• Effective Date: Oct 28, 2016
  • Period of Review: Apr 01, 2015 to Sep 30, 2015
  • Cite as: 81 FR 75042 • Cite date: Oct 28, 2016

1. On 10/28/2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register (81 FR 75042) its final determination of sales at less than fair value in the antidumping duty investigation of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 6162302, dated 06/10/2016.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-552-820.

4. For imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Vietnam, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 10/28/2016.

5. Effective 10/28/2016, CBP shall require, for entries of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Vietnam from the exporter/producer combinations listed below, a cash deposit equal to the antidumping duty cash deposits shown below:

Exporter: Vietnam-Wide Entity
Case number: A-552-820-000
Cash deposit rate: 113.18%

Exporter: Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd.
Producer: Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manufactory Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-552-820-002
Cash deposit rate: 6.27%

Exporter: Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co.
Producer: Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Co.
Case number: A-552-820-003
Cash deposit rate: 6.27%

6. Commerce found that no final margin exists for imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Vietnam from the following exporter/producer combination. Accordingly, entries of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the exporter/producer combination identified below are not subject to antidumping duties and no suspension of liquidation is required for this exporter/producer combination:

Producer: SeAH Steel VINA Corporation
Exporter: SeAH Steel VINA Corporation
Case Number: A-552-820-001

7. For all other entries of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Vietnam, the following cash deposit instructions apply:

A. For all Vietnam exporters of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Vietnam which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the Vietnam-wide rate.

B. For all non-Vietnam exporters of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Vietnam which have not received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the exporter/producer combinations that supplied that non-Vietnam exporter.

8. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OVII:NMD.)

9. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Alexander Amdur