Preliminary affirmative determination for certain cold-rolled steel flat products from the Russian Federation (A-462-822) and critical circumstances for -000, -001, and -002.

1. On 03/08/2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register (81 FR 12072) its preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value, affirmative preliminary determination of critical circumstances, and postponement of final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain cold-rolled steel flat products from the Russian Federation. 2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 5237308, dated 08/25/2015. 3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-821-822. For CBP purposes only, the investigation number A-462-822 should be used. 4. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of cold-rolled steel flat products from the Russian Federation from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of certain cold-rolled steel flat products from the Russian Federation that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 12/09/2015 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 12/09/2015, for entries of certain cold-rolled steel flat products from the Russian Federation from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins: All Others Case number: A-462-822-000 Cash deposit rate: 14.76% Producer and/or Exporter: PAO Severstal and/or Severstal Export GmbH Case number: A-462-822-001 Cash deposit rate: 12.62% Producer and/or Exporter: Novolipetsk Steel OJSC and/or Novex Trading (Swiss) SA Case number: A-462-822-002 Cash deposit rate: 16.89% 5. If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply: A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the producer's rate. B. Where neither the exporter nor the producer has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate of 14.76 percent to establish the cash deposit rate. 6. 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 OIII:EQW.) 7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur