Thailand Pressure Pipe: Commerce Amends AD Cash Deposit Rates on Fraud Allegations

The Commerce Department is amending its preliminary affirmative antidumping determination on welded stainless pressure pipe from Thailand (A-549-830), changing the AD rates it calculated in response to allegations of fraud. Commerce says that, shortly before the agency issued its preliminary determination on Jan. 7, domestic industry alleged Ametai and Thareus were supplying false information. After Commerce requested more information from Amatei and Thareus, the affiliated companies pulled out of participation in the investigation. Commerce issued its preliminary determination three days later. The agency is now amending the rates it set for Ametai/Thareus to apply a penalty rate. The new rate also affects the rate for all other Thai companies except for Thai-German. The new rates take effect Feb. 26.