[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 158 (Thursday, August 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46035-46037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16156]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-829]


Stainless Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of Korea: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On June 11, 2007, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on stainless steel wire rod from the Republic of Korea. The 
period of review is September 1, 2005, through August 31, 2006. We did 
not receive comments from interested parties, nor did we make any 
changes to the margin for the final results. The final margin for the 
respondent is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of 
Review.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 16, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-0410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 11, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) from the 
Republic of Korea. See Stainless Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of 
Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
72 FR 32074 (June 11, 2007) (Preliminary Results). We invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We did not 
receive comments from interested parties, and we did not make any 
changes to the margin for the final results. The Department has 
conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    For purposes of this order, the products covered are those SSWR 
that

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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, 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 are excluded from the scope of the 
order. SF20T and K-M35FL are excluded. The chemical makeup for the 
excluded grades is as follows:

                                                                          SF20T
Carbon..............................................                 0.05 max  .......................                 Chromium              19.00/21.00
Manganese...........................................                 2.00 max  .......................               Molybdenum                1.50/2.50
Phosphorous.........................................                 0.05 max  .......................               Lead-added              (0.10/0.30)
Sulfur..............................................                 0.15 max  .......................          Tellurium-added               (0.03 min)
Silicon.............................................                 1.00 max
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                                                                         K-M35FL
Carbon..............................................                0.015 max  .......................                   Nickel                 0.30 max
Silicon.............................................                0.70/1.00  .......................                 Chromium              12.50/14.00
Manganese...........................................                 0.40 max  .......................                     Lead                0.10/0.30
Phosphorous.........................................                 0.04 max  .......................                 Aluminum                0.20/0.35
Sulfur..............................................                 0.03 max
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    The products subject to the order 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 the order 
is dispositive.

Facts Available

    For these final results, we continue to find that Changwon 
Specialty Steel Co., Ltd. (Changwon), and Dongbang Special Steel Co., 
Ltd. (Dongbang), and all of their affiliates (collectively, the 
respondent\1\) did not act to the best of their ability to participate 
in this review by not submitting a response to our antidumping duty 
questionnaire, thus withholding information necessary to calculate an 
accurate dumping margin and information which we requested. 
Accordingly, we continue to find that the use of adverse facts 
available is warranted under section 776 of the Act. For a detailed 
discussion of our application, selection, and corroboration of the rate 
we selected as adverse facts available, see the Preliminary Results, 72 
FR at 32075.
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    \1\ We collapsed Changwon and Dongbang in the less-than-fair-
value investigation and in every subsequent review of this order 
because we found a close supplier relationship between 
the entities. See, e.g., Notice of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Korea, 
63 FR 40404, 40405 (July 29, 1998).
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we determine that a weighted-average 
dumping margin of 28.44 percent exists for the respondent for the 
period September 1, 2005, through August 31, 2006.

Duty Assessment and Cash-Deposit Requirements

    The Department will determine, and the U.S. Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Because we are applying adverse facts available to 
all exports of subject merchandise produced or exported by the 
respondent, we will instruct CBP to assess the final percentage margin 
against the entered customs values on all applicable entries during the 
period of review. The Department will issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP within 15 days of publication of these 
final results of review.
    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of these final results of this administrative review for 
all shipments of SSWR from the Republic of Korea entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The 
cash-deposit rate for the respondent will be 28.44 percent; (2) for 
merchandise exported by producers or exporters that were previously 
reviewed or investigated, the cash deposit will continue to be the most 
recent rate published in the final determination or final results for 
which the producer or exporter received an individual rate; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior 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 subject merchandise; and (4) if 
neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or 
any previous review, the cash-deposit rate shall be 5.77 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation, 
as adjusted in a subsequent remand redetermination. See Stainless Steel 
Wire Rod From Korea: Amendment of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value Pursuant to Court Decision, 66 FR 41550 (August 8, 
2001). These cash-deposit requirements shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Importers

    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 the review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping

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duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping 
duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO as explained in the administrative protective order itself. Timely 
written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    These final results of administrative review and notice are issued 
and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of 
the Act.

    Dated: August 9, 2007.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-16156 Filed 8-15-07; 8:45 am]
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