DOC publishes final results of AD review on OCTG from Japan
The US Department of Commerce (DOC), in response to requests by the Unites States Steel Corporation (USSC), initiated on September 22, 2004, an antidumping administrative review on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) imported from Japan. The review covered four manufacturers/exporters: JFE Steel, Nippon Steel Corporation, NKK Tubes, and Sumitomo Metal Industries (SMI). The period of review was August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004. Since NKK and SMI made no shipments to the US during the period of review, the DOC preliminarily decided to rescind the review with respect to NKK and SMI. On the other hand, the DOC preliminarily determined that adverse facts available should be applied to the remaining respondents, neither of which participated in this administrative review. The weighted-average dumping margins existing for the period August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004 were 44.20 percent for both JFE Steel Corp and Nippon Steel Corp. Since no comments on the preliminary results have been made, the DOC decided not to make any changes in the preliminary results. Therefore, final results of this review do not differ from the preliminary results. The following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004:Producer Margin JFE Steel Corporation...................44.20 percent Nippon Steel Corporation................44.20 percent