CBP Announces Adjusted AD Rates for China Certain Seamless Pipe
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ADD/CVD message which contains adjusted antidumping duty rates under the International Trade Administration's preliminary affirmative AD duty determination on certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from China (A-570-956).
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
(In its original preliminary AD duty determination, the ITA determined that subject merchandise exported by mandatory respondents TPCO and Hengyang benefitted from an export subsidy, and their AD duty rates, as well as the rates for the separate rate respondents, would be adjusted for the export subsidy portion of the rate determined in the preliminary countervailing duty determination.
The AD duty rates listed in the ITA’s original notice of preliminary determination were pre-adjusted rates, as the adjusted rates were previously unavailable.)
Adjusted AD Cash Deposit Rates (Reduced for Export Subsidies)
The ITA has directed CBP to require a cash deposit or bond for shipments of subject merchandise with a time of entry on or after April 28, 2010 for the following exporter/producer combinations, at the adjusted AD duty rates listed below.
| Exporter | Prelim AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Tianjin Pipe International Economic and Trading Corporation (TPCO) | 32.31% (from 32.39%) |
| Hengyang Steel Tube Group Int’l Trading Inc. | 91.90% (from 91.93%) |
| Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 61.61% (from 62.16%) |
| Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. | 61.61% (from 62.16%) |
| Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. | 61.61% (from 62.16%) |
| Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 61.61% (from 62.16%) |
| Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 61.61% (from 62.16%) |
| China-wide entity | 98.37% (unchanged) |
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 04/28/10 news, 10042845, for BP summary of the ITA’s preliminary AD duty determination.)
ITA contact -- Davina Hashmi (202) 482-0984
CBP instructions (dated 05/13/10) available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov/detail.asp?docID=0133302&qu=seamless&vw=detail