On January 13, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced in the Federal Register the preliminary results of an administrative review of the antidumping (AD) duty order for certain hot rolled carbon steel flat products from India. The review was initiated on January 29, 2010.
As a result of the review, covering December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2009, the DOC preliminarily determined that respondents Essar Steel Limited, Ispat Industries Limited and JSW Steel Limited did not export the subject merchandise to the US during the period mentioned. The other respondent Tata Steel Limited has declared that it made one minor shipment during the period and the DOC preliminarily determined that it had no reviewable transactions of subject merchandise during the period of the review.
Provided that this decision stays valid in the final determination, the companies' prior AD duty margins will stay valid and a 23.87 percent AD margin will continue to be implemented for other producers/exporters.
The petitioners in the review are the United States Steel Corporation, Nucor Corporation, and ArcelorMittal USA Inc.
The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable in the HTSUS at subheadings: 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, and 7211.19.75.90.
Certain hot rolled carbon steel covered by this order, including: vacuum-degassed fully stabilized; high-strength low-alloy; and the substrate for motor lamination steel may also enter under the following tariff numbers: 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, 7226.91.80.00, and 7226.99.00.00.
Subject merchandise may also enter under 7210.70.30.00, 7210.90.90.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7212.40.10.00, 7212.40.50.00, and 7212.50.00.00.
The US DOC will issue the final results of this review not later than 120 days after the date of publication of the preliminary results.