US DOC aligns CVD and AD reviews of certain drill pipes from China

Monday, 21 June 2010 15:58:54 (GMT+3)   |  
       

On Monday, June 21, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that it has decided to align the final determinations of the countervailing duty (CVD) and antidumping (AD) administrative reviews for drill pipe from China.

Following this decision, the final CVD determination will be issued on the same date as the final AD determination, which is currently scheduled for October 19, 2010. The preliminary determination in the AD review is to be made on August 5.

On June 8, the US DOC preliminarily determined that Chinese exporters of drill pipe have received a subsidy rate of 15.72 percent.

The petitioners for the investigation are: VAM Drilling USA, Inc; Texas Steel Conversions, Inc; Rotary Drilling Tools; TMK IPSCO and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC.

The subject products are currently classified in the following Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) categories: 7304.22.0030, 7304.22.0045, 7304.22.0060, 7304.23.3000, 7304.23.6030, 7304.23.6045, 7304.23.6060, and 8431.43.8040, and may also enter under 8431.43.8060, 8431.43.4000, 7304.39.0028, 7304.39.0032, 7304.39.0036, 7304.39.0040, 7304.39.0044, 7304.39.0048, 7304.39.0052, 7304.39.0056, 7304.49.0015, 7304.49.0060, 7304.59.8020, 7304.59.8025, 7304.59.8030, 7304.59.8035, 7304.59.8040, 7304.59.8045, 7304.59.8050 and 7304.59.8055.


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