The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on uncovered innerspring units from China (A-570-928). Commerce found both companies under review, Jietai Machinery Ltd. (HK) and Green Asia Parts, LTD, did not demonstrate independence from state control, assigning them the China-wide AD duty rate of 234.51%. Commerce will assess AD duties at this rate on subject merchandise of Chinese origin from Jietai Machinery and Green Asia Parts entered between Feb. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31, 2019. A 234.51% AD duty cash deposit rate for Chinese-origin merchandise from each company takes effect Feb. 6.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from China (A-570-964). Commerce found both exporters remaining under review -- the Golden Dragon group (Golden Dragon Holding (Hong Kong) International Co., Ltd., Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc., and Hong Kong GD Trading Co, Ltd.) and Sinochem Ningbo Import & Export Co., Ltd. -- did not demonstrate independence from state control, assigning them the China-wide AD duty rate of 60.85%. Commerce will assess AD duties at this rate on subject merchandise exported by these companies and entered between Nov. 1, 2017, and Oct. 31, 2018. A 60.85% AD duty cash deposit rate takes effect Jan. 16 for subject merchandise exported by each of these companies.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on high pressure steel cylinders from China (C-570-978). Commerce assigned the only company under review, Beijing Tianhai Industry Co., Ltd. (BTIC), a CV rate of 28.54%. Subject merchandise from BTIC entered Jan. 1, 2017, through Dec. 31, 2017, will be liquidated at rates set in this review. A CV duty cash deposit rate of 28.54% for entries from BTIC takes effect Dec. 27.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations that imports of corrosion-resistant and cold-rolled steel from Vietnam are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel from South Korea and Taiwan (A-580-878/C-580-879, A-583-856) and cold-rolled steel from South Korea (A-580-881/C-580-882).
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on silicon metal from China (A-570-806). Commerce found the only company under review, Yunnan Fuyang Trade Co., Ltd., did not have any shipments to the U.S. during the period of review, so its AD duty rate will not change. Any entries under Fuyang's case number during the period June 1, 2017, through May 31, 2018, will be assessed AD duties at the 139.49% China-wide rate.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on activated carbon from China (A-570-904). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic Acid (HEDP) from China (A-570-045). Commerce calculated an AD rate of 397.2% for the only company under review, Henan Qingshuiyuan Technology Co., Ltd. Commerce will assess AD duties at importer-specifc rates on subject merchandise from Qingshuiyuan entered Nov. 4, 2016, through April 30, 2018. A 397.2% AD duty cash deposit rate for Qingshuiyuan takes effect Dec. 12.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on xanthan gum from China (A-570-985). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China (A-570-848). These final results will only be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Sept. 1, 2017, through Aug. 31, 2018. Cash deposit requirements are no longer in effect for freshwater crawfish tail meat from China as a result of Commerce's revocation of the AD duty order in June, effective for entries on or after May 16, 2019 (see 1906060014).
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China (C-570-011). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates for 10 Chinese exporters. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2017, through Dec. 31, 2017.