MESSAGE NO: 3036111
DATE: 02 05 1993
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 588 - 824
A - 580 - 814
A - 421 - 803
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PERIOD COVERED:
11 06 1992
TO
02 04 1993
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS OF ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS
ON CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED, COLD-ROLLED, AND CORROSION-RESIST.
CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM JP, KR AND NETHERLANDS
1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WILL PUBLISH ON FEBRUARY 4,
1993,
THE NOTICE OF
ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS OF
THE ANTIDUMPING
DUTY INVESTIGATIONS
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 IS CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS.
THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS, OF
RECTANGULAR SHAPE, OF
A WIDTH OF
0.5
INCH
OR GREATER, 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 MEASURING AT LEAST 10 TIMES THE
THICKNESS, AS
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN
THE
HTSUS
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, 7212.50.0000, 7214.30.0000,
7214.40.0010, 7214.50.0010, 7214.60.0010, AND 7215.90.5000.
ALTHOUGH
THE
HTS SUBHEADINGS ARE
PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE SCOPE IN
THESE
PROCEEDINGS IS DISPOSITIVE.
3.
FOR
FURTHER
REPORTING
PURPOSES,
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS NUMBERS:
JAPAN
A-588-824
KOREA
A-580-814
NETHERLANDS
A-421-803
4.
THE
DEPARTMENT
HAS
MADE
A
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION THAT
CRITICAL
CIRCUMSTANCES
EXIST
WITH
RESPECT
TO
EXPORTS
OF
HOT-ROLLED STEEL
FROM
KOREA.
THEREFORE
WE
ARE DIRECTING
THE
CUSTOMS SERVICE TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF SUCH PRODUCTS THAT
ARE
ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR AFTER
NOVEMBER 6, 1992, WHICH IS
90
DAYS PRIOR TO
THE PUBLICATION OF
THIS NOTICE, AND SHALL REQUIRE A CASH DEPOSIT OR THE POSTING OF A
BOND EQUAL TO THE ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY MARGIN PERCENTAGES LISTED
BELOW.
BECAUSE
OF
THE
COMPANION COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION, IN
KOREA WE ARE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF
THE ANTIDUMPING DEPOSIT RATE
BY
THE AMOUNT OF
ANY EXPORT SUBSIDIES FOUND.
FOR
KOREA
THIS
OFFSET SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL APRIL
6,
1993.
AFTER
THAT
DATE,
THE
FULL
AMOUNT
OF
THE
ANTIDUMPNG
DEPOSIT
SHALL
BE
REQUIRED.
FOR
ALL EXPORTS OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
FROM JAPAN, KOREA, AND THE NETHERLANDS, THE CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL
SUSPEND
LIQUIDATION
OF
SUCH
PRODUCTS
THAT
ARE
ENTERED
OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE ON
OR AFTER FEBRUARY 4, 1993, AND SHALL
REQUIRE A
CASH DEPOSIT OR
THE POSTING OF
A
BOND EQUAL TO
THE
ESTIMATED PRELIMINARY MARGIN PERCENTAGES LISTED BELOW:
MFR/PROD
CUSTOMS ID
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT
EXPORTER
NO
UNTIL
EFFECTIVE
4/6/93
4/7/93
JAPAN
NKK CORP
A-588-824-001
24.98%
24.98%
NIPPON STEEL CORP
A-588-824-002
21.16%
21.16%
SUMITOMO METALS IND
A-588-824-003
24.98%
24.98%
ALL OTHERS
A-588-824-000
23.67%
23.67%
KOREA
POHANG IRON & STEEL
A-580-814-001
29.99%
30.00%
ALL OTHERS
A-580-814-000
29.99%
30.00%
NETHERLANDS
HOOGOVENS
A-421-803-001
26.34%
26.34%
ALL OTHERS
A-421-803-000
26.34%
26.34%
5.
IN GENERAL, THE DEPOSIT RATE REQUIRED ON
EACH ENTRY WILL
BE
THAT
ASSIGNED
TO
THE MANUFACTURER
OF
THE
FLAT-ROLLED
STEEL
PRODUCT.
FOR
THE
ENTRY
TO
BE
ACCEPTED,
THE
NAME
OF
THE
MANUFACTURER MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE EXPORTER IS A RESELLER, TRADING COMPANY, OR
STEEL
SERVICE
CENTER,
THE
FOLLOWING
INSTRUCTIONS
SHOULD
BE
FOLLOWED:
(1)
IF THE RESELLER, ETC., SIMPLY RE-SELLS THE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL
PRODUCT, A DEPOSIT OR
BOND EQUAL
TO
THE
RATE ASSIGNED TO
THE
MANUFACTURER WILL BE REQUIRED.
(2) IF
THE RESELLER, ETC., DOES SOME FURTHER PROCESSING BUT DOES
NOT TRANSFORM THE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCT INTO
A CLASS OR KIND
OF
MERCHANDISE
DIFFERENT
THAN
THAT
PURCHASED
FROM
THE
MANUFACTURER, A DEPOSIT OR BOND EQUAL TO THE RATE ASSIGNED TO THE
MANUFACTURER WILL BE REQUIRED.
(E.G., IF
A RESELLER PURCHASES A
FOUR-FOOT WIDE COIL
OF HOT-ROLLED STEEL AND SLITS IT
INTO
FOUR
ONE-FOOT WIDE COILS OF HOT-ROLLED STEEL.)
(3)
IF
THE RESELLER, ETC., DOES FURTHER PROCESSING AND CHANGES
THE PRODUCT
INTO
A DIFFERENT CLASS
OR
KIND
OF MERCHANDISE, A
DEPOSIT OR BOND EQUAL TO
THE "ALL OTHER" RATE FOR THE
NEW CLASS
OR KIND
OF MERCHANDISE WILL
BE REQUIRED.
(E.G., IF
A RESELLER
GALVANIZED
HOT-ROLLED
COIL,
THE
"ALL
OTHERS"
RATE
FOR
CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL WOULD APPLY.
6.
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 DAVID GOLDBERGER, OR
STEVE
ALLEY, OFFICE
OF ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
AT
(202) 482-4136
OR
(202) 482-5288 RESPECTIVELY FOR
EUROPEAN
CASES.
FOR KOREA CONTACT MAUREEN FLANNERY, OFFICE OF ANTIDUMPING
COMPLIANCE, AT
(202) 482-3020.
FOR
ALL
OTHER
CASES,
CONTACT
EITHER
RICHARD
WEIBLE
OR
ED
YANG,
OFFICE
OF
AGREEMENTS
COMPLIANCE, AT (202) 482-3793.
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN