Commerce Slaps Duties on Turkish Steel Pipes
Published Date: 3/17/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that Borusan, a Turkish company, sold circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes in the U.S. at unfairly low prices from May 2022 to April 2023. Because of this, extra duties (taxes) will apply to their products starting March 17, 2025. This means importers and buyers should expect price changes and plan accordingly.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Importers must certify reimbursement or risk double duties
Importers must file a certificate about reimbursement of antidumping duties under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023. If importers fail to file this certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and assess double antidumping duties.
Cash deposit rules and 14.74% all-others rate
For shipments entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the notice publication date (March 17, 2025), cash deposit rules apply: (1) companies covered by this review pay the company-specific rate listed (e.g., 2.75 percent for Borusan); (2) exporters with an existing company-specific cash deposit rate keep that rate; (3) if the exporter was not covered but the producer was, the producer's company-specific rate applies; and (4) if neither exporter nor producer was covered, the all-others cash deposit rate is 14.74 percent ad valorem.
Importers and buyers should expect price changes
The Department of Commerce warned that importers and buyers should expect price changes and plan accordingly as a result of these final results, which are applicable March 17, 2025. The determination and resulting duties may affect prices paid for circular welded carbon steel pipe and tube sourced from Türkiye.
Borusan assigned 2.75% dumping margin
Commerce found that Borusan (Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S./Borusan Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S.) sold circular welded carbon steel pipe and tube in the U.S. at less than normal value for the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023 and assigned a weighted-average dumping margin of 2.75 percent. This margin is the company-specific final result for that period.
Assessment timing and possible liquidation hold
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries made during the period May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2023 and intends to issue assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after the Federal Register publication (March 17, 2025). If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, Commerce will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the 90-day statutory injunction period following publication has expired.
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