Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Brazil, Canada, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkey

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-351-833, C-122-841, C-428-833, C-274-805, C-489-809] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is initiating countervailing duty investigations to determine whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of carbon alloy steel wire rod from Brazil, Canada, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkey receive countervailable subsidies. ACTION: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations. EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melani Miller (Brazil) at (202) 482-0116; Sally Hastings or Craig Matney (Canada) at (202) 482-3464 or (202) 482-0588, respectively; Annika O'Hara or Melanie Brown (Germany) at (202) 482-3798 or (202) 482-4987, respectively; Suresh Maniam (Trinidad and Tobago) at (202) 482-0176; and Jennifer Jones (Turkey) at (202) 482-4194; Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3099, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Initiation of Investigations The Applicable Statute and Regulations Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the “Act”) by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the &ld…