The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has released additional information about the antidumping (AD) investigations of certain carbon steel welded pipe from India, Korea, Oman, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of certain carbon steel welded pipe from India, Oman, and the UAE.
(1) Product Definition
Carbon steel welded pipe, commonly identified as standard pipe, in the nominal size range from ½ inch up to and 6 inches (12.7 mm to 168.3 mm in outside diameter) inclusive, in various forms and finishes, usually supplied to meet ASTM A53, ASTM A135, ASTM A252, ASTM A589, ASTM A795, ASTM F1083 or Commercial Quality, or AWWA C200-97 or equivalent specifications, including water well casing, piling pipe, sprinkler pipe and fencing pipe, but excluding oil and gas line pipe made to API specifications exclusively, originating in or exported from India, Korea, Oman, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the UAE.
(2) Tariff Classification
The subject goods are usually classified under the following Customs Tariff Harmonized System (HS) numbers: 7306.30.00.14; 7306.30.00.19; 7306.30.00.24; 7306.30.00.29; 7306.30.00.34; and 7306.30.00.39.
(3) Estimated Dumping Margins
- India - 69 percent
- Korea - 29 percent
- Oman - 50 percent
- Taiwan - 29 percent
- Thailand - 33 percent
- Turkey - 24 percent
- UAE - 42 percent
(4) Estimated Subsidy Margins
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) is scheduled to make its preliminary determination in the injury investigation by June 14, 2012, and the CBSA is scheduled to make its preliminary dumping and subsidy determinations by August 13, 2012.