MESSAGE NO: 8109205 DATE: 4/18/2008

CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: INI

REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:

CASES: A-570-932

PERIOD COVERED: 03/28/2008

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS, PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF STEEL, THREADED ROD
FROM CHINA (A-570-932)

1\. ON APRIL 1, 2008, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN

THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS INITIATION OF THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY

INVESTIGATION OF STEEL THREADED ROD FROM THE PEOPLE(S REPUBLIC

OF CHINA (73 FR 17318).

2\. THE MERCHANDISE COVERED BY THIS INVESTIGATION IS STEEL

THREADED ROD. STEEL THREADED ROD IS CERTAIN THREADED ROD, BAR

OR STUDS, OF CARBON QUALITY STEEL, HAVING A SOLID, CIRCULAR

CROSS SECTION, OF ANY DIAMETER, IN ANY STRAIGHT LENGTH, THAT

HAVE BEEN FORGED, TURNED, COLD-DRAWN, COLD-ROLLED, MACHINE

STRAIGHTENED, OR OTHERWISE COLD-FINISHED, AND INTO WHICH

THREADED GROOVES HAVE BEEN APPLIED. IN ADDITION, THE STEEL

THREADED ROD, BAR, OR STUDS SUBJECT TO THIS INVESTIGATION ARE

NON-HEADED AND THREADED ALONG GREATER THAN 25 PERCENT OF THEIR

TOTAL LENGTH. A VARIETY OF FINISHES OR COATINGS, SUCH AS PLAIN

OIL FINISH AS A TEMPORARY RUST PROTECTANT, ZINC COATING (I.E.,

GALVANIZED, WHETHER BY ELECTROPLATING OR HOT-DIPPING), PAINT,

AND OTHER SIMILAR FINISHES AND COATINGS, MAY BE APPLIED TO THE

MERCHANDISE. INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION ARE

STEEL THREADED ROD, BAR, OR STUDS, IN WHICH: (1) IRON

PREDOMINATES, BY WEIGHT, OVER EACH OF THE OTHER CONTAINED

ELEMENTS; (2) THE CARBON CONTENT IS 2 PERCENT OR LESS, BY

WEIGHT; AND (3) NONE OF THE ELEMENTS LISTED BELOW EXCEEDS THE

QUANTITY, BY WEIGHT, RESPECTIVELY INDICATED:

1.80 percent of manganese, or

1.50 percent of silicon, or

1.00 percent of copper, or

0.50 percent of aluminum, or

1.25 percent of chromium, or

0.30 percent of cobalt, or

0.40 percent of lead, or

1.25 percent of nickel, or

0.30 percent of tungsten, or

0.012 percent of boron, or

0.10 percent of molybdenum, or

0.10 percent of niobium, or

0.41 percent of titanium, or

0.15 percent of vanadium, or

0.15 percent of zirconium.

STEEL THREADED ROD IS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE UNDER SUBHEADING

7318.15.5060 OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED

STATES ((HTSUS(). ALTHOUGH THE HTSUS SUBHEADING IS PROVIDED

FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION

OF THE MERCHANDISE IS DISPOSITIVE. EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF

THE INVESTIGATION ARE: (A) THREADED ROD, BAR, OR STUDS WHICH

ARE THREADED ONLY ON ONE OR BOTH ENDS AND THE THREADING COVERS

25 PERCENT OR LESS OF THE TOTAL LENGTH; AND (B) THREADED ROD,

BAR, OR STUDS MADE TO AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND

MATERIALS (?ASTM?) A193 GRADE B7, ASTM A193 GRADE B7M, ASTM

A193 GRADE B16, OR ASTM A320 GRADE L7.

3\. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED

INVESTIGATION NUMBER A-570-932.

4\. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP

OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE

CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI OR RON TRENTHAM AT OFFICE OF AD/CVD

ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE

ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0984

OR (202) 482-3577 RESPECTIVELY (GENERATED BY SEC:JHC)

5\. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

DAVID M. GENOVESE