US Department of Commerce, which published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Mexico on August 6th 2007, has announced final results in the matter.

US DOC said that “Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes in the margin calculation; therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary results. We determine the following weighted average percentage margin exists for the period July 1st 2005 to June 30th 2006.”
Manufacturer / Exporter Weighted Average Margin
ThyssenKrupp Mexinox SA de CV 2.31%

This review covered sales of subject merchandise made by ThyssenKrupp Mexinox SA de CV for the period July 1st 2005 to June 30th 2006. The petitioner included Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, United Auto Workers Local 3303, Zanesville Armco Independent Organization Inc and the United Steelworkers of America.

For purposes of this administrative review, the products covered are certain stainless steel sheet and strip in coils. Stainless steel is an 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 including cold rolled, polished, aluminized, coated etc provided that it maintains the specific dimensions of sheet and strip following such processing.

Excluded from the review of this order are the following
(1) Sheet and strip that is not annealed or otherwise heat treated and pickled or otherwise descaled
(2) Sheet and strip that is cut to length
(3) Plate ie flat rolled stainless steel products of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more
(4) Flat wire including cold rolled sections with a prepared edge, rectangular in shape, of a width of not more than 9.5 mm
(5) Razor blade steel. Razor blade steel is a flat-rolled product of stainless steel, not further worked than cold rolled cold reduced in coils, of a width of not more than 23 mm and a thickness of 0.266 mm or less, containing, by weight, 12.5 to 14.5 percent chromium and certified at the time of entry to be used in the manufacture of razor blades
(6) Flapper valve steel is also excluded from the scope of the order.
(7) Also excluded is a product referred to as suspension foil, a specialty steel product used in the manufacture of suspension assemblies for computer disk drives.
(8) Certain stainless steel foil for automotive catalytic converters is also excluded from the scope of this order.
(9) Permanent magnet iron chromium cobalt alloy stainless strip is also excluded from the scope of this order.
(10) Certain electrical resistance alloy steel is also excluded from the scope of this order
(11) Certain martensitic precipitation hardenable stainless steel is also excluded from the scope of this order
(12) Finally, three specialty stainless steels typically used in certain industrial blades and surgical and medical instruments are also excluded from the scope of this order