MESSAGE NO: 2119118
DATE: 04 28 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: LIQ
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 549 - 804
C - 549 - 803
C - 508 - 601
C - 614 - 504
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PERIOD COVERED:
01 01 1991
TO
12 31 1991
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS ON VARIOUS COUNTERVAILING DUTY
CASES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES****CORRECTED CASE NUMBER****
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DID
NOT RECEIVE A REQUEST FOR
AN
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
OF
THE
FOLLOWING COUNTERVAILING DUTY
ORDERS FOR THE REVIEW PERIOD JANUARY 1, 1991 THROUGH DECEMBER
31, 1991:
CARBON STEEL BUTT WELD PIPE FITTINGS FROM THAILAND
MALLEABLE IRON PIPE FITTINGS FROM THAILAND
OIL COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS FROM ISRAEL
CARBON STEEL WIRE ROD FROM NEW ZEALAND
2.
THE MERCHANDISE COVERED BY THESE INSTRUCTIONS IS AS FOLLOWS:
C-549-804:
THAI CARBON STEEL BUTT-WELD PIPE FITTINGS, 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 IN PIPING
SYSTEMS WHERE CONDITIONS REQUIRE PERMANENT, WELDED
CONNECTIONS, AS DISTINGUISHED FROM FITTINGS
BASED
ON
OTHER
FASTENING
METHODS
(E.G.,
THREADED,
GROOVED,
OR
BOLTED
FITTINGS).
THIS MERCHANDISE IS
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE UNDER
HTS ITEM NUMBER 73.07.93.30.
C-549-803:
THAI MALLEABLE IRON
PIPE FITTINGS ADVANCED
IN CONDITION
BY
OPERATIONS OR
PROCESSES SUBSEQUENT TO
THE
CASTING PROCESS,
OTHER
THAN
WITH
GROOVES.
THIS MERCHANDISE
IS
CURRENTLY
CLASSIFIABLE UNDER HTS ITEM NUMBER 7307.19.90.
C-508-601:
ISRAELI OIL
COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS (OCTG),
IN
BOTH FINISHED
AND
UNFINISHED CONDITION.
OCTG
CONSISTS
OF
HOLLOW
STEEL
PRODUCTS
OF
CIRCULAR
CROSS-SECTION
INTENDED
FOR
USE
IN
DRILLING FOR
OIL
OR
GAS.
THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE OIL
WELL
CASING AND TUBING, OF CARBON
OR
ALLOY STEEL, WHETHER WELDED
OR
SEAMLESS,
MANUFACTURED
TO
EITHER
AMERICAN
PETROLEUM
INSTITUTE (API) OR NON-API (SUCH AS PROPRIETARY)
SPECIFICATIONS.
THIS MERCHANDISE
IS
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER
HTS
ITEM
NUMBERS
7304.20.10.00,
7304.20.20.00,
7304.20.30.00, 7304.20.40.00,
7304.20.50.10,
7304.20.50.50,
7304.20.60.10, 7304.20.60.50,
7305.20.20.00,
7305.20.40.00,
7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00,
7306.20.10.30,
7306.20.10.90,
7306.20.20.00, 7306.20.30.00,
7306.20.40.10,
7306.20.60.10,
7306.20.80.10 AND 7306.20.80.50.
C-614-504
NEW
ZEALAND
COILED, SEMI-FINISHED, HOT-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL
WIRE ROD OF APPROXIMATELY ROUND SOLID CROSS-SECTION NOT UNDER
0.20 INCH
NOR
OVER 0.74 INCH
IN DIAMETER, TEMPERED OR
NOT
TEMPERED, TREATED OR
NOT TREATED, NOT MANUFACTURED OR PARTLY
MANUFACTURED, AND VALUED OVER OR UNDER FOUR CENTS PER POUND.
THIS MERCHANDISE
IS
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE UNDER
HTS
ITEM
NUMBERS
7213.31.30,
7213.31.60,
7213.39.00,
7213.41.30,
7213.41.60, 7213.49.00, AND 7213.50.00.
3.
THEREFORE,
IN
ACCORDANCE
WITH
SECTION
355.22(G)
OF
THE
COMMERCE REGULATIONS, YOU ARE TO ASSESS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
AT
RATES
EQUAL
TO
THE
CASH
DEPOSIT
OF
ESTIMATED
COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
REQUIRED
AT
THE
TIME
OF
ENTRY
ON
MERCHANDISE EXPORTED ON
OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1991 AND
ON
OR
BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1991.
4.
THE
RATES
OF
ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING
DUTIES
WHICH
WERE
REQUIRED TO BE DEPOSITED ARE:
AD
ID NUMBER
PERIOD
VALOREM RATE
BUTT-WELD PIPE FITTING THAILAND
MANUFACTURERS
ALL FIRMS
C-549-804-000
1/1/91-12/31/91
2.53 PERCENT
MALLEABLE IRON PIPE
THAILAND
MANUFACTURERS
ALL FIRMS
C-549-803-000
1/1/91-12/31/91
2.94 PERCENT
OIL COUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS
ISRAEL
MANUFACTURERS
ALL FIRMS
C-508-601-000
1/1/91-12/31/91
4.30 PERCENT
CARBON STEEL WIRE ROD
NEW ZEALAND
MANUFACTURERS
ALL FIRMS
C-614-504-000
1/1/91-7/24/91
25.69 PERCENT
7/25/91-12/31/91
0 PERCENT
(EXCEPT EXCLUDED COMPANY, NEW ZEALAND STEEL (C-614-504-001))
5.
THE
SUSPENSION
OF LIQUIDATION ORDERED
FOR
THE MERCHANDISE
LISTED ABOVE EXPORTED ON
OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1991 AND ON
OR
BEFORE
DECEMBER
31,
1991
IS
LIFTED.
THE SUSPENSION
OF
LIQUIDATION FOR ALL SHIPMENTS OF THE MERCHANDISE LISTED ABOVE
EXPORTED AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1991 WILL CONTINUE.
6.
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF
THE TARIFF ACT REQUIRE THAT
INTEREST BE PAID
ON OVERPAYMENTS OR UNDERPAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS
DEPOSITED AS ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES.
SUCH INTEREST
IS PAYABLE AT
THE RATE IN EFFECT UNDER SECTION 6621
OF
THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954 FOR
SUCH PERIOD.
THE INTEREST
SHALL BE CALCULATED AT THAT RATE FROM THE DATE
OF PAYMENT OF
ESTIMATED DUTIES THROUGH THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION.
7.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS,
PLEASE
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT
SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER AGENCY BRANCH, 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.
8.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN