[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49329-49330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24771]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-401-806]
Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Wire Rod From
Sweden
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 15, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Everett Kelly, Import
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202) 482-4194, 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's regulations are
to the regulations at 19 CFR part 351, 62 FR 27296 (May 19, 1997).
Scope of Order
For purposes of this order, stainless steel wire rod (SSWR)
comprises 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 in diameter.
Certain stainless steel grades are excluded from the scope of the
order. SF20T and K-M35FL are excluded. The following proprietary grades
of Kanthal AB are also excluded: Kanthal A-1, Kanthal AF, Kanthal A,
Kanthal D, Kanthal DT, Alkrothal 14, Alkrothal 720, and Nikrothal 40.
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
Kanthal A-1
Carbon--0.08 max
Silicon--0.70 max
Manganese--0.40 max
Aluminum--5.30 min, 6.30 max
Iron--balance
Chromium--20.50 min, 23.50 max
Kanthal AF
Carbon--0.08 max
Silicon--0.70 max
Manganese--0.40 max
Chromium--20.50 min, 23.50 max
Aluminum--4.80 min, 5.80 max
Iron--balance
Kanthal A
Carbon--0.08 max
Silicon--0.70 max
Manganese--0.50 max
Chromium--20.50 min, 23.50 max
Aluminum--4.80 min, 5.80 max
Iron--balance
Kanthal D
Carbon--0.08 max
Silicon--0.70 max
Manganese--0.50 max
Chromium--20.50 min, 23.50 max
Aluminum--4.30 min, 5.30 max
Iron--balance
Kanthal DT
Carbon--0.08 max
Silicon--0.70 max
Manganese--0.50 max
Chromium--20.50 min, 23.50 max
Aluminum--4.60 min, 5.60 max
Iron--balance
Alkrothal 14
Carbon--0.08 max
Silicon--0.70 max
Manganese--0.50 max
Chromium--14.00 min, 16.00 max
Aluminum--3.80 min, 4.80 max
Iron--balance
Alkrothal 720
Carbon--0.08 max
Silicon--0.70 max
Manganese--0.70 max
Chromium--12.00 min, 14.00 max
Aluminum--3.50 min, 4.50 max
Iron--balance
Nikrothal 40
Carbon--0.10 max
Silicon--1.60 min, 2.50 max
Manganese--1.00 max
Chromium--18.00 min, 21.00 max
Nickel--34.00 min, 37.00 max
Iron--balance
The products investigated 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 Order
On September 8, 1998, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department
that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of SSWR
from Sweden, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A) of the Act. Therefore, in
accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will
direct the United States Customs Service to assess, upon further advice
by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the
normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price and
constructed export price of the merchandise for all relevant entries of
SSWR from Sweden. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all
unliquidated entries of SSWR from Sweden entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after March 5, 1998, the date on which
the Department published its preliminary determination notice in the
Federal Register (63 FR 10825).
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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, the cash deposits listed below
for the subject merchandise. 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
Manufacturer/producer margin
percentage
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Fagersta Stainless AB................................... 5.71
All Others.............................................. 5.71
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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
stainless steel wire rod from Sweden, 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 351.211.
Dated: September 10, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-24771 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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