Stainless Steel Bar From India: Preliminary Results of, and Partial Rescission of, the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Intent Not To Revoke the Order, in Part

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 [A-533-810] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (“Department”) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar (“SS Bar”) from India for the period of review (“POR”) February 1, 2009, through January 31, 2010. The Department initiated this review of Facor Steels Ltd./Ferro Alloys Corporation, Ltd. (“Facor”); Mukand, Ltd. (“Mukand”); India Steel Works, Limited (“India Steel”); and Venus Wire Industries Pvt. Ltd. (“Venus Wire”) and its affiliates Precision Metals and Sieves Manufacturers (India) Private Limited (“Sieves”). Based on timely withdrawal of the request for review, the Department is rescinding the review with respect to India Steel. We preliminarily determine Venus Wire, Mukand and Facor made sales of the subject merchandise at prices below normal value (“NV”). The Department also preliminarily determines that total adverse facts available (“AFA”) is warranted for Mukand because it failed to cooperate to the best of its ability in this proceeding. Finally, we have preliminarily determined not to revoke the antidumping duty order on SS Bar from India with respect to SS Bar exported and/or sold by Venus Wire. Interested parties are invited to comment on these pr…