India Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes: Final Results of AD Admin Review

Final Results of Review

As a result of its review, the ITA determines that the following percentage weighted-average dumping margins exist on certain welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes from India for the period of review:

(The ITA also found that Lloyds Steel Industries Limited (LSIL); Universal Tube and Plastic Ind.; Makalu Trading Pvt. Ltd.; Ushdev International Ltd.; Uttam Galva Steels Ltd. had no shipments or sales subject to this review. The ITA also notes that LSIL and Universal Tube do not have individual rates from any segment of this proceeding.)

Estimated AD Cash Deposit Requirements

The following estimated AD duty cash deposit requirements are effective for all shipments of subject merchandise from India with a time of entry on or after November 15, 2010:

1. The cash deposit rates for companies under review will be the rates listed above;
2. For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period for that company;
3. If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and
4. If neither the exporter nor the manufacturer has its own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the all-others rate for this proceeding, 7.08%.

Assessment Instructions

The ITA will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall assess, AD duties on all appropriate entries. The ITA will issue assessment instructions to CBP within 15 days after November 15, 2010.

The ITA adds that it clarified its automatic-assessment regulation in May 2003, which applies to entries of subject merchandise during the period of review produced by LMEL/LLPL for which LMEL/LLPL did not know its merchandise was destined for the U.S. In such instances, the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries of merchandise produced by LMEL/LLPL at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.

For companies which claimed they had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S., i.e., LSIL and Universal Tube and Plastic Ind., if any entries of subject merchandise produced by these entities entered into the U.S. during the period of review, the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate the unreviewed entries of merchandise at the all-others rate.

With respect to entries by companies that were not selected for individual examination, i.e., Jindal Pipes Limited, Maharashtra Seamless Limited, and Ratnamani Metals Tubes Ltd., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of merchandise produced and/or exported by these firms at 6.33%, the rate established for LMEL/LLPL.

For companies which reported that their supplier (LMEL) had knowledge that its merchandise was destined for the U.S., i.e., Makalu Trading Pvt. Ltd., Uttam Galva Steels Ltd., and Ushdev International Ltd., and otherwise had no shipments or sales of their own, the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate these entries at the assessment amounts applicable to LMEL/LLPL as discussed above.

(See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, changes since the preliminary results, etc.

See ITT's Online Archives or 06/14/10 news, 10061427, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this review.)

ITA contact -- Michael Romani (202) 482-0198

(FR Pub 11/15/10, ITA Case No. A-533-502)