MESSAGE NO: 3097112
DATE: 04 07 1993
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: COR
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 351 - 207
C - 580 - 207
C - 470 - 207
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PERIOD COVERED:
12 07 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: AMENDMENT TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTS
COVERED IN THE CVD DUTY INVESTIGATIONS OF COLD-ROLLED
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM BRAZIL, KOREA AND SPAIN
1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 7, 1992, THE
NOTICE OF ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS IN THE INVESTIGATIONS OF
CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED
CARBON
STEEL
FLAT
PRODUCTS
FROM
VARIOUS
COUNTRIES.
2.
SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF
THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS, THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
HAS
AMENDED
ITS
DESCRIPTION
OF
THE
PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
3.
THIS AMENDMENT MAKES
THE FOLLOWING THREE CLARIFICATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO COLD-ROLLED PRODUCTS:
(1)
A LIMITATION IS PLACED
ON
THE
MINIMUM
WIDTH
OF
COLD-ROLLED
SHEET
COVERED
IN
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS; (2) PRODUCTS
OF NONRECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION ARE
ALSO COVERED BY
THESE INVESTIGATIONS; AND
(3) SHADOW MASK STEEL
IS EXCLUDED FROM THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
4.
THE
AMENDED DESCRIPTION OF
THE
PRODUCTS COVERED
BY
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS IS
NOW
AS FOLLOWS:
ONE
OF
THE FOUR CLASSES OR
KINDS
OF
PRODUCTS COVERED
BY
THESE INVESTIGATIONS IS
CERTAIN
COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS.
THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE
COLD-ROLLED
(COLD-REDUCED)
CARBON
STEEL
FLAT
PRODUCTS,
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, AND
OF
A WIDTH
OF
0.5
INCH OR GREATER, OR IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS WHICH, IF OF
A THICKNESS
LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS, ARE OF A WIDTH OF 0.5 INCH OR GREATER
AND WHICH MEASURES 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
HTSUS
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,
7212.50.0000,
7217.11.1000, 7217.11.2000, 7217.11.3000, 7217.19.1000,
7217.19.5000, 7217.21.1000, 7217.29.1000, 7217.29.5000,
7217.31.1000, 7217.39.1000 AND 7217.39.5000.
EXCLUDED FROM
THESE INVESTIGATIONS IS CERTAIN SHADOW MASK STEEL,
I.E., ALUMINUM-KILLED, COLD-ROLLED STEEL COIL
THAT
IS OPEN-COIL
ANNEALED, HAS A CARBON CONTENT OF LESS THAN 0.002 PERCENT, IS
OF
0.003 TO 0.012 INCH IN THICKNESS, 15
TO
30 INCHES IN WIDTH, AND
HAS AN ULTRA FLAT, ISOTROPIC SURFACE.
ALTHOUGH THE
HTSUS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE SCOPE OF
THESE
PROCEEDINGS IS DISPOSITIVE.
THIS DESCRIPTION IS IDENTICAL TO THE DESCRIPTION IN THE COMPANION
ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS OF THIS PRODUCT.
5.
FOR
ALL ENTRIES OF COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL PRODUCTS WITHIN
THE DESCRIPTION ABOVE, MADE AFTER DECEMBER 7,
1992,
THE CUSTOMS
SERVICE
SHALL
SUSPEND LIQUIDATION
AND
SHALL
REQUIRE
A
CASH
DEPOSIT
OR
THE
POSTING
OF
A
BOND
IN
ACCORDANCE
WITH
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE'S EARLIER
E-MAIL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING
EACH OF
THE SPECIFIC COUNTRIES LISTED ABOVE.
FOR ALL ENTRIES OF
SHADOW MASK
STEEL SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION SHALL
BE TERMINATED
AND ANY BONDS POSTED SHALL BE RELEASED AND ANY CASH DEPOSITS MADE
SHALL BE RETURNED.
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
ROY MALMROSE, OFFICE
OF COUNTERVAILING
INVESTIGATIONS,
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-5414.
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN