Antidumping Duty Order on Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod and Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, and Preliminary Intent To Rescind Scope Inquiry

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-570-104, C-570-105]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Antidumping Duty Order on Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod and Countervailing Duty Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod From the People's Republic of China: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews and Intent To Revoke the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part, and Preliminary Intent To Rescind Scope Inquiry</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> Based on a request from Logistical Resource Development Inc. (LRD), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating and issuing preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod and the countervailing duty (CVD) order on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from the People's Republic of China (China) to revoke the orders, in part, with respect to certain products. We also preliminarily intend to rescind the scope inquiry with respect to the same products. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable October 15, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> 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: (202) 482-3004. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the <E T="03">Orders.</E> <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On August 23, 2024, LRD, an importer of subject merchandise, requested, through CCRs, that Commerce retroactively revoke the <E T="03">Orders,</E> in part, pursuant to section 751(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(b) with respect to certain wheels studs. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> LRD stated that it qualifies as an importer of wheel studs currently subject to duties and, as such, is an interested party pursuant to section 771(9)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(ii). <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On August 30, 2024, Vulcan Threaded Rod Products Inc. (the petitioner) submitted comments indicating that it does not oppose the partial scope revocation requested in LRD's CCR request. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Alloy and Certain Carbon Steel Threaded Rod from the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order,</E> 85 FR 19929 (April 9, 2020) ( <E T="03">AD Order</E> ), and <E T="03">Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod from India and the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Orders,</E> 85 FR 19927 (April 9, 2020) ( <E T="03">CVD Order</E> ) (collectively <E T="03">Orders</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> LRD's Letter, “Request for an Expedited Changed Circumstances Review to Amend the Scope of the Order,” dated August 23, 2024 (CCR Request). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">Id.</E> at 1. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Petitioner's Letter, “Petitioner's Comments on CCR Request,” dated August 30, 2024 (Petitioner's Comments). </FTNT> On September 3, 2024, Commerce requested that LRD provide additional information related to its CCR Request. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> LRD timely responded to the questionnaire on September 17, 2024. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> In its CCR Supplement, LRD provided statements from three domestic producers, All Ohio Threaded Rod (All Ohio); Highland Thread, Inc. (Highland Thread); and Bay Standard Manufacturing Inc. (Bay Standard), indicating that they either were not interested in participating in the CCRs or were not contesting LRD's proposal. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> The petitioner timely responded to the supplemental questionnaire on September 17, 2024, and provided information on the production of domestic like product. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> On September 24, 2024, Commerce requested that LRD and the petitioner provide further supplemental information relating to production values of domestic producers. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> On September 24, 2024, the petitioner timely responded and demonstrated that it and All Ohio, Highland Thread, and Bay Standard collectively represent “substantially all” of the production of the domestic like product. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> No interested parties filed comments opposing the CCR Request. Further, LRD requested that Commerce conduct expedited CCRs. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>  Commerce requested LRD to provide a signed attestation from the petitioner and additional domestic producers, as necessary, indicating that these entities account for 85 percent of the industry by production volume. <E T="03">See</E> Commerce's Letter, “Supplemental Questionnaire,” dated September 3, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> LRD's Letter, “Reply to Supplemental Questionnaire,” dated September 17, 2024 (LRD CCR Supplement). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">Id.</E> at Exhibits 1-3. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Petitioner's Letter, “Vulcan's Attestation on Domestic Production,” dated September 17, 2024 (Vulcan CCR Supplemental). Given that the petitioner's production data is business proprietary information, the petitioner responded directly to Commerce. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Commerce's Letters, “Second Supplemental Questionnaire,” dated September 24, 2024; and “Supplemental Questionnaire,” dated September 24, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 19 CFR 222(g)(1)(i); <E T="03">see also</E> Petitioner's Letter, “Vulcan's Supplemental Questionnaire Response,” dated September 27, 2024, at 2. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> CCR Request at 1. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Orders</HD> Appendices I and II contain the scope of the <E T="03">AD Order</E> and the scope of the <E T="03">CVD Order,</E> respectively. <HD SOURCE="HD1"> Proposed Partial Revocation of the Orders  <E T="51">12</E> <FTREF/> </HD> <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Petitioner's Comments at 2-3; CCR Request at 4-5. </FTNT> The products subject to the proposed partial revocation are certain wheel studs with the following characteristics: • a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 80mm, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 95mm long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M14 diameter and 1.25RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 75mm, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M14 diameter and 1.25RH thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M14 diameter and 1.25RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 92mm, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M14 diameter and 1.25RH thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is M14 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is M14x1.25. • a wheel stud that has an M12 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 44mm long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates an 11.5mm threaded section for insertion that is M14 diameter and 1.5 thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M14 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 49mm long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates a 12.5mm threaded section for insertion that is also M14 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing. • a wheel stud that has an M14 diameter and 1.5RH thread spacing threaded stud with a 6mm-wide inset hex head measuring 64mm long, part of the threaded length being divided by a 5mm unthreaded band which creates and 21.5mm threaded section for inser ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 30k characters. 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