Commerce to Issue AD, CVD Orders on Drill Pipe, Drill Collars from China
02/08/2011 - The U.S. ITC has determined that a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury due to imports of drill pipe and drill collars from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined that a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury due to imports of drill pipe and drill collars from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.
As a result of the USITC's affirmative threat determinations, Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of these products from China.
Vice Chairman Irving A. Williamson and Commissioners Charlotte R. Lane and Dean A. Pinkert made affirmative determinations on the basis of threat. Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun and Commissioners Daniel R. Pearson and Shara L. Aranoff made negative determinations.
The investigations cover finished and unfinished steel drill pipe and drill collars of any length, outside diameter, or steel chemistry. Drill pipe and drill collars are hollow drill string components used in drilling rigs (particularly those intended to extract oil and gas) to transmit power and conduct lubricant during the drilling process. This description does not include unattached tool joints or unfinished tubes for casing and tubing.
