The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) has released its preliminary dumping determination in the investigation of light-walled rectangular (LWR) pipe and tube from China, finding significant dumping margins ranging from 223.52 percent to 264.64 percent.
The DOC has preliminarily calculated the following weighted-average dumping margins:
Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan Pipe-Making Co., Ltd. -- 264.64 percent
Kunshan Lets Win Steel Machinery Co., Ltd. -- 223.52 percent
Separate-Rate Respondents -- 247.75 percent. The Separate Rate Respondents include: Jiangyin Jianye Metal Products Co. Ltd.; Weifang East Steel Pipe Co. Ltd.;Wuxi Worldunion Trading Co. Ltd.; Guangdong Walsall Steel Pipe Industrial Co. Ltd.; and Wuxi Baishun Steel Pipe Co. Ltd.
China-wide Rate -- 264.64 percent
The DOC has made a negative preliminary determination of "critical circumstances" with respect to Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan, Kunshan Lets Win, and the Separate Rate Respondents.
With respect to all other Chinese producers and exporters of LWR pipe and tube, the DOC has made an affirmative determination of "critical circumstances."
The companies Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan and Kunshan Lets Win have requested an extension of the final determination in this investigation. Accordingly, the DOC is expected to announce its final determination by mid-June 2008.