Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Imports of Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from the People’s Republic of China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and Switzerland • On November 16, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from the People’s Republic of China (China), Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and Switzerland. • The AD law provides U.S. businesses and workers with a transparent, quasi-judicial, and internationally accepted mechanism to seek relief from the market-distorting effects caused by injurious dumping of imports into the United States, establishing an opportunity to compete on a level playing field. • For the purpose of AD investigations, dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than its fair value. • In the China investigation, Commerce calculated a preliminary dumping rate of 61.57 percent for mandatory respondent Zhangjiagang Huacheng Import & Export Co., Ltd., which it also assigned to the separate rate companies. Mandatory respondent, Jiangsu Hongyi Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., and the China-wide entity, received preliminary dumping rates of 186.89 percent, based on adverse facts available.

PRELIMINARY DUMPING RATES COUNTRY EXPORTER/PRODUCER DUMPING RATES China Zhangjiagang Huacheng Import & Export Co., Ltd. 61.59% 61.57%1 Jiangsu Hongyi Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. 186.89% 186.89%2 Separate Rate Companies 61.59% 61.58%3 China-Wide Rate 186.89%

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