[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2278]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-829]


Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel 
Wire Strand From India

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak at (202) 482-2209 or 
Alicia Kinsey at (202) 482-4793, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement VI, Group 
II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 4012, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of Order

    The merchandise subject to this order is prestressed concrete steel 
wire (PC strand), which 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 under this 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 investigation is dispositive.

Countervailing Duty Order

    In accordance with section 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), on December 8, 2003, the Department published its 
final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of 
prestressed concrete steel wire strand from India. See Notice of Final 
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand From India, 68 FR 68356 (December 8, 2003). On 
January 21, 2003, the United States International Trade Commission 
(USITC) notified the Department of its final determination, pursuant to 
section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an industry in the United 
States suffered material injury as a result of subsidized imports of 
prestressed concrete steel wire strand from India.
    Therefore, countervailing duties will be assessed on all 
unliquidated entries of prestressed concrete steel wire strand from 
India entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
July 8, 2003, the date on which the Department published its 
preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination in the 
Federal Register, and before November 5, 2003, the date the Department 
instructed the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to discontinue 
the suspension of liquidation in accordance with section 703(d) of the 
Act, and on all entries of subject merchandise made on or after the 
date of publication of the USITC's final injury determination in the 
Federal Register. Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension 
of liquidation pursuant to a preliminary determination may not remain 
in effect for more than four months. Entries of prestressed concrete 
steel wire strand made on or after November 5, 2003, and prior to the 
date of publication of the USITC's final injury determination in the 
Federal Register are not liable for the assessment of countervailing 
duties due to the Department's discontinuation, effective November 5, 
2003, of the suspensions of liquidation.
    In accordance with section 706 of the Act, the Department will 
direct the CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation for 
prestressed concrete steel wire strand from India effective the date of 
the USITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register and to 
assess, upon further advice by the Department pursuant to section 
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties for each entry of the 
subject merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable 
subsidy rate for the subject merchandise.
    On or after the date of publication of the USITC's final injury 
determination in the Federal Register, the CBP must require, at the 
same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this 
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rate noted below. The cash 
deposit rate is as follows:

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             Producer/exporter                    Cash deposit rate
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All Producers/Exporters...................  62.92 percent ad valorem
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    This notice constitutes the countervailing duty order with respect 
to prestressed concrete steel wire strand from India, pursuant to 
section 706(a) of the Act. Interested parties may contact the Central 
Records Unit of the Main Commerce Building for copies of an updated 
list of countervailing duty orders currently in effect.
    This countervailing duty order is issued and published in 
accordance with sections 706(a) and 705 of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211 
and 351.224.

    Dated: January 29, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-2278 Filed 2-3-04; 8:45 am]
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