Steel Wire Rod: Details of AD Duty Orders for Russia, Belarus and UAE
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Russia, Belarus and the United Arab Emirates (A-821-824, A-822-806, A-520-808). The orders detail a "gap period" of Jan. 10, 2018, through Jan. 17, 2018, of no AD duty liability, and refunds of cash deposits for subject merchandise from Russia entered before Sept. 12, 2017.
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This order sets permanent AD duties on steel wire rod from Russia, Belarus and the UAE. Duties will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may only take place under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD duties on importers and make changes to AD duty cash deposit rates.
Gap Period of No AD Suspension of Liq or AD Duties for Jan. 10-17
For these investigations, the four-month provisional measures period for which the AD suspension of liquidation may remain in effect (without an extension) before the order is issued began on Sept. 12, 2017, (the date of the preliminary determination) and ended on Jan. 9, 2017.
As the International Trade Commission's final affirmative injury determination was published on Jan. 17, Commerce is instructing CBP to terminate AD suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to AD duties, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise entered on or after Jan. 10, and through Jan. 17 (the gap period).
(For subject merchandise entered on or after Sept. 12 through Jan. 9, suspension of liquidation and AD duty liability remains in effect.)
Refund of Retroactive Cash Deposits Collected on Russia Goods
Commerce will order the refund of all AD duty cash deposits collected, and will not assess AD duties, on steel wire rod from Russia entered before Sept. 12, 2017, because the ITC reversed Commerce's finding of critical circumstances and retroactive collection of cash deposits. Commerce had suspended liquidation for all Russian companies retroactive to June 14, 2017, in its preliminary determination.
AD Suspension of Liq, Cash Deposit Instructions
Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise entered on or after Jan. 17, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published. AD duty cash deposit requirements also resume as of that date. Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time that importers deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal to the AD duty rates listed below:
Belarus
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Belarus-wide entity* | 280.02% |
*This rate covers all Belarusian exporters, including Byelorussian Steel Works.
Russia
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Abinsk Electric Steel Works Ltd. | 756.93% |
| JSC NLMK-Ural | 756.93% |
| All Others | 436.8% |
UAE
| Exporter/Producer | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Emirates Steel Industries PJSC | 84.1% |
| All Others | 84.1% |
ITC final injury determination (Federal Register 01/18/18) is available (here).
(See notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 1712210023 for a summary of the ITC's final affirmative injury vote. See 1711270015 for summary of Commerce's final determination.)
(Federal Register 01/24/18)