India Pressure Pipe: Commerce Postpones Preliminary CV Duty Determination

The Commerce Department is extending until Feb. 29 the deadline for its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on welded stainless pressure pipe from India (C-533-868) (here). The domestic manufacturers that requested the investigation asked for the extension. The preliminary determination was originally due Dec. 24. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can only be collected after the preliminary determination, although cash deposits can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”