[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-2029]
[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-819]
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods From
Brazil
Agency: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Cunningham, Office of Antidumping
Duty Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone (202) 482-4207.
Scope of Order
For purposes of this investigation, certain stainless steel wire
rods (SSWR) are products which are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed,
and/or pickled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in
coils. SSWR are made of alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 percent
or less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or without
other elements. These products are only manufactured by hot-rolling,
are normally sold in coiled form, and are of solid cross-section. The
majority of SSWR sold in the United States is round in cross-sectional
shape, annealed, and pickled. The most common size is 5.5 millimeters
in diameter.
The SSWR subject to this investigation is currently classifiable
under subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0020,
7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0040, 7221.00.0045, 7221.00.0060, 7221.00.0075,
7221.00.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of this
investigation is dispositive.
Antidumping Duty Order
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, the Department will
direct Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the
administering authority pursuant to section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the foreign market
value of the merchandise exceeds the United States price for all
entries of certain stainless steel wire rods from Brazil. These
antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of
certain stainless steel wire rods from Brazil entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or before August 5, 1993, the date
on which the Department published its preliminary determination notice
in the Federal Register (58 FR 41726). On or after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, U.S. Custom
officers must require, at the same time as importers would normally
deposit estimated duties, the following cash deposits for the subject
merchandise:
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Weighted-
average
Manufacturer/Producer/Exporter margin
percentage
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Eletrometal-Metal Especials S.A............................ 24.63
Acos Finos Piratini S.A.................................... 26.50
Acos Villares S.A.......................................... 26.50
All Others................................................. 25.88
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In its final determination, the Department found that critical
circumstances exist with respect to exports of SSWR from Brazil by Acos
Finos Piratini S.A. and Acos Villares S.A. However, on January 21,
1994, the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department
that retroactive assessment of antidumping duties is not necessary to
prevent recurrence of material injury from massive imports over a short
period. As a result of the ITC's determination, pursuant to section
735(c)(3) of the Act, we shall order Customs to terminate the
retroactive suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise
exported from Brazil by Piratini and Villares, and to release any bond
or other security and refund any cash deposit required under section
733(e)(2) with respect to all entries of SSWR exported from Brazil by
Piratini and Villares, and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption prior to August 5, 1993.
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
certain stainless steel wire rods from Brazil, pursuant to section
736(a) of the Act. Interested parties may contact the Central Records
Unit, room B-099 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 353.21.
Dated: January 25, 1994.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-2029 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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