MESSAGE NO: 2226116 DATE: 08 13 1992
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: INI
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 423 - 206 C - 475 - 207
C - 475 - 209 - -
- - - -

PERIOD COVERED: 07 24 1992 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: INITIATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS AND
POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS ON CERTAIN
STEEL PRODUCTS FROM BELGIUM AND ITALY

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER ON JULY 24, 1992, NOTICE OF INITIATION OF
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS AND NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM
BELGIUM AND ITALY.

2. THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS,
CERTAIN FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS, CONSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING
THREE SEPARATE "CLASSES OR KINDS" OF MERCHANDISE, AS OUTLINED
BELOW.

ALTHOUGH THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES
(HTS) SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS
PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SCOPE OF THESE
PROCEEDINGS ARE DISPOSITIVE.

CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:

THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE HOT-ROLLED 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 ARE LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS IN

THICKNESS AND OF A WIDTH MEASURING AT LEAST 10 TIMES THE
THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS UNDER ITEM
NUMBERS:

7208.11.0000, 7208.12.0000, 7208.13.1000, 7208.13.5000,
7208.14.1000, 7208.14.5000, 7208.21.1000, 7208.21.5000,
7208.22.1000, 7208.22.5000, 7208.23.1000, 7208.23.5030,
7208.23.5090, 7208.24.1000, 7208.24.5030, 7208.24.5090,
7208.34.1000, 7208.34.5000, 7208.35.1000, 7208.35.5000,
7208.44.0000, 7208.45.0000, 7208.90.0000, 7210.70.3000,
7210.90.9000, 7211.12.0000, 7211.19.1000, 7211.19.5000,
7211.22.0090, 7211.29.1000, 7211.29.3000, 7211.29.5000,
7211.29.7030, 7211.29.7060, 7211.29.7090, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, AND 7212.50.0000.


CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:

THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE COLD-ROLLED (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.

CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE:



THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL UNIVERSAL
MILL PLATES (I.E., FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS ROLLED ON FOUR FACES OR
IN A CLOSED BOX PASS, OF A WIDTH EXCEEDING 150 MILLIMETERS BUT

NOT EXCEEDING 1,250 MILLIMETERS AND OF A THICKNESS OF NOT LESS
THAN 4 MILLIMETERS, NOT IN COILS AND WITHOUT PATTERNS IN
RELIEF) 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; AND CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED
CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS, OF SOLID
RECTANGULAR (OTHER THAN SQUARE) CROSS SECTION, OF RECTANGULAR
SHAPE, HOT ROLLED, NEITHER CLAD, PLATED, NOR COATED WITH
METAL, WHETHER OR NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED, OR COATED WITH
PLASTICS OR OTHER NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES, 4.75 MILLIMETERS OR
MORE IN THICKNESS AND OF A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150 MILLIMETERS
AND MEASURES AT LEAST TWICE THE THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY
CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS UNDER
ITEM NUMBERS

7208.31.0000, 7208.32.0000, 7208.33.1000, 7208.33.5000,
7208.41.0000, 7208.42.0000, 7208.43.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.11.0000, 7211.12.0000,
7211.21.0000, 7211.22.0045, 7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000,
7212.40.5000, AND 7212.50.0000.

3. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THESE CASES HAVE
BEEN ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBERS:
C-423-806 (BELGIUM) AND C-475-808 (ITALY). EACH CASE NUMBER
ENCOMPASSES THE THREE CLASSES OR KINDS OF MERCHANDISE UNDER
INVESTIGATION.

4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY
CUSTOMS OFFICERS, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE IMPORT SPECIALIST
DIVISION, OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB". THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD
REFER THEIR QUESTIONS TO GARY BETTGER (202)377-2239 FOR
BELGIUM, OR BETH GRAHAM (202)377-4105 FOR ITALY, OFFICE
OF COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

5. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSING THE ABOVE INFORMATION.


NANCY MCTIERNAN


NOTE: THIS MESSAGE WAS INADVERTENTLY REMOVED FROM ADIL SO HAS
BEEN REPOSTED TO ADIL ON DECEMBER 11, 2009. THE ORIGINAL

MESSAGE HAD CASE NUMBERS USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN
THE INITIATION STAGE,(C-423-806 AND C-475-808) WHILE THE
CORRECT NUMBERS USED BY CBP AT THE ORDER STAGE HAVE BEEN
UPDATED (C-423-206 AND C-475-207, C-475-209). THE ORIGINAL
MESSAGE WAS SENT TO REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS,
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS, NOT DIRECTORS,
FIELD OPERATIONS AND PORT DIRECTORS. DIRECTOR, IMPORT
SPECIALIST DIVISION IS NOW SHOWN AS DIRECTOR, SPECIAL
ENFORCEMENT. THE BALANCE OF THE TEXT AND INFORMATION REMAINS
UNCHANGED AND MATCHES THE MESSAGE THAT STILL APPEARS ON THE
ADD/CVD SEARCH APPLICATION ON CBP.GOV.