AD: Mexico & Turkey Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determinations that light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico and Turkey is being, or is likely to be, sold at less than fair value in the U.S.
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| Preliminary Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determinations |
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As a result, the ITA states that it is directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise from Mexico and Turkey with a time of entry on or after April 13, 2004.
The ITA states that at the same time, it will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit or the posting of a bond at the AD rates listed below:
| Liquidation Suspended | Post Bond/Cash Deposit |
|---|---|
| Mexico | |
| Productos Laminados de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa) | 5.56% |
| Perfiles y Herrajes LM, S.A. de CV (LM) | 13.61% |
| Galvak, S.A. de C.V. and Hylsa, S.A. de C.V. (Galvak/Hylsa) | 19.89% |
| Regiomontana De Perfiles Y Tubos (Regiomontana) | 4.45% |
| All Others | 11.59% |
| Turkey | |
| Guven Boru Ve. Profil San. Ve. Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Guven) | 34.89% |
| MMZ Onur Boru Profil Uretim San. Ve. Tic A.S. (MMZ) | 4.75% |
| Ozborsan Boru San. Ve. Tic. and Onur Metal (Ozborsan/Onur) | 34.89% |
| Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve. Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir) | 34.89% |
| All Others | 4.75% |
ITA Postpones Final Determination for Mexico and Turkey
In these notices, the ITA also states that at the request of parties accounting for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, it is postponing its final AD determinations until not later than 135 days after April 13, 2004, and that the provisional measures in place (the suspension of liquidation and the AD cash deposit/bond requirements) are extended accordingly.
(See ITA notices for more information, including the scope of the investigation, which is unchanged from the initiation notices. See ITT's Online Archives or 02/06/04 and 10/07/03 news, 04020635 and 03100735, for BP summaries of the postponement of the preliminary AD duty determinations and of the initiation of these investigations.)
ITA Contacts - Mexico (see notice for company-specific contacts)
Turkey (see notice for company-specific contacts)
ITA notices (FR Pub 04/13/04) available at
Mexico: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-8376.pdf
Turkey:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-8377.pdf