MESSAGE NO: 3097116
DATE: 04 07 1993
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: COR
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 351 - 209
C - 580 - 209
C - 201 - 209
C - 470 - 209
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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 INVESTIGATIONS OF CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PROD.
FROM BRAZIL, KOREA, MEXICO AND SPAIN
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 7, 1992, THE
NOTICE OF ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS IN THE INVESTIGATIONS OF
CERTAIN
CUT-LENGTH-CARBON
STEEL
PLATE
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
CLARIFICATIONS
WITH
RESPECT
TO CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON
STEEL
PLATE:
(1) PRODUCTS
OF
NONRECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION ARE COVERED BY
THESE INVESTIGATIONS
AND (2) GRADE X-70
MATERIAL IS EXCLUDED.
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
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
SUBHEADINGS: 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
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 CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE 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.
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