MESSAGE NO: 3036113
DATE: 02 05 1993
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 470 - 803
A - 412 - 814
A - 401 - 805
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PERIOD COVERED:
11 06 1992
TO
02 04 1993
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED, COLD-ROLLED
CORROSION CARBON STEEL FLAT PROD, ETC., UK,ES,SW
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WILL PUBLISH ON FEBRUARY 4,
1992,
THE NOTICE OF
ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS OF
THE ANTIDUMPING
DUTY INVESTIGATIONS
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
IS
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 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 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 HTSUS 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.
EXCLUDED FROM THESE INVESTIGATIONS IS GRADE X-70 PLATE.
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 AND SHOULD BE
USED
ONLY WHEN DEALING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE:
SPAIN
A-469-803
SWEDEN
A-401-805
UNITED KINGDOM
A-412-814
THE
CUSTOMS
IDENTIFICATION
NUMBERS
SHOULD
BE
USED
FOR
CUSTOMS IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY.
SPAIN
A-470-803
SWEDEN
A-401-805
UNITED KINGDOM
A-412-814
4.
THE
DEPARTMENT
HAS
MADE
A
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION THAT
CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST
WITH RESPECT TO EXPORTS OF
CERTAIN
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON
STEEL
PLATE
FROM
SPAIN
AND
THE
UNITED
KINGDOM.
THEREFORE
WE
ARE DIRECTING
THE
CUSTOMS
SERVICE
TO
SUSPEND
LIQUIDATION
OF
SUCH
PRODUCTS
THAT
ARE
ENTERED
OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER
NOVEMBER 6,
1992,
WHICH
IS
90
DAYS
PRIOR
TO
THE
DATE
OF
PUBLICATION
OF
THE
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER AND TO REQUIRE A CASH DEPOSIT OR
THE POSTING OF
A BOND
EQUAL
TO
THE
ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY MARGIN
PERCENTAGES
LISTED
BELOW:
BECAUSE
OF
THE COMPANION COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS, WE
ARE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF
THE ANTIDUMPING DEPOSIT RATE
BY
THE
AMOUNT OF
THE
EXPORT SUBSIDIES FOUND.
THIS OFFSET SHALL REMAIN
IN EFFECT UNTIL APRIL 6, 1993.
AFTER THAT DATE
THE
FULL AMOUNT
OF THE ANTIDUMPING DEPOSIT SHALL BE REQUIRED.
FOR
ALL EXPORTS OF CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM
SWEDEN,
THE
CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL
SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF
SUCH
PRODUCTS THAT ARE ENTERED OR WITHDAWN FROM WAREHOUSE ON
OR AFTER
FEBRUARY 4, 1993, AND SHALL REQUIRE A CASH DEPOSIT OR THE POSTING
OF
A BOND EQUAL TO
THE ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY MARGIN PERCENTAGES
LISTED BELOW.
MFR/PROD
CUSTOMS ID
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT
EXPORTER
NO
UNTIL
EFFECTIVE
4/6/93
4/7/93
SPAIN
ENSIDESA
A-470-803-001
105.61%
105.61%
ALL OTHERS
A-470-803-000
105.61%
105.61%
SWEDEN
SVENSKT STAAL
A-401-805-001
21.77%
21.77%
ALL OTHERS
A-401-805-000
21.77%
21.77%
UNITED KINGDOM
BRITISH STEEL PLC
A-412-814-001
109.22%
109.22%
ALL OTHERS
A-412-814-000
109.22%
109.22%
5.
IN GENERAL, THE DEPOSIT RATE REQUIRED ON
EACH ENTRY WILL
BE
THAT
ASSIGNED
TO
THE MANUFACTURER
OF
THE
FLAT-ROLLED
STEEL
PRODUCT.
FOR
THE
ENTRY
TO
BE
ACCEPTED,
THE
NAME
OF
THE
MANUFACTURER MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED.
IN
THE EVENT THAT
THE EXPORTER IS
A RESELLER, TRADING COMPANY,
OR STEEL SERVICE CENTER, THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE
FOLLOWED:
(1) IF
THE RESELLER, ETC,.
SIMPLY RE-SELLS THE FLAT-ROLED STEEL
PRODUCT ,
A DEPOSIT OR BOND EQUAL TO
THE
RATE ASSIGNED TO
THE
MANUFACTURER WILL BE REQUIRED.
(2) IF
THE RESELLER, ETC., DOES SOME FURTHER PROCESSING BUT DOES
NOT TRANSFORM THE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCT INTO
A CLASS OR KIND
OF
MERCHANDISE
DIFFERENT
THAN
THAT
PURCHASED
FROM
THE
MANUFACTURER, A DEPOSIT OR BOND EQUAL TO THE RATE ASSIGNED TO THE
MANUFACTURER WILL BE REQUIRED.
(E.G., IF
A RESELLER PURCHASES A
FOUR-FOOT WIDE COIL
OF HOT-ROLLED STEEL AND SLITS IT
INTO
FOUR
ONE-FOOT WIDE COILS OF HOT-ROLLED STEEL.)
(3)
IF
THE RESELLER, ETC., DOES FURTHER PROCESSING AND CHANGES
THE PRODUCT
INTO
A DIFFERENT CLASS
OR
KIND
OF MERCHANDISE, A
DEPOSIT OR BOND EQUAL TO
THE "ALL OTHER" RATE FOR THE
NEW CLASS
OR KIND
OF MERCHANDISE WILL
BE REQUIRED.
(E.G., IF
A RESELLER
GALVANIZED
HOT-ROLLED
COIL,
THE
"ALL
OTHERS"
RATE
FOR
CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL WOULD APPLY.
6.
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 DAVID GOLDBERGER, OR
STEVE
ALLEY, OFFICE
OF ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
AT (202) 482-4136 OR (202) 482-5288 RESPECTIVELY.
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN