The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced today that it has conducted a preliminary injury inquiry into whether there is a reasonable indication that the alleged injurious dumping of carbon and alloy steel line pipe originating in or exported from the Korea has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.
The Tribunal ruled that there is evidence that discloses a reasonable indication that the dumping of the above-mentioned goods has caused or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.
The goods subject to this preliminary injury inquiry are defined as follows:
Carbon and alloy steel line pipe originating in or exported from Korea, welded or seamless, having a nominal outside diameter from 2.375 inches (60.3 mm) up to and including 24 inches (610 mm) (with all dimensions being plus or minus allowable tolerances contained in the applicable standards), including line pipe meeting or supplied to meet any one or several of API 5L, CSA Z245.1, ISO 3183, ASTM A333, ASTM A106, ASTM A53-B or their equivalents, in all grades, whether or not meeting specifications for other end uses (e.g. single-, dual-, or multiple-certified, for use in oil and gas or other applications), and regardless of end finish (plain ends, beveled ends, threaded ends, or threaded and coupled ends), surface finish (coated or uncoated), wall thickness, or length, excluding galvanized line pipe and excluding stainless steel line pipe (containing 10.5 percent or more by weight of chromium), and excluding goods covered by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s Finding in Inquiry No. NQ‑2012-003.
This preliminary injury inquiry follows the notification, on June 8, 2017, that the President of the Canada Border Services Agency had initiated an investigation into the alleged injurious dumping of the above-mentioned goods.