• Client seeks assistance with government relations and the impact of trade rules and duties on the company's U.S. business.

Duration: February 11, 2014 to July 11, 2014

General Issues: Manufacturing, Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $480,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2014: House of Representatives, Natl Security Council (NSC), Treasury - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), State Justice Institute, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Senate, White House Office, Natl Security Agency (NSA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Related Foreign Entities: Interpipe Ukraine (Dnipro, UKR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Interpipe Europe S.A. (Lugano, SUI); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; PJSC Interpipe NTRP (Dnepropetrovsk, UKR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; LLC Interpipe Niko Tube (Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk, UKR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Interpipe Limited (1065 Nicosia, CYP); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%