MESSAGE NO: 3344116
DATE: 12 09 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 427 - 206
C - 427 - 207
C - 427 - 208
C - 427 - 209
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PERIOD COVERED:
12 07 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
12 07 1992
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE COUNTERVAILING DUTY DETERMINATION
OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM FRANCE
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON DECEMBER 7, 1992, NOTICE OF ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION THAT
CERTAIN BENEFITS WHICH CONSTITUTE SUBSIDIES WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY LAW ARE BEING PROVIDED TO
THE PRODUCERS,
MANUFACTURERS,
OR
EXPORTERS
OF
CERTAIN
STEEL
PRODUCTS
FROM
FRANCE.
2.
THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS, CERTAIN STEEL
PRODUCTS. CONSTITUTE THE
FOLLOWING
FOUR
SEPARATE
"CLASSES
OR
KINDS"
OF
MERCHANDISE,
AS
OUTLINED
BELOW.
ALTHOUGH
THE
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTS) SUBHEADINGS
ARE PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR
WRITTEN
DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROCEEDING IS DISPOSITIVE.
CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:
THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS, OF
SOLID
RECTANGULAR
(OTHER
THAN
SQUARE)
CROSS
SECTION,
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,
OR
IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS
WHICH ARE LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS IN THICKNESS AND OF
A WIDTH
MEASURING
AT
LEAST
10
TIMES
THE
THICKNESS,
AS
CURRENTLY
CLASSIFIABLE
IN
THE
HTS
UNDER
ITEM
NUMBERS
7208.11.0000,
7208.12.0000, 7208.13.1000, 7208.13.5000, 7208.14.1000,
7208.14.5000, 7208.21.1000, 7208.21.5000, 7208.22.1000,
7208.22.5000, 7208.23.1000, 7208.23.5030, 7208.23.5090,
7208.24.1000, 7208.24.5030, 7208.24.5090, 7208.34.1000,
7208.34.5000, 7208.35.1000, 7208.35.5000, 7208.44.0000,
7208.45.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000,
7211.12.0000, 7211.19.1000, 7211.19.5000, 7211.22.0090,
7211.29.1000, 7211.29.3000, 7211.29.5000, 7211.29.7030,
7211.29.7060, 7211.29.7090, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, AND 7212.50.0000.
CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:
THESE
PRODUCTS
INCLUDE COLD-ROLLED (COLD-REDUCED) CARBON
STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS, OF
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER
THAN
SQUARE)
CROSS
SECTION, 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,
OR
IN
STRAIGHT
LENGTHS
WHICH,
IF
OF
A
THICKNESS
LESS
THAN
4.75
MILLIMETERS, ARE
OF
A
WIDTH MEASURING 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
HTS 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, AND 7212.50.0000.
CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:
THESE
PRODUCTS
INCLUDE FLAT-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL
PRODUCTS
OF,
SOLID
RECTANGULAR
(OTHER
THAN
SQUARE)
CROSS
SECTION,
OF
RECTANGULAR
SHAPE,
EITHER
CLAD,
PLATED,
OR
COATED
WITH
CORROSION-RESISTANT METALS
SUCH
AS
ZINC, ALUMINUM,
OR
ZINC-,
ALUMINUM-,
NICKEL-,
OR
IRON-BASED
ALLOYS,
WHETHER
OR
NOT
CORRUGATED OR PAINTED, VARNISHED OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER
NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES IN ADDITION TO
THE
METALLIC COATING,
IN
COIL, OR IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS WHICH, IF
OF
A THICKNESS LESS THAN
4.75 MILLIMETERS, ARE OF
A WIDTH MEASURING 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
HTS UNTER
ITEM
NUMBERS
7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000,
7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000,
7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, AND 7212.60.0000.
EXCLUDED FROM THESE
INVESTIGATIONS ARE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL
PRODUCTS EITHER
PLATED
OR
COATED WITH
TIN, LEAD, CHROMIUM, CHROMIUM OXIDES, BOTH
TIN
AND
LEAD
("TERNE PLATE"),
OR
BOTH
CHROMIUM
AND
CHROMIUM
OXIDES
("TIN-FREE STEEL").
CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE:
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
SOLID
RECTANGULAR
(OTHER
THAN
SQUARE)
CROSS
SECTION,
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
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER
THAN
SQUARE)
CROSS SECTION,
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
HTS
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.
3.
THE
U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF
ALL
ENTRIES OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM FRANCE
WHICH
ARE ENTERED
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER
DECEMBER 7, 1992, AND SHALL REQUIRE A
CASH DEPOSIT OR
BOND
FOR
SUCH ENTRIES OF THE MERCHANDISE IN THE AMOUNT OF:
MANUFACTURES/PRODUCERS/
CUSTOMS ID
MARGIN/
EXPORTERS
NUMBER
PERCENT
CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
COUNTRY WIDE
C-427-206-000
26.47
CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
COUNTRY WIDE
C-427-207-000
26.47
CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
COUNTRY WIDE
C-427-208-000
26.47
CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE
COUNTRY WIDE
C-427-209-000
26.47
4.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS COUNTERVAILING DUTY CASE
HAS
BEEN
ASSIGNED INVESTIGATION
NUMBER
C-427-810.
THE
CASE
NUMBER ENCOMPASSES ALL FOUR CLASSES OR KINDS OF MERCHANDISE UNDER
INVESTIGATION. FOR CUSTOMS REPORTING PURPOSES EACH CLASS OR
KIND
HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED A SEPARATE CASE NUMBER: HOT-ROLLED(C-427-206);
COLD-ROLLED
(C-427-207);
CORROSION-RESISTANT
(C-427-208);
AND
PLATE (C-427-209).
5.
IF THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, THEY
SHOULD
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION.
OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA E-MAIL BY
USING ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD REFER THEIR
QUESTIONS
TO
JULIE
ANNE
OSGOOD
OR
SUE
STRUMBEL, OFFICE
OF
COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE,
TELEPHONE: (202) 482-0167 OR (202) 482-1442 RESPECTIVELY.
6. THE AD/CVD MODULE MAY NOT
BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES
UNTIL MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1992.
THEREFORE, ABI ENTRIES OF
THIS
MERCHANDISE SUBMITTED AS TYPE O3 ENTRIES WILL BE REJECTED BY ACS.
ENTRI
ES REJECTED
FOR
THIS
REASON
SHOULD
BE RE-SUBMITTED ON
DECEMBER
14
,1992.
LATE-FILE PENALTIES DUE
TO
THESE
SYSTEM
REJECTS WILL BE WAIVED.
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN