[Federal Register: January 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 18)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-828]
Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire
Strand from India
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tisha Loeper-Viti or Martin Claessens
at (202) 482-7425 or (202) 482-5451, respectively; AD/CVD Enforcement
Group II, Office 5, Import Administration, Room 1870, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 8, 2003, the Department of Commerce (Department)
published its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation
of prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from India. See
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from India, 68 FR 68352
(December 8, 2003).
On January 21, 2004 the International Trade Commission (ITC)
notified the Department of its final determination pursuant to section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that
an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
less-than-fair-value imports of subject merchandise from India.
Scope Of The Order
For purposes of this order, PC strand is steel strand produced from
wire of non-stainless, non-galvanized steel, which is suitable for use
in prestressed concrete (both pre-tensioned and post-tensioned)
applications. The product definition encompasses covered and uncovered
strand and all types, grades, and diameters of PC strand.
The merchandise subject to the order is currently classifiable
under subheadings 7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise under the order is dispositive.
Antidumping Duty Order
On January 21, 2004, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that the
industry in the United States producing PC strand is materially injured
within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of
imports of the subject merchandise from India.
In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon
further advice by the Department, antidumping duties equal to the
amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the export
price or constructed export price of the merchandise for all relevant
entries of PC strand from India. These antidumping duties will be
assessed on (1) all unliquidated entries of PC strand from India
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after July
17, 2003, the date on which the Department published its notice of
preliminary determination in the Federal Register,\1\ and before
January 13, 2004, the date on which the Department is required,
pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act, to terminate the suspension of
liquidation; and (2) on all subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of
the ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal Register.
Entries of PC strand from India made between January 13, 2004, and the
day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final
determination in the Federal Register are not liable for the assessment
of antidumping duties due to the Department's termination, effective
January 13, 2004, of the suspension of liquidation.
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\1\ See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from India,
68 FR 42389 (July 17, 2003).
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On or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final
determination in the Federal Register, CBP 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
dumping margins as noted below. The weighted-average dumping margins
are as follows:
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Manufacturer/exporter Margin (percent)
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Tata Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (TISCO)................ 102.07
All Others........................................... 83.65
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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
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PC strand from India, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties may contact the Department's 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 issued and published in accordance with section
736(a) of Act and 19 CFR 351.211.
Dated: January 22, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-1826 Filed 1-27-04; 8:45 am]
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