MESSAGE NO: 9006209 DATE: 1/6/2009

CATEGORY: CVD TYPE: LIQ

REFERENCE: REFERENCE DATE:

CASES: C-580-851, C-223-222, C-412-222, C-427-222, C-428-222, C-549-222

PERIOD COVERED: 01/01/2007 TO 12/31/2007

LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:

TO: DIRECTORS OF FIELD OPERATIONS, PORT DIRECTORS

FROM: DIRECTOR, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT

RE: LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS, MEMORY
SEMICONDUCTOR FROM KOREA (C-580-851), THIRD, COUNTRY (THAILAND, U.K.,
COSTA RICA, GERMANY, FRANCE)

THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.

1\. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CONDUCT

ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS. INSTEAD,

REVIEWS MUST BE REQUESTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 751(a)(1) OF THE

TARIFF ACT OF 1930 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 351.213 OF

THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS.

2\. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS NOT RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR

AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER FOR

THE PERIODS AND ON THE MERCHANDISE LISTED BELOW, EXCEPT FOR THE

FIRM(S) NOTED. THEREFORE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION

351.212(c) OF THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS, YOU ARE TO

ASSESS COUNTERVAILING DUTIES ON MERCHANDISE ENTERED, OR

WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION AT THE CASH DEPOSIT

OR BONDING RATE IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF ENTRY.

PRODUCT: DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY SEMICONDUCTORS

COUNTRY: REPUBLIC OF KOREA

CASE NUMBER: C-580-851

PERIOD 01/01/2007-12/31/2007:

LIQUIDATE ALL ENTRIES FOR ALL FIRMS EXCEPT:

HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

CASE NUMBER: C-580-851-001

3\. THERE ARE NO INJUNCTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE ENTRIES COVERED

BY THIS INSTRUCTION.

4\. FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THIS CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED

THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION NUMBER: C-580-851. FOR CBP PURPOSES,

FOR ALL ASSEMBLED DRAMS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES THAT CONTAIN

KOREAN DRAMS (UNASSEMBLED OR ASSEMBLED) AND FOR ALL MEMORY

MODULES FROM THIRD COUNTRIES THAT CONTAIN KOREAN DRAMS

(UNASSEMBLED OR ASSEMBLED), THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN

ASSIGNED THEIR OWN CASE NUMBER. THE FIRST THREE DIGITS

REPRESENT THE COUNTRY IN QUESTION, THE NEXT THREE DIGITS WILL

BE 222, AND THE LAST THREE DIGITS WILL BE THE SAME AS IN THE

COMMERCE CASE FOR EACH RESPECTIVE MANUFACTURER. THE FIRST SIX

DIGITS ARE GIVEN BELOW:

THAILAND C-549-222

UNITED KINGDOM C-412-222

COSTA RICA C-223-222

GERMANY C-428-222

FRANCE C-427-222

THIS LIST IS FOR CONVENIENCE AND CBP PURPOSES AND MAY BE

AMENDED, DEPENDING ON CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF TRADE. IF IMPORT

SPECIALISTS SHOULD BECOME AWARE OF SHIPMENTS WITHIN THE SCOPE

OF THIS COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER FROM THIRD COUNTRIES NOT IN

THE AD/CVD MODULE, THEY SHOULD NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF

COMMERCE ABOUT SUCH SHIPMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 9.

5\. THE DRAMS SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE

UNDER SUBHEADINGS 8542.21.8005, 8542.21.8020 THROUGH

8542.21.8030, AND 8542.32.0001 THROUGH 8542.32.0023 OF THE

HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (\"HTSUS\").

THE MEMORY MODULES CONTAINING DRAMS FROM KOREA, DESCRIBED

ABOVE, ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIABLE UNDER SUBHEADINGS

8473.30.1040, 8473.30.1080, 8473.30.1140, AND 8473.30.1180 OF

THE HTSUS. REMOVABLE MEMORY MODULES PLACED ON MOTHERBOARDS

ARE CLASSIFIABLE UNDER SUBHEADINGS 8443.99.2500,

8443.99.2550, 8471.50.0085, 8471.50.0150, 8517.30.5000,

8517.50.1000, 8517.50.5000, 8517.50.9000, 8517.61.0000,

8517.62.0010, 8517.62.0050, 8517.69.0000, 8517.70.0000,

8517.90.3400, 8517.90.3600, 8517.90.3800, 8517.90.4400,

8542.21.8005, 8542.21.8020, 8542.21.8021, 8542.21.8022,

8542.21.8023, 8542.21.8024, 8542.21.8025, 8542.21.8026,

8542.21.8027, 8542.21.8028, 8542.21.8029, 8542.21.8030,

8542.31.0000, 8542.33.0000, 8542.39.0000, 8543.89.9300, AND

8543.89.9600 OF THE HTSUS. HOWEVER, THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION,

AND NOT THE HTSUS CLASSIFICATION, IS DISPOSITIVE OF WHETHER

MERCHANDISE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES FALLS WITHIN THE

SCOPE.

6\. 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 OF MERCHANDISE EXPORTED OR

PRODUCED BY THE LISTED FIRMS AND ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM

WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION DURING THIS PERIOD.

7\. NOTICE OF THE LIFTING OF SUSPENSION OF LIQUIDATION OF

ENTRIES OF SUBJECT MERCHANDISE DURING THE PERIOD 01/01/2007

THROUGH 12/31/2007 OCCURRED WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE

OF INITIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW FOR THE 08/2008

ANNIVERSARY MONTH (73 FR 56795, 09/30/2008).

8\. THE ASSESSMENT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTIES BY THE CBP SERVICE

ON SHIPMENTS OR ENTRIES OF THIS MERCHANDISE IS SUBJECT TO THE

PROVISIONS OF SECTION 778 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. 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 ENTRY DATE OR DATE OF DEPOSIT WHICHEVER IS LATER, 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.

9\. 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

OPERATIONS, IMPORT ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE

ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AT (202) 482-0984

OR (202) 482-3577 RESPECTIVELY (GENERATED BY O1: SS).

10\. THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS

INFORMATION.

DAVID M. GENOVESE