MESSAGE NO: 8009115 DATE: 01 09 1998
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 475 - 821 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 01 07 1998 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN THE COUNTER-
VAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF STAINLESS STEEL WIRE ROD
FROM ITALY (C-475-821)

1. ON JANUARY 7, 1998, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WILL
PUBLISH IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE
DETERMINATION IN THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF
STAINLESS STEEL WIRE ROD FROM ITALY. THIS NOTICE WILL ALSO
EXTEND, TO MAY 11, 1998, THE DUE DATE OF THE FINAL
COUNTERVAILING DUTY DETERMINATION, ALIGNING IT WITH THE DUE
DATE FOR THE FINAL DETERMINATION IN THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY
INVESTIGATION OF STAINLESS STEEL WIRE ROD FROM ITALY.

2. THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THIS INVESTIGATION ARE CERTAIN
STAINLESS STEEL WIRE ROD (SSWR) 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, AND 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 SF20T AND K-M35FL ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF THE
INVESTIGATION. THE PERCENTAGES OF CHEMICAL MAKEUP FOR THE
EXCLUDED GRADES ARE 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

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

THE PRODUCTS UNDER INVESTIGATION 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 THIS INVESTIGATION IS
DISPOSITIVE.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER C-475-821.

4. FOR IMPORTS OF STAINLESS STEEL WIRE ROD FROM ITALY, THE
CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF SUCH SHIPMENTS
THAT ARE ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION
ON OR AFTER JANUARY 7, 1998. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 7, 1998,
CUSTOMS SHALL REQUIRE, FOR SUCH ENTRY SUMMARIES, A CASH DEPOSIT
OR THE POSTING OF A BOND EQUAL TO THE SUBSIDY RATES SHOWN BELOW:

MFR/PRODUCER/ CUSTOMS ID PERCENTAGE/
EXPORTER NUMBER SUBSIDY RATE


ACCIAIERIE VALBRUNA S.R.L. C-475-821-001 1.22%
COGNE ACCIAI SPECIALI S.R.L. (CAS) C-475-821-002 30.47 %
ACCIAIERIE DI BOLZANO S.P.A. C-475-821-003 1.22%
ALL OTHERS C-475-821-000 19.48 %


5. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT VIA E-MAIL, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
SUPERVISORY CHANNELS, IMPORT OPERATIONS, ANTIDUMPING/
COUNTERVAILING DUTY USING THE ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB." THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT
KATHLEEN LOCKARD OR DANA MERMELSTEIN, OFFICE OF CVD/AD
ENFORCEMENT VI, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-2786.


6.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.


PAUL SCHWARTZ


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