MESSAGE NO: 3322115
DATE: 11 17 1992
CATEGORY: CVD
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
C - 614 - 802
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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 NEW ZEALAND
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 NEW ZEALAND.
2.
THE
PRODUCTS COVERED
BY
THIS INVESTIGATION, CERTAIN
STEEL
PRODUCTS, CONSTITUTE A SINGLE "CLASS OR KIND"
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 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 THICHNESS 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").
3.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS CASE
HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBER C-614-802.
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
TO ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB".
THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD REFER THEIR
QUESTIONS TO STEPHANIE MOORE, (202)482-1767, IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
5.
THERE
ARE
NO
RESTRICTIONS
ON
DISCLOSING
THE
ABOVE
INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN