Partial revocation on certain Japanese tin mill products

Partial revocation on certain Japanese tin mill products

In order to be effective from July 1, 2002 the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that anti-dumping duties for certain tin mill products from Japan are revoked due to changed circumstances. On August 28, 2000 the DOC published anti-dumping duty order on certain tin mill product from Japan. However, a US importer, Okaya (U.S.A) Inc. made a request of a partial revocation of the order applied retroactively for all unliquidated entries. The specifically requested product to be excluded has the following specifications: Steel coated with a metallic chromium layer between 100-200mg/m² and a chromium oxide layer between 5-30 mg/m², chemical composition of 0.05% maximum carbon, 0.03% maximum silicon, 0.60% maximum manganese, 0.02% maximum phosphorous and 0.02% maximum sulfur, magnetic flux density (“Br”) of 10 kg minimum and a coercive force (“Hc”) of 3.8Oe minimum. Having received no objection from Weirton Steel, the only petitioner for the underlying investigation DOC initiated a changed circumstances review. No domestic tin mill producer opposed to this partial revocation and the DOC announced their final results that they have decided on a partial revocation of anti-dumping duty order on certain tin mill products from Japan effective August 1, 2001, with respect to all unliquidated entries for consumption of tin-free steel which meets the specifications stated above.