AD: India Stainless Steel Bar
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel bar from India for the period of February 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006.
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AD Cash Deposit Instructions for a Time of Entry on or after 09/10/07:
| Company |
|---|
| 2.01% |
| (a) |
| 2.01% |
| (b),(c),(d) |
(a) The ITA has determined a de minimis AD duty cash deposit rate of0.03% for Venus; therefore, no cash deposit will be required, but it remains subject to the order;
(b) For merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in the original AD investigation or a previous review, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be the most recent rate published in the final determination or final results for which the manufacturer or exporter received an individual rate;
(c) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, the previous review, or the original investigation, but the manufacturer is, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(d) If neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous reviews, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be 12.45%, the "all others" rate established in the AD investigation.
List of Separate Rate Respondents
The ITA has determined a review-specific rate for the following separate rate respondents (those that requested, but did not receive, an individual review):
Isibars Limited
Grand Foundry, Ltd.
Sindia Steels Limited
Snowdrop Trading Pvt. Ltd.
Facor Steels, Ltd.
Mukand Ltd.
Assessment Instructions for the Review Period (02/01/05 - 01/31/06)
The ITA states that it intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 15 days after September 10, 2007.
The ITA states that it calculated importer-specific duty assessment rates for subject merchandise from those that received an individual review. Where the assessment rate is above de minimis, the ITA will instruct CBP to assess duties on all entries of subject merchandise by that importer. The ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to AD duties any entries for which the assessment rate is de minimis.
For those companies for which this review is rescinded, AD duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD duties required at the time of entry. For the separate rate respondents, the ITA calculated a weighted-average assessment rate.
The ITA adds that for entries of subject merchandise during the review period produced by companies included in these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know the merchandise was destined for the U.S., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the "all-others" rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)
(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, the rescission of the review for three companies, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 03/23/07 news, 07032335, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this AD duty administrative review.)
ITA contact - Scott Holland (202) 482-1279
ITA notice (FR Pub 09/10/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-17749.pdf