Stainless Steel Wire Rods From Brazil and France: Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order, 45030-45031 [E6-12861]

Download as PDF 45030 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 152 / Tuesday, August 8, 2006 / Notices appraisement instructions directly to CBP within fifteen days of publication of the final results of review. Weighted Average Manufacturer/Exporter Furthermore, the following deposit Margin (percentage) requirements will be effective upon TKN ............................. 2.51% completion of the final results of this administrative review for all shipments The Department will disclose of S4 from Germany entered, or calculations performed within five days withdrawn from warehouse, for of the date of publication of this notice consumption on or after the publication in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). date of the final results of this An interested party may request a administrative review, as provided by hearing within thirty days of section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act: publication. See 19 CFR 351.310(c). Any 1) The cash deposit rate for TKN will hearing, if requested, will be held 37 days after the date of publication, or the be the rate established in the final results of review; first business day thereafter, unless the Department alters the date pursuant to 2) If the exporter is not a firm covered 19 CFR 351.310(d). Interested parties in this review or the less–than-fair– may submit case briefs no later than 30 value (LTFV) investigation, but the days after the date of publication of manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate these preliminary results of review. will be the rate established for the most Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised recent period for the manufacturer of in the case briefs, may be filed no later the merchandise; and than 35 days after the date of 3) If neither the exporter nor the publication of this notice. Parties who manufacturer is a firm covered in this or submit arguments in these proceedings any previous review conducted by the are requested to submit with the argument: 1) A statement of the issue; 2) Department, the cash deposit rate will a brief summary of the argument; and 3) be the ‘‘all others’’ rate of 13.48 percent a table of authorities. Further, parties from the LTFV investigation. See submitting written comments should Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils provide the Department with an from Germany: Amended Final additional copy of the public version of Determination of Antidumping Duty any such comments on diskette. The Investigation, 67 FR 15178 (March 29, Department will issue final results of 2002). this administrative review, including This notice also serves as a the results of our analysis of the issues preliminary reminder to importers of in any such written comments or at a their responsibility under 19 CFR hearing, within 120 days of publication 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding of these preliminary results. the reimbursement of antidumping The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review all appropriate entries. Upon period. Failure to comply with this completion of this administrative requirement could result in the review, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), Secretary’s presumption that the Department will calculate an assessment rate on all appropriate reimbursement of antidumping duties entries. TKN has reported entered occurred and the subsequent assessment values for all of its sales of subject of double antidumping duties. merchandise to the U.S. during the POR. We are issuing and publishing this Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR notice in accordance with sections 351.212(b)(1), we will calculate 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act. importer–specific duty assessment rates Dated: July 31, 2006. on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties David M. Spooner, calculated for the examined sales to the Assistant Secretary for Import total entered value of the examined Administration. sales of that importer. These rates will [FR Doc. E6–12798 Filed 8–7–06; 8:45 am] be assessed uniformly on all entries the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S respective importers made during the POR if these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of review. Where the assessment rate is above de minimis, we will instruct CBP to assess duties on all entries of subject merchandise by that importer. The Department will issue appropriate jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES exists for the period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005: VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:06 Aug 07, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–A–351–819, A–427–811] Stainless Steel Wire Rods From Brazil and France: Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On July 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on stainless steel wire rods from Brazil, France, and India, pursuant to section. Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the International Trade Commission (the ITC) determined that revocation of these orders would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. Therefore, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(l)(iii), the Department is revoking the AD orders on stainless steel wire rods from Brazil and France. EFFECTIVE DATE: August 2, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Dana Mermelstein, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5255 and (202) 482–1391, respectively. AGENCY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope of the Orders Imports covered by these orders are certain stainless steel wire rods (SSWR) from Brazil and France. SSWR are products which are hot-rolled or hotrolled annealed and/or pickled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons, or other shapes, in coils. SSWR are made of alloy steels containing, by weight 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent of chromium, with or without other elements. These products are only manufactured by hot-rolling and normally sold in coiled form, and are solid cross-section. The majority of SSWR sold in the United States are round in cross-section shape, annealed and pickled. The most common size is 5.5 millimeters in diameter. The merchandise subject to these orders is currently classifiable under subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, 7221.00.0075 of the E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 152 / Tuesday, August 8, 2006 / Notices Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).1 The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive. Background On January 28, 1994, the Department published Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods from Brazil, 59 FR 4021 and the Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods from France, 59 FR 4022. On August 2, 2000, the Department published the Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, France, and India, 65 FR 47403. On July 1, 2005, the Department initiated, and the ITC instituted, sunset reviews of the AD orders on stainless steel wire rods from Brazil and France. See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 70 FR 38101 (July 1, 2005). As a result of its sunset reviews of these orders, the Department found that revocation of these orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. See Stainless Steel Wire Rods from Brazil, France, and India; Notice of Final Results of Five-year (Sunset) Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 70 FR 67447 (November 7, 2005). The Department notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were the AD orders to be revoked. On June 29, 2006, the ITC determined, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of these orders would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, France and India, Investigations Nos. 731–TA–636, 731–TA–637, and 731– TA–638 (Second Review), 70 FR 38207 (July 1, 2005). jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Determination As a result of the determination by the ITC that revocation of these orders is not likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department, pursuant to section 751(d) of the Act is revoking the AD orders on SSWR from Brazil and France. Pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 1 The merchandise subject to the scope of these orders was originally classifiable under all of the following HTS subheadings: 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0020, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0040,7221.00.0045, 7221.00.0060, 7221.00.0075, and 7221.00.0080. HTSUS subheadings 7221.00.0020, 7221.00.0040, 7221.00.0060, 7221.00.0080 are no longer contained in the HTSUS. VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:06 Aug 07, 2006 Jkt 208001 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the effective date of the revocation is August 2, 2005 (i.e., the fifth anniversary of the date of publication in the Federal Register of the notices of continuation of these AD orders.) The Department will notify U.S. Customs and Border protection to discontinue suspension of liquidation and collection of cash deposits on entries of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse on or after August 2, 2005, the effective date of revocation of these orders. The Department will complete any administrative reviews of these orders and will conduct administrative reviews of subject merchandise entered prior to the effective date of revocation in response to appropriately filed requests for review. These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance with section 751(d)(2) and published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: August 1, 2006. David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary, for Import Administration. [FR Doc. E6–12861 Filed 8–7–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration (A–449–804) Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Latvia Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler or Constance Handley at (202) 482–0189 or (202) 482–0631, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Latvia. We preliminarily determine that sales of subject merchandise by Joint Stock Company Liepajas Metalurgs (LM) have been made below normal value (NV). If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries based on AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45031 the difference between the export price (EP) and the NV. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 2006. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On September 7, 2001, the Department issued an antidumping duty order on rebar from Latvia. See Antidumping Duty Orders: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, People’s Republic of China, Poland, Republic of Korea and Ukraine, 66 FR 46777 (September 7, 2001). On September 1, 2005, the Department issued a notice of opportunity to request the fourth administrative review of this order. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR 52072 (September 1, 2005). On September 27, 2005, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), LM requested an administrative review. On September 30, 2005, also in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), the Rebar Trade Action Coalition (RTAC),1 the petitioner in this proceeding, requested an administrative review of LM. On October 25, 2005, the Department published the notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review, covering the period September 1, 2004, through August 31, 2005 (the period of review, or POR). See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 70 FR 61601 (October 25, 2005). On November 22, 2005, the Department issued its antidumping questionnaire to LM, specifying that the responses to Section A and Sections B– D would be due on December 13, 2005, and, December 29, 2005, respectively.2 The Department received timely responses to Sections A–D of the initial antidumping questionnaire and associated supplemental questionnaires. 1 RTAC comprises Nucor Corporation, Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, and Commercial Metals Company. 2 Section A of the questionnaire requests general information concerning a company’s corporate structure and business practices, the merchandise under review that it sells, and the manner in which it sells that merchandise in all of its markets. Section B requests a complete listing of all home market sales, or, if the home market is not viable, of sales in the most appropriate third-country market (this section is not applicable to respondents in non-market economy cases). Section C requests a complete listing of U.S. sales. Section D requests information on the cost of production of the foreign like product and the constructed value of the merchandise under review. Section E requests information on further manufacturing. E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45030-45031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12861]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-A-351-819, A-427-811]


