[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34424-34425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14665]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

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


Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Italy, Japan, the Republic of 
Korea, Spain, and Taiwan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel wire 
rod (SSWR) from Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Spain, and 
Taiwan would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is 
publishing a notice of continuation of the antidumping duty orders.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 17, 2010

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:  Holly Phelps or Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0656 and (202) 482-3874, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2009, the Department published the notice of initiation 
of the sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on SSWR from 
Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan pursuant to section 751(c) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See Initiation of Five-
year (``Sunset'') Review, 74 FR 31412 (July 1, 2009).
    As a result of its reviews, the Department determined that 
revocation of the antidumping duty orders on SSWR from Italy, Japan, 
Korea, Spain, and Taiwan would likely lead to a continuation or 
recurrence of dumping and, therefore, notified the ITC of the magnitude 
of the margins likely to prevail should the orders be revoked. See 
Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, 
Spain, and Taiwan: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders, 74 FR 56179 (Oct. 30, 2009).
    On May 14, 2010, the ITC published its determination, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on SSWR from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan would likely 
lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry 
in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable future. See 
Stainless Steel Wire Rod From Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan, 
75 FR 32503 (June 8, 2010).

Scope of the Orders

    The merchandise covered by these orders is SSWR, which 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, 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 diameter. Two 
stainless steel grades, SF20T and K-M35FL, are excluded from the scope 
of the orders. The chemical makeup for the excluded grades is as 
follows:

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                        SF20T
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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
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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

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Sulfur..............................................            0.03 max
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    The products subject to 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.

Continuation of the Orders

    As a result of these determinations by the Department and the ITC 
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders would likely lead to a 
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, and Taiwan. U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect antidumping duty 
cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all 
imports of subject merchandise.
    The effective date of the continuation of the orders will be the 
date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of 
continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department 
intends to initiate the next five-year reviews of the orders not later 
than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date of 
continuation.
    These five-year (sunset) reviews and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 10, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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