1. On 11/06/2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Italy (80 FR 68839).

2. On 11/05/2015, Commerce published in the Federal Register (80 FR 68504) its affirmative preliminary determination of critical circumstances in the countervailing duty investigation of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Italy.

3. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 5183303 dated 07/02/2015.

4. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-475-833.

5. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Italy produced and/or exported by Ilva S.p.A., CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Italy that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 08/07/2015 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 08/07/2015, for entries of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Italy from the producer and/or exporter listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins:

Producer and/or Exporter: Ilva S.p.A.
Case number: C-475-833-001
Subsidy rate: 38.41%

6. For imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Italy, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 11/06/2015. Effective 11/06/2015, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the subsidy rates for the producers and/or exporters listed below:

Producer and/or Exporter: All Others
Case number: C-475-833-000
Subsidy rate: 13.06%

7. The following companies received a de minimis subsidy rate in the preliminary determination. No suspension of liquidation is required at this time for the following producers and/or exporters:

Producer and/or Exporter: Acciaieria Arvedi S.p.A., Finarvedi S.p.A., Arvedi Tubi Acciaio S.p.A., Euro-Trade S.p.A., and Siderurgica Triestina Srl., collectively, the Arvedi Group
Case number: C-475-833-002

Producer and/or Exporter: Marcegaglia S.p.A. and Marfin S.p.A., collectively, the Marcegaglia Group
Case number: C-475-833-003

8. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OV:IG).

9. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Sherri L. Hoffman