The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to conduct full five-year (sunset) reviews of the countervailing and antidumping duty orders on pipe and tube imported from Argentina, Brazil, India, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.

As a result of this vote, the Commission will conduct full reviews to determine whether revocation of these orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

Interested parties are requested to file responses with the Commission that address the likely effects of revoking the order under review and provide other pertinent information. The Commission will determine whether responses reflect an adequate level of interest in a full review, in which case the Commission will conduct a full review, which includes a public hearing and issuance of questionnaires.

With respect to welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Turkey and circular welded nonalloy steel pipe from Mexico, all six Commissioners concluded that both the domestic and respondent group responses were adequate and voted for full reviews. With respect to welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Thailand and India, small diameter carbon steel pipe and tube from Taiwan, and circular welded nonalloy steel pipe from Brazil, Korea, and Taiwan, all six Commissioners concluded that the domestic group responses were adequate and the respondent group responses were inadequate, but that circumstances warranted full reviews. With respect to light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Argentina and Taiwan, Chairman Stephen Koplan and Commissioners Charlotte R. Lane and Shara L. Aranoff concluded that the domestic group responses were adequate and the respondent group responses were inadequate, but that circumstances warranted full reviews; Vice Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun and Commissioners Jennifer A. Hillman and Daniel R. Pearson concluded that the domestic group responses were adequate and the respondent group responses were inadequate and voted for expedited reviews.