[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 18748-18749] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-9968] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A489-807] Antidumpting Duty Order: Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Thompson, Cameron Werker, or Fabian Rivelis, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1776, (202) 482-3874, or (202) 482-3853; respectively. Scope of Order The merchandise covered by this order is all stock deformed steel concrete reinforcing bars sold in straight lengths and coils. This includes all hot-rolled deformed rebar rolled from billet steel, rail steel, axle steel, or low-alloy steel. It excludes (i) plain round rebar, (ii) rebar that a processor has further worked or fabricated, and (iii) all coated rebar. Deformed rebar is currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers 7213.10.000 and 7214.20.000. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the scope of this order is dispositive. Antidumping Duty Order In accordance with section 735(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department made its final determination that rebar from Turkey is being sold at less than fair value (62 FR 9737, March 4, 1997). On April 10, 1997, the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department of its final determination, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that a regional industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of imports of the subject merchandise from Turkey. In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department will direct Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the administering authority, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export price (or the constructed export price) of the merchandise for all entries of rebar from Turkey. These antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of rebar from Turkey entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after October 10, 1996, the date on which the Department published its preliminary determination in the Federal Register (61 FR 53203). On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, Customs officers must require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted- average antidumping duty margins as noted below. The ``All Others'' rate applies to all exporters of rebar not specifically listed below. The ad valorem weighted-average dumping margins are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Margin Producer/manufacturer/exporter percentage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. or Colakoglu Dis Ticaret (Colakoglu)............................................ 9.84 Ekinciler Demir Celik or Ekinciler Dis Ticaret (Ekinciler)............................................ 18.68 Habas Sinai Ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S. (Habas)................................................ 18.54 Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. (IDC)..................... 41.80 Izmir Metalurji Fabrikasi Turk A.S. (Metas)............. 30.16 All Others.............................................. 16.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the final determination, the Department found that critical circumstances exist with respect to exports of rebar from Turkey by all exporters except Colakoglu. However, on April 10, 1997, the ITC notified the Department of its negative determination regarding critical circumstances. As a result of the ITC's determination, pursuant to section 735(c)(3) of the Act, we shall order Customs to terminate the retroactive suspension of liquidation and to release any bond or other security and refund [[Page 18749]] any cash deposit required under section 733(e)(2) of the Act with respect to entries of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to October 10, 1996. This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to rebar from Turkey. Interested parties may contact the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of antidumping duty orders currently in effect. This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the Act. Dated: April 11, 1997. Robert S. LaRussa, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. 97-9968 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M