The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced that the US will issue antidumping duty orders on welded stainless steel pressure pipe imports from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
After a vote held last week, the ITC decided that the domestic industry was materially injured by import of the aforementioned stainless products. As a result of this ruling, duties in line with the US Department of Commerce’s (DOC) final determination will be adopted. The DOC reported that the dumping margins on these imports were 22.7-167.11 percent, 23.89-24.01 percent for Thailand and 16.25 percent for Vietnam. It has also been decided that no retroactive duties will be collected from Malaysia. ITC commissioners also unanimously voted that revoking the existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders regarding welded stainless steel pressure pipe from China would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Because of this ruling, the existing orders will remain in place.
Welded stainless steel pressure pipe is used to carry fluids at high temperatures and/or high pressures in industrial applications. US producers Bristol Metals, Felker Brothers and Outokumpu Stainless Pipe petitioned for the dumping investigations on May 16, 2013. Last year, imported stainless pressure pipe accounted for 24.7% of total US consumption, according to the ITC.