For Immediate Release:
FACT
SHEET
Preliminary
Determination in the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Imports
of Metal Calendar Slides from Japan
On January 26, the Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determination
in the antidumping duty investigation
on imports of Metal
Calendar Slides from Japan. We
preliminarily determined that Japanese producers/exporters have sold metal
calendar slides in the U.S. market at less than fair value with a margin
of 7.68 percent. As a result of this preliminary determination,
the Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend
liquidation of entries of subject merchandise and to collect a bond or
cash deposit based on the preliminary margin.
Next Steps: The Department will
consider all submitted comments from interested parties along with other
record evidence before making its final determination. If
the Department makes a final determination that imports were sold below
fair value in this investigation, and the International Trade Commission
(ITC) makes a final affirmative determination that imports from Japan
materially
injure, or threaten material injury to, the domestic industry,
the Department will issue an antidumping duty order and instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits on imports of subject
merchandise.
Petitioners: The petition requesting
this investigation was filed by Stuebing Automatic Machine Company, located
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Product Description: The
merchandise covered in this investigation is "V"and/or "U"
shaped metal calendar slides manufactured from cold-rolled steel sheets,
whether or not left in black form, tin plated or finished as tin free
steel (TFS), typically with a thickness from 0.19 mm to 0.23 mm, typically
in lengths from 152 mm to 915 mm, typically in widths from 12 mm to 29
mm when the slide is lying flat and before the angle is pressed into the
slide (although they are not typically shipped in this “flat”
form), that are typically either primed to protect the outside of the
slide against oxidization or coated with a colored enamel or lacquer for
decorative purposes, whether or not stacked, and excluding paper and plastic
slides. Metal calendar slides are typically provided with either a plastic
attached hanger or eyelet to hang and bind calendars, posters, maps or
charts, or the hanger can be stamped form the metal body of the slide
itself. These metal calendar slides are believed to be classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 7326.90.1000
(Other articles of iron and steel: Forged or stamped; but not further
worked: Other: Of tinplate). This HTSUS number is provided for convenience
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection purposes. The written description
of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.
Preliminary
Dumping Margin:
COMPANY
|
MARGIN
|
Nishiyama
Kinzoku Co., Ltd.
|
7.68%
|
All
Others Rate
|
7.68%
|
Case
Calendar:
EVENT
|
DATE
|
Petition
Filed
|
June
29, 2005
|
DOC
Initiation Date
|
July
19, 2005
|
ITC
Preliminary Determination
|
August 15, 2005
|
DOC Preliminary Determination
|
January 25, 2006
|
DOC Final Determination*
|
April 10, 2006
|
ITC Final Determination**
|
May 25, 2006
|
Issuance of Order***
|
June 1, 2006
|
*
This deadline may be extended under the governing statute.
**
This will take place only in the event of a final affirmative determination
from the Department of Commerce.
***
This will take place only in the event of final affirmative determinations
by both the Department and the ITC.
Import
Statistics:
Japan
|
2003
|
2004
|
Volume (Kilograms)
|
57.1 MT
|
160.1 MT
|
Value ($US)
|
$477,821
|
$1,928,600
|
Source:
Port Import Export Reporting Services (PIERS); public 2005 import stats
are not available at this time.