AD: Trinidad & Tobago Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Trinidad and Tobago for the period of October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005.

AD Cash Deposit Instructions for a Time of Entry on or after 03/06/07:

(a) The ITA has found that the AD duty rate for Mittal is de minimis (0.06%). As a result, no cash deposit will be required; however, suspension of liquidation will continue;

(b) For merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this review, but covered in the AD investigation, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate established in the final determination;

(c) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or the AD investigation, but the producer is, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the producer of the subject merchandise for the most recent period; and

(d) If neither the exporter nor the producer is a firm covered in this review or the AD investigation, the cash deposit rate will be 11.40%, the "all others" rate established in the investigation.

Assessment Instructions for the Review Period (10/01/04 - 09/30/05)

The ITA states that it intends to issue assessment instructions for subject merchandise to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after March 6, 2007.

Additionally, the ITA states that it calculated importer-specific duty assessment rates for subject merchandise, which trade sources note may differ significantly from the AD cash deposit rate listed above (which is a weighted average).

The ITA adds that for entries of subject merchandise during the review period produced by Mittal where Mittal did not know its merchandise was destined for the U.S., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the "all-others" rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, etc. See ITT's Online Archives or 11/13/06 news, 06111315, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this AD duty administrative review.)

ITA contact - Stephanie Moore (202) 482-3692

ITA Notice (FR Pub 03/06/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-3892.pdf