Dept. of Commerce issues affirmative preliminary antidumping duty determinations on tubing

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from Germany, China, Switzerland, India, Italy, and Korea.

The Commerce Department preliminarily determined that exporters from these countries have sold cold-drawn mechanical tubing in the U.S. at 5.10 to 209.06 percent less than fair value. It also preliminarily determined that critical circumstances exist for certain exporters/producers of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from China, Italy, and Korea.

As a result of this decision, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits from importers of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from Germany (75.39 percent to 209.06 percent), China (61.59 percent to 186.89 percent), Switzerland (34.15 percent to 68.59 percent), Italy (31.42 percent to 36.80 percent), India (0.00 percent to 7.57 percent), and Korea (5.10 percent to 48.00 percent) based on these preliminary rates.

In 2016 imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from China, Germany, Italy, India, Korea, and Switzerland were valued at an estimated $29.4, $38.8, $25.0, $11.9, $21.3, and $26.2 million, respectively.

The petitioners are ArcelorMittal Tubular Products, Michigan Seamless Tube LLC, Plymouth Tube Co. USA, PTC Alliance Corp., Webco Industries Inc., and Zekelman Industries Inc.

Unless the final determinations are postponed, Commerce currently is scheduled to announce its final AD determinations Jan. 30, 2018.