MESSAGE NO: 3345111 DATE: 12 10 1992
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: PRE
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 351 - 206 C - 351 - 207
C - 351 - 208 C - 351 - 209
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PERIOD COVERED: 12 07 1992 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE: 12 07 1992

TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION

RE: PRELIMINARY AFFIRMATIVE COUNTERVAILING DUTY DETERMINATION
OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM BRAZIL


ON DECEMBER 7, 1992, NOTICE OF ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATIONS
THAT CERTAIN BENEFITS WHICH CONSTITUTE SUBSIDIES WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY LAW ARE BEING PROVIDED TO THE
PRODUCER, MANUFACTURERS, OR EXPORTERS OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
FROM BRAZIL.

2. THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE INVESTIGATIONS, CERTAIN STEEL
PRODUCTS, CONSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING FOUR 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 DESCRIPTION OF THE SCOPE OF THIS
PROCEEDING IS DISPOSITIVE.

CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS:


THESE PRODUCTS INCLUDE HOT-ROLLED 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 ARE LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS IN
THICKNESS AND OF A WIDTH MEASURING AT LEAST 10 TIMES THE
THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HTS UNDER ITEM
NUMBERS 7208.11.0000, 7208.12.0000, 7208.13.1000,
7208.13.5000, 7208.14.1000, 7208.14.5000, 7208.21.1000,
7208.21.5000, 7208.22.1000, 7208.22.5000, 7208.23.1000,
7208.23.5030, 7208.23.5090, 7208.24.1000, 7208.24.5030,
7208.24.5090, 7208.34.1000, 7208.34.5000, 7208.35.1000,
7208.35.5000, 7208.44.0000, 7208.45.0000, 7208.90.0000,
7210.70.3000, 7210.90.9000, 7211.12.0000, 7211.19.1000,
7211.19.5000, 7211.22.0090, 7211.29.1000, 7211.29.3000,
7211.29.5000, 7211.29.7030, 7211.29.7060, 7211.29.7090,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, AND 7212.50.0000.

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 CORROSSION-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 MEASURING 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").

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. THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF ALL
ENTRIES OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS FROM BRAZIL WHICH ARE
ENTERED OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR
AFTER DECEMBER 7, 1992, AND SHALL REQUIRE A CASH DEPOSIT OR
BOND FOR SUCH ENTRIES OF THE MERCHANDISE IN THE AMOUNT OF:

MANUFACTURERS, PRODUCERS, CUSTOMS PERCENT
EXPORTERS ID NUMBER

CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS

COSIPA C-351-206-001 53.48
USIMINAS C-351-206-002 5.73
ALL OTHERS C-351-206-000 42.82

CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS

COSIPA C-351-207-001 53.48
CSN C-351-207-002 42.82
USIMINAS C-351-207-003 5.73
ALL OTHERS C-351-207-000 19.38

CERTAIN CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS

ALL FIRMS C-351-208-000 42.82

CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE

COSIPA C-351-209-001 53.48
USIMINAS C-351-209-002 6.68
ALL OTHERS C-351-209-000 29.67

4. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS COUNTERVAILING DUTY CASE
HAS BEEN ASSIGNED INVESTIGATION NUMBER C-351-818. THE CASE
NUMBER ENCOMPASSES THE FOUR CLASSES OR KINDS OF MERCHANDISE
UNDER INVESTIGATION. FOR CUSTOMS REPORTING PURPOSES EACH
CLASS OR KIND HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A SEPARATE CASE NUMBER:
HOT-ROLLED (C-351-206); COLD-ROLLED (C-351-207);
CORROSION-RESISTANT (C-351-208); AND PLATE (C-351-209).

5. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICER, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION,
OTHER AGENCY BRANCH VIA E-MAIL BY USING ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD
CONTACT PHILIP PIA OR LAUREL LYNN, OFFICE OF COUNTERVAILING
COMPLIANCE, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, (202) 482-2786.


6. THE AD/CVD MODULE MAY NOT BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES
UNTIL MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1992. THEREFORE, ABI ENTRIES OF THIS
MERCHANDISE SUBMITTED AS TYPE 03 ENTRIES WILL BE REJECTED BY ACS.
ENTRIES REJECTED FOR THIS REASON SHOULD BE RE-SUBMITTED ON
DECEMBER 14, 1992 . LATE-FILE PENALTIES DUE TO THESE SYSTEM
REJECTS WILL BE WAIVED.

7. IF THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS
INFORMATION.


NANCY MCTIERNAN