The US Department of Commerce announced this week the affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of cast iron soil pipe from China, finding that exporters have been dumping cast iron soil pipe in the United States at margins of 302.61 percent.
As a result of the decision, the DOC will instruct US Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits from importers of cast iron soil pipe from China based on these preliminary rates.
In 2017, imports of cast iron soil pipe from China were valued at $11.5 million. The petitioner is the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (Mundelein, IL).
The DOC is scheduled to announce the final determination on or about January 8, 2019. If the DOC makes an affirmative final determination, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) will be scheduled to make its final injury determination on or about February 21, 2019.
If the DOC makes an affirmative final determination in this investigation and the ITC makes an affirmative final injury determination, the DOC will issue an AD order. If the DOC makes a negative final determination or the ITC makes a negative final determination of injury, the investigation will be terminated and no order will be issued.