[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21417-21418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08304]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 701-TA-489 and 731-TA-1201 (Final)]


Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks From China

Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
(Commission) determines, pursuant to sections 705(b) and 735(b) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)) and (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) (the 
Act), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of drawn stainless steel sinks from China, provided 
for in subheading 7324.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are 
subsidized and sold in

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the United States at less than fair value (ALTFV@).\2\
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    \1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative.
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Background

    The Commission instituted these investigations effective March 1, 
2012, following receipt of a petition filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by Elkay Manufacturing Company, Oak Brook, IL. The final phase 
of the investigations was scheduled by the Commission following 
notification of a preliminary determinations by Commerce that imports 
of drawn stainless steel sinks from China were subsidized within the 
meaning of section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)) and dumped 
within the meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)). Notice of 
the scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations 
and of a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register on October 22, 2012 (77 FR 64545). The 
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2013, and all 
persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in 
person or by counsel.
    The Commission transmitted its determinations in these 
investigations to the Secretary of Commerce on April 4, 2013. The views 
of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 4390 (April 2013), 
entitled Drawn Stainless Steel Sinks from China: Investigation Nos.701-
TA-489 and 731-TA-1201 (Final).

     Issued: April 4, 2013.
    By order of the Commission.
Lisa R. Barton,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2013-08304 Filed 4-9-13; 8:45 am]
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