The General Authority for Foreign Trade announced the start of an anti-dumping investigation against the Kingdom’s imports of a steel or stainless steel pipe product with longitudinally welded circular sections originating from or exported from the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.

The Authority said in a statement that the decision to begin the investigation was issued in accordance with the Trade Remedies System in International Trade issued on November 23, 2022, which stipulated in the first paragraph of Article Four that the Authority shall undertake the tasks of commercial redressers, including conducting investigations, reviews, and imposing measures in accordance with The Kingdom’s international commitments, especially the Anti-Dumping Agreement, the Subsidy and Countervailing Measures Agreement, and the Prevention Agreement.

She added that the system aims to protect the local industry from the harm resulting from dumped and subsidized imports, prevent the increase in imports, and defend the Kingdom’s exports that are subject to trade processing procedures.