[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28541-28542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12884]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigations Nos. 731-TA-875, 880, and 882 (Final)]


Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Indonesia, Poland, 
and Ukraine

Determinations

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigations, the United States International Trade Commission 
determines, pursuant to section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1673d(b)) (the Act), that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of imports from Indonesia, Poland, and 
Ukraine of certain steel concrete reinforcing bars,\2\ provided for in 
subheading 7214.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States, that have been found by the Department of Commerce to be sold

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in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV).
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    \1\ The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
    \2\ Chairman Stephen Koplan, Vice Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun, 
and Commissioner Lynn M. Bragg determine that a regional industry in 
the United States is materially injured by reason of imports from 
Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine of certain steel concrete reinforcing 
bars. The defined region consists of all the states east of the 
Mississippi plus Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and Texas, as well 
as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Commissioner Marcia E. 
Miller, Commissioner Jennifer A. Hillman, and Commissioner Dennis M. 
Devaney determine that an industry in the United States is 
materially injured by reason of imports from Indonesia, Poland, and 
Ukraine of certain steel concrete reinforcing bars. The Commission 
also determined that critical circumstances did not exist with 
respect to subject imports from Poland and Ukraine.
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Background

    The Commission instituted these investigations effective June 28, 
2000, following receipt of petitions filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by the Rebar Trade Action Coalition (RTAC) (Washington, DC) 
and its individual members.\3\ The final phase of the investigations 
was scheduled by the Commission following notification of preliminary 
determinations by Commerce that imports of certain steel concrete 
reinforcing bars from Indonesia, Poland, and Ukraine were being sold at 
LTFV within the meaning of section 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 
1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of the Commission's investigations 
and of a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register of February 14, 2001 (66 FR 10317). The 
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2001, and all persons 
who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by 
counsel.
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    \3\ The individual members of RTAC on whose behalf the petitions 
were filed are as follows: AmeriSteel (Tampa, FL); Auburn Steel Co., 
Inc. (Auburn, NY); Birmingham Steel Corp. (Birmingham, AL); Border 
Steel, Inc. (El Paso, TX); CMC Steel Group (Seguin, TX); Marion 
Steel Co. (Marion, OH); Nucor Steel (Darlington, SC); and Riverview 
Steel (Glassport, PA). Auburn was not a petitioner with respect to 
Indonesia.
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    The Commission transmitted its determinations in these 
investigations to the Secretary of Commerce on May 25, 2001. The views 
of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 3425 (May 2001), 
entitled Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Indonesia, 
Poland, and Ukraine: Investigations Nos. 731-TA-875, 880, and 882 
(Final).

    Issued: May 17, 2001.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-12884 Filed 5-22-01; 8:45 am]
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