USITC to Continue Cases on Welded Carbon Steel Pipe from India, Oman, UAE, and Vietnam
12/12/2011 - The U.S. Department of Commerce will continue to conduct its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from India, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam based on the USITC’s finding of reasonable indication of material injury due to imports of these products.
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined that there is a reasonable indication of material injury due to imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from India, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.
Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun, Vice Chairman Irving A. Williamson, and Commissioners Daniel R. Pearson, Shara L. Aranoff, and Dean A. Pinkert voted in the affirmative. Commissioner David S. Johanson did not participate in these investigations.
As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will continue to conduct its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of this product from India, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, with its preliminary countervailing duty determination due on or about January 19, 2012, and its preliminary antidumping duty determination due on or about April 3, 2012.
The investigations cover circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe and tube with an outside diameter not more than 16 inches, regardless of wall thickness, surface finish, end finish, or industry specification. Standard pipe, sprinkler pipe, and fence and structural pipe and tube are included, but not include boiler tubes, heat exchanger tubes, hollows for redrawing, electric conduit, oil country tubular goods, scaffolding, line pipe made to API specifications, and mechanical tubing.
Petitioners for this case include Allied Tube and Conduit, Harvey, Ill.; JMC Steel Group, Chicago, Ill.; United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Wheatland Tube, Sharon, Pa. Investigations instituted by USITC: October 26, 2011.
