MESSAGE NO: 3237114
DATE: 08 25 1993
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: FIN
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 427 - 209
C - 475 - 209
C - 580 - 209
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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 DETERMINATIONS IN THE CVD
INVESTIGAIONS OF CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE
FROM FRANCE,ITALY,KOREA - LIQUIDATIONS
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON JULY
9, 1993, NOTICE OF
ITS FINAL AFFIRMATIVE COUNTERVAILING
DUTY DETERMINATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON
STEEL
PLATE FROM FRANCE, ITALY AND KOREA.
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 CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON
STEEL
PLATE
FROM
FRANCE, ITALY, AND KOREA.
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 CUT-TO-LENGTH
CARBON
STEEL
PLATE
(SEE
SCOPE DEFINITION BELOW)
FROM FRANCE,
ITALY, AND KOREA.
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 CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON
STEEL
PLATE
ONLY.
THIS
PRODUCT INCLUDES 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-ROLLED 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
HTS UNDER
ITEM NUMBERS:
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.
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 THE SCOPE IS GRADE X-70 PLATE.
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:
FRANCE
(C-427-810),
ITALY
(C-475-808),
AND
KOREA
(C-580-818).
FOR
CUSTOMS
PURPOSES
ONLY
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSIGNED
THE
FOLLOWING CASE
NUMBERS:
FRANCE (C-427-209), ITALY (C-475-209),
AND 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
EMAIL ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".THE
FOLLOWING
IMPORT
COMPLIANCE SPECIALISTS
AT
THE
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE,
OFFICE
OF
COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS:
FRANCE
JULIE ANNE OSGOOD
(202) 482-0167
ITALY
JENNIFER YESKE
(202) 482-0189
KOREA
KRIS CAMPBELL
(202) 482-4733
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN