97-9968. Antidumpting Duty Order: Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18748-18749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9968]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A489-807]


Antidumpting Duty Order: Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars 
From Turkey

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shawn Thompson, Cameron Werker, or Fabian Rivelis, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: [phone], or [phone]; 
respectively.

Scope of Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is all stock deformed steel 
concrete reinforcing bars sold in straight lengths and coils. This 
includes all hot-rolled deformed rebar rolled from billet steel, rail 
steel, axle steel, or low-alloy steel. It excludes (i) plain round 
rebar, (ii) rebar that a processor has further worked or fabricated, 
and (iii) all coated rebar. Deformed rebar is currently classifiable in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item 
numbers 7213.10.000 and 7214.20.000. The HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the 
scope of this order is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 735(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the Department made its final determination that 
rebar from Turkey is being sold at less than fair value (62 FR 9737, 
March 4, 1997). On April 10, 1997, the International Trade Commission 
(ITC) notified the Department of its final determination, pursuant to 
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that a regional industry in the 
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of the subject 
merchandise from Turkey.
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the 
administering authority, antidumping duties equal to the amount by 
which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or 
the constructed export price) of the merchandise for all entries of 
rebar from Turkey. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all 
unliquidated entries of rebar from Turkey entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after October 10, 1996, the date on 
which the Department published its preliminary determination in the 
Federal Register (61 FR 53203). On or after the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register, Customs officers must require, at 
the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on 
this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average antidumping duty margins as noted below. The ``All Others'' 
rate applies to all exporters of rebar not specifically listed below.
    The ad valorem weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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                                                              Margin    
             Producer/manufacturer/exporter                 percentage  
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Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. or Colakoglu Dis Ticaret                       
 (Colakoglu)............................................            9.84
Ekinciler Demir Celik or Ekinciler Dis Ticaret                          
 (Ekinciler)............................................           18.68
Habas Sinai Ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S.                    
 (Habas)................................................           18.54
Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. (IDC).....................           41.80
Izmir Metalurji Fabrikasi Turk A.S. (Metas).............           30.16
All Others..............................................           16.06
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    In the final determination, the Department found that critical 
circumstances exist with respect to exports of rebar from Turkey by all 
exporters except Colakoglu. However, on April 10, 1997, the ITC 
notified the Department of its negative determination regarding 
critical circumstances. 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 and to release any 
bond or other security and refund

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any cash deposit required under section 733(e)(2) of the Act with 
respect to entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption prior to October 10, 1996.
    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
rebar from Turkey. 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.

    Dated: April 11, 1997.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-9968 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am]
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