MESSAGE NO: 4166112 DATE: 06 15 1994
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 201 - 806 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 06 03 1994 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

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

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION

RE: PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION ON STEEL WIRE ROPE
FROM MEXICO (A-201-806)



1. ON JUNE 3, 1994, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ISSUED A
PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION IN ITS INQUIRY INTO THE
POSSIBLE CIRCUMVENTION OF THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER ON STEEL
WIRE ROPE FROM MEXICO.

2. COMMERCE PRELIMINARILY DETERMINED THAT A MEXICAN COMPANY,
CAMESA S.A. DE C.V., AND ITS SUBSIDIARY IN THE UNITED STATES,
CAMESA, INCL, WERE CIRCUMVENTING THE ORDER BY IMPORTING
STRAND, WHICH WAS NOT SUBJECT TO ANTIDUMPING DUTIES, INTO THE
UNITED STATES AND PROCESSING IT INTO STEEL WIRE ROPE.

3. STRAND IS DEFINED AS STRANDED WIRE HAVING A LAY OR TWIST OF
NOT MORE THAN ONE REVOLUTION FOR A LENGTH EQUAL TO THE STRAND
DIAMETER MULTIPLIED BY 8.5.

4. BASED ON ITS AFFIRMATIVE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF
CIRCUMVENTION, COMMERCE PRELIMINARILY DETERMINES THAT STRAND
MANUFACTURED BY CAMESA S.A. DE C.V. AND/OR IMPORTED BY
CAMESA, INCL, IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY
ORDER ON STEEL WIRE ROPE FROM MEXICO.

5. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, SUSPEND
LIQUIDATION AND REQUIRE A CASH DEPOSIT OF ESTIMATED DUTIES,
AT THE APPLICABLE RATE, OF ALL ENTRIES OF STRAND MANUFACTURED
BY CAMESA S.A. DE C.V. AND IMPORTED BY CAMESA, INC., U.S.A.,
ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER
JUNE 3, 1994.


6. IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, CONTINUE TO SUSPEND
LIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES OF STEEL WIRE ROPE FROM MEXICO.

7. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT VIA E-MAIL, THROUGH THE REGIONAL
ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY COORDINATOR, THE TRADE
COMPLIANCE DIVISION, ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY BRANCH,
USING ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB." OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD
CONTACT SANDRA YACURA AT (202) 482-0989 OR THOMAS PROSSER AT
(202) 482-1130, OF THE OFFICE OF ANTIDUMPING COMPLIANCE,
IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

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

NANCY MCTIERNAN