AD/CVD message 2159305 - Countervailing duty scope determination on Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China (C-570-911)

2159305
Jun 07, 2012
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Effective Date: May 21, 2012

Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Jun 07, 2012

Category: Antidumping • Type: Liquidation Instructions • Sub type: OUTSCO-Out of Scope • Cases: C-570-911

NOTICE OF THE LIFTING OF SUSPENSION OCCURRED ON THE MESSAGE DATE OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS. SEE PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW.

1. COMMERCE RECEIVED A SCOPE RULING REQUEST FROM ALL TOOLS INC. COMMERCE ISSUED A FINAL SCOPE DETERMINATION ON 05/21/2012 THAT ALL TOOLS INC.'S ELECTRICAL RIGID STEEL CONDUITS AND ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING WHICH ALL TOOLS INC. IMPORTS ARE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (C-570-911).

2. COMMERCE DETERMINED THAT ALL TOOLS INC.'S ELECTRICAL RIGID STEEL CONDUITS AND ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE ORDER BECAUSE RECORD EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE ELECTRICAL RIGID STEEL CONDUITS AND ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING IMPORTED BY ALL TOOLS INC. MEET THE COMMERCE'S DEFINITION OF FINISHED ELECTRICAL CONDUIT, WHICH IS EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF THE ORDER. THEREFORE, ALL TOOLS INC.'S ELECTRICAL RIGID STEEL CONDUITS AND ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING ARE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

3. FOR ALL ENTRIES OF ELECTRICAL RIGID STEEL CONDUIT AND ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING IMPORTED BY ALL TOOLS INC., THAT REMAIN UNLIQUIDATED ON OR AFTER 08/15/2007, CBP SHALL TERMINATE SUSPENSION AND LIQUIDATE SUCH MERCHANDISE WHICH WAS ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION.

4. REFUND ANY CASH DEPOSITS AND RELEASE ANY BONDS RELATING TO THE ELECTRICAL RIGID STEEL CONDUIT DESCRIBED ABOVE.

5. THESE INSTRUCTIONS CONSTITUTE NOTICE OF THE LIFTING OF SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES OF ALL TOOL INC.'S ELECTRICAL RIGID STEEL CONDUITS AND ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER 08/15/2007.

6. THE ASSESSMENT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTIES BY CBP ON SHIPMENTS OR ENTRIES OF THIS MERCHANDISE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930, AS AMENDED. SECTION 778 REQUIRES THAT CBP PAY INTEREST ON OVERPAYMENTS OR ASSESS INTEREST ON UNDERPAYMENTS OF THE REQUIRED AMOUNTS DEPOSITED AS ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES. THE INTEREST PROVISIONS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO CASH OR BONDS POSTED AS ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES BEFORE THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER. INTEREST SHALL BE CALCULATED FROM THE DATE PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES IS REQUIRED THROUGH THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION. THE RATE AT WHICH SUCH INTEREST IS PAYABLE IS THE RATE IN EFFECT UNDER SECTION 6621 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 FOR SUCH PERIOD.

7. UNLESS INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE, FOR ALL OTHER SHIPMENTS OF CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON QUALITY STEEL PIPE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA NOT COVERED BY PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE, YOU SHALL CONTINUE TO COLLECT CASH DEPOSITS OF ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES FOR THE MERCHANDISE AT THE CURRENT RATES.

8. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS BY THE IMPORTING PUBLIC REGARDING THIS MESSAGE, PLEASE CONTACT THE CALL CENTER FOR THE OFFICE OF AD/CVD OPERATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AT (202) 482-0984. CBP PORTS SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR INQUIRIES THROUGH AUTHORIZED CBP CHANNELS ONLY. (THIS MESSAGE WAS GENERATED BY O#4: KAG.)

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

MICHAEL B. WALSH