Stainless Steel Wire Rods From Brazil and France: Revocation of 
Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On July 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on 
stainless steel wire rods from Brazil, France, and India, pursuant to 
section. Pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the International Trade Commission (the ITC) 
determined that revocation of these orders would not be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. Therefore, pursuant 
to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(l)(iii), the 
Department is revoking the AD orders on stainless steel wire rods from 
Brazil and France.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 2, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Dana 
Mermelstein, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-5255 and (202) 482-1391, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Orders

    Imports covered by these orders are certain stainless steel wire 
rods (SSWR) from Brazil and France. SSWR are products which are hot-
rolled or hot-rolled annealed and/or pickled rounds, squares, octagons, 
hexagons, or other shapes, in coils. SSWR are made of alloy steels 
containing, by weight 1.2 percent or less of carbon and 10.5 percent of 
chromium, with or without other elements. These products are only 
manufactured by hot-rolling and normally sold in coiled form, and are 
solid cross-section. The majority of SSWR sold in the United States are 
round in cross-section shape, annealed and pickled. The most common 
size is 5.5 millimeters in diameter.
    The merchandise subject to these orders is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 
7221.00.0045, 7221.00.0075 of the

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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).\1\ The HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The 
written description remains dispositive.
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    \1\ The merchandise subject to the scope of these orders was 
originally classifiable under all of the following HTS subheadings: 
7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0020, 7221.00.0030, 
7221.00.0040,7221.00.0045, 7221.00.0060, 7221.00.0075, and 
7221.00.0080. HTSUS subheadings 7221.00.0020, 7221.00.0040, 
7221.00.0060, 7221.00.0080 are no longer contained in the HTSUS.
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Background

    On January 28, 1994, the Department published Antidumping Duty 
Order: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods from Brazil, 59 FR 4021 and 
the Amended Final Determination and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 
Stainless Steel Wire Rods from France, 59 FR 4022. On August 2, 2000, 
the Department published the Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: 
Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, France, and India, 65 FR 47403.
    On July 1, 2005, the Department initiated, and the ITC instituted, 
sunset reviews of the AD orders on stainless steel wire rods from 
Brazil and France. See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 70 FR 
38101 (July 1, 2005).
    As a result of its sunset reviews of these orders, the Department 
found that revocation of these orders would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping. See Stainless Steel Wire Rods 
from Brazil, France, and India; Notice of Final Results of Five-year 
(Sunset) Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 70 FR 67447 (November 
7, 2005). The Department notified the ITC of the magnitude of the 
margins likely to prevail were the AD orders to be revoked.
    On June 29, 2006, the ITC determined, pursuant to section 751(c) of 
the Act, that revocation of these orders would not be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Stainless Steel 
Wire Rod from Brazil, France and India, Investigations Nos. 731-TA-636, 
731-TA-637, and 731-TA-638 (Second Review), 70 FR 38207 (July 1, 2005).

Determination

    As a result of the determination by the ITC that revocation of 
these orders is not likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of 
material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department, 
pursuant to section 751(d) of the Act is revoking the AD orders on SSWR 
from Brazil and France. Pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the effective date of the revocation is August 2, 
2005 (i.e., the fifth anniversary of the date of publication in the 
Federal Register of the notices of continuation of these AD orders.) 
The Department will notify U.S. Customs and Border protection to 
discontinue suspension of liquidation and collection of cash deposits 
on entries of subject merchandise entered or withdrawn from warehouse 
on or after August 2, 2005, the effective date of revocation of these 
orders. The Department will complete any administrative reviews of 
these orders and will conduct administrative reviews of subject 
merchandise entered prior to the effective date of revocation in 
response to appropriately filed requests for review.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(d)(2) and published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of 
the Act.

    Dated: August 1, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary, for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-12861 Filed 8-7-06; 8:45 am]
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