Tribunal Amends its Finding—Welded Pipe from China and Japan

Ottawa, Ontario, April 16, 2021—The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has completed the interim review of its finding made on October 20, 2016, in Inquiry No. NQ-2016-001, in respect of welded large diameter carbon and alloy steel line pipe with an outside diameter greater than 24 inches (609.6 mm), and less than or equal to 60 inches (1,524 mm), regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish (coated or uncoated), end finish (plain end or beveled end), or stencilling and certification (including multiple-stenciled/multiple-certified line pipe for oil and gas transmission and other applications), originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China and Japan.

Having found that the request for a product exclusion made by Industrial Equipment Manufacturing Ltd. of Surrey, British Columbia, will not cause material injury to the domestic industry, the Tribunal amended its finding to exclude the following goods:

Longitudinally submerged arc welded line pipe with a double submerged arc weld, stenciled with grade API 2B whether or not stenciled to any other grade, regardless of outside diameter, with wall thicknesses greater than 1” for exclusive use in production of debarker rotors and marked “For Use in Production of Debarker Rotor Only”.

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