AD: Japan Certain Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of certain welded large diameter line pipe (LDLP) from Japan.
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The ITA states that these preliminary results are in response to a petition from American Steel Pipe Division of the American Cast Iron Company, Berg Steel Pipe, and Stupp Corporation (collectively, petitioners) requesting a changed circumstances review which indicated that they no longer have an interest in maintaining the order with respect to a certain type of welded LDLP (see below for product description).
ITA Intends to Revoke AD Duty Order for a Certain Type of Welded LDLP
The ITA indicates that (1) because the petitioners have uniformly expressed that they do not want relief with respect to this particular product and (2) that there have been no contrary expressions from the remainder of the known LDLP producers, it intends to revoke, in part, the AD order on certain welded LDLP from Japan.
Specifically, the ITA intends to exclude "API grade X-80 having an outside diameter of 21 inches and a wall thickness of 0.625 or more inches" from the scope of the AD duty order.
The ITA states that it will issue the final results of this AD duty changed circumstances review no later than 270 days after August 14, 2006.
ITA Contact - Judy Lao (202) 482-7924
(See ITT's Online Archives or 08/23/06 news, 06082335, for BP summary of the initiation of this AD duty changed circumstances review.)
ITA Notice (FR Pub 09/15/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-15357.pdf