Taiwan OCTG: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect; No Duties for Chung Hung
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Taiwan (A-583-850) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency preliminarily found dumping by Tension Steel and all other Taiwanese companies except for Chung Hung. As a result, Commerce will direct CBP to suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties on OCTG from Taiwan, except for subject merchandise exported by Chung Hung, for all entries made on or after Feb. 25.
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AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise from Taiwan that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Feb. 25. However, the agency assigned Chung Hung a zero AD rate, so it will not direct CBP to suspend liquidation for OCTG from that company. If Commerce continues to find a zero AD rate for Chung Hung in the final determination, Chung Hung will be permanently excluded from duties under any resultant AD duty order on OCTG from Taiwan. The preliminary AD cash deposit rates are as follows:
| Exporter/Manufacturer | Prelim AD Rate |
| Chung Hung Steel Corp. | zero |
| Tension Steel Industries Co., Ltd. | 2.65% |
| All Others | 2.65% |
(The period of investigation is 07/01/12 - 06/30/13. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged from the initiation), suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 13072625 for summary of initiation of this investigation.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Thomas Schauer (202) 482-0410
(Federal Register 02/25/14)