Commerce Finalizes AD/CVD on Chinese Unthreaded Alloy Steel Rod
Imports of unthreaded pins of alloy steel rod from China subsequently processed into steel threaded rod in the U.S. are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on steel threaded rod from China (A-570-104/C-570-105), and will remain subject to retroactive suspension of liquidation and antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements, Commerce said in the final determination of its anti-circumvention inquiry, released Aug. 26.
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The agency will continue to apply AD/CVD requirements to entries on or after July 12, 2023, the date Commerce began its circumvention inquiry (see 2307110033).
The circumvention finding covers “unthreaded pins of alloy steel exported from China which are further processed into alloy steel threaded rod in the United States,” Commerce said. “Unthreaded pins of alloy steel are unthreaded rod, bar, or studs, having a solid, circular cross section of any diameter, in any straight length, and are non-headed. Unthreaded pins may enter unchamfered or with their ends already chamfered. Such pins may also be referenced as ‘pitch diameter stud blanks’ or ‘blanks.’
The agency said the unthreaded pins of alloy steel enter under tariff schedule subheadings 7318.15.5051, 7318.15.5056, 7318.15.5090, 7228.60.8000, 7318.15.2095, 7318.19.0000, and 7318.29.0000, “several of which also cover alloy steel threaded rod.”
Commerce will continue to allow for a certification process to avoid AD/CVD for unthreaded rod from China that won't be threaded in the U.S., it said. Ningbo Zhenghai Yongding Fastener Co., Ltd. and its affiliate Ningbo Ningding Import & Export Co. Ltd. didn't cooperate with the anti-circumvention inquiry, and will be ineligible for the certification process, Commerce said.