The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on January 4 made its preliminary dumping determination in the investigation of standard and structural pipe from China. The determination fell largely in line with expectations of a significant penalty for Chinese producers who continue to export these items to the US.
The US DOC found that the Chinese producers/exporters in question have sold these products to the US at 0 to 51.24 percent less than fair value. The preliminary dumping margins are as follows:
Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co. Ltd |
0.00 percent |
Tianjin Shuangjie Group |
51.34 percent |
Separate-Rate Respondents |
25.67 percent |
China-wide Rate |
51.34 percent |
As Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe fully cooperated with the DOC investigation, the company will be excluded from any eventual antidumping order if the DOC makes a final determination of 0.00 percent.
Since Tianjin Shuangie Group withdrew from the antidumping investigation, as it did from the countervailing duty investigation, it received an "adverse facts available" (China-wide rate) dumping margin, which is based on the margin alleged in the petition.
The Separate-Rate Respondents received a preliminary margin which is an average of the margins for Jiangsu and Tianjin.
All other Chinese producers and exporters have been assigned the "adverse facts available" margin.
As a result of the preliminary dumping determination, the US DOC will instruct US Customs and Border Protection to collect a cash deposit or bond based on these preliminary rates.
These duties are in addition to the preliminary countervailing duties (CVDs) in the same case, averaging 17 percent, that were established in November 2007.