Germany's Federal Cartel Office has approved the creation of a joint venture by Ukrainian businessman Victor Pinchuk's integrated pipe and wheel company Interpipe and Paris-headquartered Vallourec Tubes S.A.S. for the production of steel pipes, according to Interpipe's press service.
Ukraine has launched a complaint against Kazakhstan’s use of anti-dumping duties on certain types of steel pipes imported from Ukraine, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
The U.S. has extended the agreement on price obligations with regard to Ukrainian pipe products, which provides for the abolition of the anti-dumping duty for Ukrainian producers involved in pipe exports, according to Ukraine's Trade Envoy Nataliya Mykolska.