Exporter Joins Claims Against Surrogate Country Pick in AD Review on Steel Pipe
Exporter Sonha SSP Vietnam Sole Member Company partially joined exporter Vinlong Stainless Steel (Vietnam) Company's motion for judgment in a case on the 2022-23 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on welded stainless steel pressure pipe from Vietnam. Sonha said the "unfair 114.59% margin" the Commerce Department calculated for the company "is the direct result of Commerce's erroneous decision to use Morocco instead of Indonesia as the primary surrogate country" (Norca Industrial Company v. United States, CIT # 25-00132).
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On Dec. 23, Vinlong and importer Norca Industrial filed their motion for judgment in the case on the AD review, contesting the use of adverse facts available against Vinlong and the selection of Morocco over Indonesia as the primary surrogate country (see 2512290019). Vinlong argued that Commerce had no basis for finding Morocco to be a substantial producer of comparable merchandise and that the reasons for picking Morocco over Indonesia don't withstand scrutiny.
Sonha said to avoid "duplicative arguments," it "fully adopts and joins in the arguments" Vinlong and Norca made in their motion regarding surrogate country selection. Sonha said it "takes no position" on the companies' arguments relating to the use of total AFA against Vinlong.