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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[A-588-834]

 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Stainless Steel 
Angle From Japan

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jenkins or Kate Johnson, Office 
of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1756, or (202) 482-4929.

INITIATION OF INVESTIGATION:

The Petition

    On April 8, 1994, we received a petition filed in proper form by 
Slater Steels Corporation, Specialty Alloys Division (petitioner), a 
U.S. producer of stainless steel angle. In accordance with 19 CFR 
353.12, the petitioner alleges that imports of stainless steel angle 
from Japan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at 
less than fair value within the meaning of section 731 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and that these imports are 
materially injuring, or threaten material injury to, a U.S. industry.
    The petitioner has stated that it has standing to file the petition 
because it is an interested party, as defined under section 771(9)(C) 
of the Act, and because the petition is filed on behalf of the U.S. 
industry producing the product subject to this investigation. If any 
interested party, as described under paragraphs (C), (D), (E), or (F) 
of section 771(9) of the Act, wishes to register support for, or 
opposition to, this petition, it should file written notification with 
the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
    Under the Department's regulations, any producer or reseller 
seeking exclusion from a potential antidumping duty order must submit 
its request for exclusion within 30 days of the date of the publication 
of this notice. The procedures and requirements are contained in 19 CFR 
353.14.

Scope of Investigation

    For purposes of this investigation, the term ``stainless steel 
angle'' includes hot-rolled, whether or not annealed or descaled, 
stainless steel products angled at 90 degrees, that are not otherwise 
advanced. The stainless steel angle subject to this investigation is 
currently classifiable under subheadings 7222.40.30.20, and 
7222.40.30.60 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.

United States Price and Foreign Market Value

    Petitioner based U.S. price (USP) on prices contained in a November 
1993 price list for subject merchandise sold by an unrelated U.S. 
importer and reseller of Japanese stainless steel angle to its U.S. 
customer. Since these prices were quoted ex-dock, duty paid, petitioner 
deducted from USP amounts for U.S. duty, ocean freight, marine 
insurance, harbor maintenance and U.S. merchandise processing fees.
    Petitioner used tax-exclusive, delivered prices of subject 
merchandise sold in Japan by three Japanese producers during the month 
of September 1993, as the basis for foreign market value (FMV). These 
prices were obtained from a market research report and pertained to the 
following three Japanese producers: Aichi Steel Works, Daido Steel and 
Sumitomo Metal Industries. To calculate an ex-factory price, petitioner 
used expense information from the market research report. Petitioner 
converted the home market prices to U.S. dollars based on the monthly 
average yen/dollar exchange rate effective during the month of the U.S. 
sale, as reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Petitioner 
deducted from FMV an amount for inland freight. Petitioner made 
circumstance-of-sale adjustments for differences in imputed credit 
costs between Japanese and U.S. sales based on the average payment 
period identified in the foreign market research report.
    Based on a comparison of USP to FMV, the dumping margins alleged by 
petitioner for stainless steel angle from Japan range from 40.82 
percent to 58.81 percent.

Preliminary Determination by the International Trade Commission

    The International Trade Commission (ITC) will determine by May 23, 
1994, whether there is a reasonable indication that imports of 
stainless steel angle from Japan are materially injuring, or threaten 
material injury to, a U.S. industry. A negative ITC determination will 
result in this investigation being terminated; otherwise, the 
investigation will proceed according to statutory and regulatory time 
limits.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 732(c)(2) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 353.13(b).

    Dated: April 20, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-10718 Filed 5-3-94; 8:45 am]
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