[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50167-50168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18546]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-820, A-588-843, A-580-829, A-469-807, A-401-806, A-583-828]


Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Wire Rod 
From Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan

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

ACTION: Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless 
Steel Wire Rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (``the Department'') and the

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International Trade Commission (``Commission'') that revocation of 
these antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation 
or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the 
United States, the Department is publishing notice of the continuation 
of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel wire rod (``SSWR'') 
from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 13, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hilary E. Sadler, Esq., Office of 
Policy, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5050 or 482-4340.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 1, 2003, the Department initiated \1\ and the Commission 
instituted sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on SSWR from 
Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act''). As a result of 
its review, the Department found that revocation of the antidumping 
duty orders would be 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.\2\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 68 FR 
45219 (August 1, 2003).
    \2\ See SSWR from Italy; Final Results of the Sunset Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68862 (December 10, 2003); SSWR from 
Italy; Final Results of the Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty 
Order, 69 FR 40354 (July 2, 2004); SSWR from Japan; Final Results of 
Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68864 
(December 10, 2003); SSWR from South Korea; Final Results of 
Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68863 
(December 10, 2003); SSWR from Spain; Final Results of Expedited 
Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68866 (December 10, 
2003); SSWR from Sweden; Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order, 68 FR 68860 (December 10, 2003); SSWR from 
Taiwan; Final Results of the Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order, 68 FR 68865 (December 10, 2003) (collectively ``Department's 
Final Results'').
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    On July 28, 2004, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on 
SSWR from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See 
SSWR from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan, 69 FR 45077 
(July 28, 2004), USITC Publication 3702 (July 2004) (Investigation No. 
731-TA-770 (Review)).

Scope of the Orders

    For purposes of these reviews, the product covered is stainless 
steel wire rod (``SSWR'' or ``subject merchandise''). SSWR comprises 
products that are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed and/or pickled and/
or descaled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons, or other shapes, in 
coils, that may also be coated with a lubricant containing copper, 
lime, or oxalate. SSWR is 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 manufactured only by 
hot-rolling or hot-rolling, annealing, and/or pickling and/or 
descaling, and are normally sold in coiled form, and are of solid 
cross-section. The majority of SSWR sold in the United States is round 
in cross-sectional shape, annealed and pickled, and later cold-finished 
into stainless steel wire or small-diameter bar. The most common size 
for such products is 5.5 millimeters or 0.217 inches in diameter, which 
represents the smallest size that normally is produced on a rolling 
mill and is the size that most wire drawing machines are set up to 
draw. The range of SSWR sizes normally sold in the United States is 
between 0.20 inches and 1.312 inches in diameter. Two stainless steel 
grades, SF20T and K-M35FL, are excluded from the scope of the orders. 
The percentages of chemical makeup for the excluded grades are as 
follows:

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SF20T:
Carbon....................................  0.05 max
Manganese.................................  2.00 max
Phosphorous...............................  0.05 max
Sulfur....................................  0.15 max
Silicon...................................  1.00 max
Chromium..................................  19.00/21.00
Molybdenum................................  1.50/2.50
Lead......................................  added (0.10/0.30)
Tellurium.................................  added (0.03 min)
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K-M35FL:
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Carbon....................................  0.015 max
Manganese.................................  0.40 max
Phosphorous...............................  0.04 max
Sulfur....................................  0.03 max
Silicon...................................  0.70/1.00
Chromium..................................  12.50/14.00
Nickel....................................  0.30 max
Lead......................................  added (0.10/0.30)
Aluminum..................................  0.20/0.35
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    The products covered by these orders are currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 
7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 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 these orders is dispositive.

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would be 
likely to 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 SSWR from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, 
Sweden, and Taiwan.
    The Department will continue to instruct Customs and Border 
Protection to collect antidumping duty deposits at the rates in effect 
at the time of entry for all imports of subject merchandise. Pursuant 
to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department intends to initiate the 
next five-year review of these antidumping orders not later than July 
2009.

    Dated: August 5, 2004.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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