Steel Pipes from Asia: Tariffs Locked In to Save American Pipes
Published Date: 3/11/2025
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce decided to keep special taxes on welded stainless steel pressure pipes from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. These taxes help protect U.S. businesses from unfairly cheap imports. If the taxes were removed, those unfair prices would likely come back, so the rules stay in place for now.
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Antidumping Duties Kept on Welded Pipe
The Department of Commerce decided to keep special antidumping taxes on welded stainless steel pressure pipe imported from Malaysia, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Commerce reached this decision in the final results of its expedited second sunset reviews because removing the duties would likely let unfairly cheap imports return.
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