Germany, Japan and Poland GOES: AD Rates Unchanged in Final Determination
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on grain-oriented electrical steel from Germany (A-428-842), Japan (A-588-871) and Poland (A-455-804). The agency made no changes to the preliminary rates for exporters from any of the three countries.
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The next step is for the International Trade Commission to make its final injury determination, currently scheduled for Sept. 5. If the ITC finds injury, Commerce will issue AD duty orders and duties will be made permanent. If the ITC finds no injury, the investigations will be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded.
Suspension of Liquidation Still Retroactive 90 Days for Polish Exporters
Commerce continued to find "critical circumstances" for all Polish companies, including Stalprodukt, because these three companies allegedly ramped up sales of subject merchandise in the U.S. during the run-up to the preliminary determination in an attempt to get in as much product as possible before duties were imposed. As such, it will order CBP to continue to suspend liquidation for all subject merchandise from Poland entered on or after Feb. 11, the date 90 days prior to the preliminary determination.
Commerce did not find critical circumstances exist for subject merchandise from Japan and Germany. Liquidation is suspended for subject merchandise exported by Japanese and German companies for entries on or after May 12.
Estimated AD Cash Deposit Rates Unchanged
Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from Japanentered on or after May 12, equal to the following AD rates:
| Exporter or Producer | AD Rate |
| JFE Steel Corporation | 172.3% |
| Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation | 172.3% |
| All Others | 93.96% |
Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from Germanyentered on or after May 12, equal to the following AD rates:
| Exporter or Producer | AD Rate |
| ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel GmbH | 241.91% |
| All Others | 133.7% |
Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from Polandentered on or after Feb. 11 equal to the following AD rates:
| Exporter or Producer | AD Rate |
| Stalprodukt S.A. | 99.51% |
| All Others | 78.1% |
(The period of investigation is 07/01/12 -- 06/30/13. See Commerce’s notice for more information, including the scope of the investigation (unchanged since the preliminary determination), detailed instructions on cash deposit and assessment rates, etc. See 14050919 for summary of the preliminary determination of the Poland investigation. See 14050917 for summary of the preliminary determination in the Japan and Germany investigations.)
AD/CVD Operations contacts -- Stephen Banea (202) 482-0656 (Germany); Steve Bezirganian (202) 482-1131 (Japan); Alan Ray (202) 482-5403 (Poland)
(Federal Register 07/22/14)