No Extra Duties on Korean Steel Pipes, Commerce Decides
Published Date: 3/20/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce checked if heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from South Korea were sold cheaper than normal between September 2023 and August 2024. They found no unfair pricing and stopped part of the review. This means importers and Korean exporters can expect no new extra duties for now, with the decision effective March 20, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Two Korean Producers Found No Dumping
If you import heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Dong-a-Steel Co., Ltd. or HiSteel Co., Ltd., Commerce preliminarily found their weighted-average dumping margins were 0.00% for the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024, as announced with applicability on March 20, 2026. That means, for those companies, Commerce preliminarily found no antidumping margin for that review period.
Kukje Faces 35.11% Preliminary Duty Margin
Commerce preliminarily determined a weighted-average dumping margin of 35.11% for Kukje Steel Co., Ltd. for the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024, effective March 20, 2026. If this margin is adopted in the final results, importers of Kukje-made subject merchandise could face antidumping duties at or based on that percentage.
Cash Deposit Rate Rules After Final Results
When Commerce publishes the final results of this review, cash deposit requirements for future shipments will be: (1) DOSCO and HiSteel — equal to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final results (or zero if the rate is less than 0.50 percent); (2) previously reviewed companies not in this review — their most recently published company-specific rate; (3) exporters not covered but whose producer is covered — the producer's most recent rate; and (4) all other producers/exporters — 3.24% (the all-others rate). These deposit requirements take effect for shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results.
Automatic Assessment at 3.24% in Certain Cases
Commerce will apply its automatic assessment practice to entries of subject merchandise produced by DOSCO or HiSteel for which the producer did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States; in such cases Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate of 3.24% if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies).
Review Rescinded for NEXTEEL (No Suspended Entries)
Commerce rescinded this administrative review with regard to NEXTEEL Co., Ltd. because there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise produced or exported by NEXTEEL during the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024. For NEXTEEL, Commerce will instruct Customs and Border Protection to assess duties on appropriate entries at the cash deposit rate required at the time of entry.
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