The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation has proposed the imposition of five-year antidumping (AD) duties on imports of casing, tubing, oil and gas and general purpose hot-deformed steel pipes with diameter up to 820 mm, originating from Ukraine, to be effective as of January 31, 2011.
Specifically, the ministry proposes to impose:
1. An 18.9 percent AD duty on imports of casing, originating from Ukraine under the following HS codes: 7304 24 100 1, 7304 24 100 2, 7304 24 100 3, 7304 24 100 4, 7304 24 100 9, 7304 24 900 1, 7304 24 900 9, 7304 29 100 1, 7304 29 100 2, 7304 29 100 3, 7304 29 100 4, 7304 29 100 9, 7304 29 900 1 and 7304 29 900 9.
2. A 19.9 percent AD duty on imports of tubing originating from Ukraine under HS codes 7304 24 100 1, 7304 24 100 2, 7304 24 100 9, 7304 29 100 1, 7304 29 100 2 and 7304 29 100 9.
3. A 19.4 percent AD duty on imports of oil line pipes, gas line pipes, and general purpose hot-deformed pipes with diameter up to 820 mm, under HS codes 7304, 7305 and 7306 for Ukrainian pipe producer Interpipe. For other Ukrainian companies, the AD duty is proposed to be set at the level of 37.8 percent.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, by the Russian government's decision dated December 29, 2005, Russia imposed for a five-year period an 11.4 percent AD duty on Ukrainian imports of casing, an 18.1 percent AD duty on imports of tubing, and an 8.9 percent AD duty on imports of oil and gas and general purpose hot-deformed pipes from Ukraine with diameter up to 820 mm, excluding imports of the Ukrainian steelmaker Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol, for which the duty was set at zero percent. The AD duties became effective from January 31, 2006.
At the end of December 2009, Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade launched an antidumping re-investigation on imports of the products in question, in order to review the existing AD measures.