Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Brazil, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Thailand

AGENCY:

United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION:

Notice of Commission determination to conduct full five-year reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand (“PC strand”) from India and the antidumping duty orders on PC strand from Brazil, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Thailand.

SUMMARY:

The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty order on PC strand from India and the antidumping duty orders on PC strand from Brazil, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Thailand would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. A schedule for the reviews will be established and announced at a later date. For further information concerning the conduct of these reviews and rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207).

DATES:

Effective Date: March 6, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Messer (202-205-3193), Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436. Hearing-impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server ( http://www.usitc.gov ). The public record for these reviews may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On March 6, 2009, the Commission determined that it should proceed to full reviews in the subject five-year reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Act. The Commission found that the domestic interested party group response to its notice of institution (73 FR 72834, December 1, 2008) was adequate and that the respondent interested party group responses with respect to Korea and Mexico were adequate and decided to conduct full reviews with respect to the antidumping duty orders concerning PC strand from Korea and Mexico. The Commission found that the respondent interested party group responses with respect to Brazil, India, Japan, and Thailand were inadequate. However, the Commission determined to conduct full reviews concerning the countervailing duty order on PC strand from India and the antidumping duty orders on PC strand from Brazil, India, Japan, and Thailand to promote administrative efficiency in light of its decision to conduct full reviews with respect to the antidumping duty orders concerning PC strand from Korea and Mexico. A record of the Commissioners' votes, the Commission's statement on adequacy, and any individual Commissioner's statements will be available from the Office of the Secretary and at the Commission's Web site.

Authority: These reviews are being conducted under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to section 207.62 of the Commission's rules.