MESSAGE NO: 2148116
DATE: 05 27 1992
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 351 - 811
C - 351 - 812
A - 427 - 804
C - 427 - 805
A - 428 - 811
C - 428 - 812
PERIOD COVERED:
05 08 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: INITIATION OF AD/CVD INVESTIGATIONS OF HOT ROLLED LEAD AND
BISMUTH CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS. ALSO INCLUDES CASE NUMBERS
A 412-810 AND C 412-811.THE COUNTRIES ARE BZ,FR, GB AND DE
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE PUBLISHED ON
MAY
8,
1992,
THE
NOTICE OF ITS INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS REGARDING HOT ROLLED LEAD AND BISMUTH CARBON STEEL
PRODUCTS (CERTAIN ADDITIVE STEEL PRODUCTS) FROM
BRAZIL,
FRANCE,
GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
2.
THE PRODUCTS COVERED
BY
THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE HOT-ROLLED
BARS AND
RODS
OF NONALLOY OR OTHER ALLOY STEEL, WHETHER OR
NOT
DESCALED, CONTAINING BY WEIGHT 0.03 PERCENT OR MORE
OF
LEAD
OR
0.05 PERCENT OR MORE OF BISMUTH, IN COILS OR CUT LENGTHS, AND
IN
NUMEROUS SHAPES AND SIZES.
EXCLUDED FROM
THE
SCOPE
OF
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS
ARE
OTHER
ALLOY
STEELS
(AS
DEFINED
BY
THE
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF
THE
UNITED STATES (HTSUS) CHAPTER
72,
NOTE
1 (F)), EXCEPT STEELS CLASSIFIED AS OTHER ALLOY STEELS
BY REASON OF CONTAINING BY WEIGHT 0.4 PERCENT OR MORE OF LEAD, OR
0.1
PERCENT
OR
MORE
OF BISMUTH, TELLURIUM, OR SELENIUM.
ALSO
EXCLUDED ARE SEMI-FINISHED STEELS AND FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS.
MOST
OF
THE PRODUCTS COVERED IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR
UNDER SUBHEADINGS 7213.20.00.00 and 7214.30.00.00, OF THE HTSUS.
SMALL QUANTITIES OF
THESE PRODUCTS MAY
ALSO
ENTER
THE
UNITED
STATES
UNDER
THE
FOLLOWING
HTSUS
SUBHEADINGS: 7213.31.30.00,
60.00; 7213.39.00.30, 00.60, 00.90; 7214.40.00.10, 00.30, 00.50;
7214.50.00.10, 00.30,
00.50; 7214.60.00.10,
00.30,
00.50;
AND
7228.30.80.00.
3.
FOR
FURTHER
REPORTING
PURPOSES,
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSIGNED
THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS NUMBERS: BRAZIL A-351-811,
C-351-812;
FRANCE
A-427-804,
C-427-805;
GERMANY
A-428-811,
C-428-812; AND THE UNITED KINGDOM A-412-810, C-412-811.
4.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION, OTHER
AGENCY BRANCH (FTS 535-4931) OR BY E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT MICHAEL READY (OFFICE
OF
ANTIDUMPING
INVESTIGATIONS)
OR
SUSAN
STRUMBEL
(OFFICE
OF
COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS), INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AT
(202) 377-2613 OR
377-1442 RESPECTIVELY.
5.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN