Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper Reviews

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]

Certain Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India; Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative and New Shipper Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of antidumping duty administrative

review and new shipper reviews.

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SUMMARY: On September 9, 1998, the Department of Commerce (``the

Department'') published the preliminary results of its administrative

review and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on certain

stainless steel wire rod (``SSWR'') from India. These reviews covered

one manufacturer/exporter, Mukand, Ltd. (``Mukand''), of the subject

merchandise for the period December 1, 1996 through November 30, 1997,

and two new shippers, Viraj Group (``Viraj'') and Panchamahal Steel

Ltd. (``Panchmahal''). We gave interested parties an opportunity to

comment on our preliminary results. We received no comments and have

not changed the results from those presented in the preliminary results

of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Dybczak (Mukand), Carrie Blozy

(Viraj), Stephen Bailey (Panchmahal) or Rick Johnson, AD/CVD

Enforcement Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International

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

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-

1398 (Dybczak), (202) 482-0165 (Blozy), (202) 482-0413 (Bailey), or

(202) 482-3818 (Johnson).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the

regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1998).

Background

On October 20, 1993, the Department published in the Federal

Register the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel wire rod

from India (58 FR 54110). On December 5, 1997, the Department published

in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an

administrative review of this antidumping duty order (62 FR 64353). On

December 22, 1997, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), respondent

Mukand requested that we conduct an administrative review. We published

the notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review

on January 26, 1998 (62 FR 3702). On December 24, 1997, and December

31, 1997, Panchmahal and Viraj, respectively, submitted requests for

new shipper reviews. On February 5, 1998, the notice of initiation of

these new shipper reviews was published in the Federal Register (63 FR

5930).

On September 9, 1998, the Department published in the Federal

Register (63 FR 48184) the preliminary results of its administrative

review and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on certain

stainless steel wire rod from India (62 FR 3702). We gave interested

parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary results. We

received no comments. The Department has now completed these reviews in

accordance with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

Imports covered by this review are shipments of SSWR from India.

SSWR are products which are hot-rolled or hot-rolled annealed and/or

pickled rounds, squares, octagons, hexagons or other shapes, in coils.

SSWR 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 SSWR 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 SSWR subject to this review are currently classifiable under

subheadings 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0020, 7221.00.0030,

7221.00.0040, 7221.00.0045, 7221.00.0060, 7221.00.0075, and

7221.00.0080 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

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(``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience

and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise under

review is dispositive.

The administrative review covers one company, Mukand, while both

Viraj and Panchmahal are reviewed as new shippers. The period of review

for all three companies is December 1, 1996 through November 30, 1997.

Final Results of Reviews

As a result of our reviews, we determine the dumping margins (in

percent) for the period December 1, 1996 through November 30, 1997, for

the companies under review to be as follows:

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Margin

Producer/manufacturer/exporter (percent)

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Mukand..................................................... 0.00

Viraj...................................................... 0.00

Panchmahal................................................. 0.00

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The Department shall issue appraisement instructions directly to

the Customs Service. Furthermore, the following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of these final results for all

shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from

warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date as provided

by section 751(a) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rates for Mukand,

Viraj, and Panchmahal will be the rates stated above; (2) for

previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the

cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate

published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm

covered in this review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)

investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be

the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of

the merchandise; and (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer

is a firm covered in this review, the cash rate will be 48.80 percent,

which is the ``all others'' rate as established in the LTFV

investigation. The deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in

effect until publication of the final results of the next

administrative review.

Notification of Interested Parties

This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR section 351.402(f) to file a certificate

regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation

of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply

with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that

reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent

assessment of double antidumping duties.

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 353.34(d), (1997). Timely notification of

return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial

protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the

regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

The administrative review and new shipper reviews and this notice

are in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)).

Dated: December 22, 1998.

Robert S. LaRussa,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

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