Department of Commerce has announced that, in response to timely requests by two manufacturers and exporters, it is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Japan with respect to Hitachi Cable Limited and Nippon Kinzoku Co Limited. The review covers the period July 1st 2007 through June 30th 2008.

Department of Commerce said that "We preliminarily determine that NKKN and Hitachi Cable did not make sales below normal value. If the preliminary results are adopted in our final results of the administrative review, we will instruct US Customs & Border Protection to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results."

In response to timely requests by two manufacturers and exporters, on August 26th 2008, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain SSSSC from Japan with respect to Hitachi Cable and NKKN covering the period July 1st 2007 through June 30th 2008.

DoC said that "On September 4th 2008, we issued the antidumping duty questionnaire to Hitachi Cable and NKKN. We received responses to sections A, B, and C of the questionnaire from Hitachi Cable and NKKN in October and November 2008. During the period December 2008 through July 2009, we issued to Hitachi Cable and NKKN supplemental questionnaires with respect to sections A, B, C, and D of the original questionnaire. We received responses to these questionnaires during the period December 2008 through July 2009."

For purposes of this order, the products covered are certain SSSSC. Stainless steel is alloy steel containing, by weight, 1.2% or less of carbon and 10.5% or more of chromium, with or without other elements. The subject sheet and strip is a flat rolled product in coils that is greater than 9.5 mm in width and less than 4.75 mm in thickness, and that is annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled. The subject sheet and strip may also be further processed provided that it maintains the specific dimensions of sheet and strip following such processing.