AD: Brazil Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products and France Stainless Steel Bar

¹ The ITA states that since the subject merchandise was further manufactured in the U.S. by CSN LLC, an affiliated party, and sold to an unaffiliated U.S. customer as a galvanized product outside the scope of the AD duty order, it is their intention to verify the further manufacturing costs and sales information reported by CSN LLC for the final results of this AD duty administrative review.

² The ITA states that it has received information sufficient to warrant a successor-in-interest analysis in this AD duty administrative review. Based on this information, the ITA preliminarily finds that UGITECH S.A. is the successor-in-interest to Ugine-Savoie Imphy S.A. for purposes of determining AD duty liability.

These preliminary results are not in effect and may be amended in the final results of these AD duty administrative reviews, which are currently due within 120 days of April 6, 2005 for both certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon quality steel products from Brazil and stainless steel bar from France.

(See ITA's Brazil notice for more information, including the scope of the order, etc. See ITA's France notice for more information, including the scope of the order, etc. See ITT's Online Archives or 05/03/04 news, 04050330, for BP summary of the initiation of these AD duty administrative reviews.)

ITA Brazil Notice (FR Pub 04/06/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-1574.pdf

ITA France Notice (FR Pub 04/06/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-1577.pdf