Posted on 24 May 2024
The European Commission has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports from China of certain circular seamless pipe of an external diameter below 406.4mm and carbon equivalent value (CEV) below 0.86.
The probe follows a complaint lodged in April by the European Steel Tube Association. The products under investigation fall under EU TARIC codes 7304191020, 7304193020, 7304230020, 7304291020, 7304293020, 7304312030, 7304318030, 7304395030, 7304398230, 7304398320, 7304518930, 7304598230 and 7304598320.
The investigation of dumping and injury will cover the period from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. The examination of trends relevant for the assessment of injury will cover the period from 1 January 2020 to the end of the investigation period.
The Commission launched an expiry review of anti-dumping measures on Russia-origin imports of the same products last year. Some market participants however criticised that probe for not including Ukraine or China, the two main sources of product imports into the EU (see Kallanish passim).
Earlier last year, the Comission confirmed the extension of existing anti-dumping measures on imports of certain seamless pipe of an external diameter exceeding 406.4mm originating from China.
Source:Kallanish
