US DOC announces preliminary review results of Mexican standard pipe

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Tuesday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe and tube (standard pipe) from Mexico. 
 
The review originally covered eight companies – Conduit S.A. de C.V. (Conduit); Lamina y Placa Comercial, S.A. de C.V. (Lamina); Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Monterrey); Mueller Comercial de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mueller);  Productos Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Ternium); Prolamsa Inc. (Prolamsa); PYTCO, S.A. de C.V. (PYTCO); and Tuberia Nacional, S.A. de C.V. (Tuberia Nacional) – during the period from August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2013.
 
Subsequent to the initiation of this review, the requests were withdrawn for reviews of Conduit, Lamina, Mueller, PYTCO, Ternium, and Tuberia Nacional.  Accordingly, the DOC has rescinded the review of these companies.  
 
The DOC has calculated a preliminary dumping margin of 6.31 percent for Monterrey.  The DOC has also found that Prolamsa made no entries of subject merchandise during the period of review.
 
The DOC plans to complete this review and issue its final results by April 2015.  Until the final results are published in the Federal Register, the current dumping duty deposit rates will remain in effect.
 
The current dumping duty deposit rates for these companies are: Lamina (formerly Tuberia Nacional) – 2.92 percent; Mueller – 19.81 percent; Ternium – 48.33 percent; Tuberia Nacional – 2.92 percent; and the “All Others” rate of 36.62 percent for the remaining companies.