September 07, 2008

US rescinds AD review for corrosion resistant flats from Germany

It is reported that US Department of Commerce has initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on corrosion resistant carbon steel flat products from Germany in response to a request from United States Steel Corporation.

This administrative review covers the period August 1st 2006 through July 31st 2007 and US DOC is now rescinding this review due to a request by US Steel to rescind the review. As no party has objected to the termination of the review, US DOC determines that the continuation of the administrative review is not necessary.

US DOC published an antidumping duty order on corrosion resistant carbon steel flat products from Germany on August 19th 1993. US DOC published a notice of "Opportunity to Request an Administrative Review" of the antidumping duty order for the period August 1st 2006 through July 31st 2007 on August 2nd 2007. US Steel requested that the US DOC conduct an administrative review of sales of merchandise covered by the order by ThyssenKrupp Steel AG on August 31st 2007. In response to the request from US Steel, US DOC published the initiation of the antidumping duty administrative review on CORE from Germany on September 25th 2007. The Department issued a questionnaire to ThyssenKrupp on October 19th 2007 and received responses from ThyssenKrupp on December 3rd 2007 and December 18th 2007. US Steel withdrew its request for review with respect to ThyssenKrupp on December 26th 2007.