Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines and Saudi Arabia OCTG: Final AD Duty Determinations

July 17, 2014 by Brian Feito|AD/CV - Patent

The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on oil country tubular goods from Taiwan (A-583-850), the Philippines (A-565-802), Saudi Arabia (A-517-804), and Thailand (A-549-832). Commerce continued to find dumping by exporters from each country, so it will direct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of subject merchandise, with the exception of Taiwanese company Chung Hung (which continued to get a zero percent AD duty rate). Changes to AD duty cash deposit requirements take effect July 18.

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The next step is for the International Trade Commission to make its final injury determination, currently scheduled for Aug. 26. If the ITC finds injury, Commerce will issue AD duty orders and duties will be made permanent. If the ITC finds no injury, that investigation will be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded. Because Commerce found that Taiwanese company Chung Hung did not dump subject merchandise (i.e., it got a zero percent rate), Chung Hung will not be covered by any AD duty order issued on OCTG from Taiwan.

Estimated AD Cash Deposit Rates

Beginning July 18, Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from Taiwan equal to the following AD rates (suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will not be in effect for Chung Hung due to its zero percent AD rate):

Exporter	AD Rate
Chung Hung Steel Corp.	zero (unchanged)
Tension Steel Industries Co., Ltd.	2.52% (from 2.65%)
All Others	2.52% (from 2.65%)

Effective July 18, Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from the Philippines equal to the AD rates listed below:

Exporter	AD Rate
HLD Clark Steel Pipe Co., Inc.	9.88% (from 8.9%)
All Others	9.88% (from 8.9%)

Beginning on July 18, Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from Saudi Arabia equal to the following AD rates:

Exporter	AD Rate
Jubail Energy Services Company	2.69% (from 2.92%)
All Others	2.69% (from 2.92%)

And effective July 18, Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from the Philippines equal to the AD rates listed below:

Exporter	AD Rate
WSP Pipe Co., Ltd.	118.32% (unchanged)
All Others	118.32% (unchanged)

(The period of investigation is 07/01/12 -- 06/30/13. See Commerce’s notice for more information, including the scope of the investigation (unchanged since the preliminary determination), detailed instructions on cash deposit and assessment rates, etc. See 14022413 for summary of the preliminary determination of the Taiwan investigation. See 14022417 for summary of the preliminary determination of the Philippines investigation. See 14022416 for summary of the preliminary determination in the Saudi Arabia investigation. See 14022412 for summary of the preliminary determination in the Thailand investigation.)

AC/CVD Operations contacts -- Thomas Schauer (202) 482-0410 (Taiwan); Dmitry Vladimirov (202) 482-0665 (Philippines); John Drury (202) 482-0195 (Thailand); Jason Rhoads (202) 482-0123 (Saudi Arabia)