Washington,
The US has announced hefty preliminary anti-dumping duties on metal pipes imported from India, China and four other countries, in an aggressive tactic by the Trump administration to protect the American industry and lower the trade deficit. Six US pipe manufacturers had filed the anti-dumping complaint with the Commerce Department in January.
Announcing the preliminary determinations in anti-dumping duty investigations of imports of the pipes, the US Department of Commerce on Tuesday said the six countries were selling the large diameter-welded pipe — used to transport oil, gas and other fluids — far below the fair price, and that dumping harms the US industry.
India has been slapped with an anti-dumping duty of 50.55%. US imports of the pipe from India last year totalled $294.7 million.
The other countries being hit with duties are China (132.63%), Greece (22.51%), Canada (24.38%), South Korea (14.97 to 22.21%) and Turkey (3.45 to 5.29%). Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells an imported product at an artificially low price.

The US Customs and Border Protection will collect cash deposits from India and the five other importers, according to a statement by the US Commerce Department.
“With respect to the India and Turkey investigations, Commerce will adjust the cash deposit rates by the amount of export subsidies found in the companion countervailing duty investigations,” it said.