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[FR Doc No: 94-15788]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 731-TA-686 (Final)]

 

Certain Steel Wire Rod From Belgium

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution and scheduling of a final antidumping 
investigation.

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SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of final 
antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-686 (Final) under section 735(b) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673d(b)) (the Act) to 
determine whether 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 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.
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    \1\ For purposes of this investigation, 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 this 
investigation:
    --steel wire rod 5.5 mm or less in diameter, with tensile 
strength greater than or equal to 1040 Mega-Pascals (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, ball bearing steel 
rods, and concrete reinforcing bars and rods; and
    --wire rod 7.9 to 18 mm in diameter, containing 0.48 to 0.73 
percent carbon by weight, and having partial decarburization and 
seams no more than 0.075 mm in depth (termed valve spring quality 
wire rod).
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    For further information concerning the conduct of this 
investigation, hearing procedures, 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 C 
(19 CFR part 207).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 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. Information can also be 
obtained by calling the Office of Investigations' remote bulletin board 
system for personal computers at 202-205-1895 (N,8,1).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This investigation is being instituted as a result of an 
affirmative preliminary determination by the Department of Commerce 
that imports of certain steel wire rod from Belgium are being sold in 
the United States at less than fair value within the meaning of section 
733 of the Act (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673b). The investigation was requested 
in a petition filed on 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 Investigation and Public Service List

    Persons wishing to participate in the investigation as parties must 
file an entry of appearance with the Secretary to the Commission, as 
provided in section 201.11 3 of the Commission's rules, not later than 
twenty-one (21) 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 this investigation 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 this final investigation available 
to authorized applicants under the APO issued in the investigation, 
provided that the application is made not later than twenty-one (21) 
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.

Staff Report

    The prehearing staff report in this investigation will be placed in 
the nonpublic record on August 10, 1994, and a public version will be 
issued thereafter, pursuant to section 207.21 of the Commission's 
rules.

Hearing

    The Commission will hold a hearing in connection with this 
investigation beginning at 9:30 a.m. on August 30, 1994, at the U.S. 
International Trade Commission Building. Requests to appear at the 
hearing should be filed in writing with the Secretary to the Commission 
on or before August 19, 1994. A nonparty who has testimony that may aid 
the Commission's deliberations may request permission to present a 
short statement at the hearing. All parties and nonparties desiring to 
appear at the hearing and make oral presentations should attend a 
prehearing conference to be held at 9:30 a.m. on August 23, 1994, at 
the U.S. International Trade Commission Building. Oral testimony and 
written materials to be submitted at the public hearing are governed by 
sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 207.23(b) of the Commission's 
rules. Parties are strongly encouraged to submit as early in the 
investigation as possible any requests to present a portion of their 
hearing testimony in camera.

Written Submissions

    Each party is encouraged to submit a prehearing brief to the 
Commission. Prehearing briefs must conform with the provisions of 
section 207.22 of the Commission's rules; the deadline for filing is 
August 24, 1994. Parties may also file written testimony in connection 
with their presentation at the hearing, as provided in section 
207.23(b) of the Commission's rules, and posthearing briefs, which must 
conform with the provisions of section 207.24 of the Commission's 
rules. The deadline for filing posthearing briefs is September 8, 1994; 
witness testimony must be filed no later than three (3) days before the 
hearing. In addition, any person who has not entered an appearance as a 
party to the investigation may submit a written statement of 
information pertinent to the subject of the investigation on or before 
September 8, 1994. All written submissions must conform with the 
provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's rules; any submissions 
that contain BPI must also conform with the requirements of sections 
201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission's rules.
    In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the rules, each 
document filed by a party to the investigation must be served on all 
other parties to the investigation (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: This investigation is being conducted under authority 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, title VII. This notice is published 
pursuant to section 207.20 of the Commission's rules.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: June 24, 1994.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
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