The United States International Trade Commission determined that US industry is materially injured by reason of imports of light walled rectangular pipe and tube from China that are the US Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and imports of those products from China, Korea and Mexico that the US Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value.

As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations, the Department of Commerce will issue a countervailing duty order on imports of these products from China and antidumping duty orders on imports of these products from China, Korea and Mexico.

The Commerce Department previously made affirmative critical circumstances determinations with regard to certain imports of this product from China. Therefore, the Commissioners who made an affirmative injury determination are required to find whether these imports are likely to undermine seriously the remedial effect of the countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders Commerce will issue. All five participating Commissioners made negative findings with regard to critical circumstances in this investigation. As a result, the countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders concerning these imports will not apply to goods that entered the United States from China prior to January 30th 2008, the date of the Department of Commerce's affirmative preliminary determination.

The Commission's public report Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube form China, Korea, and Mexico will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations. The product covered by these investigations is certain welded carbon quality light walled steel pipe and tube of rectangular including square cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 4 mm. The subject merchandise is provided for in subheading 7306.61 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.