Some Electrical Conduit Fittings Not Covered by AD on Malleable Fittings, Commerce Says

Certain types of electrical conduit fittings imported from China are not subject to an antidumping duty order on certain malleable iron pipe fittings from that country, the Commerce Department said in a Feb. 8 scope ruling.

This scope ruling should be applicable to all electrical conduit fittings from China, not just those of importer JL International, the company that requested it, the department said.

The ruling covers three general categories of electrical conduit fittings, as classified by the importer: bodies, nipples, and couplings and connectors. Overall, the fittings are used to protect wires of various sizes in commercial buildings, residential houses and apartments.

None are “designed to hold or transport fluids such as oil or gas," Commerce said. On the other hand, the scope of the order is exclusively intended to cover liquid or gas piping systems, it said. They do not meet minimum pressure requirements, nor standards for tensile strength or sturdiness against vibrations or temperature changes.

The department said it had once ruled otherwise in a similar 2016 scope ruling for Atkore Steel Components, but that ruling was litigated and eventually overturned by the Court of International Trade.