1. On 02/08/2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register (82 FR 9716) its final determination of sales at less than fair value and final affirmative determination of 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PRC for the companies listed below, CBP shall continue to suspend liquidation of such shipments that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 06/21/2016. Effective 02/08/2017, CBP shall require, for entries of stainless steel sheet and strip from the exporter/producer combinations listed below, a cash deposit equal to the margins shown below:

Exporter: PRC-Wide Entity
Case number: A-570-042-000
Cash deposit rate: 76.64%

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: 63.86%

Exporter: Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Producer: Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-570-042-002
Cash deposit rate: 63.86%

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 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 OVII:KW)

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

Alexander Amdur