MESSAGE NO: 2184203 DATE: 07 03 2002
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INF
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 427 - 823 - -
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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
COUNTERVAILIG DUTY INVESTIGATION OF COLD-ROLLED CS FLAT
PRODUCTS FROM FRANCE (C-427-823)


1. IN KEEPING WITH THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT ON
SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
IS DISCONTINUING THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION IN THE
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM FRANCE EFFECTIVE JULY 2, 2002, WHICH IS
120 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATION.

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 DOCUMENT.
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-427-823.

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 JULY 2, 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
DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 4, 2002 THROUGH JULY 1, 2002, UNTIL THE
CONCLUSION OF THIS COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION.

5. THE DISCONTINUATION OF SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION 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 FRANCE.

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 SURESH MANIAM, OFFICE OF AD/CVD
ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0176.

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

CATHY SAUCEDA