[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75923-75924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30954]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
New Shipper Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty new shipper review: 
stainless steel bar From India.

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SUMMARY: On October 4, 2000, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on stainless steel bar from India. This review covers one 
manufacturer/exporter, Atlas Stainless Corporation. This review covers 
sales of the subject merchandise to the United States during the period 
February 1, 1999 through January 31, 2000. We gave interested parties 
an opportunity to comment on the preliminary results of review but 
received no comments. The final results do not differ from the 
preliminary results of review, in which we found that the respondent 
did not make sales in the United States at prices below normal value.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blanche Ziv or Ryan Langan, Office 1, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4207 or (202) 482-1279, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    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 the Department of Commerce's 
(``the Department's'') regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Background

    On October 4, 2000, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of its new shipper review of stainless 
steel bar from India. See Preliminary Results of the New Shipper 
Review, 65 FR 59173 (October 4, 2000). We invited parties to comment on 
our preliminary results of review. We received no comments. The 
Department has now completed the new shipper review in accordance with 
section 751 of the Act.

Scope of Review

    Imports covered by this review are shipments of stainless steel bar 
(``SSB''). SSB means articles of stainless steel in straight lengths 
that have been either hot-rolled, forged, turned, cold-drawn, cold-
rolled or otherwise cold-finished, or ground, having a uniform solid 
cross section along their whole length in the shape of circles, 
segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles, 
hexagons, octagons, or other convex polygons. SSB includes cold-
finished SSBs that are turned or ground in straight lengths, whether 
produced from hot-rolled bar or from straightened and cut rod or wire, 
and reinforcing bars that have indentations, ribs, grooves, or other 
deformations produced during the rolling process.
    Except as specified above, the term does not include stainless 
steel semi-finished products, cut length flat-rolled products (i.e., 
cut length rolled products which if less than 4.75 mm in thickness have 
a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness, or if 4.75 mm or 
more in thickness having a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at 
least twice the thickness), wire (i.e., cold-formed products in coils, 
of any uniform solid cross section along their whole length, which do 
not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products), and angles, 
shapes and sections.
    The SSB subject to these orders is currently classifiable under 
subheadings 7222.10.0005, 7222.10.0050, 7222.20.0005, 7222.20.0045, 
7222.20.0075, and 7222.30.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the 
scope of this order is dispositive.

Final Results of the Review

    We received no comments from interested parties on our preliminary 
results. In addition, we have determined that no changes to our 
analysis are warranted for purposes of these final results. The 
weighted-average dumping margin for Atlas for the period February 1, 
1999 through January 31, 2000, is as follows:

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                    Manufacturer/exporter                        Margin
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Atlas Stainless Corporation (``Atlas'')......................      0.00%
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    Because the weighted-average dumping margin is zero, we will 
instruct the Customs Service to liquidate entries made during this 
review period without regard to antidumping duties for the subject 
merchandise that Atlas exported.

Cash-Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements shall be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of stainless steel bar from India, entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 
date, as provided for by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash-
deposit rate for the reviewed company will be the rate indicated above; 
(2) for previously investigated or reviewed companies, 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 
or any previous review or the original less-than-fair-value 
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) the cash-deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 12.45 percent, the all-
others rate.
    These deposit requirements shall remain in effect until publication 
of the final results of the next administrative review.
    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 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

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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 the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this determination in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: November 28, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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