South Korea Welded Line Pipe: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department on June 24 released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on welded line pipe from South Korea (A-580-876). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from 31 companies under review entered Dec. 1, 2019, through Nov. 30, 2020.
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Of the 31 producers/exporters of the subject merchandise covered, two companies, Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai HYSCO and SeAH Steel Corporation, were selected for individual examination. The remaining 29 companies not selected for individual examination are listed in the notice.
New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect June 27
For entries on or after June 27, the date the final results are set to be published in the Federal Register, Commerce is setting new AD duty cash deposit rates for the 31 companies, as follows:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| Hyundai Steel Company/Hyundai HYSCO | 1.73% |
| SeAH Steel Corporation | zero |
| Average rate (applicable to 29 companies) | 1.73% |
Average rate. Commerce is not individually investigating 29 companies subject to this review, and instead assigned them an average of rates assigned the two individually investigated companies, Hyundai and SeAH. These 29 companies are listed in Appendix II of the notice.
No shipments. Commerce continued to find that HISTEEL Co., Ltd. had no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review.
For exporters of subject merchandise that were not under review (i.e., all except the 31 companies listed above), cash deposit rates remain at the level set in the most recent review of each respective company. If the exporter has never been assigned its own AD rate but the manufacturer has, the rate assigned to the manufacturer applies. For merchandise manufactured and exported by companies that have never been assigned a cash deposit rate by Commerce, the “all others” rate of 4.38% applies.
Assessment Rates for Entries December 2019 - November 2020
Commerce is using the rates it calculated in these final results to calculate assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise for entries between Dec. 1, 2019, and Nov. 30, 2020. Commerce will not assess AD duties for SeAH Steel, and will assess AD duties for Hyundai at importer-specific rates and for the other companies subject to this review at the rates listed above.
(The review period is 12/01/19 - 11/30/20. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2201060029 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)