Import Administration
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico (A-201-805)

Scope Description:

The products covered by this order are circular welded non-alloy steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, not more than 406.4 millimeters (16 inches) in outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, surface finish (black, galvanized, or painted), or end finish (plain end, beveled end, threaded, or threaded and coupled). These pipes and tubes are generally known as standard pipes and tubes and are intended for the low pressure conveyance of water, steam, natural gas, and other liquids and gases in plumbing and heating systems, air conditioning units, automatic sprinkler systems, and other related uses, and generally meet ASTM A-53 specifications. Standard pipe may also be used for light load-bearing applications, such as for fence tubing, and as structural pipe tubing used for framing and support members for reconstruction or load-bearing purposes in the construction, shipbuilding, trucking, farm equipment, and related industries. Unfinished conduit pipe is also included in these orders. All carbon steel pipes and tubes within the physical description outlined above are included within the scope of this order, except line pipe, oil country tubular goods, boiler tubing, mechanical tubing, pipe and tube hollows for redraws, finished scaffolding, and finished conduit. Standard pipe that is dual or triple certified/stenciled that enters the U.S. as line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines is also not included in this order.

Imports of the products covered by this order are currently classifiable under the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheadings: 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90.
Although the HTS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of these proceedings is dispositive.

Source: 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992).
Note that HTSUS numbers are subject to change.

Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1995, and March 31, 1995
Seeburn, a division of Ventra Group, Inc.--Seeburn's automobile tire jacks are outside the scope of the finding. 2/3/95.

Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 1996 and March 31, 1996
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., American Tube Co., Century Tube Corp., CSI Tubular Productions, Inc. Laclede Steel Co., LTV Tubular Productions Co., Sawhill Tubular Division, Sharon Tube Co., Tex Tube Division, Western Tube & Conduit Corp., Wheatland Tube Co.--Pipe produced to API 5L line pipe specifications or to both ASTM A-53 standard pipe specification and the API 5L line pipe specification (dual-certified pipe), is outside the scope of the order. 03/14/96

Tubacero International Corporation--Circular welded carbon steel piping, 16 inches in outside diameter with 3/8 inch wall thickness, for use in extremely heavy load bearing applications, is within the scope of the order. 03/26/96

Scope Rulings Completed Between October 1, 1998 and March 31, 2000
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe; Galvak, S.A. de C.V.; circular welded non-alloy steel pipe manufactured to ASTM A-787 specifications is within the scope; November 19, 1998.

Scope Rulings Completed Between April 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004
Requestor: Galvak S.A. de CV; mechanical tubing is outside of the order, some Galvak tubing marked as ASTM A-787 is not mechanical tubing; scope ruling November 19, 1998; re-determination affirmed by NAFTA panel June 7, 2004.

Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 2005, and March 31, 2005:
Requestor: Galvak S.A. de CV; mechanical tubing is outside of the order, some Galvak tubing marked as ASTM A-787 is not mechanical tubing; scope ruling November 19, 1998; re-determination affirmed by NAFTA panel June 7, 2004.

Scope Rulings Made Between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012:
Requestor: LDA Incorporado; finished electrical rigid metal conduit produced by PYTCO, S.A. de C.V. and finished electrical metal tubing produced by Conduit, S.A. de C.V. are not within the scope of the antidumping duty order; November 15, 2012.

Scope Rulings Made Between October 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014
Requestor: Productos Laminados, S.A. de C.V.; Certain types of black tubing manufactured by Productos Laminados to American Society of Testing and Materials standard A-513 are “mechanical tubing,” which is outside the scope of the order; December 3, 2014 (Preliminary).

Scope Rulings Made Between January 1, 2015 and March 31, 2015:
Requestor: Productos Laminados de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa); certain black, circular tubing produced to American Society of Testing and Materials standard A-513 and manufactured by Prolamsa is “mechanical tubing” specifically excluded from the scope of the order; January 12, 2015.

Scope Rulings Made Between July 1, 2015 and September 31, 2015
Requestor: Maquilacero, S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero); Maquilacero's black pipe manufactured to the ASTM A-513 specification is within the scope of the order, as it does not meet the exclusion for mechanical tubing set forth in the Order; July 27, 2015.

Requestor: Perfiles y Herrajes LM, S.A. de C.V. (Perfiles); Perfiles' black pipe manufactured to the ASTM A-513 specification meets the exclusion for mechanical tubing set forth in the Order and is, therefore, outside the scope of the order; August 19, 2015.

For references to U.S. Dept. of Commerce scope rulings, see:
1) CBP messages 6155112 (06/03/1996) and 6156113 (06/04/1996), pertaining to various API specification products
2) July 17, 1998 memorandum (Cierra Pipe, Inc. inquiry)
3) CBP message 5180202 (06/29/2005), pertaining to various Galvak products stenciled as ASTM A787
4) CBP message 2362302 (12/27/2012) pertaining to finished electrical metallic tubing produced by Conduit, S.A. de C.V. and imported by LDA Incorporado
5) CBP message 2362303 (12/27/2012) pertaining to finished electrical rigid metal conduit produced by PYTCO, S.A. de C.V. and imported by LDA Incorporado
6) CBP message 5016305 (1/16/2015) for preliminary ruling pertaining to certain mechanical tubing exported by Prolamsa; message 5055304 (2/24/2015) for final ruling
7) CBP message 5223301 (08/11/2015) pertaining to certain ASTM A513 material exported by Maquilacero
8) CBP message 5243308 (08/31/2015) pertaining to certain ASTM A513 material exported by Perfiles
9) CBP message 5247304 (09/04/2015) pertaining to certain ASTM A513 material exported by Perfiles
10) CBP message 6133305 (05/12/2016) pertaining to certain ASTM A513 material exported by Regiomontana
11) CBP message 6354303 (12/19/2016) pertaining to Whirlpool Drying Tube