MESSAGE NO: 0012313 DATE: 01 12 2010
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: 3322115 REFERENCE DATE: 11 17 1992
CASES: C - 614 - 208 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 07 24 1992 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: REISSUANCE OF INITIATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS AND POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETER-
MINATIONS: STEEL PRODUCTS FROM NEW ZEALAND (C-614-208)

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING REISSUED TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN THE CASE
NUMBER FOR CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM NEW ZEALAND. THE CASE
NUMBER IN THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE (MESSAGE NUMBER #3322115, DATED
11/17/1992) WAS LISTED AS CASE NUMBER C-614-802. THE CORRECT
CASE NUMBER IS C-614-208.

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER ON JULY 24, 1992, NOTICE OF INITIATION OF
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS AND NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT
OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
FROM NEW ZEALAND.

2. THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THIS INVESTIGATION, CERTAIN STEEL
PRODUCTS, CONSTITUTE A SINGLE CLASS OR KIND OF MERCHANDISE, AS
OUTLINED BELOW. ALTHOUGH THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE
UNITED STATES (HTS) SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE
AND CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SCOPE OF
THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE DISPOSITIVE.

CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:

THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE-FLAT ROLLED CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS, OF
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION, OF
RECTANGULAR SHAPE, EITHER CLAD, PLATED, OR COATED WITH
CORROSION-RESISTANT METALS SUCH AS ZINC, ALUMINUM, OR ZINC-,
ALUMINUM-, NICKEL- OR IRON-BASED ALLOYS, WHETHER OR NOT
CORRUGATED OR PAINTED, VARNISHED OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR
OTHER NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES IN ADDITION TO THE METALLIC

COATING, IN COILS, OR IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS WHICH, IF OF A
THICKNESS LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS ARE OF A WIDTH MEASURING
AT LEAST 10 TIMES THE THICKNESS OR IF OF A THICKNESS OF 4.75
MILLIMETERS OR MORE ARE OF A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150
MILLIMETERS AND MEASURES AT LEASE TWICE THE THICKNESS, AS
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS UNDER ITEM NUMBERS

7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000,
7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, AND 7212.60.0000.

EXCLUDED FROM THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS
EITHER PLATED OR COATED WITH TIN, LEAD, CHROMIUM, CHROMIUM
OXIDES, BOTH TIN AND LEAD (TERNE PLATE), OR BOTH CHROMIUM AND
CHROMIUM OXIDES (TIN-FREE STEEL).

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS CASE HAS BEEN
ASSIGNED INVESTIGATION NUMBER: C-614-802.

4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY
CUSTOMS OFFICERS, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE IMPORT SPECIALIST
DIVISION, OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE HQ OAB.
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD REFER
THEIR QUESTIONS TO STEPHANIE MOORE, (202) 482-1767, IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

5. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSING THE ABOVE INFORMATION.


NANCY MCTIERNAN