MESSAGE NO: 2302205 DATE: 10 29 2002
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: FNO
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 357 - 817 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 10 03 2002 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: FINAL NEGATIVE DETERMINATION ON COLD-ROLLED CS FLAT
PRODUCTS FROM ARGENTINA (C-357-817)



1. ON OCTOBER 3, 2002, (67 FR 62111) THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS FINAL NEGATIVE
COUNTERVAILING DUTY DETERMINATION: CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM ARGENTINA (C-357-817).

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 THENOTED
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 FINAL
DETERMINATION PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER C-357-817.

4. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOUND THAT NO FINAL SUBSIDY RATE
EXISTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT
PRODUCTS FROM ARGENTINA. ACCORDINGLY, CUSTOMS IS DIRECTED TO
DISCONTINUE ANY SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION FOR SHIPMENTS OF
CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS ENTERED, OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE AND TO RELEASE ANY BOND OR OTHER
SECURITY, AND REFUND ANY CASH DEPOSIT. INTEREST PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930 DO NOT APPLY.

5. 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.

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

CATHY SAUCEDA