Termination of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Canada

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-122-824]

Termination of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain Carbon and

Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Canada

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Goldberger or Louis Apple,

Office of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4136 or 482-1769,

respectively.

Scope of Investigation

The products covered by this investigation are hot-rolled carbon

steel and alloy steel wire rod, in coils, of approximately round cross

section, between 0.20 and 0.75 inches in solid cross-sectional

diameter. The following products are excluded from the scope of this

investigation:

Steel wire rod 5.5 mm or less in diameter, with tensile

strength greater than or equal to 1040 MPa, and the following chemical

content, by weight: carbon greater than or equal to 0.79%, aluminum

less than or equal to 0.005%, phosphorous plus sulfur less than or

equal to 0.040%, and nitrogen less than or equal to 0.006%;

Free-matching steel containing 0.03% or more of lead,

0.05% or more of bismuth, 0.08% or more of sulfur, more than 0.4% of

phosphorus, more than 0.05% of selenium, and/or more than 0.01% of

tellurium;

Stainless steel rods, tool steel rods, free-cutting steel

rods, resulfurized steel rods, ball bearing steel rods, high-nickel

steel rods, and concrete reinforcing bars and rods; and

Wire rod 7.9 to 18 mm in diameter, containing 0.48 to

0.73% carbon by weight, and having partial decarburization and seams no

more than 0.075 mm in depth.

The products under investigation are currently classifiable under

subheadings 7213.31.3000, 7213.31.6000, 7213.39.0030, 7213.39.0090,

7213.41.3000, 7213.41.6000, 7213.49.0030, 7213.49.0090, 7213.50.0020,

7213.50.0040, 7213.50.0080, 7227.20.0000, and 7227.90.6050 of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the

HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes,

our written description of the scope of this investigation is

dispositive.

Termination of Investigation

On April 20, 1994, the Department of Commerce (the Department)

published its Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Canada in the Federal

Register (59 FR 18791). In a letter dated April 18, 1994, petitioner

notified the Department of the withdrawal of its April 23, 1993,

petition and requested termination of the antidumping investigation.

In accordance with 19 CFR 353.17(a), upon the petitioner's

withdrawal of the petition, the Department may terminate an

investigation after notice to all parties to the proceeding and after

consultation with the International Trade Commission (ITC).

Furthermore, the Department may not terminate an investigation unless

it concludes that termination is in the public interest. All parties to

the proceeding have been notified of the petitioner's withdrawal and we

have consulted with the ITC. No objections were received regarding

termination of the investigation. In addition, we have concluded that

termination of the investigation is in the public interest.

Accordingly, we are terminating the antidumping investigation of

certain alloy and carbon steel wire rod from Canada. This action is

taken pursuant to section 734(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-10717 Filed 5-3-94; 8:45 am]

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