MESSAGE NO: 2183203 DATE: 07 02 2002
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INF
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 580 - 849 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 07 02 2002 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE ENFORCEMENT & CONTROL

RE: DISCONTINUATION OF SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION IN THE CVD
INVESTIGATION OF COLD-ROLLED CS FLAT PRODUCTS FROM KOREA
(C-580-849)


1. IN KEEPING WITH THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT ON
SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES, THE DEPARTMENT IS
DISCONTINUING THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION IN THE COUNTERVAILING
DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT
PRODUCTS FROM KOREA (C-580-849) EFFECTIVE 07/02/2002.

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. FIELD OFFICERS SHALL DISCONTINUE THE SUSPENSION OF
LIQUIDATION FOR COUNTERVAILING DUTY PURPOSES ON ALL SHIPMENTS OF
THE SUBJECT MERCHANDISE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR
CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER 07/02/2002. THE SUSPENSION OF
LIQUIDATION WILL NOT BE RESUMED UNLESS AND UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE PUBLISHES A COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER IN THIS CASE.
FIELD OFFICERS SHALL CONTINUE TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION ON ALL
SHIPMENTS ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION
MADE DURING THE PERIOD, 03/04/2002, THROUGH 07/01/2002.

5. THE DISCONTINUATION DOES NOT AFFECT THE REQUIREMENTS OF A
CASH DEPOSIT OR BOND ON ENTRIES SUBJECT TO THE SUSPENSION OF
LIQUIDATION ANNOUNCED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATION IN THE COMPANION ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF
CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM KOREA.

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) 482-2786.

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

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