U.S. Agency Votes to Continue OCTG Trade Case
08/19/2013 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain oil country tubular goods from India, Korea, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam that are allegedly sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and allegedly subsidized by the governments of India and Turkey.
All six ITC commissioners voted in the affirmative.
As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will continue to conduct its investigations on imports of these products, with its preliminary countervailing duty determinations due on or about 25 September 2013, and its preliminary antidumping duty determinations due on or about 9 December 2013.
U.S. petitioners in the investigation include Boomerang Tube, EnergeX, Maverick Tube Corp., Northwest Pipe Co., Tejas Tubular Products Inc., TMK IPSCO, United States Steel Corp., Vallurec Star, and Welded Tube USA.
