The following has been updated on the Canada Border Services Agency website.
Large Line Pipe from China and Japan, Statement of Reasons
For the purpose of these investigations, subject goods are defined as:
Welded large diameter carbon and alloy steel line pipe originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China and Japan with an outside diameter greater than 24 inches (609.6 mm), and less than or equal to 60 inches (1524 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).
For greater certainty, the product definition includes:
a) line pipe produced to American Petroleum Institute (“APIâ€) specification 5L, in Grades A25, A, B and X grades up to and including X100, or equivalent specifications and grades, including specification CSA Z245.1 up to and including Grade 690;
b) unfinished line pipe (including pipe that may or may not already be tested, inspected, and/or certified to line pipe specifications) originating in China and Japan, and imported for use in the production or finishing of line pipe meeting final specifications, including outside diameter, grade, wall-thickness, length, end finish, or surface finish; and
c) non-prime and secondary pipes (“limited service productsâ€).
The subject goods are normally classified under the following Harmonized System (HS) classification numbers:
7305.11.00.21
7305.11.00.29
7305.12.00.20
7305.19.00.21
7305.19.00.29
For importations of subject goods originating in/or exported from China for which the exporter has not been issued its own normal values, the anti-dumping duty is equal to 101% of the export price.
For importations of subject goods for which the exporter has not been issued a specific rate, the rate of provisional countervailing duty is equal to 30.3% of the export price.