Commerce Rescinds Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from China
November 5, 2009On August 25, 2009, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe (CWP) from China. The review covers 14 producers/exporters of CWP from China. Based on the withdrawals of all requests for review, Commerce is now rescinding the administrative review in full.
On September 30, 2009, Allied Tube & Conduit; Sharon Tube Company; IPSCO Tubulars, Inc.; Western Tube & Conduit Corporation; Northwest Pipe Company; and Wheatland Tube Co., i.e., the Ad Hoc Coalition For Fair Pipe Imports From China (collectively known as the petitioners), withdrew their request for a review of the following 13 companies: Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Liaoning Northern Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Hunan Hengyang Steel Tube (Group) Co., Ltd.; CNOOC Kingland Pipeline Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd.; Wuxi Fastube Industry Co., Ltd.; Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd.; SteelFORCE Far East Ltd.; Tianjin Baolai International Trade Co., Ltd.; and Shanghai Zhongyou TIPO Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. The petitioners were the only party to request a review of these companies. On October 5, 2009, Sino Link SCS (Asia) Limited withdrew its own request for a review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an administrative review under this section, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. Because Petitioners and Sino Link submitted their requests to rescind the administrative review within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation, Commerce is rescinding the review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For companies for which the review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the notice.
For further information, contact: Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; phone: (202) 482-3936.
