Stainless Steel Bar from India; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review

Résumé

In response to requests from Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd. and Venus Wire Industries Limited, the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India. In response to requests from Sindia Steels Limited, Chandan Steel Limited, and Madhya Pradesh Iron & Steel Company, the Department of Commerce is conducting a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India. These reviews cover sales of stainless steel bar to the United States during the period February 1, 1997, through January 31, 1998. We have preliminarily determined that, during the period of review, Venus Wire Industries Limited, Sindia Steels Limited, and Madhya Pradesh Iron & Steel Company made sales below normal value and that Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd. and Chandan Steel Limited did not make sales below normal value. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of administrative review and new shipper review, we will instruct the Customs Service to assess antidumping duties equal to the difference between the export price and the normal value. Interested parties are invited to comment on these pre