ITC: U.S. welded pipe producers harmed by imports

The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined there is a “reasonable indication” that domestic producers of large diameter pipe are harmed by similar imports being dumped on the U.S. market from six different countries.    The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined there is a “reasonable indication” that domestic producers of large diameter pipe are harmed by similar imports being dumped on the U.S. market from Canada, China, Greece, India, South Korea and Turkey.
   The ITC also found that the governments of China, India, South Korea and Turkey are subsidizing these exports to the United States.
   As a result of the commission’s affirmative determinations, the Commerce Department will continue with its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, with its preliminary countervailing duty determinations due by April 16, and its antidumping duty determinations due by June 29.
   The investigations are based on a recent petition filed by a group of U.S. pipe manufacturers, including American Cast Iron Pipe Co. of Birmingham, Ala.; Berg Steel Pipe Corp. of Panama City, Fla.; Dura-Bond Industries of Steelton, Pa.; Skyline Steel of Parsippany, N.J.; and Stupp Corp. of Baton Rouge, La.
   According to Commerce, imports of large diameter welded pipe in 2016 from Canada, China, India, Greece, South Korea and Turkey were valued at $66 million, $139 million, $26 million, $70 million, $150.3 million and $116.1 million, respectively.