MESSAGE NO: 3098114 DATE: 04 08 1993
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: TER
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 423 - 209 C - 427 - 209
C - 475 - 209 C - 351 - 209
C - 428 - 209 C - 580 - 209

PERIOD COVERED: 04 06 1993 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

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

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION

RE: TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION OF COUNTERVAILING
DUTY INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL
PLATE FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES

1. IN KEEPING WITH ARTICLE 5, PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLES VI, XVI, AND XXIII OF
THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (THE SUBSIDIES CODE),
THE DEPARTMENT IS TERMINATING THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION ON
CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES FROM APRIL 6, 1993,
WHICH WAS 120 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS. 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 CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE
PRODUCTS. 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 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 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 HTSUS UNDER SUBHEADINGS:
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.

EXCLUDED FROM THESE INVESTIGATIONS IS GRADE X-70 PLATE.

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

3. FIELD OFFICERS SHALL TERMINATE THE SUSPENSIONS OF LIQUIDATION
FOR COUNTERVAILING DUTY PURPOSES ON ALL ENTRIES OF THE SUBJECT
MERCHANDISE MADE ON OR AFTER APRIL 6, 1993. THE SUSPENSIONS OF
LIQUIDATION WILL NOT BE RESUMED UNLESS AND UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT
PUBLISHES COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS IN THESE CASES. FIELD
OFFICERS SHALL CONTINUE TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION ON ALL ENTRIES FOR
CONSUMPTION MADE DURING THE PERIOD DECEMBER 7, 1992 THROUGH APRIL
5, 1993 UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THESE COUNTERVAILING DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS.

4. THE TERMINATIONS DO NOT AFFECT THE REQUIREMENTS OF A CASH
DEPOSIT OR BOND ON ENTRIES SUBJECT TO THE SUSPENSIONS OF
LIQUIDATION ANNOUNCED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATIONS IN THE COMPANION ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS
OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS, WHICH WERE PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 4,
1993 FOR MEXICO, SPAIN, SWEDEN, AND UNITED KINGDOM.

5. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THESE CASES HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FO LLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBERS:

BELGIUM C-423-209 BRAZIL C-351-209
FRANCE C-427-209 GERMANY C-428-209
ITALY C-475-209 KOREA C-580-209

6. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE IMPORT SPECIALIST
DIVISION, OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT
THE FOLLOWING IMPORT COMLIANCE SPECIALISTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL
TRADE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF
COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS:

BELGIUM VINCE KANE (202) 482-2815
BRAZIL PHIL PIA (202) 482-2786
FRANCE VINCE KANE (202) 482-2815
GERMANY PAULO MENDES (202) 482-5050
ITALY ROSS COTJANLE (202) 482-3534
KOREA KRIS CAMPBELL (202) 482-4794

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

NANCY MCTIERNAN