Five US steel tubular products manufacturers today filed petitions with the US DOC and ITC charging that unfairly-traded imports of cold-drawn steel mechanical tubing from China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and Switzerland are causing material injury to the domestic industry. The petitions allege that producers in each of the six countries are dumping cold-drawn mechanical tubing in the US market at sizeable margins:
Country |
Alleged Dumping Margins |
China |
88.82 - 188.88% |
Germany |
70.53 - 148.32% |
India |
25.48% |
Italy |
37.23 - 69.13% |
Korea |
12.14 - 48.61% |
Switzerland |
40.53 - 115.21% |
The petitions also allege that the governments of China and India are providing significant countervailable subsidies to producers of cold-drawn mechanical tubing. The petitions identify numerous subsidy programs related to export loans, credit, and insurance at preferential rates, preferential tax treatment, and government grants, among other programs.
The petitioners are ArcelorMittal Tubular Products; Michigan Seamless Tube, LLC; PTC Alliance Corp.; Webco Industries, Inc.; and Zekelman Industries, Inc.
The US DOC will determine whether to initiate the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations within 20 days of the filing of the petitions and the US ITC will reach a preliminary determination of material injury or threat of material injury within 45 days of the filing. The entire investigative process will take approximately one year, with final determinations of dumping, subsidization, and injury likely occurring in the spring of 2018.