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Posted on 29 Aug 2022

Brazil initiates AD investigation on seamless steel pipes from China, Romania

According to Brazil's Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX)’s announcement on August 22, 2022, Brazil has initiated the fourth sunset review of anti-dumping (AD) duties on imports of carbon steel seamless steel line pipes from China and Romania, based on an application filed by a local steel pipe maker Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes do Brasil S.A. on April 21, 2022.

The products involved are carbon steel seamless line pipes, with diameters of up to 5 inches (141.3 mm), mainly used in the construction of oil and gas pipelines for conveying and storing fluids, classified under HS codes 7304.19.00, 7304.31.90, 7304.39.10, and 7304.39.90.

The period of investigation was from January 2021 to December 2021, and the injury assessment period was from January 2017 to December 2021.

Source:Yieh