Posted on 27 Dec 2022
India has implemented anti-dumping duties on stainless steel seamless tube and pipe imports originating in China. This decision follows the DGTR recommendation to impose duties equal to the lesser margin of dumping and the margin of injury, to remove injury to the domestic industry.
According to the Indian finance ministry, the definitive anti-dumping duty on cost and freight price varies from $114-3,191/tonne, depending on grade and manufacturer. The definitive anti-dumping duties are imposed for a period of five years from 20 December 2022, Kallanish notes.
The products affected are stainless steel seamless tube and pipe of diameter up to and including 6 inches, whether manufactured using a hot extrusion or piercing process and whether sold as hot finished or cold finished pipe and tube. They also include goods imported in the form of defectives, non-prime, or secondary grades. These fall mainly under chapter 73 under, HS code heading 7304.
The period of investigation (POI) was from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. The injury investigation period was 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20, in addition to the POI.
In September 2021, India initiated a sunset review of anti-dumping duties on stainless steel seamless tube and pipe from China (see Kallanish passim). This followed a request from India’s Chandan Steel, Tubacex Prakash India and Welspun Speciality Solutions on behalf of the domestic steel industry.
Source:Kallanish
