Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Stainless Steel Bar From Italy

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-475-830] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of final affirmative determination in a countervailing duty investigation. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has made a final determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to certain producers and exporters of stainless steel bar from Italy. For information on the estimated countervailing duty rates, please see the “Suspension of Liquidation” section, below. EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suresh Maniam or Jennifer Jones at (202) 482-0176 or (202) 482-4194, respectively; Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 “Department”) regulations are references to the provisions codified at 19 CFR part 351 (April 2000). Petitioners The petition in this investigation was filed by Carpenter Technology Corp., Crucible Specialty Metals, E…