On March 16, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced in the Federal Register the preliminary results of its antidumping duty (AD) administrative review for stainless steel bar from Brazil. As a result of its administrative review covering 1 February 2008 through 31 January 2009, the US DOC has determined a dumping margin of zero percent for Villares Metals S.A. The petitioners in the investigation are Carpenter Technology Corp., Valbruna Slater Inc., Electralloy Corp., a Division of G.O. Carlson Inc. and Universal Stainless. Final results of the review are to be issued no later than 120 days from the publication date of the preliminary results.