1. On 12/22/2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination and alignment of its final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain cold-rolled steel products from Brazil from 02/28/2016 until no later than 05/08/2016, unless postponed, thereby aligning it with the due date for the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain cold-rolled steel products from Brazil (80 FR 79569).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 5238302 dated 08/26/2015.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-351-844.

4. For imports of certain cold-rolled steel products from Brazil, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 12/22/2015. Effective 12/22/2015, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit or the posting of a bond equal to the subsidy rates for the following companies:

Producer and/or Exporter: All Others
Case number: C-351-844-000
Subsidy rate: 7.42%

Producer and/or Exporter: Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN)
Case number: C-351-844-001
Subsidy rate: 7.42%

Producer and/or Exporter: Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas)
Case number: C-351-844-002
Subsidy rate: 7.42%

5. 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 OI:LN.)

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

Sherri L. Hoffman