MESSAGE NO: 2224111
DATE: 08 11 1992
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 351 - 816
A - 427 - 808
A - 588 - 826
A - 122 - 822
A - 428 - 815
A - 580 - 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
COLD/HOT ROLLED CARBON STEEL AND CORROSION RESISTANT
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM VARIOUS CASES - CORRECTED
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 CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL
FLAT
PRODUCTS.
THESE
PRODUCTS
INCLUDE
FLAT-ROLLED
CARBON
STEEL
PRODUCTS OF
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION,
OF
RECTANGULAR
SHAPE,
EITHER
CLAD,
PLATED
OR
COATED
WITH
CORROSION-RESISTANT METALS SUCH
AS
ZINC, ALUMINUM, OR
/ ZINC-,
ALUMINUM-,
NICKEL-
OR
IRON-BASED
ALLOYS,
WHETHER
OR
NOT
CORRUGATED OR PAINTED, VARNISHED OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER
NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES, IN ADDITION TO
THE METALLIC COATING,
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
7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000,
7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000,
7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, AND 7212.60.0000. EXCLUDED FROM THESE
INVESTIGATIONS ARE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL
PRODUCTS EITHER
PLATED
OR
COATED WITH
TIN, LEAD, CHROMIUM, CHROMIUM OXIDES, BOTH
TIN
AND
LEAD
("TERNE PLATE"),
OR
BOTH
CHROMIUM
AND
CHROMIUM OXIDES
("TIN-FREE STEEL").
LIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES IS
NOT
TO
BE SUSPENDED WITHOUT SPECIFIC
INSTRUCTION.
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:
BRAZIL
A-351-816
CANADA
A-122-822
FRANCE
A-427-808
GERMANY
A-428-815
JAPAN
A-588-826
KOREA
A-580-816
4.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION, OTHER
AGENCY BRANCH VIA 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