MESSAGE NO: 3106114
DATE: 04 16 1993
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: TER
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 427 - 208
C - 401 - 208
C - 428 - 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 CVD
INVESTIGATIONS OF HOT-ROLLED, COLD-ROLLED, ETC.,
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM SWEDEN, GERMANY AND FRANCE
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 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 OF
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 FRANCE, SWEDEN, GERMANY.
5.
FOR
FURTHER
REPORTING
PURPOSES,
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS NUMBERS:
FRANCE
C-427-208
GERMANY
C-428-208
SWEDEN
C-401-208
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".
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT
THE FOLLOWING IMPORT COMPLIANCE SPECIALISTS AT
THE INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE,
OFFICE
OF
COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS:
FRANCE
VINCE KANE
(202) 482-2815
SWEDEN
STEPHANIE HAGER
(202) 482-5055
GERMANY
PAULO MENDES
(202) 482-5050
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN