Notice of Antidumping Order: Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium From the Russian Federation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-807]

Notice of Antidumping Order: Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium

From the Russian Federation

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 10, 1995.

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

Office of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20230; telephone:

(202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-1769, respectively.

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute and to the

Department of Commerce (the Department) regulations are in reference to

the provisions as they existed on December 31, 1994.

Scope of Order

The products covered by this order are ferrovanadium and nitrided

vanadium, regardless of grade, chemistry, form or size, unless

expressly excluded from the scope of this order. Ferrovanadium includes

alloys containing ferrovanadium as the predominant element by weight

(i.e., more weight than any other element, except iron in some

instances) and at least 4 percent by weight of iron. Nitrided vanadium

includes compounds containing vanadium as the predominant element, by

weight, and at least 5 percent, by weight, of nitrogen. Excluded from

the scope of this order are vanadium additives other than

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ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium, such as vanadium-aluminum master

alloys, vanadium chemicals, vanadium waste and scrap, vanadium-bearing

raw materials, such as slag, boiler residues, fly ash, and vanadium

oxides.

The products subject to this order are currently classifiable under

subheadings 2850.00.20, 7202.92.00, 7202.99.5040, 8112.40.3000, and

8112.40.6000 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 is

dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

In accordance with sections 735(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended (``the Act''), the Department of Commerce (``the Department'')

made its final determination that ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium

from the Russian Federation (``Russia'') is being sold at less than

fair value (60 FR 27957, May 26, 1995). On July 3, 1995, the

International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department of its

final determination, pursuant to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act,

that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason

of imports of the subject merchandise from Russia.

Therefore, all unliquidated entries of ferrovanadium and nitrided

vanadium from Russia that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after January 4, 1995, the date of publication of the

Department's preliminary determination (60 FR 438), are liable for the

assessment of antidumping duties.

In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department

will direct Customs officers to assess, upon further advice by the

administering authority, antidumping duties equal to the amount by

which the foreign market exceeds the United States price for all

relevant entries of ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia.

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

normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit

equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins as

noted below.

The ad valorem weighted-average dumping margins are as follows:

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Weighted-

Manufacturer/Producer/Exporter Average

Margin

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Galt Alloys, Inc............................................ 3.75

Gesellschaft far Elektrometallurgie m.b.H. (and its related

companies Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation, and

Metallurg, Inc.)........................................... 11.72

Odermet..................................................... 10.10

Russia-wide Rate............................................ 108.00

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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to

ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia. 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: July 3, 1995.

Barbara R. Stafford,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 95-16839 Filed 7-7-95; 8:45 am]

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