Philippines Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings: Prelim Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from the Philippines (A-565-801). The agency said the three companies under review -- E N Corp.; Enlin Steel Corp.; and Vinox Corp. (a/k/a Vinoc Corp.) (collectively, Vinox) -- had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. If Commerce's “no shipments” finding for the three companies is continued in the final results, subject merchandise from E N, Enlin and Vinox will continue to enter at AD rates set in the most recent previous review, and any entries filed with their case numbers entered Feb. 1, 2021, through Jan. 31, 2022, will be liquidated at the all-others rate, currently 33.81%. Commerce will make its final decision when it issues the final results of this review, currently due in March.
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The petitioners that requested the review of the three companies, Core Pipe Products, Inc. and Taylor Forge Stainless Inc., requested that Commerce address evidence of evasion of the AD order on the subject merchandise, given the findings of no shipments. Commerce said the issue "raised by the petitioners falls within the jurisdiction of CBP and is best addressed by CBP. Consequently, Commerce referred this allegation of potential misclassification and/or fraud, and the evidence that the petitioners provided in support of their claim, by sending an Evasion Allegation Letter to CBP for investigation."
Commerce will order liquidation “as entered” at the cash deposit rate in effect at the time of entry for subject merchandise entered Feb. 1, 2021, through Jan. 31, 2022, that was exported by companies that are not under review (i.e., all except E N, Enlin and Vinox).
(The period of review is 02/01/21 - 01/31/22. See the notice for additional information, including the scope of the order, potential cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc.)