, we note that the rate applied in
this proceeding as a separate rate is derived from the calculated rate
received by Xinhua Metal. Although Xinhua Metal received export
subsidies in the CVD Final, because its export subsidy rate is higher
than the export subsidy rate calculated for Fasten I&E in the CVD
Final, we will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or posting of a
bond equal to the weighted-average amount by which normal value exceeds
U.S. price for Xinhua Metal, as indicated below, minus the amount
determined to constitute an export subsidy for Fasten I&E.

Antidumping Duty Order

On June 22, 2010, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the
ITC notified the Department of its final determination, pursuant to
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an industry in the United
States is materially injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports
of subject merchandise from the PRC. Therefore, in accordance with
section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess, upon further instruction by
the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or
constructed export price) of the merchandise for all relevant entries
of PC strand from the PRC. These antidumping duties will be assessed on
unliquidated entries of PC strand from the PRC entered, or withdrawn
from the warehouse, for consumption on or after December 23, 2009, the
date on which the Department published its Preliminary Determination.
See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
74 FR 68232 (December 23, 2009) (``Preliminary Determination'').
Effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative
injury determination, CBP will require, at the same time as importers
would normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash
deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty
margins as listed below minus the amounts of export subsidies
determined in the companion CVD investigation, as described above. See
section 735(c)(3) of the Act. The ``PRC-wide'' rate applies to all
exporters of subject merchandise not specifically listed. The weighted-
average dumping margins are as follows:

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Exporter Producer Weighted-Average Margin
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WJMP........................................... WJMP............................. 42.97
Xinhua Metal................................... Xinhua Metal..................... 175.94

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Fasten I&E..................................... Jiangyin Fasten Steel Products 175.94
Co., Ltd.,
Jiangyin Walsin Steel Cable Co.,
Ltd.,.
Jiangyin Hongyu Metal Products
Co., Ltd..
PRC-wide Entity \1\............................ ................................. 193.55
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\1\ The PRC-wide rate also applies to Tianjin Shengte, Silvery Dragon PC Steel Products Group Co., Ltd., and
Liaonin TongDa Building Material Industry Co., Ltd.

This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
PC strand from the PRC pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.
Interested parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit,
Room 1117 of the main Commerce building, for copies of an updated list
of antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

Dated: June 24, 2010.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-15912 Filed 6-28-10; 8:45 am]
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