South Korea CTL Carbon Steel Plate: Non-Rectangular Cross Section Plate Not Subject to AD/CV Duties
Tapered, stepped and differential thickness plate with non-rectangular cross sections are not covered by the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from South Korea (A-580-836/C-580-837), the Commerce Department said in an August scope ruling. The scope of the AD/CV duty orders only covers flat-rolled products with a rectangular cross section, or a non-rectangular cross section achieved after rolling, the agency said.
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Dongkuk Steel Mill produces the steel plate, and requested the scope ruling. The products are referred to as “step-up plate” or “longitudinally profiled plate.” Their non-rectangular cross sections are the result of special rolling processes, including taper rolling and differential thickness rolling.
The scope of the AD/CV duty orders on cut-to-length plate from South Korea covers steel products “of rectangular, square, circular, or other shape and of rectangular or non-rectangular cross section where such non-rectangular cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which have been “worked after rolling”) -- for example, products which have been beveled or rounded at the edges.”
Commerce found that the “shape” referred to in the scope references the shape of the steel plate when viewed above. While plate with a non-rectangular cross-section is potentially covered by the scope, it only is when the non-rectangular cross-section results from post-rolling processes, and Dongkuk’s plate has a non-rectangular cross section as a result of the rolling itself, Commerce said. The product also existed at the time the orders were imposed, the agency noted.
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