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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final
Results of Changed Circumstances
Antidumping Duty Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) has determined,
pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’),
that India Steel Works Limited (‘‘India
Steel’’) is the successor-in-interest to
Isibars Limited (‘‘Isibars’’). As a result,
India Steel will be accorded the same
treatment previously accorded to Isibars
with regard to the antidumping duty
order on stainless steel bar (‘‘SSB’’) from
India as of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
DATES: Effective Date: November 6,
2008.
AGENCY:
Cory
Hervey and Devta Ohri, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 1, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–1664 and (202)
482–3853, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
On February 21, 1995, the Department
of Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published
in the Federal Register the antidumping
duty order on SSB from India. See
Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless
Steel Bar from Brazil, India and Japan,
60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995). On
August 4, 2008, India Steel requested
that the Department initiate a changed
circumstances review of this order to
determine that, for purposes of the
antidumping law, India Steel is the
successor-in-interest to Isibars. See
August 4, 2008, letter from India Steel.
On September 25, 2008, the
Department published the notice of
initiation and preliminary results of
review, finding that India Steel is the
successor-in-interest to Isibars and
should be treated as such for
antidumping duty cash deposit
purposes. See Notice of Initiation and
Preliminary Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping Duty
Review: Stainless Steel Bar from India,
73 FR 55497 (September 25, 2008). We
invited parties to comment on the
preliminary results. We received no
comments or requests for a hearing.
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Scope of the Review
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Imports covered by the order are
shipments of SSB. SSB means articles of
stainless steel in straight lengths that
have been either hot-rolled, forged,
turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or
otherwise cold-finished, or ground,
having a uniform solid cross section
along their whole length in the shape of
circles, segments of circles, ovals,
rectangles (including squares), triangles,
hexagons, octagons, or other convex
polygons. SSB includes cold-finished
SSBs that are turned or ground in
straight lengths, whether produced from
hot-rolled bar or from straightened and
cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that
have indentations, ribs, grooves, or
other deformations produced during the
rolling process.
Except as specified above, the term
does not include stainless steel semifinished products, cut-to-length flatrolled products (i.e., cut-to-length rolled
products which if less than 4.75 mm in
thickness have a width measuring at
least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75
mm or more in thickness having a width
which exceeds 150 mm and measures at
least twice the thickness), wire (i.e.,
cold-formed products in coils, of any
uniform solid cross section along their
whole length, which do not conform to
the definition of flat-rolled products),
and angles, shapes, and sections.
The SSB subject to these reviews is
currently classifiable under subheadings
7222.11.00.05, 7222.11.00.50,
7222.19.00.05, 7222.19.00.50,
7222.20.00.05, 7222.20.00.45,
7222.20.00.75, and 7222.30.00.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (‘‘HTSUS’’). Although the
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our
written description of the scope of the
order is dispositive.
On May 23, 2005, the Department
issued a final scope ruling that SSB
manufactured in the United Arab
Emirates out of stainless steel wire rod
from India is not subject to the scope of
this order. See Memorandum from Team
to Barbara E. Tillman, ‘‘Antidumping
Duty Orders on Stainless Steel Bar from
India and Stainless Steel Wire Rod from
India: Final Scope Ruling,’’ dated May
23, 2005, which is on file in the Central
Records Unit in room 1117 of the main
Department building. See also Notice of
Scope Rulings, 70 FR 55110 (September
20, 2005).
Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Review
For the reasons stated in the
preliminary results, and because the
Department did not receive any
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comments following the preliminary
results of this review, the Department
continues to find that India Steel is the
successor-in-interest to Isibars for
antidumping duty cash deposit
purposes.
Instructions to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection
The Department will instruct CBP to
suspend liquidation of all shipments of
the subject merchandise produced and
exported by India Steel entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of this notice at 2.01 percent (i.e.,
Isibars’s cash deposit rate). This deposit
rate shall remain in effect until
publication of the final results of the
next administrative review in which
India Steel participates.
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written
notification of the return/destruction of
APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
This notice in accordance with
sections 751(b) and 777(i)(1) of the Act,
and sections 351.216(e) and
351.221(c)(3)(i) of the Department’s
regulations.
Dated: October 30, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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Certain Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Line Pipe from the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and
Postponement of Final Determination
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) preliminarily
determines that certain circular welded
carbon quality steel welded line pipe
(‘‘welded line pipe’’) from the People’s
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Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) is being, or
is likely to be, sold in the United States
at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’), as
provided in section 733 of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). The
estimated dumping margins are shown
in the ‘‘Preliminary Determination’’
section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen or Rebecca Pandolph, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 4, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–2769 or 482–3627,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 3, 2008, the Department
received a petition concerning imports
of welded line pipe from the PRC and
the Republic of Korea (‘‘Korea’’) filed in
proper form by United States Steel
Corporation (‘‘U.S. Steel’’), Maverick
Tube Corporation (‘‘Maverick’’), Tex–
Tube Company (‘‘Tex–Tube’’), and the
United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers
International Union, and AFL–CIO-CLC
(‘‘United Steelworkers’’) (collectively,
‘‘Petitioners’’). See Imposition of
Antidumping and Countervailing
Duties: Certain Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Line Pipe from the
People’s Republic of China and the
Republic of Korea, dated April 3, 2008
(in four volumes) (‘‘Petition’’). On April
23, 2008, the Department initiated
antidumping duty investigations of
welded line pipe from the above–
mentioned countries. See Certain
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea
and the People’s Republic of China:
Initiation of Antidumping Duty
Investigations, 73 FR 23188 (April 29,
2008) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’).
