The federal government has rejected a request from Plains All American Pipeline for an exemption from steel - import tariffs on high - grade steel it planned to bring in from Greece . The steel was intended for the firm ’s proposed 500 ton - a - day Cactus II pipeline , which aims to relieve bottlenecks in the Permian region . The Commerce Department ’s International Trade Division denied the request on the basis that there was sufficient domestic production of the particular type of pipe it intended to use . Plains is investigating its options for challenging the ruling .
The US government has rejected a request from Plains All American Pipeline for an exemption from steel-import tariffs on high-grade steel it planned to bring in from Greece. The steel was intended for the firm’s proposed 585,000 barrel-a-day Cactus II pipeline, which aims to relieve bottlenecks in the Permian region. The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration denied the request on the basis that there was sufficient domestic production of the particular type of pipe Plains wanted to import. Plains is investigating its options for challenging the ruling.