Trade Cases
June 21, 2018
Pipeline Producers Seek Tariff Exclusions
Written by Sandy Williams
Major pipeline producers are seeking tariff exclusions for imported pipe used in pipeline projects currently in progress. Of the estimated 21,000 exclusion requests submitted to Commerce, more than 500 requests are for pipe and other energy-related materials.
A report released June 18 by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) estimates 41,000 miles of oil and natural gas pipelines will be constructed from 2018 through 2035. More than 77 percent of steel used in line pipe is imported, either as finished pipes or as steel slabs to be formed in the United States, according to a 2017 study by ICF. Line pipe is made from hot rolled steel that has increased in price domestically by nearly 50 percent from a year ago.
