[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 856-857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-246]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-533-808]


Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India; Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative 
review and new shipper reviews.

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SUMMARY: On September 9, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of its administrative 
review and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel wire rod (``SSWR'') from India. These reviews covered 
one manufacturer/exporter, Mukand, Ltd. (``Mukand''), of the subject 
merchandise for the period December 1, 1996 through November 30, 1997, 
and two new shippers, Viraj Group (``Viraj'') and Panchamahal Steel 
Ltd. (``Panchmahal''). We gave interested parties an opportunity to 
comment on our preliminary results. We received no comments and have 
not changed the results from those presented in the preliminary results 
of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Dybczak (Mukand), Carrie Blozy 
(Viraj), Stephen Bailey (Panchmahal) or Rick Johnson, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1398 (Dybczak), (202) 482-0165 (Blozy), (202) 482-0413 (Bailey), or 
(202) 482-3818 (Johnson).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the 
regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1998).

Background

    On October 20, 1993, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel wire rod 
from India (58 FR 54110). On December 5, 1997, the Department published 
in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of this antidumping duty order (62 FR 64353). On 
December 22, 1997, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), respondent 
Mukand requested that we conduct an administrative review. We published 
the notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review 
on January 26, 1998 (62 FR 3702). On December 24, 1997, and December 
31, 1997, Panchmahal and Viraj, respectively, submitted requests for 
new shipper reviews. On February 5, 1998, the notice of initiation of 
these new shipper reviews was published in the Federal Register (63 FR 
5930).
    On September 9, 1998, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (63 FR 48184) the preliminary results of its administrative 
review and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel wire rod from India (62 FR 3702). We gave interested 
parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary results. We 
received no comments. The Department has now completed these reviews in 
accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of SSWR from India. 
SSWR are products which are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed and/or 
pickled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in coils. 
SSWR are made of alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 percent or 
less of carbon and 10.5 percent or more of chromium, with or without 
other elements. These products are only manufactured by hot-rolling and 
are normally sold in coiled form, and are of solid cross-section. The 
majority of SSWR sold in the United States are round in cross-section 
shape, annealed and pickled. The most common size is 5.5 millimeters in 
diameter.
    The SSWR subject to this review are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0020, 7221.00.0030, 
7221.00.0040, 7221.00.0045, 7221.00.0060, 7221.00.0075, and 
7221.00.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

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(``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience 
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise under 
review is dispositive.
    The administrative review covers one company, Mukand, while both 
Viraj and Panchmahal are reviewed as new shippers. The period of review 
for all three companies is December 1, 1996 through November 30, 1997.

Final Results of Reviews

    As a result of our reviews, we determine the dumping margins (in 
percent) for the period December 1, 1996 through November 30, 1997, for 
the companies under review to be as follows:

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                                                                Margin
               Producer/manufacturer/exporter                 (percent)
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Mukand.....................................................         0.00
Viraj......................................................         0.00
Panchmahal.................................................         0.00
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    The Department shall issue appraisement instructions directly to 
the Customs Service. Furthermore, the following deposit requirements 
will be effective upon publication of these final results for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date as provided 
by section 751(a) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for Mukand, 
Viraj, and Panchmahal will be the rates stated above; (2) for 
previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the 
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of 
the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer 
is a firm covered in this review, the cash rate will be 48.80 percent, 
which is the ``all others'' rate as established in the LTFV 
investigation. The deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until publication of the final results of the next 
administrative review.

Notification of Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR section 351.402(f) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 353.34(d), (1997). Timely notification of 
return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    The administrative review and new shipper reviews and this notice 
are in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)).

    Dated: December 22, 1998.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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