MESSAGE NO: 2220112
DATE: 08 07 1992
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 423 - 805
A - 122 - 823
A - 427 - 809
A - 351 - 817
A - 405 - 802
A - 428 - 816
PERIOD COVERED:
07 29 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN
HOT/COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED ON
JULY
29, 1992,
THE
NOTICE OF
ITS INITIATION OF
THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS
AND
POSTPONEMENT
OF
PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATIONS
OF
CERTAIN
HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS, CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL
FLAT
PRODUCTS,
CERTAIN
CORROSION-RESISTANT
STEEL
FLAT
PRODUCTS,
AND
CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH
CARBON
STEEL
PLATE
FROM
VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
2.
ONE OF THE FOUR CLASSES OR KINDS OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE
INVESTIGATIONS
ARE
CERTAIN
CUT-TO-LENGTH
CARBON
STEEL
PLATE
PRODUCTS.
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.
ALTHOUGH
THE
HTS SUBHEADINGS ARE
PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE SCOPE OF
THESE
PROCEEDINGS IS DISPOSITIVE.
3.
FOR
FURTHER
REPORTING
PURPOSES,
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS NUMBERS:
BELGIUM
A-423-805
BRAZIL
A-351-817
CANADA
A-122-823
FINLAND
A-405-802
FRANCE
A-427-809
GERMANY
A-428-816
4. IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION, OTHER
AGENCY BRANCH BY E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB".
OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT LOUIS APPLE,
OR/
STEVE ALLEY, OFFICE
OF
ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
ADMINISTRATION,
U.S.
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
AT
(202)
377-1769 OR (202) 377-5288 RESPECTIVELY.
5.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN