BILLING CODE: 3510-DS-P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-469-821]
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Spain: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily

determines that the producer/exporter subject to this administrative review made sales of
subject merchandise at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR),
June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable [Insert date of publication in the Federal Register].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 4826412.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 4, 2021, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on prestressed
concrete steel wire strand from Spain in the Federal Register.1 On August 3, 2023, based on
timely requests for review, we initiated an administrative review of the Order with respect to
one company, Global Special Steel Products S.A.U. (d.b.a. Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC,

See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and
Ukraine: Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 29998 (June 4, 2021) (Order).
S.L.) (TYCSA).2 On February 6, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for these preliminary
results to June 28, 2024.3
For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix 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. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at
https://access.trade/gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The products subject to the Order are prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Spain.
For a full description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We calculated export price and constructed export price in
accordance with section 772 of the Act. We calculated NV in accordance with section 773 of
the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period June 1, 2022, through May 30, 2023:
Producer/Exporter

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin
(percent)

See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 51271 (August 3, 2023).
See Memorandum, “Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results,” dated February 6, 2024.
4 See Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Spain; 2022-2023,” dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
2
Global Special Steel Products S.A.U.
(d.b.a. Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L.)

3.04

Verification
On November 13, 2023, Insteel Wire Products Company, Sumiden Wire Products
Corporation, and Wire Mesh Corp., the petitioners in this proceeding, requested that
Commerce conduct verification of the factual information submitted by TYCSA in this
administrative review.5 Accordingly, as provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce
intends to verify the information relied upon in determining its final results.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with these preliminary
results to interested parties 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 the Federal
Register.6
Interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than seven days after
the date on which the verification report is issued in this administrative review.7 Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the
date for filing case briefs.8 Interested parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
administrative review must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.9
As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior proceedings, we have
encouraged interested parties to provide an executive summary of their brief that should be
limited to five pages total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that

See Petitioners’ Letter, “Petitioners’ Request to Conduct In-Person Verification of TYCSA,” dated November
13, 2023.
6 See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
7 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and Service
Procedures).
9 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
interested parties provide, at the beginning of their briefs, a public executive summary for each
issue raised in their briefs.10 Further, we request that interested parties limit their public
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the comment summaries included
in the issues and decision memorandum that will accompany the final results in this
administrative review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the public executive summary of each issue.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must
submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain: (1) the party’s name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited
to those raised in the respective case briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be
notified of the time and date for the hearing.11
All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as hearing requests, should
be filed via ACCESS.12 An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of documents in
19 CFR 351.303(f).13
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any written

10 We

use the term “issue” here to describe an argument that Commerce would normally address in a comment of
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
12 See 19 CFR 351.303.
13 See APO and Service Procedures.

briefs, no later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the
Act, Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty
assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined
sales to the total entered value of those sales. Where either the respondent’s weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an
importer specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. The final results of this review shall
be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by this
review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.14
In accordance with Commerce’s “automatic assessment” practice, for entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by TYCSA for which the company did not know that
the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those
entries at the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation (i.e.,
14.75 percent)15 if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the
transaction.16
Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after
the date of publication of the 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

See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
Order.
16 For a full description of this practice, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
15 See

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 the
subject merchandise 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) the cash deposit rate for the company listed above will be equal to
the weighted average dumping margin established in the final results of this administrative
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and therefore, de minimis within the meaning
of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously
reviewed or investigated companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment of
this proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this review, a prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 14.75 percent, the all-others rate established in the
LTFV investigation.17 These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under
19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior
to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement
could result in Commerce’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred
and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

See Order.

Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: June 28, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Policy and Negotiations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and duties
of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.

Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Discussion of the Methodology
Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-14765 Filed: 7/3/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/5/2024]