MESSAGE NO: 2220114 DATE: 08 07 1992
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 427 - 807 A - 428 - 814
A - 475 - 806 A - 588 - 825
A - 580 - 815 A - 421 - 804

PERIOD COVERED: 07 29 1992 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION

RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS ON
CERTAIN HOT/COLD ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PROD. AND
CUT-TO-LENGTH STEEL PLATE, ETC. -VARIOUS COUNTRIES

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED ON JULY 29, 1992, THE
NOTICE OF ITS INITIATION OF THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS
AND POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS OF CERTAIN
HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS, CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS, CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS, AND CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM
VARIOUS COUNTRIES.

2. ONE OF THE FOUR CLASSES OR KINDS OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE
INVESTIGATIONS ARE CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT
PRODUCTS. THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE (COLD-REDUCED) CARBON STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS OF SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS
SECTION, OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE, NEITHER CLAD, PLATED NOR COATED
WITH METAL, WHETHER OR NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED OR COATED WITH
PLASTICS OR OTHER NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES, IN COILS, OR IN
STRAIGHT LENGTHS WHICH, IF OF A THICKNESS LESS THAN 4.75
MILLIMETERS ARE OF A WIDTH MEASURING AT LEAST 10 TIMES THE
THICKNESS OR IF OF A THICKNESS OF 4.75 MILLIMETERS OR MORE ARE OF
A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150 MILLIMETERS AND MEASURES AT LEAST TWICE
THE THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS UNDER ITEM
NUMBERS:


7209.11.0000, 7209.12.0030, 7209.12.0090, 7209.13.0030,
7209.13.0090, 7209.14.0030, 7209.14.0090, 7209.21.0000,
7209.22.0000, 7209.23.0000, 7209.24.1000, 7209.24.5000,
7209.31.0000, 7209.32.0000, 7209.33.0000, 7209.34.0000,
7209.41.0000, 7209.42.0000, 7209.43.0000, 7209.44.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.30.1030,
7211.30.1090, 7211.30.3000, 7211.30.5000, 7211.41.1000,
7211.41.3030, 7211.41.3090, 7211.41.5000, 7211.41.7030,
7211.41.7060, 7211.41.7090, 7211.49.1030, 7211.49.1090,
7211.49.3000, 7211.49.5030, 7211.49.5060, 7211.49.5090,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, AND 7212.50.0000.

ALTHOUGH THE HTS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THESE
PROCEEDINGS IS DISPOSITIVE.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THESE CASES HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS NUMBERS:
FRANCE A-427-807 GERMANY A-428-814
ITALY A-475-806 JAPAN A-588-825
KOREA A-580-815 NETHERLANDS A-421-804


4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION, OTHER
AGENCY BRANCH BY E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB". OTHER INTERESTED
PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT LOUIS APPLE, OR/ STEVE ALLEY, OFFICE OF
ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL
TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AT (202)
377-1769 OR (202) 377-5288 RESPECTIVELY.

5. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

NANCY MCTIERNAN