[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 4112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1828]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-837]


Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 
Strand from Brazil

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

ACTION: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Layton or Monica Gallardo at 
(202) 482-0371 or (202) 482-3147, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement 
Group II, Office 5, Import Administration, Room 1870, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 8, 2003, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation 
of prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from Brazil. See 
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: 
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Brazil, 68 FR 68354 
(December 8, 2003).
    On January 21, 2004 the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
notified the Department of its final determination pursuant to section 
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that 
an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of 
less-than-fair-value imports of subject merchandise from Brazil.

Scope Of The Order

    For purposes of this order, PC strand is steel strand produced from 
wire of non-stainless, non-galvanized steel, which is suitable for use 
in prestressed concrete (both pre-tensioned and post-tensioned) 
applications. The product definition encompasses covered and uncovered 
strand and all types, grades, and diameters of PC strand.
    The merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS 
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description of the merchandise under the order is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

    On January 21, 2004, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that the 
industry in the United States producing PC strand is materially injured 
within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of 
imports of the subject merchandise from Brazil.
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon 
further advice by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the 
amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export 
price or constructed export price of the merchandise for all relevant 
entries of PC strand from Brazil. These antidumping duties will be 
assessed on (1) all unliquidated entries of PC strand from Brazil 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July 
17, 2003, the date on which the Department published its notice of 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register,\1\ and before 
January 13, 2004, the date on which the Department is required, 
pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act, to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation; and (2) on all subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal Register. 
Entries of PC strand from Brazil made between January 13, 2004, and the 
day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register are not liable for the assessment 
of antidumping duties due to the Department's termination, effective 
January 13, 2004, of the suspension of liquidation.
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    \1\ See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Brazil, 
68 FR 42386 (July 17, 2003)
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    On or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determination in the Federal Register, CBP 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 
dumping margins as noted below. The weighted-average dumping margins 
are as follows:

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                Manufacturer/exporter                   Margin (percent)
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Belgo Bekaert Arames S.A.............................             118.75
All Others...........................................             118.75
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    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to 
PC strand from Brazil, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties may contact the Department's 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 issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of Act and 19 CFR 351.211.

    Dated: January 22, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-1828 Filed 1-27-04; 8:45 am]
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