AD/CVD message 2072202 - PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM KOREA (C-580-849)

2072202
Mar 13, 2002
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Category: Countervailing • Type: Preliminary Determination • Cases: C-580-849

MESSAGE NO: 2072202 DATE: 03 13 2002
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 580 - 849 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 03 04 2002 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE ENFORCEMENT & CONTROL

RE: PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY
INVESTIGATION OF COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
FROM KOREA (C-580-849)

1. ON 03/04/2002, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE
FEDERAL REGISTER ITS PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION IN THE
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM REPUBLIC OF KOREA. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO
ALIGNED THE FINAL COUNTERVAILING DUTY DETERMINATION WITH THE DUE
DATE FOR THE FINAL DETERMINATION IN THE ANTIDUMPING
INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
FROM ARGENTINA (A-357-816), AUSTRALIA (A-602-804), BELGIUM
(A-423-
811), BRAZIL (A-351-834), FRANCE (A-427-22), GERMANY (A-428-834),
INDIA (A-533-826), JAPAN (A-588-859), KOREA (A-580-848), THE
NETHERLANDS (A-421-810), NEW ZEALAND (A-614-803), THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (A-570-872), THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (A-821-
815), SOUTH AFRICA (A-791-814), SPAIN (A-469-812), SWEDEN (A-401-
807), TAIWAN (A-583-839), THAILAND (A-549-819), TURKEY (A-489-
810), AND VENEZUELA (A-307-822).

2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS INVESTIGATION, THE TERM "CERTAIN
COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS" INCLUDES COLD-ROLLED
STEEL (COLD-REDUCED) FLAT-ROLLED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL PRODUCTS,
NEITHER CLAD, PLATED, NOR COATED WITH METAL, BUT WHETHER OR NOT
ANNEALED, PAINTED, VARNISHED, OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER
NON-METALLIC SUBSTANCES, BOTH IN COILS, 0.5 INCH WIDE OR WIDER,
(WHETHER OR NOT IN SUCCESSIVELY SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS AND/OR
OTHERWISE COILED, SUCH AS SPIRALLY OSCILLATED COILS), AND ALSO IN
STRAIGHT LENGTHS, WHICH, IF LESS THAN 4.75 MM IN THICKNESS HAVE A
WIDTH THAT IS 0.5 INCH OR GREATER AND THAT MEASURES AT LEAST 10
TIMES THE THICKNESS; OR, IF OF A THICKNESS OF 4.75 MM OR MORE,
HAVE A WIDTH EXCEEDING 150 MM AND MEASURE AT LEAST TWICE THE
THICKNESS. THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED ABOVE MAY BE RECTANGULAR,
SQUARE, CIRCULAR OR OTHER SHAPE AND INCLUDE PRODUCTS OF EITHER
RECTANGULAR OR NON-RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION.

SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THIS SCOPE ARE VACUUM DEGASSED, FULLY

STABILIZED (COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS INTERSTITIAL-FREE ("IF"))

STEELS, HIGH STRENGTH LOW ALLOY ("HSLA") STEELS, AND MOTOR

LAMINATION STEELS. IF STEELS ARE RECOGNIZED AS LOW CARBON STEELS
WITH MICRO-ALLOYING LEVELS OF ELEMENTS SUCH AS TITANIUM AND/OR
NIOBIUM ADDED TO STABILIZE CARBON AND NITROGEN ELEMENTS. HSLA
STEELS ARE RECOGNIZED AS STEELS WITH MICRO-ALLOYING LEVELS OF
ELEMENTS SUCH AS CHROMIUM, COPPER, NIOBIUM, TITANIUM, VANADIUM,
AND MOLYBDENUM. MOTOR LAMINATION STEELS CONTAIN MICRO-ALLOYING
LEVELS OF ELEMENTS SUCH AS SILICON AND ALUMINUM. STEEL PRODUCTS
INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, REGARDLESS OF
DEFINITIONS IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED
STATES ("HTSUS"), ARE PRODUCTS IN WHICH: (1) IRON PREDOMINATES,
BY WEIGHT, OVER EACH OF THE OTHER CONTAINED ELEMENTS; (2) THE
CARBON CONTENT IS 2 PERCENT OR LESS, BY WEIGHT, AND; (3) NONE OF
THE ELEMENTS LISTED BELOW EXCEEDS THE QUANTITY, BY WEIGHT,
RESPECTIVELY INDICATED: 1.80 PERCENT OF MANGANESE, OR 2.25
PERCENT OF SILICON, OR 1.00 PERCENT OF COPPER, OR 0.50 PERCENT OF
ALUMINUM, OR 1.25 PERCENT OF CHROMIUM, OR 0.30 PERCENT OF COBALT,
OR 0.40 PERCENT OF LEAD, OR 1.25 PERCENT OF NICKEL, OR 0.30
PERCENT OF TUNGSTEN, OR 0.10 PERCENT OF MOLYBDENUM, OR 0.10
PERCENT OF NIOBIUM (ALSO CALLED COLUMBIUM), OR 0.15 PERCENT OF
VANADIUM, OR 0.15 PERCENT OF ZIRCONIUM.

