Vietnam OCTG review: SeAH VINA 15.52% AD margin

What changed

This is a final administrative-review result for September 1, 2023–August 31, 2024, not a new order. Commerce changed SeAH VINA's calculation after the preliminary results. For reviewed-period entries, assessment is importer-specific and can differ from the 15.52% weighted-average margin.

SeAH-produced goods sold through an intermediate company with no applicable rate may instead be assessed at the 111.47% Vietnam-wide rate under Commerce's automatic-assessment practice.

For new covered consumption entries from publication, SeAH VINA's deposit is 15.52%; previously reviewed exporters with separate rates retain their latest individual rates, unrated Vietnamese exporters use 111.47%, and unrated non-Vietnamese exporters use the supplying Vietnamese exporter's rate.

Commerce says assessment instructions will issue no earlier than 35 days after publication, with a possible court-injunction delay. The notice points to a separate Issues and Decision Memorandum for the complete product scope; do not infer coverage from the OCTG label alone.

What an import team should check

• Confirm the exact producer, exporter, intermediary and written OCTG scope before selecting a rate; a Vietnam origin label does not establish the applicable deposit.
• Separate 2023–24 reviewed entries and their importer-specific assessment from consumption entries on or after September 17 and the current deposit instructions.
• Preserve entry, origin and supplier-chain evidence, check any separate-rate history with the broker, and file the required antidumping-duty reimbursement certificate before liquidation of relevant reviewed entries.