CTL Steel Plate: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect for Nine Countries
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Austria (A-433-812) (here), Belgium (A-423-812) (here), France (A-427-828) (here), Italy (A-475-834) (here), Japan (A-588-875) (here), Taiwan (A-583-858) (here), Germany (A-428-844) (here), China (A-570-047) (here) and South Korea (A-580-887) (here) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Nov. 14, except for entries from some companies from Austria, Belgium, Italy and Taiwan, which will be subject to retroactive suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements effective Aug. 16.
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One German company, Salzgitter, got a zero rate and will not be subject to suspension of liquidation and AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. If it continues to get this zero rate in the final determination, it will be exempt from any order issued in connection with the investigation on CTL steel plate from Germany.
UPDATE: Commerce subsequently amended rates for CTL plate from Germany, causing Salzgitter's rate to rise above zero (see 1611280014). Commerce also subsequently amended rates for CTL plate from France (see 1612010020).
Commerce suspended liquidation and imposed countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on cut-to-length steel plate from China in a CV preliminary determination issued Sept. 13 (see 1609130025). It also preliminarily found no countervailable subsidization of South Korean exporters, declining to impose CV duty cash deposits at this time (see 1609080060). Commerce suspended liquidation and began requiring AD duty cash deposits for entries of subject merchandise from Brazil, South Africa and Turkey in a preliminary determination issued Sept. 22 (see 1609210022).
Scope Amended to Clarify Effect of Existing Orders, Exemption for Stainless Steel Plate
Commerce is amending the scopes of all its AD/CVD investigations on steel plate to clarify exemptions for products already covered by AD/CVD orders on hot-rolled flat-rolled steel. Commerce is removing language on the exemption from orders on countries not already subject to hot-rolled flat-rolled steel orders, and referring to the specific hot-rolled flat-rolled steel order when a country is covered. Commerce is also adding two tariff schedule numbers to the scope of all of these AD/CVD orders, and is clarifying an exemption for stainless steel plate to add a maximum carbon content requirement, as detailed in its CV duty preliminary determination on China.
Critical Circumstances for Brazil and Turkey, Cash Deposits Retroactive 90 Days
Commerce made a finding that some companies in Austria, Belgium, Italy and Taiwan increased their exports to the U.S. in the months before the preliminary determination, in an attempt to get in as much product as possible before the imposition of cash deposit requirements. This "critical circumstances" finding by the agency allows it to retroactively suspend liquidation and require AD duty cash deposits for subject merchandise from these companies to 90 days before the preliminary determination, i.e., Aug. 16. Subject merchandise from all other producers and exporters (except Salzgitter) is subject to AD duty suspension of liquidation beginning Nov. 14.
AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise (except from the German company Salzgitter) that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after the dates listed in the tables below, and require cash deposits at the following rates:
Austria
| Exporter/Manufacturer | AD Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| Bohler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG, Bohler Bleche GmbH & Co KG, Bohler International GmbH, voestalpine Grobblech GmbH and voestalpine Steel Service Center GmbH | 41.97% | 08/16/16 |
| All Others | 41.97% | 11/14/16 |
Belgium
| Exporter/Manufacturer | AD Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| Industeel Belgium S.A. | 2.41% | 08/16/16 |
| NLMK Clabecq S.A., NLMK Plate Sales S.A., NLMK Sales Europe S.A., NLMK Manage Steel Center S.A., and/or NLMK La Louviere S.A. | 8.98% | 08/16/16 |
| All Others | 8.5% | 11/14/16 |
France
| Exporter/Manufacturer | AD Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| Dillinger France S.A. | 12.97% | 11/14/16 |
| Industeel France S.A. | 4.26% | 11/14/16 |
| All Others | 8.62% | 11/14/16 |
Japan
| Exporter/Manufacturer | AD Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 14.96% | 11/14/16 |
| JFE Steel Corporation | 48.64% | 11/14/16 |
| Shimabun Corporation | 48.64% | 11/14/16 |
| All Others | 14.96% | 11/14/16 |
Taiwan
| Exporter/Manufacturer | AD Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| China Steel Corporation | 28% | 08/16/16 |
| Shang Chen Steel Co., Ltd. | 3.51% | 11/14/16 |
| All Others | 3.51% | 08/16/16 |
Germany
| Exporter/Manufacturer | AD Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke | 6.56% | 11/14/16 |
| Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, Salzgitter Mannesmann Grobblech GmbH, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, and Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH | zero | N/A |
| All Others | 6.56% | 11/14/16 |
China
| Exporter | AD Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| China-wide entity (covers all Chinese companies, including Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co., Ltd.) | 68.27% | 11/14/16 |
South Korea
| Exporter/Manufacturer | AD Rate | Sus. Liq. |
|---|---|---|
| POSCO and POSCO Daewoo Corporation | 6.82% | 11/14/16 |
| All Others | 6.82% | 11/14/16 |
(The period of investigation is 04/01/15 -- 03/31/16, except for China, where it's 10/01/15 -- 03/31/16. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope, suspension of liquidation, etc. See 1605040009 for summary of the initiation of this AD duty investigation, and 1604080019 for summary of the underlying petition.)
(Federal Register 11/14/16)