ALL PRODUCTS THAT MEET THE WRITTEN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION, AND IN

WHICH THE CHEMISTRY QUANTITIES DO NOT EXCEED ANY ONE OF THE

NOTED ELEMENT LEVELS LISTED ABOVE, ARE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS

INVESTIGATION UNLESS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED.

THE MERCHANDISE SUBJECT TO THIS INVESTIGATION IS TYPICALLY

CLASSIFIED IN THE HTSUS AT SUBHEADINGS:

7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0090,
7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0090, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2550, 7209.18.6000. 7209.25.0000,
7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000,
7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060,
7211.23.6085, 7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500,
7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7225.19.0000, 7225.50.6000,
7225.50.7000, 7225.50.8010, 7225.50.8085, 7225.99.0090,
7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050,
7226.92.8050, AND 7226.99.0000.

ALTHOUGH THE HTSUS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND
U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE ("U.S. CUSTOMS") PURPOSES, THE WRITTEN

DESCRIPTION OF THE MERCHANDISE UNDER INVESTIGATION IS DISPOSITIVE
.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXCLUSIONS INCLUDED IN THE

SCOPE LANGUAGE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, BUT DUE TO FORMATTING

COMPLICATIONS WE ARE UNABLE TO INCLUDE THEM IN THIS EMAIL. THE
TECHNICAL LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBING THE SCOPE OF THIS
INVESTIGATION IS INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE OF THE PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATION PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER C-580-849.

4. FOR IMPORTS OF COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM
KOREA, U.S. CUSTOMS SHALL SUSPEND LIQUIDATIONS OF SUCH SHIPMENTS
ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER
03/04/2002. EFFECTIVE 03/04/2002, CUSTOMS SHALL REQUIRE, FOR
SUCH ENTRIES, A CASH DEPOSIT OR THE POSTING OF A BOND EQUAL TO
THE SUBSIDY RATES SHOWN BELOW:

MFR/PRODUCER/ CUSTOMS ID AD VALOREM
EXPORTER NUMBER SUBSIDY RATE

DONGBU STEEL CO., LTD. C-580-849-001 2.84 PERCENT
UNION STEEL
MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. C-580-849-002 7.00 PERCENT
ALL OTHERS C-580-849-000 2.84 PERCENT

5. WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE NET COUNTERVAILABLE SUBSIDY RATE
FOR POHANG IRON & STEEL CO., LTD. (C-580-849-003) IS 0.55 PERCENT
AD VALOREM AND HYUNDAI HYSCO (C-580-849-004) IS 0.32 PERCENT AD
VALOREM AND, WHICH IS DE MINIMIS. THEREFORE, POHANG IRON & STEEL
CO., LTD. AND HYUNDAI HYSCO IS EXCLUDED FROM SUSPENSION OF
LIQUIDATION.

6. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT, VIA E-MAIL, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
SUPERVISORY CHANNELS, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY LIAISON, USING THE
ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB." THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT TIPTEN TROIDL OR DARLA BROWN, OFFICE OF
AD/CVD ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-1767,
(202)482-2849.

7. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

PAUL SCHWARTZ