AD/CVD message 9068112 - NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN AN ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED FLAT-ROLLED CARBON QUALITY STEEL PRODUCTS (A-462-809)

9068112
Mar 09, 1999
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Category: Antidumping • Type: Preliminary Determination • Cases: A-462-809

MESSAGE NO: 9068112 DATE: 03 09 1999
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 462 - 809 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 11 27 1998 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT OPERATIONS

RE: NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN AN ANTIDUMPING
DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED FLAT-ROLLED
CARBON QUALITY STEEL PRODUCTS (A-462-809)

1. ON FEBRUARY 25, 1999, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED
IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF
SALES AT LESS THAN FAIR VALUE IN THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY
INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED FLAT-ROLLED CARBON-
QUALITY STEEL PRODUCTS FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION(64 F.R.
9312).

2.FOR PURPOSES OF THIS INVESTIGATION, THE PRODUCTS COVERED
ARE CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED FLAT-ROLLED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL
PRODUCTS OF A RECTANGULAR SHAPE, OF A WIDTH OF 0.5 INCH OR
GREATER, NEITHER CLAD, PLATED, NOR COATED WITH METAL AND
WHETHER OR NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED, OR COATED WITH PLASTICS
OR OTHER NON-METALLIC SUBSTANCES, IN COILS (WHETHER OR NOT
IN SUCCESSIVELY SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS) REGARDLESS OF
THICKNESS, AND IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS, OF A THICKNESS LESS
THAN 4.75 MM AND OF A WIDTH MEASURING AT LEAST 10 TIMES THE
THICKNESS. UNIVERSAL MILL PLATE (I.E., FLAT-ROLLED
PRODUCTS ROLLED ON FOUR FACES OR IN A CLOSED BOX PASS, OF A
WIDTH EXCEEDING 150 MM BUT NOT EXCEEDING 1250 MM AND OF A
THICKNESS OF NOT LESS THAN 4 MM, NOT IN COILS AND WITHOUT
PATTERNS IN RELIEF) OF A THICKNESS NOT LESS THAN 4.0 MM IS
NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS.

SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THIS SCOPE ARE VACUUM DEGASSED,
FULLY STABILIZED (COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS INTERSTITIAL-FREE
("IF")) STEELS, HIGH STRENGTH LOW ALLOY ("HSLA") STEELS,AND
THE SUBSTRATE FOR MOTOR LAMINATION STEELS. IF STEELS ARE
RECOGNIZED AS LOW CARBON STEELS WITH MICRO-ALLOYING LEVELS
OF ELEMENTS SUCH AS TITANIUM AND/OR NIOBIUM ADDED TO
STABILIZE CARBON AND NITROGEN ELEMENTS. HSLA STEELS ARE
RECOGNIZED AS STEELS WITH MICRO-ALLOYING LEVELS OF ELEMENTS
SUCH AS CHROMIUM, COPPER, NIOBIUM, TITANIUM, VANADIUM, AND
MOLYBDENUM. THE SUBSTRATE FOR MOTOR LAMINATION STEELS
CONTAINS MICRO-ALLOYING LEVELS OF ELEMENTS SUCH AS SILICON
AND ALUMINUM.

STEEL PRODUCTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF THIS
INVESTIGATION, REGARDLESS OF HTSUS DEFINITIONS,ARE PRODUCTS
IN WHICH: 1) IRON PREDOMINATES, BY WEIGHT, OVER EACH OF THE
OTHER CONTAINED ELEMENTS; 2) THE CARBON CONTENT IS 2 PERCENT
OR LESS, BY WEIGHT; AND 3) NONE OF THE ELEMENTS LISTED BELOW
EXCEEDS THE QUANTITY, BY WEIGHT, RESPECTIVELY INDICATED:
1.80 PERCENT OF MANGANESE, OR 1.50 PERCENT OF SILICON, OR
1.00 PERCENT OF COPPER, OR 0.50 PERCENT OF ALUMINUM, OR 1.25
PERCENT OF CHROMIUM, OR 0.30 PERCENT OF COBALT, OR 0.40
PERCENT OF LEAD, OR 1.25 PERCENT OF NICKEL, OR 0.30 PERCENT
OF TUNGSTEN, OR 0.012 PERCENT OF BORON, OR 0.10 PERCENT OF
MOLYBDENUM, OR 0.10 PERCENT OF NIOBIUM, OR 0.41 PERCENT OF
TITANIUM, OR 0.15 PERCENT OF VANADIUM, OR 0.15 PERCENT OF
ZIRCONIUM.

