MESSAGE NO: 3239113
DATE: 08 27 1993
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: ORD
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 401 - 209
C - 412 - 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: COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS ON CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL
PLATE FROM SWEDEN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
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 SWEDEN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
2.
ON AUGUST 9,
1993,
THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (ITC)
NOTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
OF
ITS DETERMINATIONS THAT
IMPORTS OF CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL
PLATE
FROM SWEDEN
AND
THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE MATERIALLY INJURING A
U.S. INDUSTRY.
AS
A RESULT, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER ON AUGUST 17,
1993, NOTICE
OF
ITS COUNTERVAILING DUTY
ORDERS.
3.
THE PRODUCT COVERED BY
THESE ORDERS IS CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH
CARBON
STEEL
PLATE.
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.
4.
FOR
FURTHER
REPORTING
PURPOSES,
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSIGNED
THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBERS: SWEDEN (C-401-804)
AND
THE
UNITED KINGDOM (C-412-815).
FOR
CUSTOMS PURPOSES ONLY
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSIGNED
THE FOLLOWING
CASE
NUMBERS:
SWEDEN (C-401-209) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (C-412-209).
5.
PURSUANT TO
THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY
ORDERS,
FIELD
OFFICES
SHALL REINSTATE
THE
SUSPENSION
OF LIQUIDATION ON
ENTRIES,
OR
WITHDRAWALS
FROM
WAREHOUSE,
FOR
CONSUMPTION
OF
CERTAIN
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL
PLATE
FROM
SWEDEN
AND
THE
UNITED
KINGDOM ON
OR AFTER AUGUST 17, 1993, AND COLLECT A
CASH DEPOSIT
FOR SUCH ENTRIES IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS:
MANUFACTURER/
CUSTOMS ID #
AD VALOREM
PRODUCER/EXPORTER
SWEDEN
COUNTRY-WIDE RATE
C-401-209-000
4.27%
UNITED KINGDOM
GLYNWED STEELS LTD.
C-412-209-001
0.73%
COUNTRY-WIDE RATE
C-412-209-000
12.00%
FIELD OFFICES SHALL CONTINUE
TO
SUSPEND LIQUIDATION ON
ALL
ENTRIES OF CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE
FROM SWEDEN AND
THE
UNITED
KINGDOM
ENTERED
OR
WITHDRAWN
FROM
WAREHOUSE
FOR
CONSUMPTION DURING THE PERIOD DECEMBER 7,
1992 THROUGH APRIL
5,
1993.
ENTRIES MADE ON OR AFTER APRIL 6, 1993 AND PRIOR TO AUGUST
17,
1993
ARE
NOT LIABLE
FOR
THE ASSESSMENT OF COUNTERVAILING
DUTIES.
THIS SUSPENSION SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
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 FOLLOWING IMPORT COMPLIANCE SPECIALISTS AT
THE INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE,
OFFICE
OF
COUNTERVAILING INVESTIGATIONS:
SWEDEN
STEPHANIE HAGER
(202) 482-5055
UK
STEPHANIE HAGER
(202) 482-5055
7.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN