Trade Cases
Commerce Opens Pipe & Tube Duty Circumvention Probe
Written by Laura Miller
August 5, 2022
At the request of US pipe and tube producers, the US Department of Commerce has begun inquiries into the alleged circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) on a variety of products from a host of Asian countries.
The request came from Atlas Tube Inc., Bull Moose Tube Co., Maruichi American Corp., Nucor Tubular Products Inc., Searing Industries, Vest Inc., Wheatland Tube Co., and the United Steelworkers union.
The inquiry examines whether certain pipe and tube products – those completed in Vietnam from hot-rolled steel produced in China, Korea, India, or Taiwan – are circumventing AD and CVD orders on the following products:
- Circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China and Taiwan
- Circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from South Korea and Taiwan
- Welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube from India
- Circular welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Taiwan
- Light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from South Korea
- Light-walled rectangular carbon steel tubing from Taiwan
Opposition comments have already been filed by foreign producers SeAH Steel VINA Corp. and Vietnam Haiphong Hongyuan Machinery Manfactory Co.
By Laura Miller, Laura@SteelMarketUpdate.com
Laura Miller
Read more from Laura MillerLatest in Trade Cases
Leibowitz: With ‘reciprocal’ tariffs struck down again in court, what happens next?
President Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Policy Act (IEEPA) were struck down again, this time on Aug. 29 by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). The legal and policy mess continues, with the next stop being the US Supreme Court.
Market unfazed by US circuit court’s IEEPA decision
Repealing any reciprocal tariffs placed by President Donald Trump on US imports of direct reduced iron (DRI), iron ore, hot-briquetted iron (HBI), and pig iron would have only a nominal impact on the US steel market, market participants said.
ITC votes to keep HR duties after sunset review
The US government determined this week that hot-rolled steel imports from a handful of countries continue to threaten the domestic steel industry.
Steel Summit: Zekelman advocates for ‘Fortress North America’
Barry Zekelman has a unique vantage point from which to view today’s trade landscape. A Canadian national who owns operations in both the US and Canada, he has also had dialogue with both Canadian and American administrations.
Steel Summit: Execs urge clarity on trade/tariff policy, want stronger USMCA
Tariff policy dominated the discussion of the SMU Steel Summit trade panel on Tuesday afternoon. The message was clear: uncertainty is rattling the steel supply chain.