The US department of commerce has extended Wor-Biz Trading’s antidumping (AD) to its successor-in-interest, Wor-Biz Industrial Product based in Anhui, China. These duties levied on imports of cast iron soil fittings from Wor-Biz Industrial Trading into the US, came into effect from Jan 7.
The AD and CVD cash deposit rates for both the companies are 33.44pc and 7.37pc, respectively.
The products subjected to AD duty and CVD include, cast iron soil pipe fittings – finished and unfinished, regardless of industry or proprietary specifications and size. These fittings are non-malleable iron castings of various designs and sizes, including, bends, tees, wyes, traps, drains other than drain bodies and other common or special fittings with or without side inlets.
Drain bodies were excluded from the scope of the order. The department of commerce provided interested parties the opportunity to comment on the preliminary results declared on Nov 21, 2019, however, it received no case briefs or written comments.