MESSAGE NO: 2108117
DATE: 04 17 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: ADM
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 549 - 804
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PERIOD COVERED:
02 13 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON
CARBON STEEL BUTT-WELD PIPE FITTINGS FROM THAILIAND
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
HAS COMPLETED ITS ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW
OF
THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY
ORDER
ON
CARBON
STEEL
BUTT-WELD PIPE FITTINGS FROM THAILAND AND PUBLISHED THE FINAL
RESULTS IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON FEBRUARY 13, 1992 (57
FR
5248).
2.
IMPORTS COVERED BY
THE REVIEW ARE SHIPMENTS OF
CARBON STEEL
BUTT-WELDED PIPE
FITTINGS
FROM
THAILAND HAVING
AN
INSIDE
DIAMETER
OF
LESS
THAN
360 MILLIMETERS (FOURTEEN
INCHES),
IMPORTED IN EITHER FINISHED OR UNFINISHED FORM.
THESE FORMED
OR FORGED PIPE FITTINGS ARE USED
TO
JOIN SECTIONS OF PIPING
SYSTEMS WHERE CONDITIONS REQUIRE PERMANENT, WELDED
CONNECTIONS, AS DISTINGUISHED FROM FITTINGS
BASED
ON
OTHER
FASTENING
METHODS
(E.G.,
THREADED,
GROOVED,
OR
BOLTED
FITTINGS).
SUCH
MERCHANDISE
IS
CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER
ITEM
NUMBER 7307.93.30 OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE.
3.
ACCORDINGLY, FOR SHIPMENTS
OF
CARBON
STEEL BUTT-WELD
PIPE
FITTINGS FROM THAILAND ENTERED,
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE,
FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR
AFTER FEBRUARY 13,
1992,
YOU
SHALL
COLLECT A
CASH DEPOSIT EQUAL TO
THE AMOUNT LISTED BELOW FOR
THE MANUFACTURERS/EXPORTERS NOTED:
MANUFACTURER/EXPORTER
CASE NUMBER
PERCENT
ALL EXPORTERS
C-549-804-000
1.76
4.
THESE
CASH DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL
PUBLICATION OF
THE FINAL RESULTS OF
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW.
DO
NOT LIQUIDATE ANY ENTRIES
OF
THIS MERCHANDISE
INCLUDED
IN
THIS
ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW
UNTIL
ASSESSMENT
INSTRUCTIONS ARE RECEIVED.
5.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS,
PLEASE
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT
SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER
AGENCY
BRANCH
AT
FTS-566-8651,
OR
BY
E-MAIL
TO
ATTRIBUTE
"HQ
OAB".
THE
IMPORTING
PUBLIC
AND
OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT THE OFFICE OF
COUNTERVAILING COMPLIANCE, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE,
(202) 377-2786.
6.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN