Commerce Flags UAE Steel Pipe for Possible Extra Duties
Published Date: 6/3/2026
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that some steel pipe makers in the United Arab Emirates sold their products in the U.S. for less than fair value from December 2023 to November 2024. This means they might have to pay extra duties to level the playing field. Companies involved can now share their thoughts before the final decision is made.
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Importer Certification and Double-Duty Risk
Importers must file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of relevant entries under 19 CFR 351.402(f). If an importer fails to file this certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and could assess double antidumping duties.
Preliminary Dumping Margins Announced
Commerce preliminarily found that certain UAE producers/exporters sold circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe in the U.S. at less than fair value for the period December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2024. Preliminary weighted-average dumping margins were reported as: Conares Metal Supply Limited — 3.15%; THL/KHK/Universal (Universal group) — 6.16%; Ajmal Steel Tubes & Pipes and K.D. Industries and TSI Metal Industries — 5.50%.
All-Others Rate Set by Weighted Average
Commerce preliminarily assigned companies not individually examined a rate equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the mandatory respondents (Conares and Universal), using the respondents' publicly ranged total sales values, for the period December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2024.
Importers Face Antidumping Duty Assessments
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries based on the final results of this review; assessment instructions will be issued no earlier than 35 days after publication of the final results. Where possible, Commerce will calculate importer-specific assessment rates using the ratio of dumping to entered value, or a per-unit rate if entered values are missing, and will treat ad valorem rates below 0.50 percent as de minimis.
Cash Deposit Rules for Future Shipments
If imposed in the final results, new cash deposit rates will apply to all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results. The cash deposit rate for companies in this review will be the rate from the final results unless the rate is less than 0.50 percent (de minimis), in which case the cash deposit will be zero; the all-others rate from the original LTFV investigation remains 5.95% for other firms.
Automatic Assessment for Unknown-U.S.-Destination Entries
For entries produced by Conares or Universal where the producer did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate from the less-than-fair-value investigation if there is no rate for intermediate companies in the transaction.
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