AD: Japan Stainless Steel Bar
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of stainless steel bar from Japan.
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The ITA states that these preliminary results are in response to a request from TRW Fuji Valve, Inc. (TRW), a U.S. importer. TRW is requesting the exclusion of 21-2N modified valve/stem stainless steel round bar from the scope of the order.
ITA Intends to Revoke AD Duty Order for a Certain Type of Stainless Steel Bar
The ITA indicates that because it has received no comments, it preliminarily concludes that producers accounting for substantially all of the production of the domestic like product to which this order pertains lack interest in the relief provided by this AD duty order with respect to 21-2N modified valve/stem stainless steel round bar.
Therefore, the ITA preliminarily concludes that it is appropriate to revoke this order, in part, with respect to unliquidated entries of the above-described product, not subject to the final results of an AD duty administrative review, that have been entered for consumption on or after February 1, 2006, based on the fact that the petitioners and domestic interested parties have made an affirmative statement of no interest in the continuation of the order with respect to the merchandise.
(The ITA states that the product subject to this changed circumstances review meets the following description: certain valve/stem stainless steel round bar of 21-2N modified grade, having a diameter of 5.7 millimeters (with a tolerance of 0.025 millimeters), in length no greater than 15 meters, having a chemical composition consisting of a minimum of 0.50 percent and a maximum of 0.60 percent of carbon, a minimum of 7.50 percent and a maximum of 9.50 percent of manganese, a maximum of 0.25 percent of silicon, a maximum of 0.04 percent of phosphorus, a maximum of 0.03 percent of sulfur, a minimum of 20.0 percent and a maximum of 22.00 percent of chromium, a minimum of 2.00 percent and a maximum of 3.00 percent of nickel, a minimum of 0.20 percent and a maximum of 0.40 percent of nitrogen, a minimum of 0.85 percent of the combined content of carbon and nitrogen, and a balance minimum of iron, having a maximum core hardness of 385 HB and a maximum surface hardness of 425 HB, with a minimum hardness of 270 HB for annealed material.)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 10/17/06 news, 06101735, for BP summary of the initiation of this AD duty changed circumstances review.)
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ITA Notice (FR Pub 11/08/06) available athttp://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-18880.pdf