MESSAGE NO: 4351112
DATE: 12 17 1993
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: ORD
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 580 - 815
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PERIOD COVERED:
08 18 1993
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LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER ON CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM KOREA
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON AUGUST 19, 1993, NOTICE OF
ITS ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDERS ON
CERTAIN COLD-ROLLED CARBON
STEEL
FLAT PRODUCTS AND
CERTAIN
CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM KOREA.
2.
ONE OF THE FOUR CLASSES OR KINDS OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY THESE
INVESTIGATIONS
IS
CERTAIN
COLD-ROLLED
CARBON
STEEL
FLAT
PRODUCTS.
THESE
PRODUCTS INCLUDE COLD-ROLLED (COLD-REDUCED)
CARBON
STEEL
FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS,
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
(WHETHER
OR
NOT
IN
SUCCESSIVELY SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS) AND OF
A WIDTH OF 0.5 INCH
OR GREATER, OR IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS WHICH, IF
OF
A THICKNESS
LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS, ARE
OF
A WIDTH OF
0.5 INCH
OR
GREATER AND WHICH MEASURE 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,
7212.50.0000,
7217.11.1000,
7217.11.2000,
7217.11.3000,
7217.19.1000,
7217.19.5000,
7217.21.1000,
7217.29.1000,
7217.29.5000,
7217.31.1000, 7217.39.1000,
AND
7217.39.5000.
INCLUDED
IN
THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS OF
NONRECTANGULAR
CROSS-SECTION
WHERE
SUCH
CROSS-SECTION
ACHIEVED SUBSEQUENT TO
THE
ROLLING PROCESS
(I.E., PRODUCTS
WHICH
HAVE
BEEN
"WORKED
AFTER ROLLING")
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FOR
EXAMPLE,
PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN BEVELLED OR ROUNDED AT THE EDGES.
EXCLUDED FROM
THESE INVESTIGATIONS IS
CERTAIN
SHADOW
MASK
STEEL, I.E., ALUMINUM-KILLED, COLD-ROLLED STEEL COIL THAT
IS
OPEN-COIL ANNEALED, HAS
A CARBON CONTENT OF
LESS THAN 0.002
PERCENT, IS
OF 0.003 TO 0.012 INCH
IN THICKNESS, 15
TO
30
INCHES IN WIDTH, AND
HAS
AN
ULTRA FLAT, ISOTROPIC SURFACE.
ALTHOUGH THE HTS SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR
WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE
SCOPE
OF
THESE PROCEEDINGS IS DISPOSITIVE.
3.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES, THIS CASE
HAS
BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATIONS NUMBER A-580-815.
4.
THE
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
COMMISSION
(ITC)
NOTIFIED
THE
DEPARTMENT
THAT
AN
INDUSTRY
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES
IS
THREATENED WITH
MATERIAL INJURY
BY
REASON
OF
IMPORTS
OF
COLD-ROLLED STEEL FROM KOREA.
FOR ALL ENTRIES OF COLD-ROLLED
STEEL
FROM
KOREA ENTERED,
OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR
CONSUMPTION BEFORE AUGUST 18, 1993, THE
DATE
OF PUBLICATION
OF THE ITC'S FINAL DETERMINATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER, THE
CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL TERMINATE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION AND
RELEASE ANY
BOND
OR
OTHER SECURITY, AND
REFUND
ANY
CASH
DEPOSIT POSTED TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED ANTIDUMPING
DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO THESE ENTRIES.
5.
FOR
ALL ENTRIES OF COLD-ROLLED STEEL
FROM KOREA, ENTERED OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON
OR AFTER AUGUST
18,
1993,
THE CUSTOMS SERVICE SHALL REQUIRE A
CASH DEPOSIT
EQUAL
TO
THE
ESTIMATED
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE ANTIDUMPING DUTY
MARGINS NOTED BELOW:
COLD-ROLLED STEEL:
POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY:
14.44 PERCENT
ALL OTHERS:
14.44 PERCENT
6.
IN GENERAL,THE DEPOSIT RATE REQUIRED ON
EACH ENTRY
WILL
BE
THAT
ASSIGNEDTO
THE MANUFACTURER OF
THE
FLAT-ROLLED STEEL
PRODUCT.
FOR
THE ENTRY
TO
BE ACCEPTED, THE
NAME
OF
THE
MANUFACTURER MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED.
IN
THE
EVENT
THAT
THE
EXPORTER
IS
A
RESELLER, TRADING
COMPANY, OR
STEEL SERVICE CENTER, THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS
SHOULD BE FOLLOWED:
(1)
IF
THE RESELLER, ETC., SIMPLY RE-SELLS THE FLAT-ROLLED
STEEL PRODUCT, A DEPOSIT EQUAL TO
THE
RATE ASSIGNED TO
THE
MANUFACTURERWILL BE REQUIRED.
(2)
IF
THE RESELLER, ETC., DOES SOME FURTHER PROCESSING BUT
DOES NOT TRANSFORM THE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCT INTO A CLASS
OR KIND OF MERCHANDISE DIFFERENT THAN THAT PURCHASED FROM THE
MANUFACTURER, A DEPOSIT EQUAL
TO
THE
RATE ASSIGNED TO
THE
MANUFACTURER
WILL
BE
REQUIRED.
(E.G.,
IF
A
RESELLER
PURCHASES A FOUR-FOOT WIDE COIL OF HOT-ROLLED STEEL AND SLITS
IT INTO FOUR ONE-FOOT WIDE COILS OF HOT-ROLLED STEEL.)
(3)
IF
THE
RESELLER, ETC.,
DOES
FURTHER PROCESSING
AND
CHANGES
THE
PRODUCT
INTO
A
DIFFERENT CLASS
OR
KIND
OF
MERCHANDISE A DEPOSIT EQUAL TO
THE "ALL OTHER" RATE FOR
THE
NEW CLASS OR KIND OF MERCHANDISE WILL BE REQUIRED.
(E.G., IF
A RESELLER GALVANIZED HOT-ROLLED COIL,
THE
"ALL OTHER" RATE
FOR CORROSION-RESISTANT STEEL WOULD APPLY.)
7.
IF
THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO
THE
AD\CVD BRANCH
VIA
E-MAIL ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB".
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND
OTHER
INTERESTED
PARTIES
SHOULD
CONTACT
THE
FOLLOWING
IMPORT
COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST AT THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF ANTIDUMPING
COMPLIANCE:
ED HALEY (202) 482-4733
8.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONSON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION
NANCY MCTIERNAN