(Bloomberg) -- Plains All American Pipeline LP’s request for an exemption from steel-import tariffs was rejected by the U.S. government, potentially complicating the company’s 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 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 .