The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has initiated an expiry review of the antidumping duties (AD) on certain seamless pipes and tubes of stainless steel originating in China.
The application for the review was filed by the European Steel Tube Association (ESTA) in September this year, providing evidence that, should measures be allowed to lapse, the current import level of the product under review from the country concerned to the union is likely to increase due to the existence of the unused capacity of the exporting producers' manufacturing facilities in China and due to the attractiveness of the EU market given that higher prices prevail in this market.
The investigation of a continuation or recurrence of dumping will cover the period from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016.
The product under review currently falls within CN codes 7304 11 00, 7304 22 00, 7304 24 00, ex 7304 41 00, 7304 49 10, ex 7304 49 93, ex 7304 49 95, ex 7304 49 99 and ex 7304 90 00.