1. On 09/19/2016 Commerce published in the Federal Register (81 FR 64135) its affirmative preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and affirmative critical circumstances in the antidumping duty investigation of stainless steel sheet and strip from the People's Republic of China (PRC).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 6081317, dated 03/21/2016.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-570-042.

4. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from the PRC from the producer and exporter combinations listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of stainless steel sheet and strip from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 06/21/2016, which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 06/21/2016, for such entries, CBP shall require cash deposit rates equal to following percentages:

Exporter: PRC-Wide Entity
Case number: A-570-042-000
Cash deposit rate: 75.90%

Exporter: Taiyuan Ridetaixing Precision Stainless Steel Incorporated Co., Ltd.
Producer: Taiyuan Ridetaixing Precision Stainless Steel Incorporated Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-042-001
Cash deposit rate: 63.12%

Exporter: Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-042-002
Cash deposit rate: 63.12%

5. For all other entries of stainless steel sheet and strip from the PRC, the following cash deposit instructions apply:

A. For all PRC exporters of stainless steel sheet and strip from the PRC which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide rate.

B. For all non-PRC exporters of stainless steel sheet and strip from the PRC which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter/producer combinations that supplied that non-PRC exporter.

6. 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 O#: LW.)

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

Alexander Amdur