Brazil imposes AD duty on Chinese seamless steel tube imports
Pipe & Tube | 2014-11-04 01:58:29
The Commerce Chamber under the Brazilian Industry and Foreign Trade Ministry has announced imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on seamless steel
By Paul Ploumis
SAO PAULO (Scrap Monster): The Commerce Chamber under the Brazilian Industry and Foreign Trade Ministry has announced imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty on seamless steel tubes imported from China.
The anti-dumping duty will be applicable for all chrome alloy seamless steel tubes with an outside diameter exceeding 3 mm but not exceeding 141.3 mm, irrespective of other dimensions such as wall thickness and internal diameter. The duty of USD 908.59 per ton will be in place for five years.
The products that fall within Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7304.51.19, 7304.59.11 and 7304.59.19 will be subject to anti-dumping duty, the authorities stated.
The Brazilian government had initiated AD investigation against dumping of steel tubes from China based on the complaint lodged by Brazilian steel tube manufacturer, Vallourec in November 2013.
