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Commerce Finds Unfair Dumping of Welded Line Pipe from P.R. China
Mar. 25, 2009 The Department of Commerce has made an affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe from P.R. China.
Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than normal value.
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The Department of Commerce determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold welded line pipe in the United States at 73.87 to 101.10% less than normal value.
Mandatory respondent, Huludao Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd., received a final dumping rate of 73.87%, the same rate that was also received by three Chinese exporters. All other Chinese producers/exporters of welded line pipe received the China-wide rate of 101.10%. Chinese mandatory respondent, Shanghai Metals & Minerals Import & Export Corp., also received the 101.10% rate, as
this company withdrew from the investigation.
As a result of this final determination, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
to collect a cash deposit or bond based on the final rates.
Petitioners for this investigation were Maverick Tube Corp., Texas; United States Steel Corp., Pa.; Tex-Tube Co., Texas; and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, Pa.
The investigation covered welded line pipe as typically used for oil and gas pipelines, not more that 406.4 mm (16 inches) in outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, end finish or stenciling. This product is typically used for the transmission of gas or oil, generally in pipeline systems.