Product description – The product under consideration is Seamless tubes, pipes & hollow profiles of iron, alloy or non-alloy steel (other than cast iron and stainless steel), whether hot finished or cold drawn or cold rolled of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14’’ OD’. It includes boiler pipes or line pipes used in hydrocarbon industry. However, the following products are excluded –

1. Seamless pipes & tubes made of cast iron and stainless steel.
2. Seamless alloy-steel pipes, tubes and hollow profiles of specifications of ASTM A213/ASME SA 213 and ASTM A335/ ASME SA 335 or equivalent BIS/DIN/BS/EN or any other equivalent specifications.
3. Non – API and Premium Joints / Premium Connections / Premium Threaded Tubes & Pipes as prescribed under Customs Notification No. 12/2012, dated 17th March 2012 at serial number 356.
4. All 13 Chromium (13CR) Grade Tubes and Pipes.
5. Drill Collars.
6. High pressure seamless steel pipe/tube used for manufacturing gas cylinders by producers approved by the Chief Controller of Explosives, Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation, Government of India.
7. Seamless Tubing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, Carbon/ Non-Alloy / Alloy, hot finished or cold drawn or cold rolled of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14″ OD.
8. Seamless Casing, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, Carbon/ Non-Alloy/ Alloy, hot finished or cold drawn or cold rolled of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14″ OD.
9. Seamless Mother Hollows, coupling stock, blanks/ Pup Joints, Carbon/ Non-Alloy/ Alloy, hot finished or cold drawn or cold rolled of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14″ OD.
10. Seamless Drill Pipes, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, Carbon/ Non alloy, hot finished of an external diameter not exceeding 355.6 mm or 14″ OD.

HS Codes – 7304

Uses – Seamless tubes, pipes and hollows are used where strength, resistance to corrosion, microstructure and product life is very crucial line pipes are used in hydrocarbon and processing industry. Boiler pipes are used in Boilers, Heat Exchangers, Super Heaters and Condensers, and in mechanical, structural and general engineering industry, Railways, etc.

Country Involved – China PR

Applicants – Jindal Saw Limited, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited and Maharashtra Seamless Limited

Period of review – 1^st October 2024 to 30^th September 2025

Injury period – 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and the period of investigation.

Margins and recommended duties –

Key findings –

1. The scope of product under consideration has been curtailed in the present review since Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) covered under PCNs A-1-1 to A-1-4 of the original investigation have been excluded from the current product scope.
2. The applicants jointly account for 93% of the total Indian production. The Authority noted that there is no legal obligation to maintain the same constitution in all successive proceedings and the applicants are only required to satisfy the conditions under Rule 2(b).
3. The exporters in China PR have continued to dump the product under consideration in India which have caused material injury to the domestic industry.
4. The volume of subject imports increased at a faster rate than increase in the demand for the subject goods over the injury period despite duties in place and no demand-supply gap in the country.
5. The exporters aligned their prices to the reference price in order to avoid payment of duties. While the exporters were declaring a price equal to or above the reference price at the Customs, the imported product was resold at a much lower rate in the market, even below the non-injurious price of the domestic industry.
6. The subject imports depressed the selling price of the domestic industry and forced it to reduce its prices at a higher rate than decline in its costs.  
7. While the installed capacities of the domestic industry remained constant and its production and sales volume increased, it continued to operate on underutilized capacities, and its profitability continued to deteriorate over the injury period. The profit margin of the domestic industry also declined by 93%.
8. There is likelihood of continuation of dumping and injury in the event of cessation of current anti-dumping duties.
9. Despite duties in place for 10 years, exporters from China PR have continued to dump the subject goods as volume of imports increased continuously and at a higher rate than increase in demand.
10. Exporters in China PR have large surplus capacities, which is higher than its local demand and Indian demand.
11. China is the largest exporter of steel and steel products at a global level.
12. Exporters are facing Imposition of trade remedial measures and other tariff measures by third countries resulting in diversion of goods to India.
13. Subject imports have depressed the prices of the domestic industry and have adversely impacted its profitability which is likely to deteriorate further in case duties are allowed to expire.
14. Absence of any participation by users and importers demonstrates that ccontinuation of duties would not adversely impact any user and is in the interest of the public. 
15. The product under consideration is not a raw material used in the manufacturing process of any downstream product and does not constitute a significant share in costs for users. Thus, any increase in costs would result in negligible increase in the prices of downstream users and would not be burdensome for end-consumers.
16. Continuation of duties would not result in demand-supply gap considering Indian industry is comprised of multiple producers having sufficient capacities to meet the current and future demand.
17. Considering that the exporters were aligning their prices to be above the reference price (based on non-injurious price determined 10 years ago), but below the current non-injurious price of the domestic industry, the Authority recommended change in the form of duty from Reference Price to Fixed Form, based on dumping and injury determined in the present review.