MESSAGE NO: 0013310 DATE: 01 13 2010
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: 3322114 REFERENCE DATE: 11 17 1992
CASES: C - 201 - 208 C - 201 - 209
C - 401 - 208 C - 401 - 209
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PERIOD COVERED: 07 24 1992 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: REISSUANCE OF INIT. OF CVD INVEST. AND POSTPONEMENT-
OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS FOR CERAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
FROM MEXICO AND SWEDEN (C-201-208/209; C-401-208)

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING REISSUED TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN THE CASE
NUMBER FOR CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM MEXICO AND SWEDEN. THE
CASE NUMBER IN THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE (MESSAGE NUMBER #3322114,
DATED 11/17/1992) WAS LISTED AS CASE NUMBER C-201-810. THE
CORRECT CASE NUMBER IS C-201-208, 209 (MEXICO) AND C-401-208,
209 (SWEDEN).

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON JULY 24, 1992, NOTICE OF INITIATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS AND NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM MEXICO AND
SWEDEN.

2. THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS CONSTITUTE TWO
SEPARATE "CLASSES OR KINDS" OF MERCHANDISE, AS OUTLINED BELOW.
ALTHOUGH THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES
(HTS) SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS
PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SCOPE OF THESE
PROCEEDINGS ARE DISPOSITIVE.

A)CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:

THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE-FLAT ROLLED CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS, OF
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION, OF
RECTANGULAR SHAPE, EITHER CLAD, PLATED, OR COATED WITH
CORROSION-RESISTANT METALS SUCH AS ZINC, ALUMINUM, OR ZINC-,
ALUMINUM-, NICKEL- OR IRON-BASED ALLOYS, WHETHER OR NOT
CORRUGATED OR PAINTED, VARNISHED OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR

OTHER NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES IN ADDITION TO THE METALLIC
COATING, IN COILS, OR IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS WHICH, IF OF A
THICKNESS LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS ARE OF A WIDTH MEASURING
AT LEAST 10 TIMES THE THICKNESS OR IF OF A THICKNESS OF 4.75
MILLIMETERS OR MORE ARE OF A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150
MILLIMETERS AND MEASURES AT LEASE TWICE THE THICKNESS, AS
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS UNDER ITEM NUMBERS

7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000,
7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, AND 7212.60.0000.

EXCLUDED FROM THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS
EITHER PLATED OR COATED WITH TIN, LEAD, CHROMIUM, CHROMIUM
OXIDES, BOTH TIN AND LEAD ("TERNE PLATE"), OR BOTH CHROMIUM AND
CHROMIUM OXIDES ("TIN-FREE STEEL").

B) CERTAIN CUT-T0-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE:

THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL UNIVERSAL MILL
PLATES (I.E., FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS ROLLED ON FOUR FACES OR IN A
CLOSED BOX PASS, OF A WIDTH EXCEEDING 150 MILLIMETERS BUT NOT
EXCEEDING 1,250 MILLIMETERS AND OF A THICKNESS OF NOT LESS THAN
4 MILLIMETERS, NOT IN COILS AND WITHOUT PATTERNS IN RELIEF) OF
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION, OF
RECTANGULAR SHAPE, NEITHER CLAD, PLATED NOR COATED WITH METAL,
WHETHER OR NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED, OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR
OTHER NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES; AND CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS, OF SOLID RECTANGULAR
(OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION, OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE, HOT
ROLLED, NEITHER CLAD, PLATED, NOR COATED WITH METAL, WHETHER OR
NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED, OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER
NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES, 4.75 MILLIMETERS OR MORE IN THICKNESS
AND OF A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150 MILLIMETERS AND MEASURES AT
LEAST TWICE THE THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS
UNDER ITEM NUMBERS

7208.31.0000, 7208.32.0000, 7208.33.1000, 7208.33.5000,
7208.41.0000, 7208.42.0000, 7208.43.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.11.0000, 7211.12.0000,
7211.21.0000, 7211.22.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, AND 7212.50.0000.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THESE CASES HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBERS: C-201-810
(MEXICO) AND C-401-804 (SWEDEN). EACH CASE NUMBER ENCOMPASSES
THE TWO CLASSES OR KINDS OF MERCHANDISE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA SEND E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB". THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD REFER
THEIR QUESTIONS TO NORBERT GANNON (202) 482-2786 FOR MEXICO AND
ANNIKA O'HARA (202) 482-0588 FOR SWEDEN, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

5.THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSING THE ABOVE INFORMATION.


NANCY MCTIERNAN