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[FR Doc No: 94-3987]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 701-TA-359 (Preliminary) and 731-TA-686-687 
(Preliminary)]

 

Certain Steel Wire Rod From Belgium and Germany

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution and scheduling of preliminary countervailing duty 
and antidumping investigations.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of 
preliminary countervailing duty investigation No. 701-TA-359 
(Preliminary) under section 703(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1671b(a)) and of preliminary antidumping investigations Nos. 731-TA-
684-685 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) to determine whether there is a reasonable 
indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured, 
or is threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an 
industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of 
imports from Belgium and Germany of certain steel wire rod,1 
provided for in subheadings 7213.31.30, 7213.31.60, 7213.39.00, 
7213.41.30, 7213.41.60, 7213.49.00, 7213.50.00, 7227.20.00, and 
7227.90.60 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States that 
are alleged to be subsidized by the Government of Germany and to be 
sold in the United States at less than fair value. The Commission must 
complete preliminary countervailing duty and antidumping investigations 
in 45 days, or in this case by March 31, 1994.
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    \1\For purposes of these investigations, certain steel wire rod 
is defined as hot-rolled carbon steel and alloy steel wire rod, in 
irregularly wound coils, of approximately round cross section, 
between 5.08 mm (0.20 inch) and 19.0 mm (0.75 inch) in diameter. The 
following products are excluded from the scope of these 
investigations:
      --steel wire rod 5.5 mm or less in diameter, with tensile 
strength greater than or equal to 1040 MPa, and having the following 
chemical content, by weight: carbon greater than or equal to 0.79 
percent, aluminum less than or equal to 0.005 percent, phosphorus 
plus sulfur less than or equal to 0.04 percent, and nitrogen less 
than or equal to 0.006 percent (termed ``1080 tire cord'' quality 
wire rod);
      --free-machining steel containing 0.03 percent or more of 
lead, 0.05 percent or more of bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of 
sulfur, more than 0.4 percent of phosphorus, more than 0.05 percent 
of selenium, and/or more than 0.01 percent of tellurium;
      --stainless steel rods, tool steel rods, free-cutting steel 
rods, resulfurized steel rods, ball bearing steel rods, high-nickel 
steel rods, and concrete reinforcing bars and rods; and
      --wire rod 7.9 to 18 mm in diameter, containing 0.43 to 0.73 
percent carbon by weight, and having partial decarburization and 
seams no more than 0.75 mm in depth.
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    For further information concerning the conduct of these 
investigations and rules of general application, consult the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A 
through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and B (19 CFR 
part 207).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 14, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Hudgens (202-205-3189), Office of 
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information 
on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-
1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special 
assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the 
Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    These investigations are being instituted in response to a petition 
filed on February 14, 1994, by Connecticut Steel Corp., Wallingford, 
CT; Georgetown Steel Corp., Georgetown, SC; North Star Steel Texas, 
Inc., Beaumont, TX; Co-Steel Raritan River Steel Co., Perth Amboy, NJ; 
Keystone Steel & Wire Corp., Peoria, IL; and Northwestern Steel & Wire 
Co., Sterling, IL.

Participation in the Investigations and Public Service List

    Persons (other than petitioners) wishing to participate in the 
investigations as parties must file an entry of appearance with the 
Secretary to the Commission, as provided in sections 201.11 and 207.10 
of the Commission's rules, not later than seven (7) days after 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. The Secretary will 
prepare a public service list containing the names and addresses of all 
persons, or their representatives, who are parties to these 
investigations upon the expiration of the period for filing entries of 
appearance.

Limited Disclosure of Business Proprietary Information (BPI) Under 
an Administrative Protective Order (APO) and BPI Service List

    Pursuant to section 207.7(a) of the Commission's rules, the 
Secretary will make BPI gathered in these preliminary investigations 
available to authorized applicants under the APO issued in the 
investigations, provided that the application is made not later than 
seven (7) days after the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. A separate service list will be maintained by the Secretary 
for those parties authorized to receive BPI under the APO.

Conference

    The Commission's Director of Operations has scheduled a conference 
in connection with these investigations for 9:30 a.m. on March 4, 1994, 
at the U.S. International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW., 
Washington, DC. Parties wishing to participate in the conference should 
contact Brad Hudgens (202-205-3189) not later than March 1, 1994, to 
arrange for their appearance. Parties in support of the imposition of 
countervailing and antidumping duties in these investigations and 
parties in opposition to the imposition of such duties will each be 
collectively allocated one hour within which to make an oral 
presentation at the conference. A nonparty who has testimony that may 
aid the Commission's deliberations may request permission to present a 
short statement at the conference.

Written Submissions

    As provided in Secs. 201.8 and 207.15 of the Commission's rules, 
any person may submit to the Commission on or before March 9, 1994, a 
written brief containing information and arguments pertinent to the 
subject matter of the investigations. Parties may file written 
testimony in connection with their presentation at the conference no 
later than three (3) days before the conference. If briefs or written 
testimony contain BPI, they must conform with the requirements of 
Secs. 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules.
    In accordance with Secs. 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the investigations must be served on all 
other parties to the investigations (as identified by either the public 
or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely 
filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a 
certificate of service.

    Authority: These investigations are being conducted under 
authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This notice is 
published pursuant to section 207.12 of the Commission's rules.

    Issued: February 16, 1994.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-3987 Filed 2-18-94; 8:45 am]
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