AD: India Stainless Steel Wire Rod and China Cased Pencils
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
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| Intent to Revoke AD Duty Order in Part |
|---|
| Company | Preliminary AD Rate (Margin) |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Stainless Steel Wire Rods | |
| Review Period: 12/01/02 - 11/30/03 | |
| A-533-808 | |
| Chandan Steel, Ltd. | 1.27% |
| Isibars Steel Ltd., Zenstar Impex, and Shaktiman Steel Casting Pvt. Ltd. | 48.80% |
| The Viraj Group (Viraj Alloys, Ltd. (VAL) and VSL Wires Ltd. (VSL)) (Viraj) | (a) |
| China | |
| Certain Cased Pencils | |
| Review Period: 12/01/02 -11/30/03 | |
| A-570-827 | |
| Shandong Rongxin Import and Export Co., Ltd. | 17.19% |
| China First Pencil Company, Ltd./Shanghai Three Star Stationery Industry Corp. | 6.48% |
| Orient International Holding Shanghai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. | 24.66% |
| China-wide | 114.90% |
(a) The ITA has determined that a preliminary AD duty rate of zero exists. See below for ITA's intent to revoke the AD duty order on subject merchandise from India with respect to Viraj
These preliminary results are not in effect and may be amended in the final results of these AD duty administrative reviews, which are currently due within 180 days of January 7, 2005 (India) and 120 days of January 12, 2005 (China).
ITA Intends to Revoke India AD Duty Order With Respect to Viraj
The ITA preliminarily determines that Viraj qualifies for revocation of the AD duty order on subject merchandise from India. The ITA states that if these preliminary findings are affirmed in the final results, it will revoke the AD duty order in part with respect to subject merchandise from India produced and exported by VAL and VSL with a time of entry on or after December 1, 2003, and will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to refund any cash deposits for such entries.
(See ITA's India notice for more information, including the scope of the order, the extension of time for the final results, etc.
See ITA's China notice for more information, including the ITA's intent to rescind this review with respect to one company, the scope of the order, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 01/26/04 news, 04012660, for BP summary of the initiation of both of these AD duty administrative reviews.)
ITA Contacts - Hermes Pinilla (202) 482-3477 (India)
Paul Stolz (202) 482-4474 (China)
ITA India Notice (FR Pub 01/07/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/E5-33.pdf
ITA China Notice (FR Pub 01/12/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-604.pdf