MESSAGE NO: 3098119 DATE: 04 08 1993
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: TER
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 351 - 208 C - 201 - 208
C - 580 - 208 C - 614 - 208
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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 CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS 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 SUSPENSIONS 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.

2. ONE OF THE FOUR CLASSES OR KINDS OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE
INVESTIGATIONS IS CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT
PRODUCTS. THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE FLAT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL
PRODUCTS 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, AND OF A WIDTH OF 0.5 INCH OR GREATER, OR IN STRAIGHT
LENGTHS WHICH, IF OF A THICKNESS LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS, ARE
OF A WIDTH OF 0.5 INCH OR GREATER AND WHICH MEASURES 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 HTSUS
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, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.12.1000, 7217.13.1000, 7217.19.1000,
7217.19.5000, 7217.22.5000, 7217.23.5000, 7217.29.1000,
7217.29.5000, 7217.32.5000, 7217.33.5000, 7217.39.1000, AND
7217.39.5000.

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").

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 COU NTERVAILING 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 BRAZIL, KOREA, MEXICO, AND NEW ZEALAND.

5. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THESE CASES HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS NUMBERS:
BRAZIL C-351-208 KOREA C-580-208
MEXICO C-201-208 NEW ZEALAND C-614-208

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 EMAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT THE FOLLOWING IMPORT
COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST AT THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS:

BRAZIL PHIL PIA (202) 482-2786
MEXICO NORBERT GANNON (202) 482-2786
KOREA KRIS CAMPBELL (202) 482-4794
NEW ZEALAND STEPHANIE MOORE (202) 482-2786

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

NANCY MCTIERNAN