[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19919-19920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9635]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-825, A-533-810, A-588-833, A-469-805]


Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar From 
Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain

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

ACTION: Notice of continuation of antidumping duty orders: stainless 
steel bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain.

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SUMMARY: On May 4, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 (c) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that revocation of 
the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, 
Japan, and Spain is likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping (65 FR 25909). On April 4, 2001, the International Trade 
Commission (``the Commission''), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, 
determined that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on stainless 
steel bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain is likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time (66 FR 17927). 
Therefore, pursuant to 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(4), 
the Department is publishing notice of the continuation of the 
antidumping duty orders on stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, 
Japan, and Spain.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 18, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha V. Douthit or James P. Maeder, 
Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050 
or (202) 482-3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

Background

    On December 30, 1999, the Department initiated (64 FR 73510), and 
the Commission instituted (64 FR 73579), sunset reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, 
Japan, and Spain, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. As a result of 
its reviews, the Department found that revocation of the antidumping 
duty orders would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping 
and notified the Commission of the magnitude of the margins likely to 
prevail were the orders to be revoked. See Stainless Steel Bar From 
Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain; Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Expedited Sunset Reviews, 65 FR 25909 (May 4, 2000).
    On April 4, 2001, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on 
stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain would likely 
lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in 
the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Stainless 
Steel Bar From Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain, 66 FR 17927 (April 4, 
2001) and USITC Publication 3404 (March 2001), Investigation Nos. 731-
TA-678-679 and 681-682 (Review).

Scope of the Orders

    Imports covered by these orders are shipments of Stainless Steel 
Bar (``SSB''), specifically 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 SSB's that are turned or ground in straight lengths, whether 
produced from hot-rolled bar or from

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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 reviews are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 7222.10.00.05, 7222.10.00.50, 7222.20.00.05, 7222.20.00.45, 
7222.20.00.75, and 7222.30.00.00 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 these orders is dispositive.
    With respect to the order on the subject imports from Japan the 
Department has made two scope rulings. The following products were 
determined to be within the scope of the order:

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        Product within scope                 Company                               Citation
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Keystone 2000......................  Keystone Stainless Inc  63 FR 6722 (February 10, 1998).
M35FL steel bar....................  Tohoku Steel Co.......  64 FR 50273 (September 16, 1999).
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Determination

    As a result of the determination by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would likely 
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an 
industry in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the 
Act, the Department hereby orders the continuation of the antidumping 
duty orders on stainless steel bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and 
Spain. The effective date of continuation of these orders will be the 
date of publication in the Federal Register of this Notice of 
Continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department 
intends to initiate the next five-year review of these orders not later 
than March 2006.
    Richard W. Moreland is temporarily fulfilling the duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

    Dated: April 11, 2001.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-9635 Filed 4-17-01; 8:45 am]
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