[Federal Register: August 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 156)]
[Notices]
[Page 50167-50168]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-820, A-588-843, A-580-829, A-469-807, A-401-806, A-583-828]
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Wire Rod
From Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless
Steel Wire Rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan.
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SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of
Commerce (``the Department'') and the
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International Trade Commission (``Commission'') that revocation of
these antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the
United States, the Department is publishing notice of the continuation
of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel wire rod (``SSWR'')
from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 13, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hilary E. Sadler, Esq., Office of
Policy, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050 or 482-4340.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 1, 2003, the Department initiated \1\ and the Commission
instituted sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on SSWR from
Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''). As a result of
its review, the Department found that revocation of the antidumping
duty orders would be likely lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping and notified the Commission of the magnitude of the margins
likely to prevail were the orders to be revoked.\2\
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\1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 68 FR
45219 (August 1, 2003).
\2\ See SSWR from Italy; Final Results of the Sunset Review of
Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68862 (December 10, 2003); SSWR from
Italy; Final Results of the Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty
Order, 69 FR 40354 (July 2, 2004); SSWR from Japan; Final Results of
Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68864
(December 10, 2003); SSWR from South Korea; Final Results of
Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68863
(December 10, 2003); SSWR from Spain; Final Results of Expedited
Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68866 (December 10,
2003); SSWR from Sweden; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of
Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68860 (December 10, 2003); SSWR from
Taiwan; Final Results of the Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty
Order, 68 FR 68865 (December 10, 2003) (collectively ``Department's
Final Results'').
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On July 28, 2004, the Commission determined, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on
SSWR from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan would be
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See
SSWR from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan, 69 FR 45077
(July 28, 2004), USITC Publication 3702 (July 2004) (Investigation No.
731-TA-770 (Review)).
Scope of the Orders
For purposes of these reviews, the product covered is stainless
steel wire rod (``SSWR'' or ``subject merchandise''). 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, and 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. Two stainless steel
grades, SF20T and K-M35FL, are excluded from the scope of the orders.
The percentages of chemical makeup for the excluded grades are as
follows:
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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)
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K-M35FL:
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Carbon.................................... 0.015 max
Manganese................................. 0.40 max
Phosphorous............................... 0.04 max
Sulfur.................................... 0.03 max
Silicon................................... 0.70/1.00
Chromium.................................. 12.50/14.00
Nickel.................................... 0.30 max
Lead...................................... added (0.10/0.30)
Aluminum.................................. 0.20/0.35
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The products covered by these orders 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 these orders is dispositive.
Determination
As a result of the determinations by the Department and the
Commission that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would be
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material
injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to section
751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of
the antidumping duty orders on SSWR from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain,
Sweden, and Taiwan.
The Department will continue to instruct Customs and Border
Protection to collect antidumping duty deposits at the rates in effect
at the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise. Pursuant
to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department intends to initiate the
next five-year review of these antidumping orders not later than July
2009.
Dated: August 5, 2004.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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