CSMS Message: 93-000813

Title:ADD/CVD DRAMS RATE INDICATOR
Date:1993-08-30
To:abi
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THIS IS TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A SITUATION WHEN PERFORMING THE
ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY QUERY FOR CASES PERTAINING TO DYNAMIC
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY SEMICONDUCTORS (DRAMS) FROM KOREA WHICH INCLUDE
KOREAN DRAMS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO PRODUCTS MADE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. WHEN
PERFORMING THIS QUERY FOR THESE CASES THE RECORD IDENTIFIER C5 (OUTPUT)
WILL DISPLAY A CODE OF '0' IN THE 'RATE INDICATOR' DATA ELEMENT (POSITION
13) INDICATING NO DEPOSIT RATE EXISTS. HOWEVER, AS STATED IN
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 3152111, DATED JUNE 4, 1993, THESE ADD/CVD CASES
HAVE AN AD VALOREM AND A SPECIFIC DUTY RATE.
THE REASON A '0' IS DISPLAYED IN THIS FIELD IS BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE DID NOT INPUT DEPOSIT RATES IN THE "ANTI-DUMPING/COUNTERVAILING
DEPOSIT RATE" SCREEN. NO DEPOSIT RATE INPUT OCCURED BECAUSE THE ADD/CVD
DUTY MODULE WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR INPUT OF BOTH AD VALORUM AND SPECIFIC
DUTY RATE. THESE CASES ARE THE EXCEPTION, SO NO CATAIR CHANGE WILL
BE FORTHCOMMING. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THIS SITUATION WHEN PERFORMING
THIS QUERY. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS TO YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.