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Commerce Initiates Antidumping Duty Investigation of All-Thread Rod from China

03/27/2008 - The U.S. Department of Commerce will initiate an antidumping duty investigation of threaded steel (all-thread) rod from P.R. China.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it will initiate an antidumping duty investigation of threaded steel (all-thread) rod from P.R. China.

Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than fair value.

The Commerce Department’s antidumping investigation will cover steel threaded rod—threaded carbon quality steel rod, bar, or studs—with a solid, circular cross section, of any diameter, in any straight length. Threaded grooves will have been applied, and product could have been forged, turned, cold drawn, cold-rolled, machine straightened, or otherwise cold-finished. The steel threaded rod, bar, or studs subject to this investigation are non-headed and threaded along greater than 25% of their total length. A variety of finishes or coatings may be applied to the merchandise.
 
However, the investigations exclude (1) threaded rod, bar, or studs that are threaded only on one or both ends and the threading covers less than 25% of the total length; and (2) threaded rod, bar, or studs made to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A193 Grade B7, ASTM A193 Grade B7M, ASTM A193 Grade B16, or ASTM A320 Grade L7.
 
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination on or about April 21, 2008. If the ITC determines that there is a reasonable indication of material injury or threatened material injury to the domestic industry associated with imports of this product from China, the Commerce Department’s investigation will continue. In that case, Commerce will be scheduled to make its preliminary determination in August 2008. If the ITC makes a negative preliminary injury determination, this investigation will be terminated.
 
The petitioner for this investigation is Vulcan Threaded Products Inc., Ala.