MESSAGE NO: 2224111 DATE: 08 11 1992
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 351 - 816 A - 427 - 808
A - 588 - 826 A - 122 - 822
A - 428 - 815 A - 580 - 816

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 OF CERTAIN
COLD/HOT ROLLED CARBON STEEL AND CORROSION RESISTANT
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM VARIOUS CASES - CORRECTED

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 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 CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT
PRODUCTS. THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE FLAT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL
PRODUCTS OF SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION,
OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE, EITHER CLAD, PLATED OR COATED WITH
CORROSION-RESISTANT METALS SUCH AS ZINC, ALUMINUM, OR / ZINC-,
ALUMINUM-, NICKEL- OR IRON-BASED ALLOYS, WHETHER OR NOT
CORRUGATED OR PAINTED, VARNISHED OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER
NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES, IN ADDITION TO THE METALLIC COATING, 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 7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000,
7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, AND 7212.60.0000. EXCLUDED FROM THESE
INVESTIGATIONS ARE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS EITHER PLATED OR
COATED WITH TIN, LEAD, CHROMIUM, CHROMIUM OXIDES, BOTH TIN AND
LEAD ("TERNE PLATE"), OR BOTH CHROMIUM AND CHROMIUM OXIDES
("TIN-FREE STEEL").

LIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES IS NOT TO BE SUSPENDED WITHOUT SPECIFIC
INSTRUCTION.

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:
BRAZIL A-351-816 CANADA A-122-822
FRANCE A-427-808 GERMANY A-428-815
JAPAN A-588-826 KOREA A-580-816


4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT THE IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION, OTHER
AGENCY BRANCH VIA 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