On May 22, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced changes in its final determination on its antidumping (AD) investigation into oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from China as a result of ministerial errors, also declaring that based on affirmative final determinations of the DOC and the International Trade Commission (ITC) it is issuing an antidumping duty order on the mentioned products.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, the DOC on April 19 had issued its final determination stating that 38 companies including mandatory respondent Tianjin Pipe International Economic and Trading Corp (TPCO) must pay a 29.94 percent rate as separate rate, while the other mandatory respondent Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co and remaining producers are charged 99.14 percent.
Following submitted ministerial error allegations by petitioners and TPCO, the margin for TPCO has been changed with further review by the DOC. The DOC said that 38 companies including Tianjin Pipe International Economic and Trading Corp (TPCO) must now pay a 32.07 percent rate as separate rate, while Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co. and remaining producers are still charged 99.14 percent.
On May 14, 2010 the ITC notified the Department of its affirmative determination of threat of material injury to a US industry, opening way to implementation of AD duties.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, on January 18 the DOC also issued its final amended determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of OCTG from China, setting final countervailing duties (CVD) ranging from 10.36 percent to 15.78 percent on Chinese-made OCTG.
The petitioners in the case are United States Steel Corporation, Maverick Tube Corporation, V&M Star LP, V&M Tubular Corporation of America, TMK IPSCO, Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel and Wheatland Tube Corporation, as well as the United Steel Workers Union.
According to US data, the OCTG trade case is the largest in US history against China imports valued at more than $2.6 billion in 2008 and about $1 billion last year.