Department of Commerce has announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on imports of light walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea.

Commerce determined that Chinese, Korean and Mexican producers/exporters have sold rectangular pipe in the United States at 249.12% to 264.64%, 1.30% to 30.66% and 2.92% to 11.50% less than normal value respectively. It also determined that Chinese producers/exporters received net countervailable subsidies ranging from 2.17% to 200.58%.

As a result of these final AD determinations, Commerce will instruct US Customs and Border Protection to continue to collect a cash deposit or bond based on the final rates, except when de minimis, where no cash deposit or bond will be required. Suspension of liquidation will only resume for purposes of countervailing duties if the US International Trade Commission issues an affirmative injury finding and Commerce issues a CVD order.

The final dumping margin for Kukje Steel Company Limited a mandatory respondent in the Korea investigation is based on adverse facts available as this company did not cooperate to the best of its ability in this investigation. Further, five companies in the Mexico investigation and eight additional companies in the Korea investigation received rates of 11.50% and 30.66% respectively, based on total adverse facts available because they failed to respond to our requests for quantity and value information. The final AD margin for the Chinese exporter/producer Zhangjiagang Zhongyuan Pipe Making Company Ltd and the final CVD rate for Chinese exporter/producer Qingdao Xiangxing Steel Pipe Company Limited are also based on adverse facts available because these companies did not cooperate to the best of their ability in these investigations.

Additionally in the China AD investigation, Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist solely for the China wide entity.

The petitioners for these investigations are Allied Tube & Conduit Corp, Atlas Tube, Bull Moose Tube Company, California Steel and Tube, EXLTUBE, Hannibal Industries, Leavitt Tube Company LLC, Maruichi American Corp, Searing Industries, Southland Tube, Vest, Inc, Welded Tube and Western Tube and Conduit.

The merchandise covered by these investigations is certain welded carbon quality light walled steel pipe/and tube of rectangular cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 4mm. Carbonquality steel includes both carbon steel and alloy steel which contains only small amounts of alloying elements.