Also, on April 23, 2008, the
Department issued a quantity and value
(‘‘Q&V’’) questionnaire to each of the 65
companies identified by the Petitioners
as potential exporters or producers of
welded line pipe from the PRC. See
supplement to the petition at Exhibit II–
Supp I, dated April 14, 2008. The
Department received timely responses
to its Q&V questionnaire from the
following nine companies: Benxi
Northern Steel Pipes Co., Ltd. (‘‘Benxi’’);
Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co.,
Ltd.(‘‘Huludao Pipe’’); Pangang Group
Behai Pipe Corporation (‘‘Pangang’’);
Shanghai Metals & Minerals Import &
Export Corp. d/b/a Shanghai Minmetals
Materials & Products Corp. (‘‘Shanghai
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Changed
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') has determined,
pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the
Act''), that India Steel Works Limited (``India Steel'') is the
successor-in-interest to Isibars Limited (``Isibars''). As a result,
India Steel will be accorded the same treatment previously accorded to
Isibars with regard to the antidumping duty order on stainless steel
bar (``SSB'') from India as of the date of publication of this notice
in the Federal Register.
DATES: Effective Date: November 6, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cory Hervey and Devta Ohri, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1664 and (202) 482-3853, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 21, 1995, the Department of Commerce (``Department'')
published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on SSB
from India. See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from
Brazil, India and Japan, 60 FR 9661 (February 21, 1995). On August 4,
2008, India Steel requested that the Department initiate a changed
circumstances review of this order to determine that, for purposes of
the antidumping law, India Steel is the successor-in-interest to
Isibars. See August 4, 2008, letter from India Steel.
On September 25, 2008, the Department published the notice of
initiation and preliminary results of review, finding that India Steel
is the successor-in-interest to Isibars and should be treated as such
for antidumping duty cash deposit purposes. See Notice of Initiation
and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty
Review: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 73 FR 55497 (September 25,
2008). We invited parties to comment on the preliminary results. We
received no comments or requests for a hearing.
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Scope of the Review
Imports covered by the order are shipments of SSB. SSB means
articles of stainless steel in straight lengths that have been either
hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-rolled or otherwise cold-
finished, or ground, having a uniform solid cross section along their
whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals,
rectangles (including squares), triangles, hexagons, octagons, or other
convex polygons. SSB includes cold-finished SSBs that are turned or
ground in straight lengths, whether produced from hot-rolled bar or
from straightened and cut rod or wire, and reinforcing bars that have
indentations, ribs, grooves, or other deformations produced during the
rolling process.
Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless
steel semi-finished products, cut-to-length flat-rolled products (i.e.,
cut-to-length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness
have a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm
or more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures
at least twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed products in
coils, of any uniform solid cross section along their whole length,
which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products), and
angles, shapes, and sections.
The SSB subject to these reviews is currently classifiable under
subheadings 7222.11.00.05, 7222.11.00.50, 7222.19.00.05, 7222.19.00.50,
7222.20.00.05, 7222.20.00.45, 7222.20.00.75, and 7222.30.00.00 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
On May 23, 2005, the Department issued a final scope ruling that
SSB manufactured in the United Arab Emirates out of stainless steel
wire rod from India is not subject to the scope of this order. See
Memorandum from Team to Barbara E. Tillman, ``Antidumping Duty Orders
on Stainless Steel Bar from India and Stainless Steel Wire Rod from
India: Final Scope Ruling,'' dated May 23, 2005, which is on file in
the Central Records Unit in room 1117 of the main Department building.
See also Notice of Scope Rulings, 70 FR 55110 (September 20, 2005).
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review
For the reasons stated in the preliminary results, and because the
Department did not receive any comments following the preliminary
results of this review, the Department continues to find that India
Steel is the successor-in-interest to Isibars for antidumping duty cash
deposit purposes.
Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The Department will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of all
shipments of the subject merchandise produced and exported by India
Steel entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
the publication date of this notice at 2.01 percent (i.e., Isibars's
cash deposit rate). This deposit rate shall remain in effect until
publication of the final results of the next administrative review in
which India Steel participates.
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. Timely written notification of
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the
regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
This notice in accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act, and sections 351.216(e) and 351.221(c)(3)(i) of the Department's
regulations.
Dated: October 30, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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