On July 21, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a final determination in the dumping and subsidy investigation with respect to certain steel welded pipe originating in or exported from China.
The product under investigation includes certain steel welded pipe, commonly known as standard pipe, in nominal size range from ½ inch up to and including six inch (12.7 mm to 168.3 mm in outside diameter) inclusive, in various forms and finishes, in compliance with ASTM A53, ASTM A135, ASTM A252, ASTM A589, ASTM A795, ASTM F1083 or commercial quality, or AWWA C200-97 or equivalent standards, including water well casing, piling pipe, sprinkler pipe and fencing pipe, but excluding oil and gas line pipe made to API specifications exclusively.
The margins of dumping and amounts of subsidy were determined as follows:
Exporters | Weighted average margin of dumping (as a % of exporter price) | Weighted average margin of subsidy (as a % of exporter price) | Amount of subsidy in Chinese RMB per mt |
Guangdong Wallsall Steel Pipe Industrial Co., Ltd | 106 % | 25% | 1,130 |
Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd | 97 %
| 37% | 1,616 |
Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd | 99% | 33% | 1,449 |
Zhejang Kingland Pipe Technologies Co., Ltd | 110% | 34% | 1,670 |
All other exporters | 170% | 113% | 5,280 |
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal is continuing its inquiry into a question of injury to the domestic industry and will make an order or finding by August 20, 2008. The provisional duty will apply till then.