On July 21, 2016 the Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a Fact Sheet announcing the initiation of an Antidumping and Countervailing duty investigation of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India, Italy, and Spain.
The Fact Sheet explains that, “The scope of these investigations cover finished carbon steel flanges. Finished carbon steel flanges differ from unfinished carbon steel flanges (also known as carbon steel flange forgings) in that they have undergone further processing after forging, including, but not limited to, beveling, bore threading, center or step boring, face machining, taper boring, machining ends or surfaces, drilling bolt holes, and/or de-burring or shot blasting. Any one of these post-forging processes suffices to render the forging into a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of these investigations. However, mere heat treatment of a carbon steel flange forging (without any other further processing after forging) does not render the forging into a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of these investigations.”
The International Trade Commission (ITC) is schedules to have its preliminary determination of the cases by August 15, 2016. The tariffs covered under this investigation fall under Chapter 73. The alleged dumping margins fall between:
- India: 17.80% – 37.84%
- Italy: 15.76% – 204.53%
- Spain: 13.19% – 24.43%
The Fact Sheet can be viewed here
