MESSAGE NO: 0013309 DATE: 01 13 2010
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: 3322113 REFERENCE DATE: 11 17 1992
CASES: C - 470 - 207 C - 470 - 209
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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 CVD INVESTIGATIONS
AND POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS: CERTAIN
STEEL PRODUCTS FROM SPAIN (A-470-207; A-470-209)

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING REISSUED TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN THE CASE
NUMBER FOR CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM SPAIN. THE CASE NUMBER
IN THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE (MESSAGE NUMBER #3322113, DATED
11/17/1992) WAS LISTED AS CASE NUMBER C-470-804. THE CORRECT
CASE NUMBER IS C-470-207, 209.

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 SPAIN.

2. THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS, CERTAIN
FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS, CONSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING TWO
SEPARATE "CLASSES OR KINDS" 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 COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:
THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE COLD-ROLLER (COLD-REDUCED) CARBON STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS, OF SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS
SECTION, OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE, NEITHER CLAD, PLATED, NOR COATED
WITH METAL, WHETHER OR NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED OR COATED WITH
PLASTICS OR OTHER NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES, 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:

7209.11.0000, 7209.12.0030, 7209.12.0090, 7209.13.0030,
7209.13.0090, 7209.14.0030, 7209.14.0090, 7209.21.0000,
7209.22.0000, 7209.23.0000, 7209.24.1000, 7209.24.5000,
7209.31.0000, 7209.32.0000, 7209.33.0000, 7209.34.0000,
7209.41.0000, 7209.42.0000, 7209.43.0000, 7209.44.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.30.1030,
7211.30.1090, 7211.30.3000, 7211.30.5000, 7211.41.1000,
7211.41.3030, 7211.41.3090, 7211.41.5000, 7211.41.7030,
7211.41.7060, 7211.41.7090, 7211.49.1030, 7211.49.1090,
7211.49.3000, 7211.49.5030, 7211.49.5060, 7211.49.5090,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.0000, 7212.40.5000, AND 7212.50.0000.

CERTAIN CUT-T0-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE:

THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL UNIVERSAL MILL
PLATES (I.E., FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS ROLLED ON FOUR FACES OR IN A
CLOSED BOX PASS, OF A WIDTH EXCEEDING 150 MILLIMETERS BUT NOT
EXCEEDING 1,250 MILLIMETERS AND OF A THICKNESS OF NOT LESS THAN
4 MILLIMETERS, NOT IN COILS AND WITHOUT PATTERNS IN RELIEF) OF
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION, OF
RECTANGULAR SHAPE, NEITHER CLAD, PLATED NOR COATED WITH METAL,
WHETHER OR NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED, OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR
OTHER NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES; AND CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS, OF SOLID RECTANGULAR
(OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION, OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE, HOT
ROLLED, NEITHER CLAD, PLATED, NOR COATED WITH METAL, WHETHER OR
NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED, OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER
NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES, 4.75 MILLIMETERS OR MORE IN THICKNESS
AND OF A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150 MILLIMETERS AND MEASURES AT
LEAST TWICE THE THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS
UNDER ITEM NUMBERS

7208.31.0000, 7208.32.0000, 7208.33.1000, 7208.33.5000,
7208.41.0000, 7208.42.0000, 7208.43.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.11.0000, 7211.12.0000,
7211.21.0000, 7211.22.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, AND 7212.50.0000.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED
THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBER: C-470-804.

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 ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB". THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD REFER

THEIR QUESTIONS TO KRISTAL ELDREDGE (202) 482-0631, OFFICE OF
COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

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


NANCY MCTIERNAN