ALL PRODUCTS THAT MEET THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL DESCRIPTION
PROVIDED ABOVE ARE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION
UNLESS OTHERWISE EXCLUDED. THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS, BY WAY
OF EXAMPLE, ARE OUTSIDE AND/OR SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM
THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION:

ALLOY HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE OF THE
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS EXCEEDS THOSE LISTED ABOVE (INCLUDING E.G.
, ASTM SPECIFICATIONS A543, A387, A514, A517, AND A506).

SAE/AISI GRADES OF SERIES 2300 AND HIGHER.

BALL BEARING STEELS, AS DEFINED IN THE HTSUS.

TOOL STEELS, AS DEFINED IN THE HTSUS.

SILICO-MANGANESE (AS DEFINED IN THE HTSUS) OR SILICON
ELECTRICAL STEEL WITH A SILICON LEVEL EXCEEDING 1.50
PERCENT.

ASTM SPECIFICATIONS A710 AND A736.
USS ABRASION-RESISTANT STEELS (USS AR 400, USS AR 500).
HOT-ROLLED STEEL COIL WHICH MEETS THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL,
PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

C EQUALS 0.10 - 0.14 PERCENT; MN EQUALS 0.90 PERCENT MAX;
P EQUALS 0.025 PERCENT MAX; S EQUALS 0.005 PERCENT MAX;
SI EQUALS 0.30 - 0.50 PERCENT; CR EQUALS 0.50 - 0.70
PERCENT; CU EQUALS 0.20 - 0.40 PERCENT; NI EQUALS 0.20
PERCENT MAX

WIDTH EQUALS 44.80 INCHES MAXIMUM; THICKNESS EQUALS 0.063 -
0.198 INCHES; YIELD STRENGTH EQUALS 50,000 KSI MINIMUM;
TENSILE STRENGTH EQUALS 70,000 - 88,000 PSI.

HOT-ROLLED STEEL COIL WHICH MEETS THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL,
PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

C EQUALS 0.10 - 0.16 PERCENT; MN EQUALS 0.70 - 0.90 PERCENT;
P EQUALS 0.025 PERCENT MAX; S EQUALS 0.006 PERCENT MAX;
SI EQUALS 0.30 - 0.50 PERCENT; CR EQUALS 0.50 - 0.70
PERCENT; CU EQUALS 0.25 PERCENT MAX; NI EQUALS 0.20 PERCENT
MAX; MO EQUALS 0.21 PERCENT MAX;

WIDTH EQUALS 44.80 INCHES MAXIMUM; THICKNESS EQUALS 0.350
INCHES MAXIMUM; YIELD STRENGTH EQUALS 80,000 KSI MINIMUM;
TENSILE STRENGTH EQUALS 105,000 PSI AIM.

HOT-ROLLED STEEL COIL WHICH MEETS THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL,
PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

C EQUALS 0.10 - 0.14 PERCENT; MN EQUALS 1.30 -1.80 PERCENT;
P EQUALS 0.025 PERCENT MAX, S EQUALS 0.005 PERCENT MAX, SI
EQUALS 0.30 - 0.50 PERCENT; CR EQUALS 0.50 - 0.70 PERCENT;
CU EQUALS 0.20 - 0.40 PERCENT; NI EQUALS 0.20 PERCENT MAX;
V(WT.)EQUALS 0.10 MAX; CB EQUALS 0.08 PERCENT MAX

WIDTH EQUALS 44.80 INCHES MAXIMUM; THICKNESS EQUALS 0.350
INCHES MAXIMUM; YIELD STRENGTH EQUALS 80,000 KSI MINIMUM;
TENSILE STRENGTH EQUALS 105,000 PSI AIM.

HOT-ROLLED STEEL COIL WHICH MEETS THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL,
PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

C EQUALS 0.15 PERCENT MAX; MN EQUALS 1.40 PERCENT MAX;P
EQUALS 0.025 PERCENT MAX; S EQUALS 0.010 PERCENT MAX;
SI EQUALS 0.50 PERCENT MAX; CR EQUALS 1.00 PERCENT MAX;
CU EQUALS 0.50 PERCENT MAX; NI EQUALS 0.20 PERCENT MAX;
NB EQUALS 0.005 PERCENT MIN; CA EQUALS TREATED;
AL EQUALS 0.01 - 0.07 PERCENT.

