MESSAGE NO: 2254113
DATE: 09 10 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: LIQ
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 401 - 401
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PERIOD COVERED:
01 01 1987
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12 31 1987
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM
SWEDEN (C-401-401)
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER
OF SEPTEMBER 18, 1991 (56 FR 47185), THE FINAL RESULTS OF ITS
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
OF
THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY
ORDER
ON
CERTAIN
CARBON
STEEL PRODUCTS FROM
SWEDEN (C-401-401). THE
REVIEW COVERS THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1987 THROUGH DECEMBER 31,
1987.
2.
IMPORTS COVERED BY
THE REVIEW ARE SHIPMENTS FROM SWEDEN
OF
COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS WHETHER OR
NOT
CORRUGATED OR CRIMPED: WHETHER OR NOT CRIMPED: WHETHER OR NOT
PICKLED,
NOT
CUT,
NOT
PRESSED
AND
NOT
STAMPED
TO
NON-RECTANGULAR SHAPE: NOT COATED OR
PLATED INTO
METAL
AND
NOT CLAD:
OVER
12 INCHES IN
WIDTH
AND
OF
ANY THICKNESS:
WHETHER OR NOT IN COILS.
DURING
THE
REVIEW PERIOD, SUCH MERCHANDISE WAS CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER
ITEM NUMBERS 607.8320, 607.8350, 607.8355 AND 607.8360
OF
THE
TARIFF SCHEDULES
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES
ANNOTATED
(TSUSA).
THIS MERCHANDISE
IS
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE UNDER
ITEM
NUMBERS 7209.11.00, 7209.12.00, 7209.13.00, 7209.21.00,
7209.22.00, 7209.23.00, 7209.24.50,
7209.31.00,
7209.32.00,
7209.33.00, 7209.34.00, 7209.41.00,
7209.43.00,
7209.44.00,
7209.90.00, 7211.30.50,
7211.41.70
AND
7211.49.50
OF
THE
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULES.
3.
THE
NET SUBSIDY WAS FOUND TO
BE 2.55 PERCENT AD VALOREM FOR
THE PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1987 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1987.
4.
ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE
TO ASSESS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES OF 2.55
PERCENT OF
THE F.O.B. INVOICE PRICE ON
ALL ENTRIES OF
THIS
MERCHANDISE EXPORTED ON
OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1987 AND
ON
OR
BEFORE
DECEMBER
31,
1987
FOR
ALL
EXPORTERS (C-401-401),
EXCEPT
FOR
SURAHAMMERS BRUKS
AB (C-401-401-001), WHICH
IS
EXCLUDED FROM THE ORDER.
LIQUIDATIONS INSTRUCTIONS FOR 1988,
1989 AND 1990 WERE ISSUED SEPARATELY.
5.
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF
THE TARIFF ACT REQUIRE THAT
INTEREST BE PAID
ON OVERPAYMENTS OR UNDERPAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS
DEPOSITED AS ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES.
SUCH INTEREST
IS PAYABLE AT
THE RATE IN EFFECT UNDER SECTION 6621
OF
THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 FOR
SUCH PERIOD.
THE INTEREST
SHALL BE CALCULATED AT THAT RATE FROM THE DATE
OF PAYMENT OF
ESTIMATED DUTIES THROUGH THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION.
6.
THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION ORDERED
FOR
ENTRIES
OF
THIS
MERCHANDISE EXPORTED ON
OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1987 AND
ON
OR
BEFORE DECEMBER 31,
1987
IS
HEREBY
LIFTED.
SUSPENSION OF
LIQUIDATION FOR
ENTRIES DURING
1988,
1989,
AND
1990
WAS
PREVIOUSLY LIFTED.
SUSPENSION
OF
LIQUIDATION
FOR
ENTRIES
EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1991 WILL CONTINUE.
7.
CUSTOMS OFFICERS SHALL CONTINUE TO COLLECT A
CASH DEPOSIT OF
2.56
PERCENT
AD
VALOREM
IN ACCORDANCE WITH
OUR
PREVIOUS
INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED IN
E-MAIL #2108116 OF
APRIL
17,
1992.
THIS
DEPOSIT
REQUIREMENT
WILL
REMAIN
IN
EFFECT
UNTIL
PUBLICATION OF
THE FINAL RESULTS OF
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON THIS MERCHANDISE.
8.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS,
PLEASE
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT
SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA E-MAIL BY
USING ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB".
THE
IMPORTING
PUBLIC
AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SHOULD
CONTACT
THE
OFFICE
OF
COUNTERVAILING
COMPLIANCE,
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, (202) 377-2786.
9. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN