MESSAGE NO: 8079111
DATE: 03 20 1998
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 475 - 820
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PERIOD COVERED:
03 05 1998
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LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT
RE: NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN THE ANTIDUMPING
DUTY INVESTIGATION OF STAINLESS STEEL WIRE ROD FROM
ITALY (A-475-820)
ON
MARCH 05, 1998,
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF SALES
AT
LESS THAN
FAIR
VALUE
IN
THE
ANTIDUMPING
DUTY
INVESTIGATION OF STAINLESS STEEL WIRE ROD (SSWR) FROM ITALY.
2.
SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS INVESTIGATION, SSWR 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, 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 DIAMETER.
TWO STAINLESS
STEEL
GRADES, SF20T ANDK-M35FL, ARE EXCLUDED FROM
THE
SCOPE
OF
THE INVESTIGATION. THE CHEMICAL MAKEUP FOR THE EXCLUDED
GRADES IS 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 AREPROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS
PURPOSES,
THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THIS
INVESTIGATION IS DISPOSITIVE.
FOR
FURTHER REPORTING
PURPOSES
THIS
CASE
HAS
BEEN
ASSIGNED INVESTIGATION NUMBER A-475-820.
4.
BECAUSE OF THE COMPANION COUNTERVAILING DUTY
INVESTIGATION,WE ARE
REDUCING
THE
AMOUNT
OF
THE
ANTIDUMPING DEPOSIT
RATE BY THEAMOUNT
OF
ANY
EXPORT
SUBSIDIES FOUND.
THIS
OFFSET SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
MAY
07, 1998.
AFTER THAT DATE
THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE
ANTIDUMPING DEPOSIT SHALL BE REQUIRED.
FOR IMPORTS OF STAINLESS STEEL
WIRE
ROD
FROM ITALY, EXCEPT
FOR THOSE
PRODUCED
AND
EXPORTED
BY ACCIAIERIE VALBRUNA
S.R.L. OR ACCIAIERIE DI BOLZANO SPA, WHICH HAVE A DE MINIMIS
MARGIN OF 1.17 PERCENT, THE
CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL
SUSPEND
LIQUIDATION OF SUCH SHIPMENTS
THAT
ARE
ENTERED
OR
WITHDRAWN
FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR
AFTER MARCH
05,
1998.
EFFECTIVE MARCH 05, 1998, CUSTOMS SHALL REQUIRE,
FOR
SUCH
ENTRY SUMMARIES, A CASH DEPOSIT OR
THE POSTING OF
A
BOND
EQUAL
TO
THE MARGINS SHOWN BELOW.
MFR/PRODUCER
CUSTOMS ID
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT
EXPORTER
NUMBER
UNTIL
EFFECTIVE
05/06/98
05/07/98
ACCIAIERIE VALBRUNA S.R.L./ACCIAIERIE DI BOLZANO S.P.A.
A-475-820-001 0.00%
0.00% COGNE ACCIAI SPECIALI S.R.L.
A-475-820-002 5.76%
5.77% ALL OTHERS
A-475-820-000 5.71%
5.77%
5.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY
CUSTOMS OFFICERS, PLEASE
CONTACT
VIA
E-MAIL,
THROUGH
THE
APPROPRIATE SUPERVISORY CHANNELS, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY
LIASION, USING THE ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB."
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC
AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SHOULD
CONTACT
SHAWN
THOMPSON,
OFFICE
OF AD/CVD ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT 202-482-1776.
6.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS
INFORMATION.
PAUL SCHWARZ
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