On 24 October 2025, the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) initiated an investigation into alleged dumping of tubes and pipes having circular cross-sections, with an external diameter which exceeds 406,4mm, of iron or steel (excluding longitudinally submerged ARC welded and longitudinally welded pipes) originating in or imported from Mozambique (electric resistance welded pipes (ERW)) and spiral welded pipes/submerged ARC welded pipes (SAW), classifiable in tariff subheading 7305.19 on which comment is due by 30 November 2025.
The application was lodged by Hall Longmore (Proprietary) Limited (Hall Longmore). Hall Longmore submitted an application to the Commission alleging that electric resistance welded pipes and spiral welded pipes originating in or imported from Mozambique were being dumped on the Southern African Customs Union(SACU), causing material injury and a threat of material injury to the SACU market. Hall Longmore submitted sufficient evidence and established a prima facie case to enable ITAC to arrive to a reasonable conclusion that an investigation should be initiated based on dumping, material injury, threat of material injury and a causal link between the alleged dumped import and the material injury and the threat of material injury experienced by the SACU industry.
The allegation of dumping
The allegation of dumping is based on the comparison between the normal value and the export prices from Mozambique. The normal value for Mozambique was determined based on the price quotations in the Mozambique domestic market. The export price was determined based on import statistics from the South African Revenue Service (SARS). This price was adjusted by 5% of the average ex-factory price.
On this basis, ITAC found that there was prima facie evidence of dumping of the subject products from Mozambique.
The dumping margin for Mozambique was determined to be 261.24%
The allegation of material injury, threat of material injury and causal link
Hall Longmore submitted evidence indicating that it had experienced material injury in the form of the following injury indicators: price suppression, price undercutting, sales volumes, profit, market share, productivity, inventories and growth since imports of the subject product entered the SACU market in the period beginning 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025.
Hall Longmore alleged that a threat of material injury exists and submitted evidence with regards to the freely disposable capacity of the exporters, significant increase of the alleged dumped imports, the state of the economy in Mozambique, and prices of imports, which will have a significant suppressing effect on domestic prices.
Further to that, Hall Longmore provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the material injury and the threat of material injury experienced by it can be linked to the alleged dumped imports.
On this basis, ITAC found that there was prima facie proof of material injury, a threat of material injury and causal link.
Period of investigation
The period of investigation for the purpose of determining the dumping margin is from 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The period of investigation for the purpose of determining material injury is from 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025.