Antidumping Duty Order: Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From Japan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-588-831)

Antidumping Duty Order: Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel From

Japan

Agency: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Ready or Paul Kullman, Office of

Antidumping Duty Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20230; telephone (202) 482-2613 or (202) 482-1279, respectively.

Scope of Order

The product covered by this order is grain-oriented 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 subheadings

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.

Antidumping Duty Order

In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, on April 25, 1994,

the Department of Commerce (Department) published in the Federal

Register its final determination that grain-oriented electrical steel

from Japan is being sold at less than fair value (59 FR 19693). On June

2, 1994, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, the U.S.

International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department that

imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from Japan materially injure

a U.S. industry.

Suspension of Liquidation

In accordance with section 736 of the Act, the Department will

direct U.S. Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the

administering authority pursuant to section 736(a)(1) of the Act,

antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the foreign market

value of the merchandise exceeds the United States price for all

entries of grain-oriented electrical steel from Japan. These

antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of

grain-oriented electrical steel from Japan entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after February 9, 1994, the date on

which the Department published its preliminary determination notice in

the Federal Register (59 FR 5990).

On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, U.S. Customs officers must require, at the same time as

importers would normally deposit estimated duties, the following cash

deposits for the subject merchandise:

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Weighted-

Manufacturer/producer/exporter average margin

percentage

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Kawasaki Steel Corporation.............................. 31.08

Nippon Steel Corporation................................ 31.08

All Others.............................................. 31.08

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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to

grain-oriented electrical steel from Japan, pursuant to section 736(a)

of the Act. Interested parties may contact the Central Records Unit,

Room B-099 of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list

of antidumping duty orders currently in effect.

This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the

Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

Dated: June 6, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary, for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-14205 Filed 6-9-94; 8:45 am]

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