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[FR Doc No: 94-8241]
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[Federal Register: April 6, 1994]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigations Nos. 731-TA-646 and 648 (Final)]
Certain Steel Wire Rod From Brazil and Japan
Determinations
On the basis of the record\1\ developed in the subject
investigations, the Commission determines,\2\ pursuant to section
735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673d(b)) (the Act),
that an industry in the United States is not materially injured or
threatened with material injury, and the establishment of an industry
in the United States is not materially retarded, by reason of imports
from Brazil and Japan of certain steel wire rod,\3\ provided for in
subheadings 7213.31.30, 7213.31.60, 7213.39.00, 7213.41.30, 7213.41.60,
7213.49.00, 7213.50.00, 7227.20.00, and 7227.90.60 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States, that have been found by the
Department of Commerce to be sold in the United States at less than
fair value (LTFV).
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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 Sec. 207.2(f)).
\2\Chairman Newquist dissenting.
\3\For purposes of these investigations, certain steel wire rod
is defined as hot-rolled carbon steel and alloy steel wire rod, in
irregularly wound coils, of approximately round cross section,
between 5.08 mm (0.20 inch) and 19.0 mm (0.75 inch) in diameter. The
following products are excluded from the scope of these
investigations:
--steel wire rod 5.5 mm or less in diameter, with tensile
strength greater than or equal to 1040 MPa, and having the following
chemical content, by weight: carbon greater than or equal to 0.79
percent, aluminum less than or equal to 0.005 percent, phosphorus
plus sulfur less than or equal to 0.04 percent, and nitrogen less
than or equal to 0.006 percent (termed ``1080 tire cord'' quality
wire rod);
--free-machining steel containing 0.03 percent or more of lead,
0.05 percent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of sulfur,
more than 0.4 percent of phosphorus, more than 0.05 percent of
selenium, and/or more than 0.01 percent of tellurium;
--stainless steel rods, tool steel rods, free-cutting steel
rods, resulfurized steel rods, ball bearing steel rods, high-nickel
steel rods, and concrete reinforcing bars and rods; and
--wire rod 7.9 to 18 mm in diameter, containing 0.48 to 0.73
percent carbon by weight, and having partial decarburization and
seams no more than 0.075 mm in depth (termed valve spring quality
wire rod).
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Background
The Commission instituted these investigations effective November
26, 1993, following preliminary determinations by the Department of
Commerce that imports of certain steel wire rod from Brazil and Japan
were being sold at LTFV within the meaning of section 733(b) of the Act
(19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)). Notice of the institution of the Commission's
investigations and of a public hearing 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 December 16, 1993
(58 FR 65732). The hearing was held in Washington, DC, on February 15,
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 March 25, 1994. The
views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 2761 (March
1994), entitled ``Certain Steel Wire Rod from Brazil and Japan:
Investigations Nos. 731-TA-646 and 648 (Final).''
Issued: March 28, 1994.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-8241 Filed 4-5-94; 8:45 am]
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