2023-06270. Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022

AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole mandatory respondent subject to the administrative review of alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod (threaded rod) from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period of review (POR) April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, is not eligible for a separate rate and is, thus, part of the China-wide entity.

DATES:

Applicable March 27, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Allison Hollander, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 21, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 2021-2022 administrative review ^[1] of the antidumping duty order on threaded rod from China.^[2] We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No interested parties submitted comments. Accordingly, Commerce made no changes to the Preliminary Results. Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

The products covered by this Order are threaded rod. A full description of the scope of the Order is provided in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.^[3]

Final Results of Administrative Review

We received no comments and made no changes to the Preliminary Results. We continue to find that the sole mandatory respondent, Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd. (Ningbo Dongxin), is not eligible for a separate rate and is, thus, part of the China-wide entity. In this administrative review, no party requested a review of the China-wide entity, and Commerce did not self-initiate a review of the China-wide entity. Because no review of the China-wide entity is being conducted, the China-wide entity rate is not subject to change as a result of this review. The rate previously established for the China-wide entity is 48.91 percent.^[4]

Assessment Rates

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. We intend to instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 48.91 percent ( i.e., the China-wide entity rate), to all entries of subject merchandise during the POR which were exported by Ningbo Dongxin.

Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of these final results of this review in the Federal Register . If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired ( i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all shipments of subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for Ningbo Dongxin, that has not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the China-wide entity; (2) for previously investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (3) for all Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the China-wide entity; and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order

This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

Commerce is issuing and publishing the final results of this review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 351.221(b)(5).

Dated: March 20, 2023.

Lisa W. Wang,

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Footnotes

1.   See Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part; 2021-2022,87 FR 78640 (December 22, 2022) ( Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).

2.   See Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order,85 FR 19929 (April 9, 2020) ( Order).

3.   Preliminary Results PDM.

4.   See Order. We adjusted the dumping margin of 59.45 percent to account for subsidy offsets calculated in the companion countervailing duty proceeding.