MESSAGE NO: 3111002
DATE: 04 21 1993
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 455 - 802
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PERIOD COVERED:
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
11 06 1992
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY
INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN-CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL
PLATE FROM POLAND -CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 4, 1993, THE
NOTICE OF
ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN
THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY
INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL
PLATE
FROM
POLAND.
ON
APRIL
19,
1993,
THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE WILL
PUBLISH
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER
ITS
PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE
DETERMINATION OF
CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES ON
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON
STEEL PLATE FROM POLAND.
2.
THE
PRODUCTS
COVERED
BY
THIS
INVESTIGATION
ARE
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
THIS
PROCEEDING IS DISPOSITIVE.
3.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS CASE
HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED
THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS NUMBER: A-455-802
4.
THE
DEPARTMENT
HAS
MADE
A
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION THAT
CRITICAL
CIRCUMSTANCES
EXIST
WITH
RESPECT
TO
EXPORTS
OF
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL
PLATE
FROM POLAND. 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 NOTICE, AND SHALL
REQUIRE A
CASH DEPOSIT OR
THE POSTING OF
A
BOND EQUAL TO
THE
ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY MARGIN PERCENTAGES LISTED BELOW.
MFR/PROD
CUSTOMS IDENTIFICATION
PRELIMINARY
EXPORTER
NUMBER
MARGIN
STALEXPORT
A-455-802-001
75.44%
ALL OTHERS
A-455-802-000
75.44%
5.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION, OTHER
AGENCY
BRANCH
VIA
BY
E-MAIL
TO
ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB".
OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT
JUDITH
WEY
OR
STEVE
ALLEY,
OFFICE
OF
ANTIDUMPING
INVESTIGATIONS,
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
AT (202) 482-6320 OR (202) 482-5288, RESPECTIVELY.
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN