MESSAGE NO: 3322113
DATE: 11 17 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 470 - 804
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PERIOD COVERED:
07 24 1992
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: INITIATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS AND
POSTPONEMENT OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS ON CERTAIN
STEEL PRODUCTS FROM SPAIN
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON
JULY
24,
1992, NOTICE
OF INITIATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS
AND
NOTICE
OF
POSTPONEMENT
OF
PRELIMINARY
DETERMINATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM SPAIN.
2.
THE
PRODUCTS
COVERED
BY
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS,
CERTAIN
FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS, CONSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING TWO SEPARATE
"CLASSES OR
KINDS"
OF MERCHANDISE, AS OUTLINED BELOW.
ALTHOUGH
THE
HARMONIZED
TARIFF
SCHEDULE
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES
(HTS)
SUBHEADINGS ARE
PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES,
OUR WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF
THE SCOPE
OF
THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE
DISPOSITIVE.
CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:
THESE
PRODUCTS
INCLUDE COLD-ROLLED (COLD-REDUCED) CARBON
STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS, OF
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER
THAN
SQUARE)
CROSS
SECTION, 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,
OR
IN
STRAIGHT
LENGTHS
WHICH,
IF
OF
A
THICKNESS
LESS
THAN
4.75
MILLIMETERS, ARE
OF
A
WIDTH MEASURING 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, AND 7212.50.0000.
CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE:
THESE
PRODUCTS
INCLUDE 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
SOLID
RECTANGULAR
(OTHER
THAN
SQUARE)
CROSS
SECTION,
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 PRODUCTS IN
STRAIGHT LENGTHS,
OF
SOLID RECTANGULAR (OTHER
THAN
SQUARE) CROSS SECTION,
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.
3.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS CASE
HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED
THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBER:
C-470-804.
4.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, THEY
SHOULD
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER
AGENCY
BRANCH
VIA
E-MAIL
ATTRIBUTE
"HQ
OAB".
THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD REFER THEIR
QUESTIONS
TO
KRISTAL
ELDREDGE
(202)482-0631,
OFFICE
OF
COUNTERVAILING
INVESTIGATIONS,
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION,
U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
5.
THERE
ARE
NO
RESTRICTIONS
ON
DISCLOSING
THE
ABOVE
INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN