Commerce starts antidumping investigation of steel pipe imports

The Commerce Department this week has started an antidumping investigation of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe imports from Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.    The Commerce Department this week has started an antidumping investigation of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe imports from Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, and a countervailing duty investigation of imports of the same product from Pakistan.
   Dumping occurs when an overseas company sells a product in the United States at less than its fair value, while countervailable subsidies are financial assistance from foreign governments to encourage the export of certain products over the importation of similar, cost-competitive products.
   The petitioners for these investigations are Bull Moose Tube Co., Chesterfield, Mo.; EXLTUBE, North Kansas City, Mo.; Wheatland Tube, Chicago; and Western Tube & Conduit, Long Beach, Calif.
   The pipe covered in the investigation is generally known as standard pipe, fence pipe and tube, sprinkler pipe, and structural pipe.
   In 2014, imports of this pipe from Pakistan, Oman, the Philippines, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam were valued at $17 million, $33.1 million, $18.6 million, $59.4 million, and $60.6 million, respectively.
   The U.S. International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations in relation to this investigations by Dec. 14.