| January 25, China Steel Pipe Association vice chairman | | | | of difficulty of the steel pipe exports, in particular |
| of the village, said steel by the rising trade friction | | | | seamless steel pipe is likely to lose more than 50% |
| factors, in 2009 substantially reduced the amount of | | | | of the export market, export of steel situation has |
| annual exports of seamless pipes, seamless full-year | | | | become even more severe." |
| export volume is expected to only 3 million tons, | | | | He also said that in 2009 the national policy to |
| down 50%; while in 2010 the export or to be flat. | | | | stimulate demand-pull is limited to the seamless steel |
| China Iron and Steel Industry Association, is | | | | tubes as well as by Europe and the United States |
| expected to be announced shortly in 2009 detailed | | | | "double anti-China" and is expected to seamless steel |
| data on exports of steel products. China's General | | | | pipe output was only 20.1 million tons, an increase of |
| Administration of Customs January 10 newsletter | | | | nearly 10 years, the lowest level. |
| published statistics show that in 2009 China exported | | | | "Because of the impact of receipt of |
| 2460 tons of steel products, down just 60%. | | | | anti-dumping, we are now almost stopped the export |
| Industry experts said that shrinking overseas demand | | | | to the European and American markets. The Middle |
| for Chinese exports on the one hand reduces the | | | | East and some emerging market countries, will be the |
| other hand, also stimulated the emergence of trade | | | | focus of our future export market," a large |
| friction. | | | | state-owned Iron and Steel Group's executives to |
| Since 2009, China's steel industry as a trade | | | | "financial," told reporters. |
| frictions "hardest hit." The United States, Canada, | | | | China Iron and Steel Industry Association on |
| Mexico, the state has six times on China's exports of | | | | January 20 convened by Baosteel, Tianjin Pipe, Valin |
| seamless steel pipe ignited some of the anti-dumping | | | | balance tube, and dozens of enterprises in Changshu |
| or countervailing duty investigations. January 12, 2010, | | | | seamless emergency consultations on the case of |
| Indian Commerce and Industry Anti-Dumping | | | | India to discuss anti-dumping measures. "At present, |
| Authority issued a public notice, originating in China, | | | | most enterprises have expressed their Yaoda this |
| the Customs Code of the seamless steel pipe for the | | | | case." 1 do not want to be named told reporters |
| 7304 launch anti-dumping investigations. | | | | involved business representatives. He also told |
| Zhuang steel have said: "India's domestic | | | | reporters, "how to fight, who play" not determined |
| anti-dumping investigations made seamless steel pipe, | | | | yet. |
| which undoubtedly have greater and greater degree | | | | |