[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3991]
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[Federal Register: February 23, 1994]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigations Nos. 731-TA-678 through 682 (Preliminary)]
Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil, India, Italy, Japan, and Spain
Determinations
On the basis of the record1 developed in the subject
investigations, the Commission unanimously determines, pursuant to
section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)), that
there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reason of imports from Brazil, India, Italy,
Japan, and Spain of stainless steel bar, provided for in subheadings
7222.10.00, 7222.20.00, and 7222.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States, that are alleged to be sold in the
United States at less than fair value (LTFV).2
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\1\The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
\2\The imported stainless steel bar covered by these
investigations comprises articles of stainless steel in straight
lengths that have been either hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-
drawn, cold-rolled, or otherwise cold-finished, or ground, having a
uniform solid cross section along their whole length in the shape of
circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares),
triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other convex polygons. Except as
specified above, the term does not include stainless steel
semifinished products, cut-to-length flat-rolled products (i.e.,
cut-to-length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in
thickness have a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or
if 4.75 mm or more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm
and measures at least twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed
products in coils, of any uniform solid cross section along their
whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled
products), and angles, shapes, or sections. Stainless steel bar
includes cold-finished stainless steel bars that are turned or
ground in straight lengths, whether produced from hot-rolled bar or
from straightened and cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that
have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced
during the rolling process.
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Background
On December 30, 1993, a petition was filed with the Commission and
the Department of Commerce by Al Tech Specialty Steel Corp., Dunkirk,
NY; Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading, PA; Republic Engineered
Steels, Inc., Massillon, OH; Slater Steels Corp., Fort Wayne, IN;
Talley Metals Technology, Inc., Hartsville, SC; and the United
Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, alleging that an industry in the
United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury
by reason of LTFV imports of stainless steel bar from Brazil, India,
Italy, Japan, and Spain. Accordingly, effective December 30, 1993, the
Commission instituted antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-678
through 682 (Preliminary).
Notice of the institution of the Commission's investigations and of
a public conference to be held in connection therewith was given by
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the
notice in the Federal Register of January 7, 1994 (59 FR 1027). The
conference was held in Washington, DC, on January 20, 1994, and all
persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in
person or by counsel.
The Commission transmitted its determinations in these
investigations to the Secretary of Commerce on February 14, 1994. The
views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 2734
(February 1994), entitled ``Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India,
Italy, Japan, and Spain: Investigations Nos. 731-TA-678 through 682
(Preliminary).''
By order of the Commission.
Issued: February 15, 1994.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-3991 Filed 2-22-94; 8:45 am]
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