Thai Steel Pipes Escape Dumping Duties in Routine Review
Published Date: 4/3/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce checked if certain Thai steel pipe makers sold their products at unfairly low prices from March 2023 to February 2024. They found no dumping by the main company reviewed and stopped reviewing 28 other companies since they had no sales during this time. This means some companies won’t face extra duties, and the review results are open for public comments starting April 3, 2025.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Cash Deposit Rates and 15.67% All‑Others Rate
Commerce states that upon publication of the final results, the cash deposit rate for Saha Thai and TPP will equal the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results (or zero if de minimis). For exporters/producers not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 15.67%, the all-others rate from the original investigation.
Zero Dumping Margins for Two Thai Firms
Commerce preliminarily found Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Co., Ltd. and Thai Premium Pipe Co. Ltd. have estimated weighted-average dumping margins of 0.00% for the period March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024. If the final results remain zero or de minimis (less than 0.50%), Commerce intends to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate relevant entries without regard to antidumping duties.
Review Rescinded for 28 Companies
Commerce is rescinding this administrative review for 28 named companies because those companies had no suspended entries during March 1, 2023 through February 29, 2024. For those rescinded companies, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries at the cash deposit rate required at the time of entry during that period, and intends to issue assessment instructions no earlier than 35 days after this notice.
Importer Certificate Requirement—Risk of Double Duties
Importers are reminded they must file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of relevant entries, per 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2). Failure to file this certificate could lead Commerce to presume reimbursement occurred and result in the assessment of double antidumping duties.
Automatic Assessment for Unknowing Producer‑to‑U.S. Entries
Commerce will apply its 'automatic assessment' practice: entries of subject merchandise produced by Saha Thai for which Saha Thai did not know the merchandise was destined to the United States will be liquidated at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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