• Effective Date: Oct 01, 1999
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 1998 to Dec 31, 1998
  • Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Oct 01, 1999
  • Cite as: 64 FR 53318 • Cite date: Oct 01, 1999

1. Commerce does not automatically conduct administrative reviews of countervailing duty orders. Instead, reviews must be requested pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213.

2. Commerce has not received a request for an administrative review of the countervailing duty order for the period and on the merchandise listed below except for the firms listed in paragraph 3. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212, for all firms that are not identified in paragraph 3, you are to assess countervailing duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption at the cash deposit or bonding rate in effect on the date of entry.

Product: Certain cut-to-length plate
Country: Germany
Case number: C-428-209
Period: 01/01/1998 through 12/31/1998

3. Entries of merchandise exported by Novosteel SA and produced by Reiner Brach GMBH and Co., KG (C-428-817-005) and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 01/01/1998 through 12/31/1998, should be liquidated pursuant to message 1068209, dated 03/09/2001.

4. There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.

5. Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise during the period 01/01/1998 through 12/31/1998 occurred with the publication of the notice of initiation of administrative review for the 08/1999 anniversary month (64 FR 53318, 10/01/1999). Effective 04/01/2004, the countervailing duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate was revoked as explained in message 4131204, dated 05/10/2004.

6. The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash or bonds posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order. Interest shall be calculated from the date of payment of estimated countervailing duties through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.

7. 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 CLU:GL.)

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

Sherri L. Hoffman