MESSAGE NO: 3322114
DATE: 11 17 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 201 - 810
C - 401 - 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 MEXICO AND SWEDEN
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
MEXICO
AND
SWEDEN.
2.
THE PRODUCTS COVERED
BY
THESE INVESTIGATIONS CONSTITUTE 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.
A) CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:
THESE
PRODUCTS
INCLUDE FLAT-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL
PRODUCTS,
OF
SOLID
RECTANGULAR
(OTHER
THAN
SQUARE)
CROSS
SECTION,
OF
RECTANGULAR
SHAPE,
EITHER
CLAD,
PLATED,
OR
COATED
WITH
CORROSION-RESISTANT METALS
SUCH
AS
ZINC, ALUMINUM,
OR
ZINC-,
ALUMINUM-,
NICKEL-
OR
IRON-BASED
ALLOYS,
WHETHER
OR
NOT
CORRUGATED OR PAINTED, VARNISHED OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER
NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES IN ADDITION TO
THE
METALLIC COATING,
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
7210.31.0000, 7210.39.0000, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.60.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060,
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000,
7212.21.0000, 7212.29.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, AND 7212.60.0000.
EXCLUDED FROM THESE
INVESTIGATIONS ARE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL
PRODUCTS EITHER
PLATED
OR
COATED WITH
TIN, LEAD, CHROMIUM, CHROMIUM OXIDES, BOTH
TIN
AND
LEAD
("TERNE PLATE"),
OR
BOTH
CHROMIUM
AND
CHROMIUM
OXIDES
("TIN-FREE STEEL").
B) 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,
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBERS:
C-201-810 (MEXICO)
AND C-401-804 (SWEDEN).
EACH
CASE
NUMBER ENCOMPASSES THE
TWO
CLASSES OR KINDS OF MERCHANDISE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
4.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, THEY
SHOULD
CONTACT
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA
SEND
E-MAIL TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD REFER THEIR
QUESTIONS TO NORBERT GANNON (202)482-2786 FOR MEXICO
AND
ANNIKA
O'HARA
(202)482-0588
FOR
SWEDEN,
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
5.
THERE
ARE
NO
RESTRICTIONS
ON
DISCLOSING
THE
ABOVE
INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN