[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 43 (Thursday, March 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10204-10205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4866]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-412-822]


Stainless Steel Bar from the United Kingdom: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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SUMMARY: On January 7, 2004, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the first administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from the United Kingdom. 
The review covers one manufacturer/exporter. The period of review is 
August 2, 2001, through January 28, 2002, and March 8, 2002, through 
February 28, 2003.\1\
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    \1\ The review period does not include January 29, 2002, through 
March 7, 2002, for reasons explained in our Notice of Amended 
Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Bar from France, Germany, 
Italy, Korea, and the United Kingdom, 68 FR 58660 (October 10, 
2003).
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    We received no comments and have made no changes in the margin 
calculations since the preliminary results. Therefore, the final 
results do not differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-
average dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor or Kate Johnson, 
Office 2, AD/CVD Enforcement Group I, Import Administration-Room B099, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-4007 or (202) 482-4929, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The review covers one manufacturer/exporter: Firth Rixson Special 
Steels Limited (FRSS). The period of review is August 2, 2001, through 
January 28, 2002, and March 8, 2002, through February 28, 2003.
    On January 7, 2004, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the first administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from the United Kingdom 
(69 FR 905). We invited parties to comment on the preliminary results 
of review. We received no comments from any party to the proceeding. We 
have conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of this order, the term ``stainless steel bar'' 
includes 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. Stainless steel bar includes

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cold-finished stainless steel bars 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), products that have been cut from stainless 
steel sheet, strip or plate, 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 stainless steel bar subject to this order is currently 
classifiable under subheadings 7222.11.00.05, 7222.11.00.50, 
7222.19.00.05, 7222.19.00.50, 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, the written description 
of the scope of this order is dispositive.

Final Results of Review

     We made no changes from the preliminary results. For the reasons 
stated in our preliminary results, we determine that the following 
weighted-average margin percentage exists:

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                Manufacturer/exporter                   Margin (percent)
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Firth Rixson Special Steels Limited..................             125.77
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Assessment

    The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. The Department will issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP within 15 days of publication of these final results of 
review. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries covered by this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided 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 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, a 
prior 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) the cash deposit rate for all other 
manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 4.48 percent. This rate 
is the ``All Others'' rate from the LTFV investigation. These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until publication of the final 
results of the next administrative review.
    This notice also 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 comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice 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 written 
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 and notice in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: February 26, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-4866 Filed 3-3-04; 8:45 am]
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