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USITC Issues Final AD/CVD Injury Determinations on LDW Pipe
Written by Sandy Williams
April 4, 2019
The U.S. International Trade Commission announced its final antidumping and countervailing duty injury determinations in the investigations concerning imports of large-diameter welded pipe from Canada, Greece, Korea and Turkey.
Commerce will issue:
- antidumping duty orders on imports of LDW carbon and alloy steel line pipe from Canada, Greece, Korea, and Turkey;
- a countervailing duty order on imports of LDW carbon and alloy steel line pipe from Korea;
- antidumping duty orders on imports of LDW carbon and alloy steel structural pipe from Canada, Korea, and Turkey;
- and a countervailing duty order on imports of LDW carbon and alloy steel structural pipe from Korea and Turkey.
The large-diameter welded pipe (LDWP) covered by these investigations is welded carbon and alloy steel pipe (including stainless steel pipe), more than 406.4 mm (16 inches) in nominal outside diameter (large diameter welded pipe), regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, grade, end finish or stenciling. The USITC identified three categories of pipe within the investigation: line pipe, structural pipe and stainless steel pipe.
The petitioners in the investigation are American Cast Iron Pipe Co. (Birmingham, Ala), Berg Steel Pipe Corp. (Panama City, Fla.), Berg Spiral Pipe Corp. (Mobile, Ala.), Dura-Bond Industries (Steelton, Pa.), Skyline Steel (Parsippany, N.J.), and Stupp Corp. (Baton Rouge, La.).
The dumping rates and subsidy rates determined by Commerce on Feb. 21 are as follows:
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