The Turkish Ministry of Economy has announced its final antidumping (AD) duty rates on Chinese seamless pipe (excluding cast iron pipe) imports. The products in question include seamless steel pipes with an outer diameter of less than 168.3 mm, while stainless steel pipes are excluded since they are not being produced in the domestic market. Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Economy, the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation for the same products from China still continues.
The final duties are 16.17 percent for Hubei Xinyegang Special Tube Co., Ltd and Hubei Xinyegang Steel Co., Ltd, 17.91 percent for Shandong Haixinda Petroleum Machinery Co., Ltd and Shandong Huitong Industrial Co., Ltd, 17.55 percent for Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd, Liaocheng Ritong Steel Co., Ltd, Shandong Zhongzheng Steel Pipe Manufactoring Co., Ltd and Tianjin TianGang Special Petroleum Pipe Manufacture Co. and 21.50 percent for other Chinese companies.
The antidumping duty investigation was launched in May last year upon the application by Turkish steel pipe producers Sardoğan, Tufanoğlu Boru Metal Mak. San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti., Kalibre Boru San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Antes Çelik Boru San. Tic. Ltd. Şti. In February this year, the Ministry of Economy announced its preliminary antidumping duty rates valid for six months maximum.
The products subject to the duty currently falls within Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7304.19.10.00.11, 7304.19.10.00.12, 7304.23.00.10.00, 7304.29.10.10.00, 7304.31.20.10.00, 7304.31.20.90.00, 7304.31.80.10.00, 7304.31.80.90.00, 7304.39.10.00.00, 7304.39.92.10.00, 7304.39.92.90.00, 7304.51.12.00.00, 7304.51.81.10.00, 7304.51.81.90.00, 7304.51.89.10.00, 7304.51.89.90.00, 7304.59.10.00.00, 7304.59.32.00.00, 7304.59.38.00.00, 7304.59.92.90.00, 7304.90.00.10.00 and 7304.90.00.90.00.