The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday that it has rescinded its administrative review of the antidumping order against welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube from India, covering the Lloyds Group (including Lloyds Metals & Engineers Ltd. and Lloyds Steel Industries Ltd.) and Ushdev International Ltd. during the period from May 1, 2009 through April 30, 2010.
The review of the Lloyds Group had been requested by the Lloyds Group and US Steel Corporation, and both companies subsequently withdrew their requests for a review.
The review of Ushdev had been requested by US Steel Corporation, which subsequently withdrew its request for a review.
There is a pending administrative review of a number of Indian producers/exporters of standard pipe, covering the period from May 1, 2008 through April 30, 2009. On June 14, 2010, the DOC announced the preliminary results of that review - a weighted-average dumping margin of 10.29 percent for the Lloyds Group. The DOC assigned this 10.29 percent margin to the three other companies subject to review - Jindal Pipes Limited; Maharashtra Seamless Limited; and Ratnamani Metals Tubes Ltd. The DOC is scheduled to complete this review next week.
The product covered by these investigations is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025, 7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040, 7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, 7306.30.5090.