1. On 11/19/2013, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and postponement of the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan (78 FR 69371).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 3115302, dated 04/25/2013.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-588-869.

4. For imports of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 11/19/2013. Effective 11/19/2013, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the margins for the producers and/or exporters listed below:

Producer and/or Exporter: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Case number: A-588-869-001
Cash deposit rate: 77.70%

Producer and/or Exporter: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-588-869-002
Cash deposit rate: 47.80%

All Others
Case Number: A-588-869-000
Cash Deposit Rate: 47.80%

5. If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply:

A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the producer's rate.

B. Where neither the exporter nor the producer has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate of 47.80 percent to establish the cash deposit rate.

6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by O6:DC).

7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Michael B. Walsh