South Korea Welded Line Pipe: Final Results of AD Admin Review
The Commerce Department has 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 antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise from 31 companies under review entered Dec. 1, 2020, through Nov. 30, 2021.
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Of the 31 producers/exporters of the subject merchandise covered, two companies, NEXTEEL Co. Ltd. and SeAH Steel Corporation, were selected for individual examination. The remaining 29 companies not selected for individual examination are listed in Appendix II of the notice.
New Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect June 30
For entries on or after June 30, 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 |
|---|---|
| NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. | 2.38% |
| SeAH Steel Corporation | 4.23% |
| Average rate (applicable to 29 companies) | 3.27% |
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, NEXTEEL and SeAH, i.e., 3.27%. See Appendix II of Commerce's notice for a full list.
No shipments. Commerce continued to find that HiSteel Co., Ltd. had no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review. Any entries under HiSteel's case number will be liquidated at the all-others rate, and the company's cash deposit rate will not change as a result of this 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 2020 - November 2021
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, 2020, and Nov. 30, 2021. Commerce will assess AD for NEXTEEL and SeAH Steel at importer-specific rates and for the other companies subject to this review at the rates listed above.
(The review period is 12/01/20 - 11/30/21. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope of the order, detailed cash deposit and assessment instructions, etc. See 2212280034 for a summary of the preliminary results of this administrative review.)