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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-807] 

Notice of Antidumping Order: Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium 
From the Russian Federation 

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 10, 1995. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Goldberger or Louis 
Apple, Office of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20230; 
telephone: (202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-1769, respectively. 

Applicable Statute and Regulations 

   Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute 
and to the Department of Commerce (the Department) regulations 
are in reference to the provisions as they existed on December 
31, 1994. 

Scope of Order 

   The products covered by this order are ferrovanadium and 
nitrided vanadium, regardless of grade, chemistry, form or size, 
unless expressly excluded from the scope of this order. Ferrovanadium 
includes alloys containing ferrovanadium as the predominant 
element by weight (i.e., more weight than any other element, 
except iron in some instances) and at least 4 percent by weight 
of iron. Nitrided vanadium includes compounds containing vanadium 
as the predominant element, by weight, and at least 5 percent, 
by weight, of nitrogen. Excluded from the scope of this order 
are vanadium additives other than 

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ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium, such as vanadium-aluminum 
master alloys, vanadium chemicals, vanadium waste and scrap, 
vanadium-bearing raw materials, such as slag, boiler residues, 
fly ash, and vanadium oxides. 
   The products subject to this order are currently classifiable 
under subheadings 2850.00.20, 7202.92.00, 7202.99.5040, 8112.40.3000, 
and 8112.40.6000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope is dispositive. 

Antidumping Duty Order 

   In accordance with sections 735(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') made its final determination that ferrovanadium 
and nitrided vanadium from the Russian Federation (``Russia'') 
is being sold at less than fair value (60 FR 27957, May 26, 
1995). On July 3, 1995, the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
notified the Department of its final determination, pursuant 
to section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, that an industry in the 
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of 
the subject merchandise from Russia. 
   Therefore, all unliquidated entries of ferrovanadium and 
nitrided vanadium from Russia that are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 4, 1995, 
the date of publication of the Department's preliminary determination 
(60 FR 438), are liable for the assessment of antidumping duties. 
   In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct Customs officers to assess, upon further advice 
by the administering authority, antidumping duties equal to 
the amount by which the foreign market exceeds the United States 
price for all relevant entries of ferrovanadium and nitrided 
vanadium from Russia. Customs officers must require, at the 
same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties 
on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the estimated weighted-
average antidumping duty margins as noted below. 
   The ad valorem weighted-average dumping margins are as follows: 

							Weighted-   
Manufacturer/Producer/Exporter				 Average    
							  Margin     
            
Galt Alloys, Inc						   3.75   
Gesellschaft far Elektrometallurgie m.b.H.		  11.72  
(and its related companies Shieldalloy Metallurgical
Corporation, and  Metallurg, Inc.)           
Odermet						  10.10   
Russia-wide Rate					108.00   

   This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect 
to ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia. Interested 
parties may contact the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of 
the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of 
antidumping duty orders currently in effect. 
   This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

   Dated: July 3, 1995.

Barbara R. Stafford, 
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.