On May 28, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced in the Federal Register that it has made certain ministerial errors in the preliminary results of its antidumping duty (AD) administrative review for certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe from China announced on April 28.
On April 28, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced in the Federal Register the preliminary results of its antidumping duty (AD) administrative review for certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe from China.
As a result of its administrative review covering January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009, the US DOC has amended the determined dumping margins for the respondents as follows:
- Exporter Tianjin Pipe International Economic and Trading Corporation (TPCO) / Producer Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation - 22.67 percent (compares to 32.39 percent in the original preliminary determination);
- Exporter Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd. / Producers Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd., and Wuxi Seamless Special Pipe Co., Ltd. - 57.30 percent (compares to 62.16 percent in the original preliminary determination);
- Exporter Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. / Producer Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd - 57.30 percent (compares to 62.16 percent in the original preliminary determination)
- Exporter Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. / Producer Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel Co., Ltd - 57.30 percent (compares to 62.16 percent in the original preliminary determination);
- Exporter Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd. / Producer Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd - 57.39 percent (compares to 62.16 percent in the original preliminary determination);
- Exporter Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd. / Producer Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd - 57.30 percent (compares to 62.16 percent in the original preliminary determination).
On March 19, the DOC announced that it decided to align the CVD and the AD administrative reviews for the product group mentioned and publish their final results on the same day. The final results of the review will be announced 135 days after the publication of the preliminary results, which were announced on April 28.
The merchandise covered by the investigation is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7304.19.1020, 7304.19.1030, 7304.19.1045, 7304.19.1060, 7304.19.5020, 7304.19.5050, 7304.31.6050, 7304.39.0016, 7304.39.0020, 7304.39.0024, 7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 7304.39.0062, 7304.39.0068, 7304.39.0072, 7304.51.5005, 7304.51.5060, 7304.59.6000, 7304.59.8010, 7304.59.8015, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050, 7304.59.8055, 7304.59.8060, 7304.59.8065, and 7304.59.8070.