The US Department of the DOC announced Friday its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Korea, Mexico, and Turkey, and the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey.
In the Korea investigation, the DOC found dumping has occurred by mandatory respondents DongA Steel Company and HiSteel Co., Ltd. at dumping margins of 2.34 percent and 3.82 percent, respectively. The DOC calculated a final dumping margin of 3.24 percent for all other producers/exporters in Korea.
In the Mexico investigation, the DOC found dumping has occurred by mandatory respondents Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. and Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. at dumping margins of 3.83 percent and 5.21 percent, respectively. The DOC calculated a final dumping margin of 4.91 percent for all other producers/exporters in Mexico.
In the Turkey AD investigation, the DOC found dumping has occurred by mandatory respondent MMZ Boru Profil Uretim Sanayi Ve Tic. A.S. (MMZ) at a dumping margin of 35.66 percent. The DOC determined that MMZ’s final dumping margin was based on adverse facts available as a result of its failure to cooperate to the best of its ability in the investigation. Additionally, the DOC determined that no dumping has occurred by mandatory respondent Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir). Because the DOC calculated a weighted-average dumping margin of zero for Ozdemir, it would be excluded from an AD order. The DOC calculated a final dumping margin of 17.83 percent for all other producers/exporters in Turkey.
In the Turkey CVD investigation, the DOC calculated final subsidy rates of 23.37 percent and 15.08 percent for mandatory respondents MMZ and Ozdemir, respectively. The DOC calculated a final subsidy rate of 19.06 percent for all other producers/exporters in Turkey.
The petitioners for these investigations are Atlas Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group; Bull Moose Tube Company; EXLTUBE1; Hannibal Industries, Inc.; Independence Tube Corporation; Maruichi American Corporation; Searing Industries; Southland Tube; and Vest, Inc.
In 2014, imports of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Korea, Mexico, and Turkey were valued at an estimated $50.5 million, $53.7 million, and $41.9 million, respectively.
The ITC is scheduled to make its final injury determinations in the investigations of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Korea, Mexico, and Turkey on August 29, 2016.