1. On 08/08/2019, the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a statutory injunction (SI) enjoining liquidation of entries identified in paragraph 2 which are subject to the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A588-874) for the period 03/22/2016 through 09/30/2017. This SI was issued in connection with court number 19-00131.

2. This SI enjoins liquidation of all entries of certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A588-874), that were produced and/or exported by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, that were the subject of the United States Department of Commerce's final determination in Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2017, 84 FR 31025 (June 28, 2019), that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, during the period 03/22/2016 through 09/30/2017.

3. Effective 08/08/2019 (the date the Court issued the SI), no liquidation may be made for entries referred to in paragraph 2 which remain unliquidated as of 08/08/2019. Any such entries that are set for liquidation must be unset immediately. Continue to suspend liquidation of these entries until liquidation instructions are issued.

4. Effective immediately, CBP is instructed to follow the terms of the SI.

5. The SI applies to the liquidation instructions in message number 9200304, dated 07/19/2019.

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:JJZ.)

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

Alexander Amdur