MESSAGE NO: 3345112 DATE: 12 10 1992
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 201 - 208 C - 201 - 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 MEXICO


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 MEXICO.

2. THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS, CERTAIN STEEL
PRODUCTS, CONSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING TWO 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 CORROSSION-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 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 MEASURING AT LEAST TWICE THE
THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS UNDER 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 BRAZIL 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:

MANUFACTURERS, PRODUCERS CUSTOMS PERCENT
EXPORTERS ID NUMBER

CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS

HYLSA C-201-208-001 90.09
ALL OTHERS C-201-208-000 5.01

CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE

ALL FIRMS C-201-209-000 16.12

4. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS COUNTERVAILING DUTY CASE
HAS BEEN ASSIGNED INVESTIGATION NUMBER C-201-810. THE CASE
NUMBER ENCOMPASSES THE TWO CLASSES OR KINDS OF MERCHANDISE
UNDER INVESTIGATION. FOR CUSTOMS REPORTING PURPOSES EACH
CLASS OR KIND HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A SEPARATE CASE NUMBER:
CORROSION-RESISTANT (C-201-208) AND PLATE (C-201-209).

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
CONTACT NORBERT GANNON OR TOM MCGINTY, OFFICE OF
COUNTERVAILING COMPLIANCE, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRTION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
(202) 482-2786.



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 03 ENTRIES WILL BE REJECTED BY ACS.
ENTRIES 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 IN THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.


NANCY MCTIERNAN