On July 5, 2017, the Argentine Embassy in Argentina received a note from the Deputy Secretary for Foreign Trade of the State Secretariat of the Ministry of Production of the Argentinean Production Department, informing Albania that it would extend its approval to the steel pipe originating in China (Western: tubos de acero de los Tipso utilizados en oleoductos o gasoductos, outer diameter less than or equal to 406.4 mm, wall thickness less than or equal to 12.7 mm, produced according to API5L / ISO3183 or similar standards for oil or natural gas pipeline transportation, welding or seamless except for stainless steel; City tax number: 7304.19.00,7306.19.10) of the anti-dumping investigation period in order to make a final decision.