The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced that its preliminary determinations in the antidumping (AD) investigations of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from India, Oman, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Vietnam.
The DOC has preliminarily determined the following dumping margins:
1) India
(a) Zenith Birla (India) Limited (previously known as Zenith Steel Pipes and Industries Ltd--48.43 percent
2) Oman
(a) Al Jazeera Tube Mills Company SAOG--5.59 percent
(b) All Others--5.59 percent
3) United Arab Emirates
(a) Abu Dhabi Metal Pipes & Profiles Industries Complex LLC--11.71 percent
(b) Universal Tube and Plastic Industries, Ltd.--3.29 percent
(b) All Others--3.29 percent
4) Vietnam
(a) SeAH Steel VINA Corp.--0.00 percent
(b) Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd.--0.00 percent
(c) Separate Rate Companies (Sun Steel Joint Stock Company, Huu Lien Asia Corporation, and Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co.)--9.32 percent
(d) Vietnam-wide Rate--27.96 percent
Previously, the DOC announced its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of circular welded steel pipe from these countries, making affirmative determinations with regard to India and Vietnam and negative determinations with regard to Oman and the UAE.
The preliminary CVD margins for India are 295.95 percent for Zenith Birla Ltd.; 295.95 percent for Lloyds Metals and Engineers Ltd.; and 295.95 percent for all other Indian producers/exporter. The preliminary CVD margins for Vietnam are 0.04 percent (de minimis) for SeAH Steel VINA Corp.; 8.06 percent for Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd.; and 8.06 percent for all other Vietnamese producers/exporters. These preliminary margins apply to imports of subject pipe from India and Vietnam (with the exception of SeAH Steel VINA Corp.) which are entered into the United States on or after March 30, 2012.