The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that
China has lodged a dispute regarding the antidumping (AD) duty imposed by the
US on imports of 13 products from
China including oil country
tubular goods (OCTG).
Shen Danyang, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, released a statement suggesting that certain methods used by the
US in the antidumping investigations in question were not in compliance with WTO rules. Mr. Shen also added that the antidumping duties imposed by the
US affected Chinese exports worth $8.4 billion.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, in April 2010 the
US imposed antidumping duty on OCTG imports from
China at margins ranging between 30 percent and 99 percent.