Automatic liquidation instructions for Certain Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India for the period 01/01/2012 through 12/31/2012 (C-533-821)
Plain-English explanation
CSMS 3056302 is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service bulletin (trade policy), published on February 25, 2013. It carries the official CBP guidance brokers and importers must follow for the topic — "Automatic liquidation instructions for Certain Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India for the period 01/01/2012 through 12/31/2012 (C-533-821)". It links to 1 AD/CVD case in Tandom's catalog. CSMS messages are the operational layer between Commerce determinations and at-the-border collections: when Commerce publishes a new rate, scope ruling, or instruction, CBP turns it into a CSMS that ACE/ACS systems and brokers act on.
Full text as published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
1.
Commerce does not automatically conduct administrative reviews of antidumping duty orders.
Instead, reviews must be requested pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213.
2.
Commerce has not received a request for an administrative review of the countervailing duty order for the period and on the merchandise identified below except for certain firm(s).
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c), you are to assess countervailing duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption at the cash deposit rate in effect on the date of entry.
Product:
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
Country:
India
Case number: C-533-821
Period: 01/01/2012 through 12/31/2012
Liquidate all entries for all firms except:
Manufacturer: Steel Authority of India Limited (See Notes in ACE)
Case number: C-533-821-001
Manufacturer: Tata Steel Limited (See Notes in ACE)
Case number: C-533-821-004
Manufacturer: JSW Ispat Steel Limited (JSW) (formerly Ispat Industries Limited)
(See Notes in ACE)
Case number:
C-533-821-005
Company:
National Steel and Agro Industries Limited
Case number:
No case number exists for this company.
Entries may have been made under
C-533-821-000 or other company-specific case numbers.
Company:
Welspun Corp Ltd. (also referred to as Welspun Steel Ltd.)
Case number:
No case number exists for this company.
Entries may have been made under
C-533-821-000 or other company-specific case numbers.
Company: Uttam Galva Steels Limited
Case number:
No case number exists for this company.
Entries may have been made under
C-533-821-000 or other company-specific case numbers.
CBP officers must also examine entries under C-533-821-000 and all existing company-specific case numbers to ensure the continued suspension of liquidation of entries during the applicable period of review for the companies listed above.
3.
There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.
4.
Entries of merchandise of excepted firms should not be liquidated until you receive specific instructions after the completion of the countervailing duty review.
Continue to suspend liquidation of all entries exported or produced by the listed firms and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period of review.
5.
Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise during the period 01/01/2012 through 12/31/2012 occurred with the publication of the notice of initiation of administrative review for the 12/2012 anniversary month (78 FR 6291, 01/30/2013).
You shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties for subsequent entries of subject merchandise at the current rates.
6.
The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties.
The interest provisions are not applicable to cash or bonds posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order.
Interest shall be calculated from the date of payment of estimated countervailing duties through the date of liquidation.
The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.
7.
If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, 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 O8#: SM.)
8.
There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Michael B. Walsh
Frequently asked questions
What is CSMS 3056302?
CSMS 3056302 is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service bulletin titled "Automatic liquidation instructions for Certain Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India for the period 01/01/2012 through 12/31/2012 (C-533-821)". CSMS bulletins are the operational instructions CBP issues to brokers, importers, and ACE filers covering rate changes, system updates, scope guidance, and other day-to-day customs-operations changes.
When was CSMS 3056302 published?
CBP published CSMS 3056302 on February 25, 2013. The bulletin's instructions are typically operative as of the publication date unless the body specifies a different effective date.
Which AD/CVD cases does CSMS 3056302 affect?
CSMS 3056302 references 1 AD/CVD case (C-533-821). The links on this page take you to each linked order with its current scope, rates, and history.
Yes — for at-the-border filing and entry collection. CSMS messages translate Commerce's Federal Register determinations into operational CBP instructions that ACE/ACS systems and brokers execute. The Federal Register notice is the underlying legal authority; the CSMS is the operational implementation. Both should be read together when reconciling a rate or scope change.
Determine if a product is in scope of an AD/CVD order
Scope text is authoritative; the HTS list is illustrative. Read scope, find past rulings, and file a 19 CFR 351.225 inquiry. Worked example on case A-570-106 (wooden cabinets from China).
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