MESSAGE NO: 3231111 DATE: 08 19 1993
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: ORD
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 423 - 805 A - 405 - 802
A - 485 - 803 A - 401 - 805
A - 470 - 803 A - 412 - 814

PERIOD COVERED: 08 19 1993 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION

RE: ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER AND AMENDEMENTS TO FINAL
CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES
(NEGATIVE - CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES ROMANIA AND SPAIN)

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON AUGUST 19, 1993, THE NOTICE OF ITS ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER AND
AMENDMENTS TO FINAL DETERMINATIONS OF SALES AT LESS THAN FAIR
VALUE OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS, CERTAIN
COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS, CERTAIN
CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON 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-ROLLED 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.

INCLUDED IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS OF
NONRECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION WHERE SUCH CROSS-SECTION IS ACHIEVED
SUBSEQUENT TO THE ROLLING PROCESS (I.E., PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN
"WORKED AFTER ROLLING") -- FOR EXAMPLE, PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN
BEVELLED OR ROUNDED AT THE EDGES. 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.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THESE CASES HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNEDTHE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS NUMBERS:
BELGIUM A-423-805 FINLAND A-405-802

ROMANIA A-485-803 SPAIN A-469-803
SWEDEN A-401-805 UNITED KINGDOM A-412-814

THE CUSTOMS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SHOULD BE USED FOR CUSTOMS
IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY.

SPAIN A-470-803

4. THE U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (ITC) DETERMINED THAT
CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT EXIST WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT
IMPORTS FROM SPAIN AND ROMANIA.

AS A RESULT OF THE COMMISSION'S NEGATIVE CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES
DETERMINATAION, THE CUSTOMS SERVICE WILL REFUND ALL CASH DEPOSITS
AND RELEASE ALL BONDS COLLECTED ON CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON
STEEL PLATE FROM SPAIN AND ROMANIA ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 6, 1992 AND
BEFORE FEBRUARY 4, 1993.

THE ITC NOTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT THAT IMPORTS OF CERTAIN
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM BELGIUM, FINLAND, ROMANIA,
SPAIN, SWEDEN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM MATERIALLY INJURE THE U.S.
INDUSTRY. THEREFORE, FOR ALL IMPORTS OF CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH
CARBON STEEL PLATE PRODUCTS FROM BELGIUM, FINLAND, ROMANIA,
SWEDEN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL ASSESS
ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON ALL ENTRIES THAT ARE ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN
FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 4, 1993, AND
SHALL REQUIRE A CASH DEPOSIT EQUAL TO THE ESTIMATED MARGIN
PERCENTAGES LISTED BELOW:

MFR/PROD CUSTOMS ID MARGIN
EXPORTER NO PERCENTAGE

BELGIUM
CLABECQ A-423-805-003 6.78
FFC A-423-805-002 13.31
ALL OTHERS A-423-805-000 6.84

FINLAND
RAUTARUUKKI OY A-405-802-001 32.80
ALL OTHERS A-405-802-000 32.80

ROMANIA
METALEXPORTIMPORT A-485-803-001 75.04
ALL OTHERS A-485-803-000 75.04

SPAIN
ENSIDESA A-470-803-001 105.61
ALL OTHERS A-470-803-000 105.61

SWEDEN
SVENSKT STAAL A-401-805 001 24.23
ALL OTHERS A-401-805-000 24.23

UNITED KINGDOM
BRITISH STEEL PLC A-412-814-001 109.22
ALL OTHERS A-412-814-000 109.22

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-ROLLED
STEEL PRODUCT, A DEPOSIT EQUAL TO THE RATE ASSIGNED TOTHE
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 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 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 VIA E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB". OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT LOU APPLE, OFFICE OF ANTIDUMPING
INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONALTRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AT (202) 482-1769.

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

NANCY MCTIERNAN