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 amended preliminary affirmative AD duty determination on certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from China
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(The ITA previously determined that subject merchandise exported by mandatory respondent TPCO benefitted from an export subsidy, and its AD duty rate, as well as the AD rates for the separate rate respondents, were adjusted for the countervailing (CV) duty export subsidy in the preliminary AD determination. However, the preliminary AD determination was later amended for certain companies, thus necessitating this further rate adjustment for the CV export subsidy.)
Adjusted AD Cash Deposit Rates (Most 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, 20101 for the following exporter/producer combinations, at the adjusted AD duty rates listed below.
| Exporter | Adjusted Rate |
| Tianjin Pipe International Economic and Trading Corporation (TPCO) | 22.59% (from 22.67%) |
| Hengyang Steel Tube Group Int’l Trading Inc. | 91.90% (unchanged)2 |
| Xigang Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 56.75% (from 57.30%) |
| Jiangyin City Changjiang Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. | 56.75% (from 57.30%) |
| Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. | 56.75% (from 57.30%) |
| Yangzhou Lontrin Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 56.75% (from 57.30%) |
| Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube Co., Ltd. | 56.75% (from 57.30%) |
| China-wide entity | 98.37% (unchanged)2 |
1CBP notes that the ITA will issue separate instructions authorizing CBP to refund any excess AD duty deposits.
2The AD rates for the mandatory respondent Hengyang and the China-wide entity were not amended by the ITA, so no further export subsidy adjustment is needed.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/28/10 news, 10052833, for BP summary of the ITA’s amended preliminary AD duty determination.)
ITA contact -- Davina Hashmi (202) 482-0984
(CBP Message No. 0155310, dated 06/04/10; ITA Case No. A-570-956)