MESSAGE NO: 3237111 DATE: 08 25 1993
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: FIN
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 433 - 207 C - 423 - 207
C - 351 - 207 C - 427 - 207
C - 475 - 207 - -

PERIOD COVERED: 08 17 1993 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

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

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION

RE: NEGATIVE FINAL ITC DETERMINATIONS IN THE CVD
INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT
PROD.FROM AUSTRIA,BELGIUM,BRAZIL,FRANCE,ITALY(LIQUIDATION)

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON JULY 9, 1993, NOTICE OF ITS FINAL AFFIRMATIVE COUNTERVAILING
DUTY DETERMINATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS FROM AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, FRANCE, AND ITALY.

2. ON AUGUST 9, 1993, THE ITC NOTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE OF ITS DETERMINATIONS THAT A U.S. INDUSTRY IS NOT
MATERIALLY INJURED, OR LIKELY TO BE MATERIALLY INJURED, BY REASON
OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM
AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, FRANCE, AND ITALY.

3. BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE INJURY DETERMINATIONS, THE U.S.
CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL DISCONTINUE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION FOR
COUNTERVAILING DUTY PURPOSES ON ENTRIES OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED
CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS (SEE SCOPE DEFINITION BELOW) FROM
AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, FRANCE, AND ITALY. ALL ESTIMATED
COUNTERVAILING DUTIES DEPOSITED ON SUCH ENTRIES SHALL BE REFUNDED
AND THE APPROPRIATE BONDS OR OTHER SECURITIES POSTED ON THIS
MERCHANDISE SHALL BE RELEASED AT THE TIME OF LIQUIDATION.


4. THIS E-MAIL COVERS CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT
PRODUCTS ONLY. THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE COLD-ROLLED (COLD-REDUCED)
CARBON STEEL FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS, OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE, NEITHER
CLAD, PLATED NOR COATED WITH METAL, WHETHER OR NOT PAINTED,
VARNISHED OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER NONMETALLIC
SUBSTANCES, IN COILS, WHETHER OR NOT IN SUCCESSIVELY SUPERIMPOSED
LAYERS, AND OF A WIDTH OF 0.5 INCH OR GREATER, OR IN STRAIGHT
LENGTHS 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 HTS UNDER ITEM
NUMBERS: 7209.11.0000, 7209.12.0030, 7209.12.0090, 7209.13.0030
7209.13.0090, 7209.14.0030, 7209.14.0090, 7209.21.0000,
7209.22.0000, 7209.23.0000, 7209.24.1000, 7209.24.5000,
7209.31.0000, 7209.32.0000, 7209.33.0000, 7209.34.0000,
7209.41.0000, 7209.42.0000, 7209.43.0000, 7209.44.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.30.1030,
7211.30.1090, 7211.30.3000, 7211.30.5000, 7211.41.1000,
7211.41.3030, 7211.41.3090, 7211.41.5000, 7211.41.7030,
7211.41.7060, 7211.41.7090, 7211.49.1030, 7211.49.1090,
7211.49.3000, 7211.49.5030, 7211.49.5060, 7211.49.5090,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000,
7217.11.1000, 7217.11.2000, 7217.11.3000, 7217.19.1000,
7217.19.5000, 7217.21.1000, 7217.29.1000, 7217.29.5000,
7217.31.1000, 7217.39.1000 AND 7217.39.5000.

INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE ARE FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS OF NONRECTANGULAR
CROSS-SECTION WHERE SUCH CROSS-SECTION IS ACHIEVED SUBSEQUENT TO
THE ROLLING PROCESS (I.E., PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN "WORKED AFTER
ROLLING") -- FOR EXAMPLE, PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN BEVELLED OR
ROUNDED AT THE EDGES.

EXCLUDED FROM THIS SCOPE IS CERTAIN SHADOW MASK STEEL, I.E.,
ALUMINUM-KILLED, COLD-ROLLED STEEL COIL THAT IS OPEN-COIL
ANNEALED, HAS A CARBON CONTENT OF LESS THAN 0.002 PERCENT, IS OF
0.003 TO 0.012 INCH IN THICKNESS, 15 TO 30 INCHES IN WIDTH, AND
HAS AN ULTRA FLAT, ISOTROPIC SURFACE.

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

5. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THESE CASES HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBERS: AUSTRIA
(C-433-804), BELGIUM (C-423-806), BRAZIL (C-351-818), FRANCE
(C-427-810), AND ITALY (C-475-808). FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES ONLY
THESE CASES HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING CASE NUMBERS:
AUSTRIA (C-433-207), BELGIUM (C-423-207), BRAZIL (C-351-207),
FRANCE (C-427-207), AND ITALY (C-475-207).


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

AUSTRIA LARRY SULLIVAN (202) 482-0114
BELGIUM VINCE KANE (202) 482-2815
FRANCE JULIE ANNE OSGOOD (202) 482-0167
BRAZIL PHILIP PIA (202) 482-3691
ITALY JENNIFER YESKE (202) 482-0189

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

NANCY MCTIERNAN