98-24770. Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Japan  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 49328-49329]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-24770]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    International Trade Administration
    [A-588-843]
    
    
    Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Wire Rod From 
    Japan
    
    AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
    Department of Commerce.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: September 15, 1998.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sunkyu Kim or John Maloney, Import 
    Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
    Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 
    20230; telephone: (202) 482-2613 or (202) 482-1503, respectively.
    
    The Applicable Statute
    
        Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
    1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
    January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act 
    by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless 
    otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the 
    Department's) regulations are references to 19 CFR Part 351 (62 FR 
    27296 (May 19, 1997)).
    
    Scope of Order
    
        The scope of this order consists of stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) 
    products that are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed and/or pickled and/
    or descaled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in 
    coils, that may also be coated with a lubricant containing copper, lime 
    or oxalate. SSWR is 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 manufactured only by hot-
    rolling or hot-rolling, annealing, and/or pickling and/or descaling, 
    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, and later cold-finished into stainless 
    steel wire or small-diameter bar.
        The most common size for such products is 5.5 millimeters or 0.217 
    inches in diameter, which represents the smallest size that normally is 
    produced on a rolling mill and is the size that most wire-drawing 
    machines are set up to draw. The range of SSWR sizes normally sold in 
    the United States is between 0.20 inches and 1.312 inches diameter. Two 
    stainless steel grades, SF20T and K-M35FL, are excluded from the scope 
    of this order. The chemical makeup for the excluded grades is as 
    follows:
    
    SF20T
    
    Carbon--0.05 max
    Manganese--2.00 max
    Phosphorous--0.05 max
    Sulfur--0.15 max
    Silicon--1.00 max
    Chromium--19.00/21.00
    Molybdenum--1.50/2.50
    Lead--added (0.10/0.30)
    Tellurium--added (0.03 min)
    
    K-M35FL
    
    Carbon--0.015 max
    Silicon--0.70/1.00
    Manganese--0.40 max
    Phosphorous--0.04 max
    Sulfur--0.03 max
    Nickel--0.30 max
    Chromium--12.50/14.00
    Lead--0.10/0.30
    Aluminum--0.20/0.35
    
        The products covered by the order are currently classifiable under 
    subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, and 
    7221.00.0075 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
    (HTSUS). Although 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 Act, on July 20, 1998, the 
    Department made its final determination that SSWR from Japan, is being, 
    or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value 
    (63 FR 40434 (July 29, 1998)). On September 8, 1998, the International 
    Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department of its final 
    determination, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an 
    industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of 
    imports of the subject merchandise from Japan.
        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 
    constructed export price of the merchandise for all entries of SSWR 
    from Japan, except for merchandise produced and sold by Hitachi Metals 
    Ltd., which received a zero margin. These antidumping duties will be 
    assessed on all unliquidated entries of SSWR from Japan entered, or 
    withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 5, 1998, 
    the date on which the Department published its preliminary 
    determination in the Federal Register (63 FR 10854). 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 SSWR not 
    specifically listed below.
        The weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:
    
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                                                                  Weighted- 
                                                                   average  
                       Exporter/manufacturer                        margin  
                                                                  percentage
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    Hitachi Metals Ltd.........................................         0.00
    Daido Steel Co. Ltd........................................        34.21
    Nippon Steel Corporation...................................        21.18
    Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd...............................        34.21
    Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd..........................        34.21
    All Others.................................................        25.26
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        This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
    SSWR from Japan, 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 pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act and 
    19 CFR 351.211.
    
    
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        Dated: September 10, 1998.
    Richard W. Moreland,
    Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
    [FR Doc. 98-24770 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Effective Date:
9/15/1998
Published:
09/15/1998
Department:
International Trade Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
98-24770
Dates:
September 15, 1998.
Pages:
49328-49329 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
A-588-843
PDF File:
98-24770.pdf