[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29163]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar from India; Initiation of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has received three requests to 
conduct a new shipper administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on stainless steel bar from India. In accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we are initiating 
this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zak Smith or Stephanie Hoffman, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or (202) 482-4198, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to section 351 of the regulations of 
the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') are to the current 
regulations, as published in the Federal Register on May 19, 1997 (62 
FR 27296).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 18 and 31, 1998, the Department received requests from 
Jyoti Steel Industries (``Jyoti''), Shah Alloys Ltd. (``Shah''), and 
Parekh Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd. (``Parekh''), pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b), for 
a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
bar from India. This order has an August semiannual anniversary month. 
On August 25 and 31 and September 1, 1998, we asked that the initial 
requests be supplemented. Jyoti submitted the requisite additional 
information on September 3, 1998; Shah and Parekh did so on October 9 
and 22, 1998, respectively. Accordingly, we are initiating a new 
shipper review for Jyoti, Shah, and Parekh as requested. The period of 
review is February 1, 1998 through July 31, 1998.

Initiation of Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2) Jyoti, Shah, and Parekh 
each provided certification that it did not export subject merchandise 
to the United States during the period of investigation; certification 
that, since the investigation was initiated, it has never been 
affiliated with any exporter or producer who exported the subject 
merchandise to the United States during the period of investigation, 
including those not individually examined during the investigation; 
documentation establishing: (i) the date on which its stainless steel 
bar was first entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, or 
if the exporter or producer could not establish the date of first 
entry, the date on which it first shipped the subject merchandise for 
export to the United States; (ii) the volume of that and subsequent 
shipments; and (iii) the date of the first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States. Therefore, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating 
a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
bar from India. We intend to issue the final results of this review not 
later than 270 days after the day on which this new shipper review is 
initiated.

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                                                         Period to be
            Antidumping duty proceeding                    reviewed
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India: Stainless Steel Bar, A-533-810:
    Jyoti Steel Industries.........................    02/01/98-07/31/98
    Shah Alloys Ltd................................    02/01/98-07/31/98
    Parekh Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd....................    02/01/98-07/31/98
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    We will instruct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the 
importer, the posting, until the completion of the review, of a bond or 
security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise 
exported by the above listed companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(e). Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305 and 351.306.
    These initiations and this notice are in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214 and 
351.221(c)(1)(i).

    Dated: October 22, 1998.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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