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UPDATE - US trade body upholds China pipe anti-dumping duty
Friday November 21, 10:10 am ET
By Richard Cowan
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WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday voted to allow anti-dumping duties against $20 million worth of Chinese imports of iron pipe fittings when it found that U.S. companies were hurt by those imports.
By a vote of 6-0, the ITC said two small American firms were injured, or threatened with injury, from China's sales at below-market prices.
The U.S. investigation into China's malleable iron pipe fittings, which are used for natural gas, oil and water pipelines, began a year ago. The ITC's vote, which paves the way for finalizing U.S. duties averaging about 11 percent, came in the same week the Bush administration announced new textile import quotas against China because of surging imports.
China's pipe fitting shipments in dispute are minuscule compared to its textile and apparel exports to the United States which amount to nearly $11 billion a year.
On Tuesday, the Bush administration said it plans to set a cap on a small portion of those clothing imports. The U.S. industry also is seeking protection against a much broader range of textile goods.
The ITC also held a hearing on Friday into allegations that China is dumping bedroom furniture in the United States at below market prices. A preliminary vote on whether U.S. companies are injured by this is expected in mid to late December.
The two U.S. pipe fitting companies, which sought the anti-dumping duties are Ward Manufacturing of Blossburg, Pa., and Anvil International, Inc., of Portsmouth, N.H.
Thomas Gleason, vice president of marketing and sales for Ward Manufacturing, told Reuters on Thursday that the Commerce Department had notified his firm that the final anti-dumping rate would average about 11 percent, far below what he said was needed to discourage unfair imports.
Gleason said China's exports of pipe fittings increased sharply in recent years, after the EU set stiff duties against such items from Chinese.
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