[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-2029]


[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-351-819]


Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods From 
Brazil

Agency: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Cunningham, Office of Antidumping 
Duty Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4207.

Scope of Order

    For purposes of this investigation, certain stainless steel wire 
rods (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 or more of chromium, with or without 
other elements. These products are only manufactured by hot-rolling, 
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. The most common size is 5.5 millimeters 
in diameter.
    The SSWR subject to this investigation is currently classifiable 
under 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, 
7221.00.0080 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 this 
investigation is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    In accordance with section 736 of the Act, the Department will 
direct Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the 
administering authority pursuant to section 736(a)(1) of the Act, 
antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the foreign market 
value of the merchandise exceeds the United States price for all 
entries of certain stainless steel wire rods from Brazil. These 
antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of 
certain stainless steel wire rods from Brazil entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or before August 5, 1993, the date 
on which the Department published its preliminary determination notice 
in the Federal Register (58 FR 41726). On or after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, U.S. Custom 
officers must require, at the same time as importers would normally 
deposit estimated duties, the following cash deposits for the subject 
merchandise:

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                                                              Weighted- 
                                                               average  
              Manufacturer/Producer/Exporter                    margin  
                                                             percentage 
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Eletrometal-Metal Especials S.A............................        24.63
Acos Finos Piratini S.A....................................        26.50
Acos Villares S.A..........................................        26.50
All Others.................................................        25.88
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    In its final determination, the Department found that critical 
circumstances exist with respect to exports of SSWR from Brazil by Acos 
Finos Piratini S.A. and Acos Villares S.A. However, on January 21, 
1994, the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department 
that retroactive assessment of antidumping duties is not necessary to 
prevent recurrence of material injury from massive imports over a short 
period. As a result of the ITC's determination, pursuant to section 
735(c)(3) of the Act, we shall order Customs to terminate the 
retroactive suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise 
exported from Brazil by Piratini and Villares, and to release any bond 
or other security and refund any cash deposit required under section 
733(e)(2) with respect to all entries of SSWR exported from Brazil by 
Piratini and Villares, and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption prior to August 5, 1993.
    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
certain stainless steel wire rods from Brazil, 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 353.21.

    Dated: January 25, 1994.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-2029 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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