MESSAGE NO: 3237112
DATE: 08 25 1993
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: FIN
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 470 - 207
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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 INJURY DETERMINATION IN CVD
INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS
FROM SPAIN
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON
JULY
9,
1993,
THE
NOTICE
OF
ITS
FINAL
AFFIRMATIVE
COUNTERVAILING DUTY DETERMINATION REGARDING
CERTAIN
COLD-ROLLED
CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM SPAIN.
2.
ON
AUGUST
9,
1993,
THE
ITC
NOTIFIED
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
OF
ITS DETERMINATION
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
SPAIN.
3.
BECAUSE
OF
THE
NEGATIVE
INJURY
DETERMINATION,
THE
U.S.
CUSTOMS
SERVICE
SHALL DISCONTINUE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION FOR
COUNTERVAILING DUTY PURPOSES ON
ENTRIES
OF
CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED
CARBON
STEEL
FLAT PROCUCTS
(SEE
SCOPE DEFINITION BELOW)
FROM
SPAIN.
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
EMAIL
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,
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
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 IS
ACHIEVED SUBSEQUENT
TO
THE
FOLLOWING PROCESS
(I.E., PRODUCTS WHICH
HAVE
BEEN "WORKED AFTER ROLLING") --
FOR
EXAMPLE, PRODUCTS WHICH
HAVE
BEEN BEVELLED OR
ROUNDED
AT
THE
EDGES.
EXCLUDED FROM
THE
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, THIS CASE
HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER (C-469-804).
FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES ONLY THIS
CASE
HAS
BEEN
ASSIGNED
THE
FOLLOWING
CASE
NUMBER:
SPAIN
(C-470-207).
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 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:
SPAIN
STEPHANIE HAGER
(202) 482-5055
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN