[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 65832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26411]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Stainless Steel Wire Rods From India: Final Results of Changed-
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined, 
pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), that India Steel Works Limited (India Steel) is the successor-in-
interest to Isibars Limited (Isibars). As a result, India Steel will be 
accorded the same treatment previously accorded to Isibars with regard 
to the antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rods from India 
as of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

DATES: Effective Date: November 5, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman and 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-
3931 and (202) 482-1690.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 1993, the Department published an antidumping duty 
order on wire rods from India. See Antidumping Duty Order: Certain 
Stainless Steel Wire Rods from India, 58 FR 63335 (December 1, 1993). 
On August 4, 2008, the Department received a request for a changed-
circumstances review of this order from India Steel to determine if, 
for purposes of the antidumping law, India Steel is the successor-in-
interest to Isibars.
    On September 25, 2008, the Department published the notice of 
initiation for this changed-circumstances review and preliminarily 
found that India Steel is the successor-in-interest to Isibars and 
should be treated as such for antidumping duty cash-deposit purposes. 
See Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Antidumping Duty Review: Stainless Steel Wire Rods from 
India, 73 FR 55498 (September 25, 2008). We invited parties to comment 
on the preliminary results but received no comments or requests for a 
hearing.

Scope of the Review

    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.

Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review

    For the reasons stated in the preliminary results and because the 
Department did not receive any comments on the preliminary results of 
this review, the Department continues to find that India Steel is the 
successor-in-interest to Isibars for antidumping duty cash-deposit 
purposes.

Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to suspend liquidation of all shipments of the subject 
merchandise produced and exported by India Steel entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of 
this notice at 30.10 percent (i.e., Isibars's cash-deposit rate, as 
published in Stainless Steel Wire Rod From India: Amended Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 47177 (August 12, 
2005)). This deposit rate shall remain in effect until publication of 
the final results of the next administrative review in which India 
Steel participates.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APOs) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.306. 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.
    This notice in accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act, and sections 351.216(e) and 351.221(c)(3)(i) of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: October 30, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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