Cash deposit instruction for certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from the People's Republic of China (A-570-865)

1. Commerce published in the Federal Register (83 FR 46914) on 09/17/2018 the final results of administrative review of certain exporters subject to the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from the People's Republic of China for the period 11/01/2016 through 10/31/2017. 2. As a result of Commerce's review, for shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 09/17/2018, (the date of publication of the final results of review in the Federal Register), the required cash deposit has been revised for certain exporters as detailed below: Exporter: Baosteel Group Corporation Exporter: Shanghai Baosteel International Economic & Trading Co., Ltd. Exporter: Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Exporter: Shanghai Meishan Iron & Steel Exporter: Union Steel China Case number: A-570-865-000 Cash deposit rate: 90.83% Note to CBP: As a result of this review, Commerce determined that these companies are not eligible or are no longer eligible for a separate rate and are part of the country-wide entity. Accordingly, Commerce has deactivated the following exporter, or exporter/producer chain rate case number: A-570-865-002 (Baosteel Group Corporation). Effective 09/17/2018 (the date of publication of the final results of review), entries of subject merchandise from these exporter(s) should be entered under A-570-865-000. 3. If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the exporters listed above then the following instructions apply: A. If the Chinese or non-Chinese exporter of the subject merchandise has its own rate, use the applicable exporter's rate for determining the cash deposit rate. B. For all exporters of subject merchandise that have not been assigned a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the China-wide rate of 90.83 percent. C. For all non-Chinese exporters of subject merchandise that have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the Chinese exporter that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. 4. These cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice. Do not liquidate any entries of merchandise included in this administrative review until assessment instructions are issued. 5. 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 OV:BB.) 6. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur