Commerce Sets AD/CV Duties on Corrosion-Resistant Steel From Costa Rica, Malaysia and UAE
The Commerce Department is setting new certification requirements, and will order suspension of liquidation and collection of antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposits for some, on entries of corrosion-resistant steel products from corrosion-resistant steel products from Costa Rica, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates, after preliminarily finding imports from the three countries are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on corrosion-resistant steel products from China (A-570-026/C-570-027) and, in the case of Malaysian imports, also Taiwan (A-583-856).
Effective for all entries from Costa Rica, Malaysia and the UAE on or after Aug. 12, 2019, Commerce will suspend liquidation and require AD duty cash deposits at the 199.43% China-wide rate and CV duties at the 39.05% “all others” rate for corrosion-resistant steel products from China, the agency said.
Commerce found producers in Costa Rica, Malaysia and the UAE are taking hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel from China and turning it into corrosion-resistant steel before exporting it to the U.S., in circumvention of AD/CV duties. Producers in Malaysia are also doing the same with hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel from Taiwan, Commerce said. The agency preliminarily found no circumvention by way of imports of corrosion-resistant steel products from Guatemala and South Africa, though it could change its mind in its final determinations.
To avoid AD/CV duties on corrosion-resistant steel products from Costa Rica, Malaysia and the UAE, importers and exporters must complete and maintain certifications that their products were not made from hot-rolled steel from China, and in the case of Malaysia, also Taiwan. For entries Aug. 12, 2019, through March 7, 2020, the required certifications must be completed by March 19, 2020. For entries on or after March 8, the importer must complete the certification by the date of entry, and the exporter must complete it by the date of shipment.
Entries from Malaysia that have no certification on file will be subject to AD/CV duties at rates applicable to corrosion-resistant steel from China. For entries that are certified not to be made from Chinese hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel but not Taiwanese, only the 3.66% all others rate for corrosion-resistant steel products from Taiwan will apply.
Corrosion-resistant steel products from some companies is ineligible for certification, and will automatically face AD/CV duties at rates applicable to Chinese corrosion-resistant steel products. Merchandise from the Costa Rican company Metas A is ineligible for certification, as is merchandise from the UAE company Asian Ispat FZ. For Malaysia, the following companies are ineligible for certification: Hsin Kuang Steel Co Ltd; FIW Steel Sdn Bhd; Nippon EGalv Steel Sdn Bhd; NS BlueScope Malaysia Sdn Bhd; and YKGI/Yung Kong Galv. Ind/Starshine Holdings Sdn Bhd/ASTEEL Sdn Bhd.
(Federal Register 02/18/20)