According to Turkish Ministry of Economy, Turkey has imposed preliminary antidumping (AD) duty on Chinese seamless pipe imports. The products in question include seamless steel pipes with an outer diameter of less than 168.3 mm, while stainless steel pipes are excluded since they are not being produced in the domestic market.
The preliminary duties for individual Chinese companies range from 22.15 percent to 32.16 percent and the nation-wide duty rate stands at 50.35 percent. The preliminary duties will be valid for six months maximum.
The antidumping duty investigation was launched in May last year upon the application by Turkish steel pipe producers Sardoğan, Tufanoğlu Boru Metal Mak. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., Kalibre Boru San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Antes Çelik Boru San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.
The products subject to the preliminary duty currently falls within Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7304.19.10.00.11, 7304.19.10.00.12, 7304.23.00.10.00, 7304.29.10.10.00, 7304.31.20.10.00, 7304.31.20.90.00, 7304.31.80.10.00, 7304.31.80.90.00, 7304.39.10.00.00, 7304.39.92.10.00, 7304.39.92.90.00, 7304.51.12.00.00, 7304.51.81.10.00, 7304.51.81.90.00, 7304.51.89.10.00, 7304.51.89.90.00, 7304.59.10.00.00, 7304.59.32.00.00, 7304.59.38.00.00, 7304.59.92.90.00, 7304.90.00.10.00 and 7304.90.00.90.00.