Commerce Finalizes Circumvention Finding for Pipe and Tube Imports From Vietnam
Pipes and tubes made in Vietnam from hot-rolled steel produced in China, India, South Korea and Taiwan are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on a variety of pipe and tube products from the four countries, the Commerce Department said in final determinations in six anti-circumvention inquiries.
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The agency finalized its determinations, mostly without change from its preliminary determinations, that imports of carbon steel pipe from Vietnam made from South Korean hot-rolled steel are circumventing AD on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from South Korea (A-580-809). Likewise, imports from Vietnam made with Chinese hot-rolled steel are circumventing AD/CVD on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China (A-570-910/C-570-911), and imports from Vietnam made with Indian hot-rolled steel are circumventing AD on welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes from India (A-533-502), Commerce said.
Commerce also finalized, almost without change, its findings that imports of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Vietnam made with South Korean hot-rolled steel are circumventing AD on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from South Korea (A-580-859), and imports of the product made with Chinese hot-rolled steel are circumventing AD/CVD on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China (A-570-914/C-570-915). Finally, Commerce continued to find imports of light-walled rectangular tubing from Vietnam made with Taiwanese hot-rolled steel are circumventing AD on light-walled welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from Taiwan (A-583-803).
For all of the anti-circumvention inquiries, the only change Commerce made from its preliminary determinations was to expand certification provisions to allow parties to also use the certifications to avoid AD/CVD when their shipments of pipe and tube were not produced using hot-rolled steel. Previously, the certifications could only say the pipe and tube wasn't produced using hot-rolled steel from the third countries at issue in the anti-circumvention inquiries (see 2304110056).
Each preliminary anti-circumvention determination applies country-wide to all such products from Vietnam. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements remain in effect for entries on or after Aug. 4, 2022, the date that Commerce launched the anti-circumvention inquiries (see 2208090035). Hoa Phat remains ineligible for the certification process for light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China, South Korea and Taiwan.
Commerce recently finalized its determination of no circumvention by Vietnamese imports of the AD orders on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes and circular welded nonalloy steel pipe from Taiwan (see 2308150008).