[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10717]


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[Federal Register: May 4, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-122-824]

 

Termination of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain Carbon and 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Canada

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Goldberger or Louis Apple, 
Office of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4136 or 482-1769, 
respectively.

Scope of Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are hot-rolled carbon 
steel and alloy steel wire rod, in coils, of approximately round cross 
section, between 0.20 and 0.75 inches in solid cross-sectional 
diameter. The following products are excluded from the scope of this 
investigation:
     Steel wire rod 5.5 mm or less in diameter, with tensile 
strength greater than or equal to 1040 MPa, and the following chemical 
content, by weight: carbon greater than or equal to 0.79%, aluminum 
less than or equal to 0.005%, phosphorous plus sulfur less than or 
equal to 0.040%, and nitrogen less than or equal to 0.006%;
     Free-matching steel containing 0.03% or more of lead, 
0.05% or more of bismuth, 0.08% or more of sulfur, more than 0.4% of 
phosphorus, more than 0.05% of selenium, and/or more than 0.01% 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 0.48 to 
0.73% carbon by weight, and having partial decarburization and seams no 
more than 0.075 mm in depth.
    The products under investigation are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 7213.31.3000, 7213.31.6000, 7213.39.0030, 7213.39.0090, 
7213.41.3000, 7213.41.6000, 7213.49.0030, 7213.49.0090, 7213.50.0020, 
7213.50.0040, 7213.50.0080, 7227.20.0000, and 7227.90.6050 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.
Termination of Investigation
    On April 20, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published its Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Canada in the Federal 
Register (59 FR 18791). In a letter dated April 18, 1994, petitioner 
notified the Department of the withdrawal of its April 23, 1993, 
petition and requested termination of the antidumping investigation.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 353.17(a), upon the petitioner's 
withdrawal of the petition, the Department may terminate an 
investigation after notice to all parties to the proceeding and after 
consultation with the International Trade Commission (ITC). 
Furthermore, the Department may not terminate an investigation unless 
it concludes that termination is in the public interest. All parties to 
the proceeding have been notified of the petitioner's withdrawal and we 
have consulted with the ITC. No objections were received regarding 
termination of the investigation. In addition, we have concluded that 
termination of the investigation is in the public interest. 
Accordingly, we are terminating the antidumping investigation of 
certain alloy and carbon steel wire rod from Canada. This action is 
taken pursuant to section 734(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-10717 Filed 5-3-94; 8:45 am]
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