China Cut-to-Length Steel Plate: Prelim Results of AD Admin Review

The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from China (A-570-849). The agency preliminarily found that two of the three companies under review, Baosteel¹ and Shanghai Pudong Iron and Steel Co., did not demonstrate independence from state control (and eligibility for a separate rate), so Commerce preliminarily assigned them the China-wide entity rate of 128.59 percent. Commerce also found that the other respondent, Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. did not have any reviewable shipments to the U.S. If these preliminary results are finalized, subject merchandise from Hunan Valin will continue to enter at AD rates set in previous reviews. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rates for these companies.