MESSAGE NO: 3345114
DATE: 12 10 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 614 - 208
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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 NEW ZEALAND
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 PRODUCER, MANUFACTURERS, OR EXPORTERS
OF
CERTAIN
STEEL
PRODUCTS FROM NEW ZEALAND.
2.
THE
PRODUCTS COVERED
BY
THIS INVESTIGATION, CERTAIN
STEEL
PRODUCTS,
CONSTITUTE
THE
FOLLOWING
CLASS
OR
KIND"
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 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 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
THIS INVESTIGATION
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").
3.
THE
U.S.
CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL
SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF
ALL
ENTRIES OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM
NEW ZEALAND 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
ALL FIRMS
C-614-208-000
33.93
4.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS COUNTERVAILING DUTY CASE
HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED INVESTIGATION NUMBER C-614-802.
THE
CASE
NUMBER ENCOMPASSES THE
CLASS
OR
KIND
OF MERCHANDISE UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
FOR CUSTOMS REPORTING PURPOSES EACH CLASS
OR
KIND HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A SEPARATE CASE NUMBER:
CORROSION-RESISTANT (C-614-208).
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
STEPHANIE
MOORE
OR
CAMERON
CARDOZO,
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
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
RESTRICTION
ON
THE
RELEASE
OF
THIS
INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN