AD/CVD message 6345201 - CASH DEPOSIT INSTRUCTIONS FOR CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS FROM FRANCE (C-427-208-001/002) (COMMERCE CASE NUMBER C-427-810)

6345201
Dec 11, 2006
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Category: Countervailing • Type: Administrative Review • Cases: C-427-208

MESSAGE NO: 6345201 DATE: 12 11 2006
CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: ADM
REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:
CASES: C - 427 - 208 - -
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PERIOD COVERED: 11 27 2006 TO

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS
PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: CASH DEPOSIT INSTRUCTIONS FOR CORROSION-RESISTANT
CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS FROM FRANCE (C-427-208-001/002)
(COMMERCE CASE NUMBER C-427-810)

1. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS COMPLETED ITS ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER (C-427-810) ON
CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS FROM FRANCE FOR THE
JANUARY 1, 2004, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2004 PERIOD AND PUBLISHED
THE FINAL RESULTS IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON (71 FR 68549,
NOVEMBER 27, 2006).

2. IMPORTS COVERED BY THE REVIEW ARE COLD-ROLLED (COLD-REDUCED)
CARBON STEEL FLAT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL PRODUCTS, OF RECTANGULAR
SHAPE, EITHER CLAD, PLATED, OR COATED WITH CORROSION-RESISTANT
METALS SUCH AS ZINC, ALUMINUM, OR ZINC-, ALUMINUM-, NICKEL- OR
IRON-BASED ALLOYS, WHETHER OR NOT CORRUGATED OR PAINTED,
VARNISHED OR COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER NONMETALLIC
SUBSTANCES IN ADDITION TO THE METALLIC COATING, IN COILS
(WHETHER OR NOT IN SUCCESSIVELY SUPERIMPOSED LAYERS) AND OF A
WIDTH OF 0.5 INCH OR GREATER, OR IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS WHICH, IF
OF A THICKNESS LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS, ARE OF A WIDTH OF 0.5
INCH OR GREATER AND WHICH MEASURES AT LEAST 10 TIMES THE
THICKNESS OR IF OF A THICKNESS OF 4.75 MILLIMETERS OR MORE ARE
OF A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150 MILLIMETERS AND MEASURES AT LEAST
TWICE THE THICKNESS, AS CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE IN THE HARMONIZED
TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ("HTSUS") UNDER ITEM
NUMBERS 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030,
7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030,
7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000,
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000,
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560,

7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090.
INCLUDED IN THIS ORDER ARE CORROSION-RESISTANT FLAT-ROLLED
PRODUCTS OF NONRECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION WHERE SUCH CROSS-
SECTION IS ACHIEVED SUBSEQUENT TO THE ROLLING PROCESS (i.e.,
PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN "WORDED AFTER ROLLING") FOR EXAMPLE,
PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN BEVELED OR ROUNDED AT THE EDGES.
EXCLUDED FROM THIS ORDER ARE FLAT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS EITHER
PLATED OR COATED WITH TIN, LEAD, CHROMIUM, CHROMIUM OXIDES, BOTH
TIN AND LEAD ("TERNE PLATE"), OR BOTH CHROMIUM AND CHROMIUM
OXIDES ("TIN-FREE STEEL"), WHETHER OR NOT PAINTED, VARNISHED, OR
COATED WITH PLASTICS OR OTHER NONMETALLIC SUBSTANCES IN ADDITION
TO THE METALLIC COATING. ALSO EXCLUDED FROM THIS ORDER ARE CLAD
PRODUCTS IN STRAIGHT LENGTHS OF 0.1875 INCH OR MORE IN COMPOSITE
THICKNESS AND OF A WIDTH WHICH EXCEEDS 150 MILLIMETERS AND
MEASURES AT LEAST TWICE THE THICKNESS. ALSO EXCLUDED FROM THIS
ORDER ARE CERTAIN CLAD STAINLESS FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCTS, WHICH ARE
THREE-LAYERED CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON STEEL FLAT-ROLLED
PRODUCTS LESS THAN 4.75 MILLIMETERS IN COMPOSITE THICKNESS THAT
CONSIST OF A CARBON STEEL FLAT-ROLLED PRODUCT CLAD ON BOTH SIDES
WITH STAINLESS STEEL IN A 20%-60%-20% RATIO. ALTHOUGH THE HTSUS
SUBHEADINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS PURPOSES,
THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF THE MERCHANDISE IS DISPOSITIVE.

3. ACCORDINGLY, FOR SHIPMENTS OF CORROSION-RESISTANT CARBON
STEEL PRODUCTS FROM FRANCE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE,
FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 27, 2006, YOU SHALL COLLECT
A CASH DEPOSIT OF ESTIMATED COUNTERVAILING DUTIES OF 0.00
PERCENT OF THE ENTERED VALUE FOR:

MANUFACTURER/EXPORTER CUSTOMS ID/NUMBER PERCENT

DUFERCO COATING S.A. C-427-208-001 0.00

SORRAL S.A. C-427-208-002 0.00

4. THIS REQUIREMENT FOR A CASH DEPOSIT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL PUBLICATION OF THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE NEXT
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. DO NOT LIQUIDATE ANY ENTRIES OF
MERCHANDISE INCLUDED IN THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW UNTIL
ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS ARE RECEIVED.

5. 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 O3:KJ).

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

CATHY SAUCEDA