Commerce, ITC Consider Ending AD/CV Duties on Steel Wire Rod, OCTG, Pressure Pipe
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago (A-351-832, A-560-815, A-201-830, A-841-805, A-274-804); circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from China (A-570-930), welded stainless steel pressure pipe from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand (A-557-815, A-552-816, A-549-830); oil country tubular goods from India, Turkey and South Korea (A-533-857, A-489-816, A-580-870); and silicon metal from Russia (A-821-817); as well as the countervailing duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil (C-351-833); oil country tubular goods from India and Turkey (C-533-858, C-489-817); and circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from China (C-570-931); and the antidumping duty suspension agreement on oil country tubular goods from Ukraine (A-823-815).
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(NOTE: The AD duty order on oil country tubular goods from Vietnam (A-552-817) was included in an amended notice of sunset reviews scheduled to begin in June (see 1905300014), but is not on the June notice's initiation list.)
Sunset Review Is an Opportunity for Revocation of Order
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) requires that AD and CV duty orders be revoked after sunset reviews held every five years unless it's found that revocation would likely lead to both (1) a continuation or recurrence of dumping or a countervailable subsidy and (2) material injury to a U.S. industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. As a result, a negative determination either by Commerce with respect to (1) or by the ITC with respect to (2) results in a revocation of the AD or CV duty order(s).
Commerce Sunset Review Deadlines
Commerce said domestic interested parties (as defined in certain sections of the Tariff Act of 1930 and 19 CFR 351.102(b)) wishing to participate in the sunset reviews must respond by filing a notice of intent to participate by 15 days after the publication of this notice, i.e., on or about June 19.
If it does not receive a notice of intent to participate from at least one domestic interested party by the deadline, Commerce will automatically revoke the AD/CV duty order(s) without further review. However, if it does receive an order-specific notice of intent to participate from a domestic interested party, then all parties wishing to participate in the sunset reviews must file complete substantive responses not later than 30 days after publication of this notice, i.e., on or about July 5.
ITC Sunset Review Deadlines
The ITC said interested parties must respond to its notice by July 3. The ITC said it will assess the adequacy of interested party responses to the notices of institution to determine whether to conduct full or expedited reviews. The ITC added that comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed by Aug. 15.
The ITC notice on steel wire rod (Federal Register 06/03/19) is (here).
The ITC notice on oil country tubular goods (Federal Register 06/03/19) is (here).
The ITC notice on silicon metal (Federal Register 06/03/19) is (here).
The ITC notice on welded stainless steel pressure pipe (Federal Register 06/03/19) is (here).
The ITC notice on silicon metal (Federal Register 06/03/19) is (here).
The Commerce Department notice (Federal Register 06/04/19) is (here).