Vietnam Oil Pipes Face Preliminary US Dumping Probes
Published Date: 3/16/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that some Vietnamese companies sold oil country tubular goods at unfairly low prices from September 2023 to August 2024. They’re stopping the review for two companies but will keep checking others. This could affect import duties and trade fairness starting March 16, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
Vietnam-Wide Rate Remains 111.47%
Commerce states the Vietnam-wide entity rate remains 111.47 percent because the Vietnam-wide entity was not under review. Vietnamese exporters that do not have a separate rate will continue to be subject to the 111.47 percent rate.
Cash Deposit Rules After Final Results
When the final results publish, Commerce will set cash deposit rules: (1) exporters listed in the final results will have cash deposit rates equal to their final weighted-average dumping margins; (2) previously-examined exporters keep their existing exporter-specific cash deposit rates; (3) non-Vietnamese exporters without a separate rate take the rate of their Vietnamese supplier; and (4) Vietnamese exporters without a separate rate will have the Vietnam-wide rate of 111.47 percent for entries entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results.
Unreported Sales May Be Assessed at Vietnam-Wide Rate
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of subject merchandise that were exported by an individually examined respondent but not reported in that respondent's U.S. sales data at the Vietnam-wide antidumping assessment rate. That means unreported entries entered during September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024 could be assessed at the Vietnam-wide rate of 111.47 percent.
SeAH VINA Preliminary Dumping Margin
Commerce preliminarily found that SeAH Steel VINA Corporation had a 12.84 percent weighted-average dumping margin for merchandise sold during the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024. If this margin is sustained in the final results, importers of SeAH VINA OCTG could face antidumping duties and importer-specific assessment rates based on that 12.84 percent rate.
Rescission for Halima and PPA
Commerce is rescinding this administrative review, in part, for Halima Pipe Company and Pusan Pipe America, Inc. because there were no reviewable, suspended entries from those companies during the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024. For those two companies, Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection no earlier than 35 days after this notice is published.
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