US keeps duties on Chinese pipe as OCTG battle hots up

摘要

Washington's Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced that anti-dumping and countervailing (anti-subsidy) tariffs will be maintained on circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from China, follow a statutory five-year review. "Revocation of the duty order … would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping [and] of a countervailable subsidy," according to DoC notice published in the Federal Register.