Local pipe producers win victory on Chinese import tariffs

Local pipe producers win victory on Chinese import tariffs

Wheatland Tube, Sharon Tube and other pipe producers scored another victory in their battle to place tariffs on Chinese imports.

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a preliminary ruling today that would place duties on Chinese pipe imports at an average rate of 26 percent.

The duties would be in addition to tariffs that were announced in November.

Final rulings in both cases are expected in the spring.

Today’s ruling deals with the domestic producers’ claim that Chinese companies have been dumping product, which is selling a product at a lower price here than in the producer’s home market.

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