CIT sustains Commerce scope ruling on Chinese carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings finished in Vietnam
Tube Forgings of Am., Inc. v. United States
The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's second remand redetermination in the final scope ruling on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from China, holding that rough fittings produced in China that underwent sizing/reforming or heat- or cold-treating and finishing in Vietnam fall within the antidumping duty order. The ruling covers the two Vietnam production scenarios in the covered merchandise referral, EAPA Consolidated Case Number 7335 (Remand Number 7717), involving Norca Industrial Company, LLC and International Piping & Procurement Group, LP. The court's decision is Slip Op. 26-83 in Consol. Court No. 23-00231, dated July 29, 2026.
Entries of Chinese-origin rough carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings that underwent sizing/reforming or heat- or cold-treating and finishing in Vietnam are within the scope of the antidumping duty order on carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from China.
Source: CIT · Slip Opinions · cit.uscourts.gov