MESSAGE NO: 2220114
DATE: 08 07 1992
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 427 - 807
A - 428 - 814
A - 475 - 806
A - 588 - 825
A - 580 - 815
A - 421 - 804
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 ON
CERTAIN HOT/COLD ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PROD. AND
CUT-TO-LENGTH STEEL PLATE, ETC. -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 CARBON
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
COLD-ROLLED
CARBON
STEEL
FLAT
PRODUCTS.
THESE
PRODUCTS
INCLUDE (COLD-REDUCED) CARBON
STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS
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,
IN
COILS,
OR
IN
STRAIGHT
LENGTHS
WHICH,
IF
OF
A
THICKNESS
LESS
THAN
4.75
MILLIMETERS ARE
OF
A
WIDTH MEASURING AT
LEAST
10
TIMES
THE
THICKNESS OR IF OF A THICKNESS OF 4.75 MILLIMETERS OR MORE ARE OF
A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150 MILLIMETERS AND MEASURES AT LEAST TWICE
THE THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN
THE
HTS UNDER
ITEM
NUMBERS:
7209.11.0000, 7209.12.0030, 7209.12.0090, 7209.13.0030,
7209.13.0090, 7209.14.0030, 7209.14.0090, 7209.21.0000,
7209.22.0000, 7209.23.0000, 7209.24.1000, 7209.24.5000,
7209.31.0000, 7209.32.0000, 7209.33.0000, 7209.34.0000,
7209.41.0000, 7209.42.0000, 7209.43.0000, 7209.44.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.30.1030,
7211.30.1090, 7211.30.3000, 7211.30.5000, 7211.41.1000,
7211.41.3030, 7211.41.3090, 7211.41.5000, 7211.41.7030,
7211.41.7060, 7211.41.7090, 7211.49.1030, 7211.49.1090,
7211.49.3000, 7211.49.5030, 7211.49.5060, 7211.49.5090,
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:
FRANCE
A-427-807
GERMANY
A-428-814
ITALY
A-475-806
JAPAN
A-588-825
KOREA
A-580-815
NETHERLANDS
A-421-804
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