EU Corrects AD Implementing Notice to Remove Exemption for 2 Taiwanese Exporters of Pipe Fittings
The EU issued a correction April 25 to its implementing regulation that in effect exempted three Taiwanese companies from antidumping duties imposed on imports of certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating in China and extended to…
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the same products originating in Taiwan, because they were found not to be circumventing AD measures. But a second regulation had repealed the exemption for two of the companies -- Chup Hsin Enterprise and Niang Hong Pipe Fittings. This meant that the implementing regulation, as worded, incorrectly still exempted imports made by Chup Hsin and Niang Hong. The correction removes those two companies from the list of exempted companies, leaving only the third, Rigid Industries Co. Ltd., with effect from Jan. 26, 2022, from which date there will be retroactive collection of AD on imports of the fittings produced by Chup Hsin and Niang Hong. The extension also covers similar goods from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, whether declared as originating from these countries or not.