US ITC determination on certain pipes from five countries

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) announced its decision regarding the sunset reviews concerning carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from the Czech Republic, Japan, Mexico, Romania, and South Africa. On August 5, 2005, the ITC instituted five-year reviews (“sunset”) concerning the antidumping duty orders on imports of carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from the Czech Republic, Japan, Mexico, Romania, and South Africa. ITC used the sunset reviews to determine whether the revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to US domestic industries. As a result of these reviews, the ITC determined that revocation of the existing antidumping duty orders on imports of small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan and Romania and large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to US domestic industries. Moreover, the ITC determined that revocation of the existing antidumping duty orders on imports of small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Czech Republic and South Africa and large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Mexico would not likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to US domestic industries. Accordingly, the existing orders on imports of small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan and Romania and large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan will remain in place. On the other hand, the existing orders on imports of small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Czech Republic and South Africa and large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Mexico will be revoked.