AD: Ukraine Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has conducted an administrative review of the antidumping (AD) suspension agreement on certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Ukraine for the period November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005.
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(The ITA previously stated that it signed an agreement with the Government of Ukraine (GOU) in 1997, which suspended the AD duty investigation on subject merchandise (the suspension agreement).
The ITA stated that it primarily relies upon three tools to administer the suspension agreement: i) export licenses issued by the GOU, and received by the ITA from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); ii) reference prices, revised quarterly by the Commerce Department, and iii) the annual export limits setting a quota on total imports of subject merchandise from Ukraine.)
ITA Finds Compliance with AD Suspension Agreement
The ITA states that its review of the information submitted by the GOU indicates that each of the export licenses governed by the suspension agreement were at or above the quarterly prices stipulated by the agreement.
Furthermore, the ITA states that data supplied by the GOU in its monthly reports, as well as the ITA's independent review of import data compiled by CBP, indicate that the GOU did not exceed its annual export limits.
Therefore, the ITA has determined that the GOU is in compliance with the suspension agreement. As a result, the ITA will continue to suspend the AD investigation on subject merchandise, and no AD duty order will be applied.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 09/14/06 news, 06091430, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)
ITA contact - Judith Rudman (202) 482-0192
ITA notice (FR Pub 12/12/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-21128.pdf