MESSAGE NO: 3097118
DATE: 04 07 1993
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: COR
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 423 - 206
C - 351 - 206
C - 427 - 206
C - 428 - 206
C - 580 - 206
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PERIOD COVERED:
12 07 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: AMENDMENT TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTS COVERED IN
THE CVD INVESTIGATIONS OF HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT
PRODUCTS FROM BELGIUM,BRAZIL,FRANCE,GERMANY AND KOREA
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 7,
1992,
THE
NOTICE
OF
ITS
PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATIONS
IN
THE
INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS
FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
2.
SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF
THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS,
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
HAS
AMENDED
ITS DESCRIPTION OF
THE
PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
3.
THIS AMENDMENT MAKES THE FOLLOWING TWO CLARIFICATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO HOT-ROLLED PRODUCTS:
(1)
A LIMITATION IS
PLACED
ON
THE
MINIMUM
WIDTH
OF
COLD-ROLLED
SHEET
COVERED
IN
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS; AND
(2) PRODUCTS OF NONRECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION
ARE ALSO COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
4.
THE AMENDED DESCRIPTION OF
THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE
INVESTIGATIONS
IS
NOW
AS
FOLLOWS:
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
HTSUS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE SCOPE OF
THESE
PROCEEDINGS IS DISPOSITIVE.
THIS
DESCRIPTION
IS
IDENTICAL
TO
THE
DESCRIPTION
IN
THE
COMPANION ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATIONS OF THIS PRODUCT.
5.
FOR ALL ENTRIES OF HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS WITHIN
THE DESCRIPTION ABOVE, MADE AFTER DECEMBER 7,
1992,
THE CUSTOMS
SERVICE
SHALL
SUSPEND LIQUIDATION
AND
SHALL
REQUIRE
A
CASH
DEPOSIT
OR
THE
POSTING
OF
A
BOND
IN
ACCORDANCE
WITH
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE'S EARLIER
E-MAIL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING
EACH OF THE SPECIFIC COUNTRIES LISTED ABOVE.
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
ROY
MALMROSE,
OFFICE
OF
COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
AT (202) 482-5414.
7.
THERE
ARE
NO
RESTRICTIONS
ON
THE
RELEASE
OF
THIS
INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN