Department of Commerce initiates investigation into dumping of welded pipe imports

The U.S. Department of Commerce has begun new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether imports of large-diameter welded pipe from Canada, China, Greece, India, Korea, and Turkey are being dumped in the U.S. and if producers are receiving unfair subsidies.

These investigations were initiated based on petitions filed by American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Birmingham, Ala.; Berg Steel Pipe Corp., Panama City, Fla.; Dura-Bond Industries, Steelton, Pa.; Skyline Steel, Parsippany, N.J.; and Stupp Corp., Baton Rouge, La. The alleged unfair subsidy programs include export subsidies, inputs for less-than-adequate remuneration, tax incentives, and subsidized loans from China, India, Korea, and Turkey.

If the Commerce Department makes affirmative findings in these investigations, and if the U.S. International Trade Commission determines that dumped or unfairly subsidized U.S. imports of large-diameter welded pipe from Canada, Greece, China, India, Korea, and Turkey are causing injury to the U.S. industry, the Commerce Department will impose duties on those imports in the amount of dumping and/or unfair subsidization found to exist.