Countervailing Duty Order: Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Italy

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

(C-475-812)

Countervailing Duty Order: Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From

Italy

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annika L. O'Hara or David R. Boyland,

Office of Countervailing Investigations, U.S. Department of Commerce,

room 3099, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20230; telephone (202) 482-4198 or 482-0588, respectively.

Countervailing Duty Order

In accordance with section 705(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (``the Act'') (19 U.S.C. section 1671d(a)), on April 11, 1994,

the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') made its final

determination that manufacturers, producers or exporters in Italy of

grain-oriented electrical steel receive benefits which constitute

subsidies within the meaning of the countervailing duty law (59 FR

18357, April 18, 1994). On May 27, 1994, in accordance with section

705(d) of the Act, the U.S. International Trade Commission (``ITC'')

notified the Department of its final affirmative determination that

imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from Italy are materially

injuring a U.S. industry.

Therefore, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C.

section 1671e(a)(1)), the Department hereby directs U.S. Customs

officers to assess a countervailing duty equal to the amount of the

estimated net subsidy on all entries of grain-oriented electrical steel

from Italy. This countervailing duty will be assessed on all

unliquidated entries of grain-oriented electrical steel from Italy

which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or

after February 1, 1994, the date on which the Department published its

preliminary countervailing duty determination in the Federal Register.

On or after the date of publication of this notice, U.S. Customs

officers must require, at the same time as importers would normally

deposit duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit of 24.42 percent ad

valorem for all entries of grain-oriented electrical steel from Italy.

This determination constitutes a countervailing duty order with

respect to grain-oriented electrical steel from Italy pursuant to

section 706 of the Act (19 U.S.C. section 1671e). Interested parties

may contact the Central Records Unit, room B-099, Import

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, for copies of an

updated list of orders currently in effect.

Scope of Order

The product covered by this order is grain-oriented silicon

electrical steel, which is a flat-rolled alloy steel product containing

by weight at least 0.6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent

of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element

in an amount that would give the steel the characteristics of another

alloy steel, of a thickness of no more than 0.56 millimeters, in coils

of any width, or in straight lengths which are of a width measuring at

least 10 times the thickness, as currently classifiable in the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTS'') under item

numbers 7225.10.0030, 7226.10.1030, 7226.10.5015, and 7226.10.5065.

Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the scope of this proceeding is

dispositive.

Notice of Review

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act (19 U.S.C. section

1675(a)(1)), the Department will publish during the anniversary month

of the publication of this order, notice that an interested party, as

defined in section 771(9) of the Act (19 U.S.C. section 1677(9)) and 19

CFR 355.2(i), may request, in accordance with 19 CFR 355.22, that the

Department conduct an administrative review of this order. For further

information regarding administrative review procedures, contact Barbara

E. Tillman, Office of Countervailing Compliance, at (202) 482-2786.

This notice is published in accordance with section 706 of the Act

(19 U.S.C. section 1671e) and 19 CFR 355.21.

Dated: May 27, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-13722 Filed 6-6-94; 8:45 am]

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