[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4828-4829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1443]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Stainless Steel Wire Rods From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty New-Shipper Review

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

SUMMARY: On October 26, 2007, the Department of Commerce published the 
preliminary results of a new-shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on stainless steel wire rods from India. The stainless steel wire 
rods (wire rods) were produced and exported by Sunflag Iron & Steel 
Co., Ltd. (Sunflag). The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2005, 
through November 30, 2006. Based on our analysis of comments received, 
we have not made any changes to our decision to apply adverse facts 
available to Sunflag's U.S. sales. Therefore, our final results are 
identical to our preliminary results. The final results are listed 
below in the section entitled ``Final Results of the New-Shipper 
Review''.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Cartsos or Minoo Hatten, 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-
1757 and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 26, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the preliminary results of the new-shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rods from India. See 
Stainless Steel Wire Rods from India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty New-Shipper Review, 72 FR 60808 (October 26, 2007). We 
invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary results. 
Sunflag filed a case brief on November 26, 2007. Domestic interested 
parties, Carpenter Technology Corp., North American Stainless, and 
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., filed a rebuttal brief on 
November 27, 2007.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise under review is wire rods, which are hot-rolled or 
hot-rolled annealed and/or pickled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons 
or other shapes, in coils. Wire rods are 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 
only manufactured by hot-rolling and are normally sold in coiled form, 
and are of solid cross section. The majority of wire rods sold in the 
United States are round in cross-section shape, annealed, and pickled. 
The most common size is 5.5 millimeters in diameter.
    The wire rods subject to this 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 
merchandise subject to the order is dispositive of whether the 
merchandise is covered by the order.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this new-shipper review are addressed in the ``Issues and Decision 
Memorandum'' (Decision Memorandum) from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, to David M. Spooner, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated January 17, 2008, 
which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which the 
parties have raised and to which we have responded is attached to this 
notice as an appendix. Parties can find a complete discussion of all 
issues raised and corresponding recommendations in this public 
memorandum, which is on file in Import Administration's Central Records 
Unit, Room B-099 of the main Department building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Decision Memorandum is available on the 
Internet at http://iaita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. The paper copy and 
electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

No Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, the Department has 
made no changes in the final results from the preliminary results of 
new-shipper review and confirms its decision to apply adverse facts 
available to Sunflag's U.S. sales. Accordingly, as a result of our 
review we determine that a dumping margin of 48.80 percent exists for 
Sunflag for the period December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006.

Final Results of the New-Shipper Review

    We determine that the adverse facts-available margin on stainless 
steel wire rods from India produced and exported by Sunflag for the 
period December 1, 2005, through November 30, 2006, is 48.80 percent.

Assessment Rates

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries. Because we are relying on total adverse facts available to 
establish Sunflag's dumping margin, we will instruct CBP to apply a 
dumping margin of 48.80 percent to all entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR that were produced and exported by Sunflag. We intend to 
issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after 
the publication of these final results of the new-shipper review.

Cash-Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice of final results of the new-shipper review 
for all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication, 
consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act): (1) The cash-deposit rate for stainless steel wire 
rods that were produced and exported by Sunflag will be 48.80 percent; 
(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 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 the all-others 
rate of 48.80 percent, which is the all-others rate established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation. See Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rods from India, 58 
FR 54110 (October 20, 1993). These cash-deposit rates shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate

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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 double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order of their responsibility concerning the 
disposition of proprietary information disclosed under such an order in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely notification of the return 
or destruction of administrative-protective-order materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an administrative 
protective order is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 17, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix

Comment 1: Errors in Home-Market Sales
Comment 2: Incomplete Home-Market Sales
Comment 3: Miscellaneous Errors
Comment 4: Ill-Preparedness for Verification
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