MESSAGE NO: 5244206 DATE: 09 01 2005
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: SCO
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 588 - 845 A - 412 - 818
A - 201 - 822 A - 583 - 831
A - 428 - 825 A - 580 - 834

PERIOD COVERED: 08 15 2005 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: SCOPE RULING ON ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDERS ON STAINLESS
STEEL SHEET AND STRIP IN COILS FROM JAPAN, THE UNITED
KINDGOM, MEXICO, TAIWAN, GERMANY, AND SOUTH KOREA


1. ON AUGUST 15, 2005, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY HUTCHINSON
TECHNOLOGY INC. (HTI), THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ISSUED A FINAL
SCOPE RULING THAT CERTAIN SUSPENSION FOIL DOES NOT MEET THE
CRITERIA FOR EXCLUSION FROM THE ANTIDUMPING ORDERS, AND IS
THEREFORE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ANTIDUMPING ORDERS COVERING
STAINLESS STEEL SHEET AND STRIP IN COILS FROM JAPAN (A-588-845),
THE UNITEDKINGDOM (A-412-818), MEXICO (A-201-822), TAIWAN
(A-583-831), GERMANY (A-428-825), SOUTH KOREA (A-580-834).

2. ACCORDING TO COMMERCE'S RULING, IF AN IMPORTED PRODUCT KNOWN
AS SUSPENSION FOIL DOES NOT MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS SET OUT IN
THE SCOPE EXCLUSION LANGUAGE PROVIDED BELOW, THEN THE PRODUCT IS
WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ORDERS.

"ALSO EXCLUDED IS A PRODUCT REFERRED TO AS SUSPENSION
FOIL, A SPECIALTY STEEL PRODUCT USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
SUSPENSION ASSEMBLIES FOR COMPUTER DISK DRIVES. SUSPENSION
FOIL IS DESCRIBED AS 302/304 GRADE OR 202 GRADE STAINLESS
STEEL OF A THICKNESS BETWEEN 14 AND 127 MICRONS, WITH A
THICKNESS TOLERANCE OF PLUS-OR-MINUS 2.01 MICRONS, AND
SURFACE GLOSSINESS OF 200 TO 700 PERCENT GS. SUSPENSION
FOIL MUST BE SUPPLIED IN COIL WIDTHS OF NOT MORE THAN 407
MM, AND WITH A MASS OF 225 KG OR LESS. ROLL MARKS MAY ONLY
BE VISIBLE ON ONE SIDE, WITH NO SCRATCHES OF MEASURABLE
DEPTH. THE MATERIAL MUST EXHIBIT RESIDUAL STRESSES OF 2 MM
MAXIMUM DEFLECTION, AND FLATNESS OF 1.6 MM OVER 685 MM
LENGTH."

3. CONTINUE TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES OF SUSPENSION
FOIL FROM JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, MEXICO, TAIWAN, GERMANY, AND
SOUTH KOREA, THAT DO NOT MEET THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION, SUBJECT TO
THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDERS COVERING STAINLESS STEEL SHEET AND
STRIP INCOILS FROM JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, MEXICO, TAIWAN,
GERMANY AND SOUTH KOREA,

4. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CBP
OFFICERS, THE IMPORTING PUBLIC OR INTERESTED PARTIES, PLEASE
CONTACT DAVINA HASHMI OR RON TRENTHAM AT OFFICE OF AD/CVD
ENFORCEMENT, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0984
OR (202) 482-3577 RESPECTIVELY (GENERATED BY O2:RT).

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

CATHY SAUCEDA