AD: Japan Stainless Steel Bar
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on stainless steel bar from Japan.
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ITA Determines to Revoke AD Duty Order in Part
The ITA states that it 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 order with respect to the product in question because the ITA did not receive any comments on its preliminary results.
Therefore, the ITA has determined to revoke in part the AD duty order on stainless steel bar from Japan that 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.
ITA Instructs CBP to Liquidate Entries on or After February 1, 2006
The ITA states that it will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate, without regard to AD duties, shipments of stainless steel bar from Japan meeting the above specifications with a time of entry on or after February 1, 2006. The ITA states that it will also instruct CBP to release any cash deposits or bonds and pay interest on such refunds.
(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, etc. See ITT's Online Archives or 11/09/06 news, 06110935, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this AD duty changed circumstances review.)
ITA Contact - Dmitry Vladimirov (202) 482-0665
ITA Notice (FR Pub 12/07/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-20780.pdf