According to the report, the United States Department of Commerce announced to judge the initial determination of the anti-dumping duty on imported stainless steel flanges from China and India. The petitioners for this case were Core Pipe Products, Inc. and Maass Flange Corporation.

The Department of Commerce predicted to announce the final determination for Chinese and Indian products on April 3rd and May 29th, respectively. They will be levied the anti-dumping duty rate of 174.73% and 5%~239.61% for China and India, respectively.