MESSAGE NO: 2120114
DATE: 04 29 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: ADM
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 549 - 501
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PERIOD COVERED:
01 01 1988
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12 31 1988
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
CERTAIN CIRCULAR WELDED PIPES AND TUBES FROM THAILAND
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
HAS COMPLETED ITS ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW OF
THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER
ON CERTAIN CIRCULAR
WELDED PIPES
AND
TUBES
FROM THAILAND (C-549-501)
FOR
THE
JANUARY
1,
1988
THROUGH
DECEMBER
31,
1988
PERIOD
AND
PUBLISHED THE
FINAL
RESULTS
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER
ON
OCTOBER 9, 1991.
2.
IMPORTS
COVERED
BY
THE
REVIEW
ARE SHIPMENTS
OF
CERTAIN
CIRCULAR WELDED PIPES AND
TUBES ("PIPES AND TUBES") WITH
AN
OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF
0.375 INCH
OR
MORE
BUT
NOT
OVER
16
INCHES,
OF
ANY
WALL THICKNESS.
THESE
PRODUCTS, COMMMONLY
REFERRED TO IN THE INDUSTRY AS
A STANDARD PIPE OR STRUCTURAL
TUBING,
ARE PRODUCED
TO
VARIOUS
ASTM SPECIFICATIONS, MOST
NOTABLY A-120, A-53 AND A-135.
DURING
THE
REVIEW PERIOD, SUCH MERCHANDISE WAS CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER
ITEM
NUMBERS
610.3231, 610.3234, 610.3254, 610.3256,
610.3258, AND 610.4925 OF THE TARIFF SCHEDULES OF
THE UNITED
STATES ANNOTATED, AND
IS
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE UNDER
ITEM
NUMBERS
73.04.1010,
73.04.2050,
73.04.2070,
73.04.3100,
73.04.3900, 73.04.9050, 73.05.1010,
73.05.1110,
73.05.1210,
73.05.1910, 73.05.3140, 73.05.3910,
73.05.9010,
73.05.2060,
73.06.3010, 73.06.3050,
73.06.6050
AND
73.06.9010
OF
THE
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE.
3.
ACCORDINGLY, FOR SHIPMENTS OF
CERTAIN CIRCULAR WELDED
PIPES
AND TUBES
FROM THAILAND ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE
FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR
AFTER
OCTOBER
9,
1991,
YOU
SHALL
COLLECT A
CASH DEPOSIT OF ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES OF
2.86 PERCENT.
4.
THIS
CASH DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT WILL REMAIN
IN
EFFECT
UNTIL
PUBLICATION OF
THE FINAL RESUTLS OF
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW.
DO
NOT LIQUIDATE ANY
ENTIRES
OF
THE 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 FIELD OPERATIONS 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.
6.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN