China raises AD duties on certain US, EU pipes, tubes

China decided to massively raise the anti-dumping duties presently applied on certain alloy-steel seamless tubes and pipes imported from the United States and European Union since June 14, according to an announcement from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MoC) on the same day.

The AD tax rate applicable to the tubes and pipes from US company Wyman-Gordon Forgings Inc is 101% and from other US suppliers, 147.8%. The new duties on Vallourec units Vallourec Deutschland GmbH and Vallourec Tubes France are 57.9%, with all other EU companies facing tariffs of 60.8%, the