Import Administration
Brass Sheet & Strip from Canada (A-122-601)

Scope Description:

The merchandise covered by this order is brass sheet and strip, other than leaded brass and tin brass sheet and strip, currently provided for under the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA) item numbers 612.3960, 612.3982, and 612.3986.

The chemical composition of the products under investigation is currently defined in the Copper Development Association (C.D.A.) 200 series or the Unified Numbering System (U.N.S.) C2000 series. Products whose chemical composition are defined by other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series are not covered by this investigation.

Most Current Review
Imports covered by this review are shipments of brass sheet and strip, other than leaded brass and tin brass sheet and strip. The chemical composition of covered products is currently defined in the Copper Development Association (C.D.A.) 200 series or the Unified Numbering System (U.N.S.) C2000 series. Products whose chemical composition are defined by other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series are not covered by this order.

The physical dimensions of the products covered by this review are brass sheet and strip of solid rectangular cross section over 0.006 inches (0.15 millimeters) through 0.188 inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished thickness or gauge, regardless of width. Coil, wound-on-reels (traverse wound), and cut-to-length products are included. These products are currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00. Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and for Customs Service (Customs) purposes, the written description of the scope of this order remains dispositive.

Pursuant to the final affirmative determination of circumvention of the antidumping order, we determined that brass plate used in the production of brass sheet and strip falls within the scope of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from Canada.