WASHINGTON DC, June 25 — The United States will slap duties on imports of stainless-steel pressure pipe from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam after finding the products had been sold at unfairly low prices, the government said yesterday.

The US International Trade Commission said US producers were injured by imports from the three countries, the final step in triggering duties as high as 167.1 per cent for some pipe from Malaysia.

The pipe is used in pharmaceutical production lines, petrochemical lines, brewery process and transport lines and general food processor lines.

Imports from the three countries totalled US$49.9 million (RM160 million) in 2013, the ITC said. — Reuters