MESSAGE NO: 5136111 DATE: 05 16 1995
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: LIQ
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 470 - 209 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 12 07 1992 TO 12 31 1993

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

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

FROM: DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

RE: LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPANISH CUT TO LENGTH CARBON
STEEL PLATE (C-470-209)


1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DID NOT CONDUCT AN ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON CERTAIN
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM SPAIN FOR THE
DECEMBER 7, 1992 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1993 PERIOD.

2. CERTAIN CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM SPAIN COVERS
SHIPMENTS FROM SPAIN OF 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 1,250
MILLIMETERS AND OF A THICKNESS OF NOT LESS THAN 4
MILLIMETERS, NOT IN COILS AND WITHOUT PATTERNS IN RELIEF), 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-ROLLED PRODUCTS IN STRAIGHT
LENGTHS, 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
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (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. INCLUDED IN THESE ORDERS ARE
FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS OF NONRECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION WHERE
SUCH CROSS-SECTION IS ACHIEVED SUBSEQUENT TO THE ROLLING
PROCESS (I.E., PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN "WORKED AFTER
ROLLING") - FOR EXAMPLE, PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN BEVELLED OR
ROUNDED AT THE EDGES. EXCLUDED FROM THESE ORDERS IS GRADE
X-70 PLATE.

3. THEREFORE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 355.22(G) OF THE
COMMERCE REGULATIONS, YOU ARE TO ASSESS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
AT RATES EQUAL TO THE CASH DEPOSIT OF ESTIMATED
COUNTERVAILING DUTIES REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF ENTRY SUMMARY
ON CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE FROM
SPAIN WHICH ENTERED, OR WAS WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR
CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 7, 1992 AND BEFORE APRIL 6,
1993 AND ON ENTRIES SUMMARIES MADE ON OR AFTER AUGUST 17,
1993 WHICH WERE EXPORTED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1993.
ENTRIES SUMMARIES MADE ON OR AFTER APRIL 6, 1993 AND BEFORE
AUGUST 17, 1993 SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED AND ARE NOT
LIABLE FOR COUNTERVAILING DUTY ASSESSMENT.

4. THE RATES OF ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES WHICH WERE
REQUIRED TO BE DEPOSITED ARE:

CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE
SPAIN
ALL FIRMS C-470-209 12/07/92-04/05/93 45.58 PERCENT
04/06/93-08/16/93 NO SUSPENSION
08/17/93-12/31/93 36.86 PERCENT

5. THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION ORDERED FOR THE DESCRIBED
CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM SPAIN WHICH ENTERED, OR
WAS WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER
DECEMBER 7, 1992 AND BEFORE APRIL 6, 1993 AND ON ENTRIES MADE
ON OR AFTER AUGUST 18, 1993 WHICH WERE EXPORTED ON OR BEFORE
DECEMBER 31, 1993 IS LIFTED. THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION
FOR ALL SHIPMENTS OF THE MERCHANDISE LISTED ABOVE EXPORTED
AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1993 WILL CONTINUE.

6. THE ASSESSMENT OF ANTIDUMPING DUTIES BY THE CUSTOMS SEVICE ON
ENTRIES OF THIS MERCHNDISE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. SECTION 778 REQUIRES
THAT CUSTOMS PAY INTEREST ON OVERPAYMENTS, OR ASSESS INTEREST
ON OVERPAYMENTS, OF THE REQUIRED AMOUNTS DEPOSITED AS
ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES.
THE INTEREST PROVISIONS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO CASH OR BONDS
POSTED AS ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES BEFORE THE DATE OF
PUBLICATION OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER. INTEREST SHALL
BE CALCULATED AT THAT RATE FROM THE DATE OF PAYMENT OF
ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES THROUGH THE DATE OF
LIQUIDATION. THE RATE AT WHICH SUCH INTEREST IS PAYABLE IS
THE RATE IN EFFECT UNDER SECTION 6621 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1954 FOR SUCH PERIOD. HOWEVER, ENTRIES BETWEEN THE
DATES OF THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION AND PUBLICATION OF THE
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ARE NOT SUBECT TO THE INTEREST
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778. THEREFORE, NO INTEREST SHOULD BE
COLLECTED OR PAID ON ENTRIES OR WITHDRAWALS MADE ON OR AFTER
DECEMBER 7, 1992 AND ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 17, 1993.

7. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS, PLEASE CONTACT VIA EMAIL, THROUGH THE APPRIAPRIATE
SUPERVISORY CHANNELS, TECHNICAL PROGRAMS,
ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY, USING ATTRIBUTE "HQ OAB".
THE IMPORTING PUBLIC AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD
CONTACT THE OFFICE OF COUNTERVAILING COMPLIANCE, IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (202) 482-2786.

8. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.


NANCY MCTIERNAN