MESSAGE NO: 6069205 DATE: 03 10 2006
CATEGORY: ADA TYPE: INJ
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: A - 485 - 803 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 08 01 2003 TO 07 31 2004

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: INJ. ON CUT-TO-LENGTH CARBON STEEL PLATE FROM ROMANIA
MFR'D BY MITTAL STEEL GALATI (FORMERLY ISPAT SIDEX)
& EXP'D BY METALEXPORTIMPORT (A-485-803) CT NO 06-00050

1. ON 03-07-2006, THE U.S. COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ISSUED A
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ENJOINING LIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES
WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER ON CERTAIN
CUT-TO-LENGTH STEEL PLATE FROM ROMANIA (A-485-803), MANUFACTURED
BY MITTAL STEEL GALATI S.A. (FORMERLY ISPAT SIDEX S.A.) AND
EXPORTED BY METALEXPORTIMPORT S.A. FOR THE PERIOD 08-01-2003
THROUGH 07-31-2004.

2. THIS INJUNCTION WAS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH COURT CASE
NUMBER 06-00050 AND ENJOINS LIQUIDATION OF THE ENTRIES DESCRIBED
ABOVE.

3. ACCORDINGLY, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, DO NOT LIQUIDATE ENTRIES OF
SUBJECT MERCHANDISE WHICH WERE PRODUCED BY ISPAT SIDEX S.A.
(MITTAL STEEL S.A.'S NAME AT THE TIME THE ENTRIES WERE MADE) AND
EXPORTED BY METALEXPORTIMPORT S.A. AND WHICH WERE ENTERED, OR
WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION DURING THE PERIOD
08-01-2003 THROUGH 07-31-2004. CONTINUE TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF
THESE ENTRIES UNTIL LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED.

4. LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTRIES AFFECTED BY THIS
INJUNCTION HAVE NOT YET BEEN ISSUED.

5. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, CBP IS INSTRUCTED TO PREVENT
LIQUIDATION OF ANY ENTRIES SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE.


6. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WAS SERVED WITH THE ABOVE
REFERENCED INJUNCTION ON 03-08-2006. PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE
INJUNCTION, NO LIQUIDATION OF THE ENTRIES COVERED BY THE
INJUNCTION MAY BE MADE FOR ENTRIES WHICH REMAIN UNLIQUIDATED AS
OF 03-15-2006.

7. 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 O7:PSE).

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

CATHY SAUCEDA