US DOC: Certain welded line pipe sales from China are at less than fair value

In the preliminary determination of the investigation published in the Federal Register on November 6, 2008, the DOC granted separate-rate status to Benxi; Huludao Pipe; Pangang Group Beihai Pipe Corporation (Pangang Beihai); Shanghai Metals; Tianjin Xingyuda Import and Export Company (Tianjin); and Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Yulong).

In the final determination, the DOC decided to treat Shanghai Metals and Benxi as part of the China-wide entity. Moreover, the DOC has noted that the information that Shanghai Metals and Benxi provided to the DOC to demonstrate the absence of de facto and de jure control could not be verified due to their failure to cooperate. Consequently, the DOC has not granted Shanghai Metals and Benxi separate rates. Meanwhile, the DOC has granted the following companies separate rate status: Huludao Pipe, Pangang Beihai, Tianjin, and Jiangsu Yulong.

Accordingly, the DOC has determined that the following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period October 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008:

The welded line pipe products that are the subject of this investigation are currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the US under the subheadings 7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and 7306.19.51.50.