WIDTH EQUALS 39.37 INCHES; THICKNESS EQUALS 0.181 INCHES
MAXIMUM; YIELD STRENGTH EQUALS 70,000 PSI MINIMUM FOR
THICKNESSES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.148 INCHES AND 65,000
PSI MINIMUM FOR THICKNESSES GREATER THAN 0.148 INCHES;
TENSILE STRENGTH EQUALS 80,000 PSI MINIMUM.

HOT-ROLLED DUAL PHASE STEEL, PHASE-HARDENED, PRIMARILY WITH
A FERRITIC-MARTENSITIC MICROSTRUCTURE, CONTAINS 0.9 PERCENT
UP TO AND INCLUDING 1.5 PERCENT SILICON BY WEIGHT, FURTHER
CHARACTERIZED BY EITHER (I) TENSILE STRENGTH BETWEEN 540
N/MM SQUARED AND 640 N/MM SQUARED AND AN ELONGATION
PERCENTAGE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 26 PERCENT FOR
THICKNESSES OF 2 MM AND ABOVE, OR (II) A TENSILE STRENGTH
BETWEEN 590 N/MM SQUARED AND 690 N/MM SQUARED AND AN
ELONGATION PERCENTAGE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 25 PERCENT
FOR THICKNESSES OF 2MM AND ABOVE.

HOT-ROLLED BEARING QUALITY STEEL, SAE GRADE 1050, IN COILS,
WITH AN INCLUSION RATING OF 1.0 MAXIMUM PER ASTM E 45,
METHOD A, WITH EXCELLENT SURFACE QUALITY AND CHEMISTRY
RESTRICTIONS AS FOLLOWS: 0.012 PERCENT MAXIMUM PHOSPHORUS,
0.015 PERCENT MAXIMUM SULFUR, AND 0.20 PERCENT MAXIMUM
RESIDUALS INCLUDING 0.15 PERCENT MAXIMUM CHROMIUM.

THE MERCHANDISE SUBJECT TO THESE INVESTIGATIONS IS
CLASSIFIED IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED
STATES ("HTSUS") AT SUBHEADINGS: 7208.10.15.00,
7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00,
7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60,
7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60,
7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15,
7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60,
7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 7210.70.30.00,
7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00,
7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00,
7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90, 7212.40.10.00,
7212.40.50.00, 7212.50.00.00. CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED FLAT-
ROLLED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL COVERED BY THIS INVESTIGATION,
INCLUDING: VACUUM DEGASSED, FULLY STABILIZED; HIGH
STRENGTH LOW ALLOY; AND THE SUBSTRATE FOR MOTOR LAMINATION
STEEL MAY ALSO ENTER UNDER THE FOLLOWING TARIFF NUMBERS:
7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00,
7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30,
7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00,
7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, AND 7226.99.00.00. ALTHOUGH
THE HTSUS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE
MERCHANDISE UNDER INVESTIGATION IS DISPOSITIVE.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER A-821-809. FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES ONLY
THE FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SHOULD BE USED:
A-462-809.

4. BECAUSE CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST FOR IMPORTS OF CERTAIN
HOT-ROLLED FLAT-ROLLED CARBON-QUALITY STEEL PRODUCTS FROM
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, THE CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL SUSPEND
LIQUIDATION OF SUCH SHIPMENTS ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM
WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 27, 1998,
WHICH IS 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER.
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 25, 1999, FOR SUCH ENTRIES, CUSTOMS
SHALL REQUIRE A CASH DEPOSIT OR THE POSTING OF A BOND
EQUAL TO THE MARGINS SHOWN BELOW:

MFR/PRODUCER CUSTOMS ID MARGIN
EXPORTER NUMBER PERCENTAGE

MAGNITOGORSK IRON AND STEEL WORKS A-462-809-001 149.54
NOVOLIPETSK IRON & STEEL CORP. A-462-809-002 217.67
JSC SEVERSTAL A-462-809-003 70.66
ALL OTHERS A-462-809-000 156.58

5. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT, VIA E-MAIL, THROUGH THE
APPROPRIATE SUPERVISORY CHANNELS, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY
LIAISON, USING THE ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB."THE IMPORTING PUBLIC
AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT CARRIE BLOZY,
OFFICE OF AD/CVD ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0165.

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

PAUL SCHWARTZ