[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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