ITA Fact Sheet on Final AD Rates for Copper Pipe and Tube from China, Mexico
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of seamless refined copper pipe and tube (copper pipe and tube) from China and Mexico (A-570-964 and A-201-838).
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As a result of these final AD determinations, the ITA will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect a cash deposit or bond on imports of copper pipe and tube from China and Mexico based on the final AD rates below upon publication in the Federal Register.
Highlights of the fact sheet include:
China -- Final AD Rates of 11.25% to 60.85%
In the China AD investigation, the ITA has determined that the producers/exporters have sold copper pipe and tube in the U.S. at margins ranging from 11.25% to 60.85%.
Mandatory respondents Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc. and Zhejiang Hailiang Co., Ltd.; Hong Kong Hailiang Metal Trading Limited; and Shanghai Hailiang Copper Co., Ltd. (collectively, the Hailiang Group) will receive final estimated AD duty rates of 11.25% and 60.85%, respectively.
Five exporters qualified for a separate estimated AD duty rate of 36.05%. All other Chinese exporters will received the final China-wide estimated AD duty rate of 60.85%.
Mexico -- Final AD Rates of 24.89 % to 31.43%
In the Mexico AD investigation, the ITA has determined that the producers/exporters have sold copper pipe and tube in the U.S. at margins ranging from 24.89% to 31.43%.
Mandatory respondents IUSA S.A. de C.V. and Nacional de Cobre, S.A. de C.V. will receive final estimated AD duty rates of 24.89% and 31.43%, respectively.
All other Mexican producers/exporters will receive the final estimated AD duty rate of 28.16%.
ITC to Issue Final Injury Determinations in November 2010
The ITC is scheduled to issue its final injury determinations on or about November 8, 2010. If the ITC makes affirmative determinations that imports of copper pipe and tube from China and Mexico materially injure, or threaten material injury to, the domestic industry, the ITA will issue AD duty orders. If the ITC makes negative injury determinations, these investigations will be terminated.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/12/10 news, 10051248 and 10051249, for BP summaries of the preliminary determinations for China and Mexico, respectively.)