The U.S. Department of Commerce is launching country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether circular welded carbon steel pipe and light-walled rectangular pipe/tube , originating from China, South Korea, India, and Taiwan and completed in Vietnam using Chinese-origin hot-rolled steel , are evading existing AD/CVD orders. The inquiries cover eight separate AD/CVD orders and were requested by a coalition of domestic producers and the United Steelworkers union.

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Scope: HS 73 / CN, KR, IN / AD/CVD
Question: Does this source change alter exposure, timing, or review priority for HS 73 / CN, KR, IN / AD/CVD?
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AD/CVD

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