MESSAGE NO: 6278111 DATE: 10 05 1995
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: LIQ
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 428 - 812 C - 533 - 807
C - 357 - 002 - -
- - - -

PERIOD COVERED: 01 01 1994 TO 12 31 1994

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

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

FROM: DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

RE: LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT-ROLLER LEAD & BISMUTH
CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS - GERMANY (C-428-812) SULFANILIC
ACID - INDIA (C-533-807) WOOL - ARGENTINA (C-357-002)

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DID NOT CONDUCT AN ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS ON CERTAIN
HOT-ROLLED LEAD AND BISMUTH CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS FROM
GERMANY (C-428-812), SULFANILIC ACID FROM INDIA (C-533-807),
AND WOOL FROM ARGENTINA (C-357-002) FOR THE JANUARY 1, 1994
THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1994 REVIEW PERIODS.

2. CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED LEAD AND BISMUTH CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS
FROM GERMANY (C-428-812) COVERS SHIPMENTS OF HOT-ROLLED BARS
AND RODS OF NONALLOY OR OTHER ALLOY STEEL, WHETHER OR NOT
DESCALED, CONTAINING BY WEIGHT 0.03 PERCENT OR MORE OF LEAD
OR 0.05 PERCENT OR MORE OF BISMUTH, IN COILS OR CUT LENGTHS,
AND IN NUMEROUS SHAPES AND SIZES. EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF
THIS ORDER ARE OTHER ALLOY STEELS (AS DEFINED BY THE
HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (HTSUS)
CHAPTER 72, NOTE (f)), EXCEPT STEELS CLASSIFIED AS OTHER
ALLOY STEELS BY REASON OF CONTAINING BY WEIGHT 0.4 PERCENT OR
MORE OF LEAD, OR 0.1 PERCENT OR MORE OF BISMUTH, TELLURIUM,
OR SELENIUM. ALSO EXCLUDED ARE SEMI-FINISHED STEELS AND
FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS. MOST OF THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THIS
ORDER ARE PROVIDED FOR UNDER SUBHEADINGS 7213.20.00.00 AND
7214.30.00.00 OF THE HTSUS. SMALL QUANTITIES OF THESE
PRODUCTS MAY ALSO ENTER UNDER THE FOLLOWING HTSUS
SUBHEADINGS: 7213.31.30.00, 60.00; 7213.39.00.30, 00.60,
00.90; 7214.40.00.10, 00.30, 00.50; 7214.50.00.10, 00.30,
00.50; 7214.60.00.10, 00.30, 00.50; AND 7228.30.80.

SULFANILIC ACID FROM INDIA (C-533-807) COVERS SHIPMENTS OF
ALL GRADES OF SULFANILIC ACID, WHICH INCLUDE TECHNICAL (OR
CRUDE) SULFANILIC ACID, REFINED (OR PURIFIED) SULFANILIC ACID
AND SODIUM SALT OF SULFANILIC ACID (SODIUM SULFANILATE).
TECHNICAL AND REFINED SULFANILIC ACID ARE CURRENTLY
CLASSIFIABLE UNDER HTS ITEM NUMBER 2921.42.22. SODIUM SALT
OF SULFANILIC ACID IS CLASSIFIABLE UNDER HTS SUBHEADING
2921.42.7500.

WOOL FROM ARGENTINA (C-357-002) COVERS SHIPMENTS OF ARGENTINE
WOOL FINER THAN 44S AND NOT ON THE SKIN. THE PRODUCTS ARE
CLASSIFIABLE UNDER HTS ITEM NUMBERS 5101.11.60, 5101.19.60,
5101.21.40 AND 5101.29.40.

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 ON GERMAN
HOT-ROLLED LEAD AND BISMUTH AND INDIAN SULFANILIC ACID
EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1994 AND ON OR BEFORE
DECEMBER 31, 1994. SINCE THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON
WOOL FROM ARGENTINA WAS REVOKED FOR ENTRIES MADE ON OR AFTER
JANUARY 1, 1995, YOU ARE TO ASSESS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES AT
RATES EQUAL TO THE CASH DEPOSIT OF ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING
DUTIES REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF ENTRY ON ARGENTINE WOOL
EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1994 WHICH ENTERED ON OR
BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1994.

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

HOT-ROLLED LEAD AND BISMUTH
GERMANY
MANUFACTURERS
THYSSEN STAHL AG C-428-812-001 EXCLUDED
ALL OTHER FIRMS C-428-812 01/01/94-12/31/94 17.28 PERCENT

SULFANILIC ACID
INDIA
MANUFACTURERS
ALL FIRMS C-533-807 01/01/94-12/3194 43.71 PERCENT

WOOL
ARGENTINA
MANUFACTURERS
ALL FIRMS C-357-002 01/01/94-12/31/94 6.23 PERCENT

5. THE SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION ORDERED FOR THE MERCHANDISE
LISTED ABOVE EXPORTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1994 AND ON OR
BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1994 IS LIFTED. THE SUSPENSION OF
LIQUIDATION FOR ALL SHIPMENTS OF GERMAN HOT ROLLED LEAD AND
BISMUTH AND INDIAN SULFANILIC ACID EXPORTED AFTER DECEMBER
31, 1994 WILL CONTINUE. SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION FOR
ARGENTINE WOOL WAS TERMINATED EFFECTIVE AUGUST 8, 1995 AND
LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL PERIODS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED
WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THIS EMAIL.

6. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT REQUIRE THAT
INTEREST BE PAID ON OVERPAYMENTS OR UNDERPAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS
DEPOSITED AS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES. SUCH INTEREST IS PAYABLE
AT THE RATE IN EFFECT UNDER SECTION 6621 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1954 FOR SUCH PERIOD. THE INTEREST SHALL BE
CALCULATED AT THAT RATE FROM THE DATE OF PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED
DUTIES THROUGH THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION.

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

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


NANCY MCTIERNAN