[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 7, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-13722]


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[Federal Register: June 7, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(C-475-812)

 

Countervailing Duty Order: Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From 
Italy

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annika L. O'Hara or David R. Boyland, 
Office of Countervailing Investigations, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
room 3099, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4198 or 482-0588, respectively.

Countervailing Duty Order

    In accordance with section 705(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act'') (19 U.S.C. section 1671d(a)), on April 11, 1994, 
the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') made its final 
determination that manufacturers, producers or exporters in Italy of 
grain-oriented electrical steel receive benefits which constitute 
subsidies within the meaning of the countervailing duty law (59 FR 
18357, April 18, 1994). On May 27, 1994, in accordance with section 
705(d) of the Act, the U.S. International Trade Commission (``ITC'') 
notified the Department of its final affirmative determination that 
imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from Italy are materially 
injuring a U.S. industry.
    Therefore, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
section 1671e(a)(1)), the Department hereby directs U.S. Customs 
officers to assess a countervailing duty equal to the amount of the 
estimated net subsidy on all entries of grain-oriented electrical steel 
from Italy. This countervailing duty will be assessed on all 
unliquidated entries of grain-oriented electrical steel from Italy 
which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or 
after February 1, 1994, the date on which the Department published its 
preliminary countervailing duty determination in the Federal Register.
    On or after the date of publication of this notice, U.S. Customs 
officers must require, at the same time as importers would normally 
deposit duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit of 24.42 percent ad 
valorem for all entries of grain-oriented electrical steel from Italy.
    This determination constitutes a countervailing duty order with 
respect to grain-oriented electrical steel from Italy pursuant to 
section 706 of the Act (19 U.S.C. section 1671e). Interested parties 
may contact the Central Records Unit, room B-099, Import 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, for copies of an 
updated list of orders currently in effect.

Scope of Order

    The product covered by this order is grain-oriented silicon 
electrical steel, which is a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing 
by weight at least 0.6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent 
of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element 
in an amount that would give the steel the characteristics of another 
alloy steel, of a thickness of no more than 0.56 millimeters, in coils 
of any width, or in straight lengths which are of a width measuring at 
least 10 times the thickness, as currently classifiable in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTS'') under item 
numbers 7225.10.0030, 7226.10.1030, 7226.10.5015, and 7226.10.5065. 
Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of this proceeding is 
dispositive.

Notice of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. section 
1675(a)(1)), the Department will publish during the anniversary month 
of the publication of this order, notice that an interested party, as 
defined in section 771(9) of the Act (19 U.S.C. section 1677(9)) and 19 
CFR 355.2(i), may request, in accordance with 19 CFR 355.22, that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of this order. For further 
information regarding administrative review procedures, contact Barbara 
E. Tillman, Office of Countervailing Compliance, at (202) 482-2786.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 706 of the Act 
(19 U.S.C. section 1671e) and 19 CFR 355.21.

    Dated: May 27, 1994.
Susan G. Esserman,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-13722 Filed 6-6-94; 8:45 am]
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